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Who’s More Likely to offer a Bribe?

By Guest PostOctober 8, 2011Culturebribery, business person, collective feeling, collectivist cultures, corruption, kurt kleiner, laboratory, nina mazar, pankaj aggarwal, researchers, society, university of toronto scarborough, utsc

*U of T professors show collectivism and bribery linked*

Why are some places more prone to bribery and corruption than others?

Part of the answer seems to be the level of collective feeling in a society, according to research by Pankaj Aggarwal, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) professor of marketing in the Department of Management, and Nina Mazar, University of Toronto professor of marketing. (more…)

‘Inner Voice Plays Role in Self-Control’

By Guest PostSeptember 22, 2010Culture, Healthalexa tullett, april memick, impulsive behavior, inner voice, internal dialogues, michael inzlicht, psychology, self control, self-control tests, talking to yourself, university of toronto, utsc

Talking to yourself might not be a bad thing, especially when it comes to exercising self-control.

New research out of the University of Toronto Scarborough – published in this month’s edition of Acta Psychologica – shows that using your inner voice plays an important role in controlling impulsive behaviour.

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