Although science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) study paths and STEM
work fields may be relatively difficult and therefore not appropriate for everyone, too many …

Political preferences are multi-dimensional, covering topics like redistribution, immigration,
and abortion. But what accounts for people's political preferences? We argue that an …

Perhaps more consistently than any social category, gender shapes children's lives across
the world. Other than concerns about a newborn's health, gender is the most fundamental …

Professional communities are experiencing scandals involving unethical and illegal
practices daily. Yet it should not take a national major structure failure to highlight the …

Although the gender gap in academia has narrowed, females are underrepresented within
some fields in the USA. Prior research suggests that the imbalances between science …

This study addressed why women have greater representation in some STEM (science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields compared to others by linking two …

Individuals differ in their orientation toward the people and things in their environment. This
has consequences for important life choices. The authors review 15 studies on Person and …

Using data from the United States Military Academy at West Point (N= 1102 and N= 1049)
from two successive years, we examined psychological measures of cadets and the …

Interests are an essential part of the learning process, yet no previous work has examined
the relationship between learning and individual differences in domain-general interests …

We study the implications of post-treatment bias in the context of the globalization backlash.
We discuss whether horse-race regressions can inform about the relative role of economic …