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Why I give my students a 'tragedy of the commons' extra credit challenge (The Washington Post)

How understanding the prisoner's dilemma can help bridge liberal and conservative differences (The Conversation)

What a simple psychological test reveals about climate change (National Geographic)

Climate Change and the "Tragedy of the Commons" (The Baltimore Sun)

Curiosity is One Key to Heterodoxy. Forced Memorization is Not (Heterodox Academy Blog)
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Science of Relationships Posts

The following are articles or brief posts I have written for Science of Relationships, on a variety of topics (in order of newest to oldest). Click on each title to be taken to the full article.

What Did I Do Wrong? Understanding Relationship Betrayal.

Book Review: Aziz Ansari's Modern Romance


Ben Affleck Was Right: Relationships Are Hard Work. And That’s OK.

Who’s Hot, Who’s Not? Time Will Tell

The Scientific Merits of Tinder: Swipe Left or Right?

It’s Not Just About You and Me: How Social Networks Impact Relationships

How Sex Changes Across Stages in Relationships

Moral Boundaries in Relationships: Relationship Matters Podcast 41

The Truth Behind Online Dating: How It Compares to “Offline” Dating

The Truth Behind Online Dating: What Motivates Users and Companies

The Truth Behind Online Dating: What Is and Isn’t Real

Debunking Myths About Sexual Fluidity

The Ethics of OKCupid’s Dating Experiment

What Kind of Sexual Personality Do You Have?

Relationship Science and Pop Psychology: Can't We All Just Get Along?

How to Decipher Your Date…with Science

The “Cheerleader Effect” (Yes, It Exists)

The "Marriage Hack"

Cross-Sex Friendships: Hazardous to Your Mental Health?

“Would You Go To Bed With Me Tonight?”: Stigma and the Sexual Double Standard

Sleep Tight...Will the Sex Dreams Bite?

Wake Up! How Dreams Influence Relationships (Part 2)

Wake Up! Dreams and Relationships (Part 1 of 2)

Chemistry + Timing = Relationship Success

The Scientist (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Replications)

Are You the Jealous Type?

Late to the Game, Happier in Relationships

New Developments in Consensual Non-Monogamy Research

The “Big T” – Testosterone, Sexual Desire, and Mating

SPSP Coverage, Broadcasting from N'awlins

I Get BUY With A Little Help From My Friends.

The “Halo” of Hot Women

Liberal or Conservative? Obey Your Mom and Dad

“Stay Close to Me” – Attachment, Terror Management, and Symbolic Immortality in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Monkey See, Monkey Do (and by “Do” We Mean “Have Sex”)

Sometimes a Cigar is Just An…Unsupportive Partner

The Hookup Culture

"Hooking Up" – What is it Exactly?

How Does Your Attachment Influence Your Sexual Relationships?

Coming to You Live from Chicago, it’s IARR!

Was Barack Obama “Avoidant” in His Youth?

The Dependency Paradox

Fact Checking Cohabitation and Marriage

The “Need to Belong” - Part of What Makes Us Human

How Do I Stop Being “Clingy?”

Why People Have Sex (“The Naked Man” Redux)

How to Not “Get Played”

Sexual Strategies in Cross-Sex Friendships

Attachment and Breakups: The Whole Matters More Than the Parts

Cross-Sex Friendships: Can Men and Women Ever Be “Just Friends”?

The Best Pick Up Line Ever

Measuring Attachment Security - A Little Or A Lot?

Attachment Theory: Explaining Relationship “Styles”

From Friends to Lovers

How I Met Your Mother: Mere Exposure and the “Mermaid Theory”

OKTrends - Are Their Data Valid?

College Sex: Consequences for Body Image

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The following are articles or brief posts I have written for In-Mind Magazine. Click on each title to be taken to the full article.

The Coddling of the American Mind

Does Social Media Usage Really Make People Miserable? Fact-checking Claims About the Psychology of Facebook

Positive Psychology and the Importance of Close Relationships in TV Sitcoms: That 70s Show, Entourage, and How I Met Your Mother

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