Paul Bloom

thumb|Paul Bloom in 2014 Paul Bloom (born December 24, 1963) is a professor of psychology at Yale University and an internationally recognized expert on language and development. Quotes Traditionally, psychology has been the study of two populations: university freshmen and white rats. From the essay "Toward a Theory of Moral Development," published in the anthology The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-First Century, edited by John Brockman It’s relevant that people whose polling places are schools are more likely to vote for sales taxes that will fund education. Or that judges become more likely to deny parole the longer they go without a break. Or that people serve themselves more food when using a large plate. Such effects, even when they’re small, can make a practical difference, especially when they influence votes and justice and health. But their existence doesn’t undermine the idea of a rational and deliberative self. To think otherwise would be like concluding that because salt adds flavor to food, nothing else does. “The War on Reason,” The Atlantic, March 2014, pp. 64–70 External links Paul Bloom (psychologist) Category:Educators from the United States Category:Psychologists from the United States Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Jews from Canada Category:Psychologists from Canada Category:People from Montreal Category:Immigrants to the United States Category:Jews from the United States Category:Educators from Canada Category:Yale University faculty