Pebbles, Vol. 25: Psychology Stuff

1. Influences on conformity (pointer)

2. Another summary of the willpower-as-a-muscle view (with evidence!)

3. When an activity is described in a harder-to-read font, people will infere that it's harder to do and express less willingness to engage in it. (.pdf)

4. "Tourists at the Koorana Saltwater Crocodile Farm in Coowonga, Queensland, Australia, including 62 males and 41 females, aged 18–66 (M = 34.2, SD = 13.3), were randomly assigned to play a laptop-simulated Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) either: (1) prior to entry, or (2) after having held a 1-m saltwater-crocodile. . ."