Publications by authors named "Lindsay M Novak"

Throughout the 21st century, economic inequality is predicted to increase as we face new challenges, from changes in the technological landscape to the growing climate crisis. It is crucial we understand how these changes in inequality may affect how people think and behave. We propose that economic inequality threatens the social fabric of society, in turn increasing moralization-that is, the greater tendency to employ or emphasize morality in everyday life-as an attempt to restore order and control.

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Moral foundations theory (MFT) argues that liberals and conservatives form different moral positions because liberals emphasize the values of harm and fairness, whereas conservatives emphasize the values of group loyalty, authority, and purity. In five studies (total = 3,327), we investigated whether political orientation moderated the relationship between the perceived relevance of each moral foundation and moral conviction (i.e.

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  • The paper evaluated 747 research articles on 19 policy recommendations from behavioral science aimed at reducing the impacts of COVID-19.
  • Both independent review teams found evidence supporting 18 out of the 19 claims, with 89% of the claims backed by robust data.
  • Key findings highlighted that cultural factors, misinformation, and trusted leadership significantly influenced policy effectiveness, while targeted messaging showed mixed outcomes.
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People cooperate every day in ways that range from largescale contributions that mitigate climate change to simple actions such as leaving another individual with choice - known as social mindfulness. It is not yet clear whether and how these complex and more simple forms of cooperation relate. Prior work has found that countries with individuals who made more socially mindful choices were linked to a higher country environmental performance - a proxy for complex cooperation.

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