Theoretical pluralism adds depth to the mixing of methods in development studies. In this paper, pluralism is grounded in an assumption that society has both structure and complexity. Interdisciplinary research generates a dialogue across epistemological chasms. Such research can be valued for its discursive bridging function as well as for improved measurement. Divergent schools of thought can...

ISSN: 1864–1385 Explaining Prejudice toward Americans and Europeans in Egypt: Closed-mindedness and Conservatism Mediate Effects of Religious Fundamentalism Friederike Sadowski, Psychology Department, University of Konstanz, Germany, and Department of Mental Health Services, Office of Corrections, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland Gerd Bohner, Institute of Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Germa...

CONTEXT Whether physicians have a professional responsibility to address health-related issues beyond providing care to individual patients has been vigorously debated. Yet little is known about practicing physicians' attitudes about or the extent to which they participate in public roles, which we defined as community participation, political involvement, and collective advocacy. OBJECTIVES ...

In the midst of a pandemic, efficacy official measures to mitigate COVID-19 crisis largely depends on public attitudes towards them, where conspiracy beliefs represent potential threats such as vaccination. Here, we present predictors and outcomes associated with vaccination belief. representative survey Germany, sociodemographic this belief were found include age, federal state, migration back...

The sense of being part a learning community is known explanatory variable for learners’ explorative behaviors, but the extent to which this explanation interferes with stable characteristics appears inconclusive. Therefore, study examined mediating roles personality traits in relationship between belonging and academic curiosity. A sample 400 high school students was randomly selected respond ...

The innovator's bias is defined as the tendency for innovators to focus mainly on positive potential impact of their inventions and neglect, ignore, or downplay any negative impact. Such may help sustain motivation needed business success but create problems by failing acknowledge prepare problematic outcomes. We report three studies (total n = 1608) designed demonstrate this bias—and show how ...