EPISODE · Nov 21, 2022 · 4 MIN
On the Nature of Secrets. 1 in 3 commit infidelity. Are you the 1?
from Do Justice Love Mercy · host Tait McKenzie
About one-third of people have committed infidelity at some point in their lives. If you're one of them, should you confess it to your romantic partner? One way to answer the question is to consider whether you would want to know if your partner had cheated on you: Surveys show that 77% of people would want to know, but that still leaves about a quarter of us who'd prefer ignorance. It's also worth questioning your own motives: Maybe you only want to get the secret off your chest to make yourself feel better. Michael Slepian, Professor; Columbia University Author, The Secret Life of Secrets About Michael Slepian: Michael Slepian is a Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School. He previously was a visiting scholar at Stanford University, and received his Ph.D. from Tufts University. He is an elected fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, has received the Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science, and received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
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About one-third of people have committed infidelity at some point in their lives. If you're one of them, should you confess it to your romantic partner? One way to answer the question is to consider whether you would want to know if your partner had cheated on you: Surveys show that 77% of people would want to know, but that still leaves about a quarter of us who'd prefer ignorance. It's also worth questioning your own motives: Maybe you only want to get the secret off your chest to make yourself feel better. Michael Slepian, Professor; Columbia University Author, The Secret Life of Secrets About Michael Slepian: Michael Slepian is a Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School. He previously was a visiting scholar at Stanford University, and received his Ph.D. from Tufts University. He is an elected fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, has received the Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science, and received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
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On the Nature of Secrets. 1 in 3 commit infidelity. Are you the 1?
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