News tagged with social psychology
Pride and prejudice: Pride impacts racism and homophobia
A new University of British Columbia study finds that the way individuals experience the universal emotion of pride directly impacts how racist and homophobic their attitudes toward other people are.
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Apr 12, 2012 |
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The neurogenics of niceness: Study finds peoples' relative niceness may reside in their genes
(Medical Xpress) -- It turns out that the milk of human kindness is evoked by something besides mom's good example.
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Apr 10, 2012 |
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Homophobia linked to lack of awareness of one's sexual orientation and authoritarian parenting, study shows
Homophobia is more pronounced in individuals with an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex and who grew up with authoritarian parents who forbade such desires, a series of psychology studies demonstrates. The study is ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2012 |
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Being ignored online or in person, it's still exclusion
People who are excluded by others online, such as on Facebook, may feel just as bad as if they had been excluded in person, according to researchers at Penn State and Misericordia University.
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Apr 03, 2012 |
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GPs should advise drinkers to keep a daily record of their drinking
The new UK alcohol strategy includes a plan to ensure that General Practitioners (GPs) advise heavy drinkers to cut down. There is good evidence that this can reduce how much people drink. The big question is, what should ...
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Mar 28, 2012 |
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People know more than they think they do, study finds
(Medical Xpress) -- The process of melding individuals into effective, problem-solving groups should involve empowering individuals to realize they have important ideas to share.
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Mar 28, 2012 |
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APA task force report outlines actions to end discrimination
Teaching students of all ages about the value of diversity and the serious mental health impacts of bias and stereotyping will help end widespread discrimination in the United States, according to a new American Psychological ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Great results in the psych lab -- but do they hold up in the field?
(Medical Xpress) -- How well do findings in the psychology lab generalize to real life? This criterion—“external validity”—is probably the most important for experimental psychology. So it was good news ...
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Mar 26, 2012 |
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Study: Weight loss won't necessarily help teen girls' self-esteem
Obese white teenage girls who lose weight may benefit physically, but the weight change does not guarantee they are going to feel better about themselves, according to a Purdue University study.
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Mar 22, 2012 |
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Consumers mistake fair-trade foods for lower-calorie
(Medical Xpress) -- Claims on food labels that a product is organic, locally produced or made by workers subject to fair labor practices may mislead consumers into thinking that such foods are low in calories, ...
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Mar 16, 2012 |
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When it comes to intergroup conflict, the group with less power benefits more from sharing its perspective
To help promote peace in the Middle East, many organizations have established "peace camps" or similar conflict-resolution programs that bring Israelis and Palestinians together to foster greater understanding ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Controversial study promoting psychic ability debunked
In response to a 2011 study suggesting the existence of precognition, or the ability to predict future events using psychic powers, a new group of researchers report that attempts to replicate the previous results were unsuccessful. ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Study: Facebook profile beats IQ test in predicting job performance
Can a person's Facebook profile reveal what kind of employee he or she might be? The answer is yes, and with unnerving accuracy, according to a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
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Mar 02, 2012 |
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Winning makes people more aggressive toward the defeated
In this world, there are winners and losers – and, for your own safety, it is best to fear the winners.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 29, 2012 |
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The ever-expanding definition of 'diversity'
(Medical Xpress) -- Diversity has become a goal for all sorts of institutions—but what it means may depend on who you ask. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Scienc ...
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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