Morality is a prominent guide of both action and perception. We argue that non-emotional gestures can prime the abstract concept of honesty. Four studies demonstrated that the emblematic gesture associated with honesty (putting a hand on one's heart) increased the level of honesty perceived by others, and increased the honesty shown in one's own behavior. Target persons performing this gesture ...

Research relating personality variables to gratitude God (GTG) is in its nascent stages, as only a few descriptive, correlational studies have been conducted on this topic. We investigated whether two kinds of variables—positive emotional traits and adaptive relational styles—predicted higher GTG. Hypotheses linking these GTG were based novel, preregistered conceptual framework. also explored g...

A model of the cultural co-evolution of honesty and capital is analyzed. It is shown that the sign of the payoff differential between honest and dishonest types depends on the ratio of benefits that an employee gets from shirking to the resulting loss of revenue to the firm. If this ratio decreases with capital accumulation, then multiple equilibria in output and honesty are possible in the lon...

In this case, a physician rejects a patient's concerns that tainted water is harming the patient and her community. Stereotypes and biases regarding socioeconomic class and race/ethnicity, constraining diagnostic frameworks, and fixed first impressions could skew the physician's judgment. This paper narratively illustrates how cultivating humility could help the physician truly hear the patient...

Abstract According to the Maxim of Quality, rational agents tend speak honestly. Due influence Grice, a connection between linguistic rationality and honesty is often taken for granted. However, not obvious: structural in language use does require honesty, any more than it requires dishonesty. In particular, Quality follow from Cooperative Principle rationality. But then what honest speech? I p...

In seismic experiments, waves that bounce back and forth between layers are called multiple reflections. Since these waves interact repeatedly with the heterogeneities in the earth, the relation between the multiple reflections and the earth structure is nonlinear. Present-day seismic processing is geared toward suppressing these multiples rather than extracting the information that is containe...

Although a growing number of leadership writers argue leader humility is important to organizational effectiveness, little is known about the construct, why some leaders behave more humbly than others, what these behaviors lead to, or what factors moderate the effectiveness of these behaviors. Drawing from 55 in-depth interviews with leaders from a wide variety of contexts, we develop a model o...