Punishment can enhance performance, says new study
The stick can work just as well as the carrot in improving our performance, a team of academics at The University of Nottingham has found. Crime and Punishment A study led by researchers from the...
View ArticleCrime focus should be on socio-economic context, not punishment: Swiss...
More punishment does not necessarily lead to less crime, say researchers at ETH Zurich who have been studying the origins of crime with a computer model. In order to fight crime, more attention should...
View ArticleDo you learn from the carrot or from the stick?
To flexibly deal with our ever-changing world, we need to learn from both the negative and positive consequences of our behaviour. In other words, from punishment and reward. Hanneke den Ouden from...
View ArticleKids misbehave within 10 minutes of spanking: SMU study
A new study based on real-time audio recordings of parents practicing corporal punishment discovered that spanking was far more common than parents admit, that children were hit for trivial misdeeds...
View ArticlePunishments may be better than rewards for behavior change: WUSTL study
When it comes to rewards and punishments, which is more effective — the carrot or the stick? A simple experiment devised at Washington University in St. Louis suggests that punishments are more likely...
View ArticleThose Who Believe in Pure Evil Support More Harsh Criminal Punishments: KSU...
Newswise — MANHATTAN, Kansas — Our belief in pure evil influences our feelings about capital punishment, finds a Kansas State University psychology study. Donald Saucier, associate professor of...
View ArticlePenalties may work better than rewards for health behavior change
People are more likely to quit smoking if they are threatened with a penalty, a new study has found. Research published on Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine offered a large group of CVS...
View ArticlePunishing a Child Is Effective If Done Correctly
TORONTO — While recently published parenting books have preached the effectiveness of positive parenting and “no drama” discipline, psychologists presenting at the American Psychological Association’s...
View ArticleYear Zero: A History of 1945
A marvelous global history of the pivotal year 1945 as a new world emerged from the ruins of World War II Year Zero is a landmark reckoning with the great drama that ensued after war came to an end in...
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