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🔬 Social Psychology Experiments

Fascinating accounts of the landmark studies—from Milgram to Zimbardo and beyond—that revealed unsettling truths about obedience, conformity, and the malleability of human behavior.
Social Psychology
by Richard J. Crisp • 2015
The invisible rules of attraction, prejudice, and obedience: why 65% of us would kill on command.
3.97
202
🧠 Social Psychology📘 Introductory Psychology🤔 Cognitive Biases🗣️ Social Influence👥 Group Dynamics
Social Psychology Summary
Social Psychology 92%
The invisible rules of attraction, prejudice, and obedience: why 65% of us would kill on command.
by Richard J. Crisp 2015
3.97
202 ratings
🧠 Social Psychology📘 Introductory Psychology🤔 Cognitive Biases🗣️ Social Influence👥 Group Dynamics
Social Psychology
by Elliot Aronson • 1973
The mind's need for self-esteem warps social reality, and we never blame the situation.
4.02
1k+
🧲 Social Influence🧠 Cognitive Biases🛡️ Self Justification🤝 Prejudice Reduction👁️ Social Perception
Social Psychology Summary
Social Psychology 92%
The mind's need for self-esteem warps social reality, and we never blame the situation.
by Elliot Aronson 1973
4.02
1k+ ratings
🧲 Social Influence🧠 Cognitive Biases🛡️ Self Justification🤝 Prejudice Reduction👁️ Social Perception
The Social Animal
by Elliot Aronson • 1972
Situation beats character: how the social world bends behavior, and why you rarely notice.
4.30
4k+
🔬 Social Psychology📚 Academic Psychology😖 Cognitive Dissonance🧠 Social Influence👥 Conformity And Obedience
The Social Animal Summary
The Social Animal 92%
Situation beats character: how the social world bends behavior, and why you rarely notice.
by Elliot Aronson 1972
4.30
4k+ ratings
🔬 Social Psychology📚 Academic Psychology😖 Cognitive Dissonance🧠 Social Influence👥 Conformity And Obedience
The Man Who Shocked The World
by Thomas Blass • 2004
Sixty-five percent obey orders to shock a stranger. The biography of the psychologist who proved it.
3.93
220
👥 Social Psychology📜 History Of Psychology⚖️ Research Ethics🎖️ Obedience To Authority🔄 Situational Influence
The Man Who Shocked The World Summary
The Man Who Shocked The World 91%
Sixty-five percent obey orders to shock a stranger. The biography of the psychologist who proved it.
by Thomas Blass 2004
3.93
220 ratings
👥 Social Psychology📜 History Of Psychology⚖️ Research Ethics🎖️ Obedience To Authority🔄 Situational Influence
Obedience to Authority
by Stanley Milgram • 1974
Two-thirds of people will shock a stranger to death if a lab coat tells them to.
4.19
5k+
👥 Social Psychology⚡ Destructive Obedience🧲 Situational Forces🧩 Cognitive Dissonance⚖️ Moral Psychology
Obedience to Authority Summary
Obedience to Authority 91%
Two-thirds of people will shock a stranger to death if a lab coat tells them to.
by Stanley Milgram 1974
4.19
5k+ ratings
👥 Social Psychology⚡ Destructive Obedience🧲 Situational Forces🧩 Cognitive Dissonance⚖️ Moral Psychology
The Lucifer Effect
by Philip G. Zimbardo • 2007
Ordinary students, fake prison, abusive in six days. The situation, not character, corrupts.
3.90
27k+
🧠 Social Psychology⚖️ Power And Corruption😶 Dehumanization👥 Conformity🏛️ State Violence
The Lucifer Effect Summary
The Lucifer Effect 91%
Ordinary students, fake prison, abusive in six days. The situation, not character, corrupts.
by Philip G. Zimbardo 2007
3.90
27k+ ratings
🧠 Social Psychology⚖️ Power And Corruption😶 Dehumanization👥 Conformity🏛️ State Violence
The Person and the Situation
by Lee Ross • 1991
Why good people do terrible things, and the real reason personality fails to predict behavior.
4.00
526
🧠 Social Psychology🎭 Situationism🧩 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Influence🌍 Cultural Psychology
The Person and the Situation Summary
The Person and the Situation 90%
Why good people do terrible things, and the real reason personality fails to predict behavior.
by Lee Ross 1991
4.00
526 ratings
🧠 Social Psychology🎭 Situationism🧩 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Influence🌍 Cultural Psychology
The Manipulated Mind
by Denise Winn • 2000
The psychological pressure that breaks prisoners of war also sells cars and elects presidents.
4.06
109
🧪 Social Psychology⛓️ Coercive Persuasion👥 Social Conformity🔄 Cognitive Dissonance🎖️ Authority And Obedience
The Manipulated Mind Summary
The Manipulated Mind 90%
The psychological pressure that breaks prisoners of war also sells cars and elects presidents.
by Denise Winn 2000
4.06
109 ratings
🧪 Social Psychology⛓️ Coercive Persuasion👥 Social Conformity🔄 Cognitive Dissonance🎖️ Authority And Obedience
Conformity
by Cass R. Sunstein • 2019
We copy, therefore we err. The hidden logic of conformity and the architecture that counters it.
3.46
396
🧪 Social Psychology🔬 Behavioral Science👥 Group Dynamics🧲 Social Influence🗣️ Dissent And Deviance
Conformity Summary
Conformity 90%
We copy, therefore we err. The hidden logic of conformity and the architecture that counters it.
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019
3.46
396 ratings
🧪 Social Psychology🔬 Behavioral Science👥 Group Dynamics🧲 Social Influence🗣️ Dissent And Deviance
Evil
by Julia Shaw • 2019
Why normal people do terrible things, and why calling them evil makes everything worse.
3.57
4k+
🕊️ Moral Psychology💀 Human Cruelty🎭 Dehumanization🧠 Cognitive Biases🌍 Situationism
Evil Summary
Evil 90%
Why normal people do terrible things, and why calling them evil makes everything worse.
by Julia Shaw 2019
3.57
4k+ ratings
🕊️ Moral Psychology💀 Human Cruelty🎭 Dehumanization🧠 Cognitive Biases🌍 Situationism
Selfless
by Brian Lowery • 2023
The person you think you are was built by every relationship you have ever had.
3.77
414
🧠 Social Psychology🧱 Social Construction🪞 Self And Identity👥 Group Identity💀 Existential Psychology
Selfless Summary
Selfless 90%
The person you think you are was built by every relationship you have ever had.
by Brian Lowery 2023
3.77
414 ratings
🧠 Social Psychology🧱 Social Construction🪞 Self And Identity👥 Group Identity💀 Existential Psychology
Collective Illusions
by Todd Rose • 2022
Private belief and public behavior rarely match. The mismatch, not the minority, shapes our world.
4.03
1k+
👥 Social Conformity🎭 Hidden Beliefs🐑 Conformity Bias🫂 Need For Belonging🤝 Social Trust
Collective Illusions Summary
Collective Illusions 90%
Private belief and public behavior rarely match. The mismatch, not the minority, shapes our world.
by Todd Rose 2022
4.03
1k+ ratings
👥 Social Conformity🎭 Hidden Beliefs🐑 Conformity Bias🫂 Need For Belonging🤝 Social Trust
Research methods and Statistics in Psychology
by Hugh Coolican • 1990
How to move from hunches to evidence: the full cycle of psychological research, statistics and all.
3.84
194
📊 Psychological Research📋 Research Methods🧪 Experimental Design📝 Qualitative Methods🛡️ Research Ethics
Research methods and Statistics in Psychology Summary
Research methods and Statistics in Psychology 89%
How to move from hunches to evidence: the full cycle of psychological research, statistics and all.
by Hugh Coolican 1990
3.84
194 ratings
📊 Psychological Research📋 Research Methods🧪 Experimental Design📝 Qualitative Methods🛡️ Research Ethics
The Psychology of the Simpsons
by Alan S. Brown • 2006
Homer, Bart, and all of Springfield are walking psychology case studies, and their flaws are ours.
3.67
150
📺 Pop Culture Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Philosophy Of Mind📊 Behavioral Economics🎭 Personality Psychology
The Psychology of the Simpsons Summary
The Psychology of the Simpsons 89%
Homer, Bart, and all of Springfield are walking psychology case studies, and their flaws are ours.
by Alan S. Brown 2006
3.67
150 ratings
📺 Pop Culture Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases🤔 Philosophy Of Mind📊 Behavioral Economics🎭 Personality Psychology
Social Psychology
by David G. Myers • 1983
From Milgram's shocks to the bystander effect: the social forces that override your intentions.
4.02
1k+
🧠 Social Psychology🤔 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Influence🌀 Group Dynamics👤 Prejudice Studies
Social Psychology Summary
Social Psychology 89%
From Milgram's shocks to the bystander effect: the social forces that override your intentions.
by David G. Myers 1983
4.02
1k+ ratings
🧠 Social Psychology🤔 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Influence🌀 Group Dynamics👤 Prejudice Studies
The Rape of the Mind
by Joost A.M. Meerloo • 1956
Brainwashing follows a precise script, and its gentler forms shape your thoughts every day.
4.18
1k+
🧠 Thought Control🗳️ Political Psychology📢 Propaganda Studies⛓️ Authoritarianism🏴 Totalitarianism
The Rape of the Mind Summary
The Rape of the Mind 89%
Brainwashing follows a precise script, and its gentler forms shape your thoughts every day.
by Joost A.M. Meerloo 1956
4.18
1k+ ratings
🧠 Thought Control🗳️ Political Psychology📢 Propaganda Studies⛓️ Authoritarianism🏴 Totalitarianism
The Wisest One in the Room
by Thomas Gilovich • 2015
Your biggest blind spot is the belief you have none. A social psychologist's guide to wisdom.
3.79
1k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Cognition🌍 Situational Influence😊 Happiness Research🤝 Conflict Resolution
The Wisest One in the Room Summary
The Wisest One in the Room 89%
Your biggest blind spot is the belief you have none. A social psychologist's guide to wisdom.
by Thomas Gilovich 2015
3.79
1k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Cognition🌍 Situational Influence😊 Happiness Research🤝 Conflict Resolution
Groupthink
by Christopher Booker • 2020
The psychological engine behind the Reign of Terror now powers modern politics and climate policy.
3.12
116
🧠 Mass Psychology👥 Social Conformity🫧 Collective Delusion📢 Echo Chambers🏛️ Ideological Capture
Groupthink Summary
Groupthink 89%
The psychological engine behind the Reign of Terror now powers modern politics and climate policy.
by Christopher Booker 2020
3.12
116 ratings
🧠 Mass Psychology👥 Social Conformity🫧 Collective Delusion📢 Echo Chambers🏛️ Ideological Capture
When Prophecy Fails
by Leon Festinger • 1956
When a doomsday prophecy failed, belief didn't shatter. It grew stronger.
3.80
1k+
🧠 Social Psychology🔄 Cognitive Dissonance🛡️ Rationalization👥 Group Dynamics⚖️ Cognitive Biases
When Prophecy Fails Summary
When Prophecy Fails 89%
When a doomsday prophecy failed, belief didn't shatter. It grew stronger.
by Leon Festinger 1956
3.80
1k+ ratings
🧠 Social Psychology🔄 Cognitive Dissonance🛡️ Rationalization👥 Group Dynamics⚖️ Cognitive Biases
Getting Gamers
by Jamie Madigan • 2015
The psychology that turns play into obsession, strangers into teammates, and pixels into identity.
4.01
489
🎮 Gaming Psychology🧠 Behavioral Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases🌐 Online Communities🪪 Social Identity
Getting Gamers Summary
Getting Gamers 89%
The psychology that turns play into obsession, strangers into teammates, and pixels into identity.
by Jamie Madigan 2015
4.01
489 ratings
🎮 Gaming Psychology🧠 Behavioral Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases🌐 Online Communities🪪 Social Identity
Influence
by Robert B. Cialdini • 1984
A psychologist infiltrated sales organizations to map the six triggers that make you say yes.
4.21
179k+
🧲 Social Influence🧠 Behavioral Science🪝 Persuasion Tactics🔍 Cognitive Biases💰 Behavioral Economics
Influence Summary
Influence 89%
A psychologist infiltrated sales organizations to map the six triggers that make you say yes.
by Robert B. Cialdini 1984
4.21
179k+ ratings
🧲 Social Influence🧠 Behavioral Science🪝 Persuasion Tactics🔍 Cognitive Biases💰 Behavioral Economics
Talking to Strangers
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2019
The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.
4.00
339k+
🧠 Social Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases🎭 Deception Detection🤝 Trust And Suspicion👀 First Impressions
Talking to Strangers Summary
Talking to Strangers 89%
The signals we use to read strangers are mostly noise, and Sandra Bland paid the price.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2019
4.00
339k+ ratings
🧠 Social Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases🎭 Deception Detection🤝 Trust And Suspicion👀 First Impressions
Invisible Influence
by Jonah Berger • 2016
Almost every choice you make was shaped by someone else. You just never noticed.
3.70
4k+
🧠 Social Influence🛒 Consumer Psychology🎭 Identity Signaling🌊 Peer Effects💰 Behavioral Economics
Invisible Influence Summary
Invisible Influence 89%
Almost every choice you make was shaped by someone else. You just never noticed.
by Jonah Berger 2016
3.70
4k+ ratings
🧠 Social Influence🛒 Consumer Psychology🎭 Identity Signaling🌊 Peer Effects💰 Behavioral Economics
The Truth About Trust
by David DeSteno • 2014
Trust isn't a virtue; it's biology. Power, money, or a stressful day can turn anyone into a cheat.
3.74
314
🤝 Social Trust🔗 Cooperation Dynamics💰 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Truth About Trust Summary
The Truth About Trust 89%
Trust isn't a virtue; it's biology. Power, money, or a stressful day can turn anyone into a cheat.
by David DeSteno 2014
3.74
314 ratings
🤝 Social Trust🔗 Cooperation Dynamics💰 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases
Mindwise
by Nicholas Epley • 2014
Your social brain constantly guesses what others think, and its errors are systematic and fixable.
3.76
3k+
🧠 Social Cognition👥 Theory Of Mind🔍 Cognitive Biases👁️ Perspective Taking🚫 Dehumanization
Mindwise Summary
Mindwise 89%
Your social brain constantly guesses what others think, and its errors are systematic and fixable.
by Nicholas Epley 2014
3.76
3k+ ratings
🧠 Social Cognition👥 Theory Of Mind🔍 Cognitive Biases👁️ Perspective Taking🚫 Dehumanization
The Joy of Pain
by Richard H. Smith • 2013
Joy at others' failures is not a character flaw. It is a feature of human nature.
3.45
268
⚖️ Social Comparison🐍 Envy😈 Schadenfreude⚔️ Justice And Revenge👥 Group Dynamics
The Joy of Pain Summary
The Joy of Pain 89%
Joy at others' failures is not a character flaw. It is a feature of human nature.
by Richard H. Smith 2013
3.45
268 ratings
⚖️ Social Comparison🐍 Envy😈 Schadenfreude⚔️ Justice And Revenge👥 Group Dynamics
Blindspot
by Mahzarin R. Banaji • 2013
A reaction-time test can reveal biases your conscious mind rejects, and strategies to close the gap.
3.72
7k+
🧠 Cognitive Bias🎭 Implicit Bias👥 Social Psychology📊 Behavioral Science✊ Anti-Racism
Blindspot Summary
Blindspot 89%
A reaction-time test can reveal biases your conscious mind rejects, and strategies to close the gap.
by Mahzarin R. Banaji 2013
3.72
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Bias🎭 Implicit Bias👥 Social Psychology📊 Behavioral Science✊ Anti-Racism
The Hidden Brain
by Shankar Vedantam • 2009
Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.
3.99
3k+
🧠 Unconscious Bias🤔 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics🧨 Radicalization
The Hidden Brain Summary
The Hidden Brain 89%
Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.
by Shankar Vedantam 2009
3.99
3k+ ratings
🧠 Unconscious Bias🤔 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics🧨 Radicalization
Drunk Tank Pink
by Adam Alter • 2013
Your name, the weather, the color of the walls: invisible forces that decide before you do.
3.56
5k+
🧠 Social Psychology🕵️ Hidden Influences📊 Behavioral Economics🌐 Situationism🏗️ Environmental Design
Drunk Tank Pink Summary
Drunk Tank Pink 89%
Your name, the weather, the color of the walls: invisible forces that decide before you do.
by Adam Alter 2013
3.56
5k+ ratings
🧠 Social Psychology🕵️ Hidden Influences📊 Behavioral Economics🌐 Situationism🏗️ Environmental Design
Join the Club
by Tina Rosenberg • 2011
Peer pressure has toppled dictators and slowed epidemics. The case for aiming it deliberately.
3.49
340
🫂 Peer Pressure✊ Social Movements🏥 Community Health🌍 International Development📚 Case Studies
Join the Club Summary
Join the Club 89%
Peer pressure has toppled dictators and slowed epidemics. The case for aiming it deliberately.
by Tina Rosenberg 2011
3.49
340 ratings
🫂 Peer Pressure✊ Social Movements🏥 Community Health🌍 International Development📚 Case Studies
The Science of Evil
by Simon Baron-Cohen • 2011
Zero empathy produces both cruelty and extraordinary systems. The neuroscience behind the split.
3.77
7k+
🧠 Empathy Research🧬 Social Neuroscience👥 Theory Of Mind🎭 Personality Disorders🧩 Autism Spectrum
The Science of Evil Summary
The Science of Evil 89%
Zero empathy produces both cruelty and extraordinary systems. The neuroscience behind the split.
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2011
3.77
7k+ ratings
🧠 Empathy Research🧬 Social Neuroscience👥 Theory Of Mind🎭 Personality Disorders🧩 Autism Spectrum
Social
by Matthew D. Lieberman • 2013
Your brain treats rejection like a broken bone. Connection is a biological need, not a luxury.
4.07
3k+
🧠 Social Neuroscience🤝 Social Connection🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🎯 Social Influence😔 Loneliness
Social Summary
Social 89%
Your brain treats rejection like a broken bone. Connection is a biological need, not a luxury.
by Matthew D. Lieberman 2013
4.07
3k+ ratings
🧠 Social Neuroscience🤝 Social Connection🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🎯 Social Influence😔 Loneliness
Escape from Freedom
by Erich Fromm • 1941
Freedom feels so unbearable that millions will submit to a dictator to flee it.
4.28
16k+
🏛️ Frankfurt School🧠 Political Psychology🎭 Authoritarian Psychology🚩 Fascism Analysis🏙️ Modern Alienation
Escape from Freedom Summary
Escape from Freedom 89%
Freedom feels so unbearable that millions will submit to a dictator to flee it.
by Erich Fromm 1941
4.28
16k+ ratings
🏛️ Frankfurt School🧠 Political Psychology🎭 Authoritarian Psychology🚩 Fascism Analysis🏙️ Modern Alienation
You Have More Influence Than You Think
by Vanessa Bohns • 2021
People want to say yes to you. Research shows you underestimate your persuasive power by half.
3.84
521
🧲 Social Influence🪞 Self-Perception⚡ Power Dynamics🗣️ In-Person Communication🤝 Asking For Help
You Have More Influence Than You Think Summary
You Have More Influence Than You Think 88%
People want to say yes to you. Research shows you underestimate your persuasive power by half.
by Vanessa Bohns 2021
3.84
521 ratings
🧲 Social Influence🪞 Self-Perception⚡ Power Dynamics🗣️ In-Person Communication🤝 Asking For Help
The Tell
by Matthew Hertenstein • 2013
Facial structure predicts profits. Infant glances predict temperament. The science of fleeting cues.
3.20
500
🧠 Social Psychology🔪 Thin Slicing👀 Nonverbal Cues🤥 Lie Detection👶 Attachment Theory
The Tell Summary
The Tell 88%
Facial structure predicts profits. Infant glances predict temperament. The science of fleeting cues.
by Matthew Hertenstein 2013
3.20
500 ratings
🧠 Social Psychology🔪 Thin Slicing👀 Nonverbal Cues🤥 Lie Detection👶 Attachment Theory
Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage des honnêtes gens
by Robert-Vincent Joule • 1997
A decision, once made, freezes everything that follows. The French classic on hidden compliance.
3.78
739
🧠 Social Influence🔗 Compliance Techniques🪤 Decision Traps🔄 Cognitive Dissonance🕵️ Hidden Persuasion
Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage des honnêtes gens Summary
Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage des honnêtes gens 88%
A decision, once made, freezes everything that follows. The French classic on hidden compliance.
by Robert-Vincent Joule 1997
3.78
739 ratings
🧠 Social Influence🔗 Compliance Techniques🪤 Decision Traps🔄 Cognitive Dissonance🕵️ Hidden Persuasion
Predictably Irrational
by Dan Ariely • 2008
Why you overpay, procrastinate, and cheat just a little (and how to outsmart your own brain).
4.12
132k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics📊 Decision Psychology💲 Pricing Psychology🤝 Social Norms⏳ Self-Control
Predictably Irrational Summary
Predictably Irrational 88%
Why you overpay, procrastinate, and cheat just a little (and how to outsmart your own brain).
by Dan Ariely 2008
4.12
132k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics📊 Decision Psychology💲 Pricing Psychology🤝 Social Norms⏳ Self-Control
Science of Coercion
by Christopher Simpson • 1994
Communication studies was secretly built by the Pentagon as a weapon, not a discipline.
4.11
89
📜 Cold War History📢 Propaganda Studies🕵️ Covert Operations🎓 Military-Academic Complex⚖️ Research Ethics
Science of Coercion Summary
Science of Coercion 88%
Communication studies was secretly built by the Pentagon as a weapon, not a discipline.
by Christopher Simpson 1994
4.11
89 ratings
📜 Cold War History📢 Propaganda Studies🕵️ Covert Operations🎓 Military-Academic Complex⚖️ Research Ethics
How Change Happens
by Cass R. Sunstein • 2019
Social change seems impossible until the moment it isn't: the hidden forces that drive it.
3.11
197
🌊 Social Change🧠 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Political Polarization🏗️ Choice Architecture⚖️ Moral Psychology
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens 88%
Social change seems impossible until the moment it isn't: the hidden forces that drive it.
by Cass R. Sunstein 2019
3.11
197 ratings
🌊 Social Change🧠 Behavioral Economics🏛️ Political Polarization🏗️ Choice Architecture⚖️ Moral Psychology
How To Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room
by Jacob Burak • 2013
The hidden rules of trust, rivalry, and happiness that your brain follows without your permission.
3.61
74
🧠 Behavioral Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology📊 Behavioral Economics😊 Happiness Research
How To Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room Summary
How To Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room 88%
The hidden rules of trust, rivalry, and happiness that your brain follows without your permission.
by Jacob Burak 2013
3.61
74 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology📊 Behavioral Economics😊 Happiness Research
The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology
by Chris Chambers • 2017
How psychology's methods enable bias, fraud, and shaky results, and the reform that could fix them.
4.41
268
🔬 Research Methods🔄 Replication Crisis🔓 Open Science🚫 Research Misconduct📊 Data Manipulation
The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology Summary
The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology 88%
How psychology's methods enable bias, fraud, and shaky results, and the reform that could fix them.
by Chris Chambers 2017
4.41
268 ratings
🔬 Research Methods🔄 Replication Crisis🔓 Open Science🚫 Research Misconduct📊 Data Manipulation
Inside the Criminal Mind
by Stanton E. Samenow • 1984
The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.
3.77
2k+
🧠 Criminal Psychology⚖️ Forensic Psychology🎭 Psychopathy💭 Cognitive Biases🔄 Cognitive Therapy
Inside the Criminal Mind Summary
Inside the Criminal Mind 88%
The criminal is not a victim; he is a calculating architect who genuinely sees himself as decent.
by Stanton E. Samenow 1984
3.77
2k+ ratings
🧠 Criminal Psychology⚖️ Forensic Psychology🎭 Psychopathy💭 Cognitive Biases🔄 Cognitive Therapy
The Instability of Truth
by Rebecca Lemov • 2025
Brainwashing erases its own tracks. You do not see it in cults, courts, or your feed.
3.62
286
📜 History Of Psychology🧠 Coercive Persuasion🕯️ Cult Psychology🔬 Cold War Science💔 Trauma Studies
The Instability of Truth Summary
The Instability of Truth 88%
Brainwashing erases its own tracks. You do not see it in cults, courts, or your feed.
by Rebecca Lemov 2025
3.62
286 ratings
📜 History Of Psychology🧠 Coercive Persuasion🕯️ Cult Psychology🔬 Cold War Science💔 Trauma Studies
The Self Illusion
by Bruce M. Hood • 2011
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
3.84
2k+
🧩 The Constructed Self🧠 Memory Unreliability🪞 Social Identity🌍 Cultural Psychology🎭 Free Will Debate
The Self Illusion Summary
The Self Illusion 88%
Your brain constructs the story of a unified you. Memory, culture, and neurons are the ingredients.
by Bruce M. Hood 2011
3.84
2k+ ratings
🧩 The Constructed Self🧠 Memory Unreliability🪞 Social Identity🌍 Cultural Psychology🎭 Free Will Debate
Coercion and Its Fallout
by Murray Sidman • 1989
Why punishment breeds more of the very behavior it tries to stop: behavior analyst explains.
4.44
124
🧠 Behavior Analysis👥 Social Control➕ Positive Reinforcement🔄 Behavior Modification🏫 Classroom Management
Coercion and Its Fallout Summary
Coercion and Its Fallout 88%
Why punishment breeds more of the very behavior it tries to stop: behavior analyst explains.
by Murray Sidman 1989
4.44
124 ratings
🧠 Behavior Analysis👥 Social Control➕ Positive Reinforcement🔄 Behavior Modification🏫 Classroom Management
Tavistock Institute
by Daniel Estulin • 2011
The counterculture was a psy-op, television a drug, both engineered to dismantle human identity.
3.83
363
🧠 Psychological Warfare🏗️ Social Engineering💉 Mind Control Programs📺 Media Propaganda👁️ Invisible Government
Tavistock Institute Summary
Tavistock Institute 88%
The counterculture was a psy-op, television a drug, both engineered to dismantle human identity.
by Daniel Estulin 2011
3.83
363 ratings
🧠 Psychological Warfare🏗️ Social Engineering💉 Mind Control Programs📺 Media Propaganda👁️ Invisible Government
The Secret Life of Pronouns
by James W. Pennebaker • 2011
Your pronouns betray who you are: your status, your emotions, even whether you're lying.
3.67
3k+
🧠 Psycholinguistics📊 Text Analysis🕵️ Deception Detection🗣️ Language And Identity🎭 Personality Psychology
The Secret Life of Pronouns Summary
The Secret Life of Pronouns 88%
Your pronouns betray who you are: your status, your emotions, even whether you're lying.
by James W. Pennebaker 2011
3.67
3k+ ratings
🧠 Psycholinguistics📊 Text Analysis🕵️ Deception Detection🗣️ Language And Identity🎭 Personality Psychology
The Why Axis
by Uri Gneezy • 2013
When daycare fines made parents later, the real science of incentives began.
3.67
1k+
💡 Behavioral Economics🔬 Field Experiments🎯 Incentive Design🌍 Cultural Norms⚖️ Economic Discrimination
The Why Axis Summary
The Why Axis 88%
When daycare fines made parents later, the real science of incentives began.
by Uri Gneezy 2013
3.67
1k+ ratings
💡 Behavioral Economics🔬 Field Experiments🎯 Incentive Design🌍 Cultural Norms⚖️ Economic Discrimination
Redirect
by Timothy D. Wilson • 2009
Common-sense fixes fail. Small edits to our self-stories can change everything.
3.76
2k+
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social Psychology🔄 Behavior Change📖 Narrative Psychology🧠 Cognitive Reframing🌷 Positive Psychology
Redirect Summary
Redirect 88%
Common-sense fixes fail. Small edits to our self-stories can change everything.
by Timothy D. Wilson 2009
3.76
2k+ ratings
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social Psychology🔄 Behavior Change📖 Narrative Psychology🧠 Cognitive Reframing🌷 Positive Psychology
Read People Like a Book
by Patrick King • 2020
You misread people about a quarter of the time. Stacking psychology's models cuts the error rate.
3.40
6k+
🧠 Social Intelligence🧍 Body Language💡 Emotional Intelligence🔍 Lie Detection🔬 Behavioral Psychology
Read People Like a Book Summary
Read People Like a Book 88%
You misread people about a quarter of the time. Stacking psychology's models cuts the error rate.
by Patrick King 2020
3.40
6k+ ratings
🧠 Social Intelligence🧍 Body Language💡 Emotional Intelligence🔍 Lie Detection🔬 Behavioral Psychology
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