We all have a rebellious side to us. We often feel the need to break norms and let go of stereotypes. But there is this inner voice that tells us to resist this temptation and to conform. It is ultimately up to us to decide whether we want to follow …

Source: Tyler Merbler / Wikimedia The past few months have been rich in extraordinary events: a US president attacking the legitimacy of a US election, senators and congressmen refusing to certify an electoral vote, an armed insurgency on Capitol Hill. News commentators have called these events “unimaginable,” which is a …

When the semester moved online amid the COVID-19 pandemic last spring, Cornell University instructor Mark Sarvary and his faculty decided to encourage – but not compel – the students to turn on their cameras. It did not turn out as they had hoped. “Most of our students had their cameras …

ITHACA, NY – When the semester moved online amid the COVID-19 pandemic last spring, Cornell University instructor Mark Sarvary and his faculty decided to cheer – but not to force the students to turn on their cameras. It did not turn out as they had hoped. “Most of our students …

When the semester changed online amid the COVID-19 pandemic last spring, instructor Mark Sarvary, Ph.D. ’06, and his teaching team decided to encourage – but not force – them. students turning on their cameras. It did not turn out as they had hoped. “Most of our students had their cameras …

For much of the past year, COVID-19 has pushed many people to accept and follow new behaviors. These include wearing a mask in public, trying to distance oneself socially and restricting groups to a smaller number. Developed in what critics say is an absence of strong national leadership, these behaviors …

New research published in PLOS A found evidence that a person’s sensitivity to breaking social rules is related to their political orientation. Social norms are underlying rules that guide our social behavior. These guidelines dictate what is appropriate and what is not in a given situation, and those who violate …

As a parent, would you want your daughter to fall behind your son? Does its potential remain untapped? Most likely not. Yet this is the case for many adolescent girls in Bangladesh, whose parents – often unwittingly and with respect for traditional gender norms – handicap their potentials by preventing …