Psycholawlogy
Posts by: Dan DeFoe
People who ostracize – ignore or exclude – others incur psychological costs. Researchers who recently explored whether people suffer psychological costs when they comply with social directives to ignore or exclude cause others reached that conclusion. The pressure to ignore or exclude someone has become an “all too common” experience, and the authors [...]
How accurately do lawyers predict their case outcomes? These forecasts play a pivotal role in practical legal decision-making, and affect many stakeholders: the lawyer; the client; and the justice environment as a whole. Prediction errors can cost the client and their lawyer. Prediction errors can make cases become an unnecessary burden on the [...]
Trial judges occupy the command and control position on the front line of America’s dispute resolution battlefield. Trial judges do so many things vital to our system of justice. They rule issues of fact and law, determine rights and responsibilities, decide questions about relevance and admissibility of evidence for the finder of fact, [...]
Millions of people yearn for happiness. We should know now that science can help. That “good news” headline can apply to article recently published in a leading psychological science journal and featured in this post. Happiness feels good, does good, is good for us, and can lead to success. Research shows that the [...]
Discrimination violates the law, harms workers, and costs organizations millions of dollars each year. The official journal of the American Psychological Association, American Psychologist, recently introduced and discussed two coping strategies used by targets of workplace discrimination. The authors also explain how the diversity policies and practices adopted and implemented by organizations can [...]
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