The Godfather of Influence: What Makes Bob Bob, Part 2

March two thousand and nine. Markets have been crashing for a year, headlines have not stopped screaming, and retirement accounts have been evaporating not over months, but over days. It is without question the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. But it's not just money that's disappearing, it's confidence. Certainty, trust in things people thought were solid.

Imagine you're a young psychological researcher. So while the rest of the world is glued to stock tickers, you're asking different questions. You're wondering. What happens when the systems that people believe in start to fall apart? What does that do to the human mind to our relationships? Do our decision making to our emotion to our behaviors

And maybe quietly you start wondering. What else might not be as stable as we thought? You hear the dog bark, Ah, the mail's here. You're relieved. You need a break. So you get up and you go to the door. And waiting for you. Is a new issue of perspectives on psychological science. It's a journal that you respect.

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