The Just-World Phenomenon is associated with religiosity, conservatism, and negative attitudes toward underprivileged groups. This may help explain differences in social policy preferences between ...

Many cultures teach their members from childhood to believe the world operates with natural order and justice—the just-world phenomenon that psychologist Melvin Lerner says comforts us because ...

Marine biologists make disturbing discovery after examining annual ocean phenomenon: 'It's like we're just documenting extinction' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The need to see victims as the recipients of their just deserts can be explained by what psychologists call the Just World Hypothesis. According to the hypothesis, people have a strong desire or need ...

The Psychology of Victim Blaming When people want to believe that the world is just, and that bad things won’t happen to them, empathy can suffer.

I’m talking about the Just World Hypothesis, a scientific theory first developed by the social psychologist Melvin Lerner.

CHICAGO — Federal officials say it was probably just some weird weather phenomenon, but a group of United Airline employees swear they saw a mysterious, saucer-shaped craft hovering over O'Hare ...

"Dalí was not just a man, not just an artist—he was a phenomenon," declared renowned curator and art historian Dr. Alka Pande in an engaging session titled The Fabulous World of Salvador Dalí ...