If you're like most people, you occasionally participate in superstitious thinking or behavior often without even realizing you're doing it. Just think: When was the last time you knocked on wood ...

That influence shapes customer behavior by helping them form useful mental shortcuts during the buying process. Persuasion can be a powerful pathway to influence your customers, earn more sales, and ...

The fear of wasteful behavior ranks among the most common anxieties, with many hoarders expressing intense concern about environmental impact or squandering potentially useful items.

Understanding the psychology behind hoarding behavior can help in developing effective treatments and support mechanisms for those affected. Skip to content News ...

Lending A Helping Hand. As a form of prosocial behavior, boycotts are intended to benefit the greater community and are a manifestation of what is called “helping behavior,” where the ...

A new book by GSE faculty Stephanie Fredrick and Amanda Nickerson aims to provide adults with the tools they need to tackle ...

These eight books offer powerful insights into human psychology, helping you understand why people think, feel, and behave the way they do. Understanding human behavior is a lifelong journey, and ...

Undergraduate Chelsey Tien won the Dean’s Award for her psychology research that explored the role parents play in helping ...

Human psychology is influenced by a complex network of genes and environmental factors. Studying how and when genes fail to cooperate could broaden our understanding of behavior.

Psychology Ph.D. - January 15; Criminology Ph.D. - February 1; Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism Studies - February 15; The Leadership in Schooling Ed.D. is a cohort-based program that begins each ...