In this paper, we review and analyze the emerging network paradigm in organizational
research. We begin with a conventional review of recent research organized around …

Human cognition is often biased, from judgments of the time of impact of approaching
objects all the way through to estimations of social outcomes in the future. We propose these …

A scientist integrates evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to
explore the development and workings of human societies.“There is no good reason why …

A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of Rationality, The Better
Angels of Our Nature, and Enlightenment Now." Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun …

In explaining the prevalence of the overconfident belief that one is better than others, prior
work has focused on the motive to maintain high self-esteem, abetted by biases in attention …

One of the most dramatic demonstrations of the role of the mind in one's apprehension of the
world is the existence of cognitive biases. This chapter presents a three‐category framework …

From an evolutionary standpoint, a default presumption is that true beliefs are adaptive and
misbeliefs maladaptive. But if humans are biologically engineered to appraise the world …

Status is the prominence, respect, and influence individuals enjoy in the eyes of others.
Theories of positive illusions suggest that individuals form overly positive perceptions of their …

A popular undergraduate textbook on psychology attempts to stimulate the interest of
potential students with the following statement (Coon, 1992: 1). You are a universe, a …

A new theory integrating evolutionary and dynamical approaches is proposed. Following
evolutionary models, psychological mechanisms are conceived as conditional decision …