A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Political scientists often measure the concept of tolerance with a hypothetical ...

Lately, I have been thinking about how long people will accept the behavior of others before becoming angry or disappointed enough to say something. When do we draw the line between accepting ...

Sireen Tutunji and Gedalia Gillis are alumni of the Face to Face/Faith to Faith, annual dialogue and leadership programme for Jewish, Christian, and Muslim youth, planned and implemented by the ...

A previous post examined risk tolerance in investing, relationships, work, health, and recreation. Here we take a deeper look at risk tolerance in investing. Financial advisors and apps ask clients to ...

When we consider our immune system encountering new microbes or foreign particles, we often picture a strong response, where adaptive immunity is generated so that next time you come across the ...

Are you often feeling anxious, sad, panicked or straight-up mad? There’s a major reason for that. You are likely operating outside of your “window of tolerance,” a term that was coined by psychiatrist ...

The paradox of tolerance, a theory that challenges a society’s ability to defend democracy from within, is at the heart of the political turmoil plaguing the United States today. The idea, first ...