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Are you Instagram-official? - Love, Social Media, and their Impact on Each Other
Have you ever thought about the criteria used for being recognized as an official couple on social media? Maybe you felt annoyed when your partner’s new profile picture had been liked by his/her ex? Maybe you used... / more
- written by Lili Fejes-Vékássy & Adrienn Ujhelyi
- edited by Amanda Sesko & Matthew Baldwin
To which gender’s disadvantage are school grades biased – girls or boys?
School grades do not only provide students with feedback on their current performance, they also determine the chances of admission to universities and the success of job applications. The question of whether teachers evaluate irrespective of ... / more
- written by Carolin Schuster
- edited by Amanda Sesko & Matthew Baldwin
What career should I choose? How self-stereotyping can influence career decisions
Stereotypical self-characterizations of women and men can result in different career decisions – contributing to the continuing gender imbalance in leadership and many career fields. We explain how stereotypical self-characterizations develop... / more
- written by Tanja Hentschel & Lisa Horvath
- edited by Amanda Sesko & Matthew Baldwin
Just a compliment? Why positive gender stereotypes can be more harmful than they seem
Most people would probably agree that “women can’t drive” is a sexist statement. But what about saying that “women are nurturing”? Isn’t that just a nice compliment? At first glance, these kinds of gender... / more
- written by Lea Hartwich & Julia C. Becker
- edited by Amanda Sesko & Matthew Baldwin
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The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty has been called a lot of things, from a “game changer” and “a breath of fresh air”, to “hypocritical”, “sexist”, and “sneaky”. So why has the campaign, whose major innovation was to use ads that featured real women rather than airbrushed models or celebrity spokespersons, sparked so much controversy? Taking... / more
- written by Angela Celebre & Ashley Waggoner Denton
- edited by Rosanna Guadagno & Reine van der Wal
That human touch that means so much: Exploring the tactile dimension of social life
Interpersonal touch is a fundamental but undervalued aspect of human nature. In the present article, the authors review psychological research showing that even fleeting forms of touch may have a powerful impact on our emotional and social functioning. Given its... / more
- written by Mandy Tjew A Sin & Sander Koole
- edited by Hans IJzerman
Intergroup Contact Theory: Past, Present, and Future
In the midst of racial segregation in the U.S.A and the ‘Jim Crow Laws’, Gordon Allport (1954) proposed one of the most important social psychological events of... / more
- written by Jim A. C. Everett
- edited by Diana Onu
No strings attached: Are “friends with benefits” as complicated in real life as they are in the movies?
Many people become “friends with benefits” to avoid drama and to have sex without getting tied up in emotions; however, the reality is that having a friend with benefits often becomes complicated. Why is that, and is there anything you can do to avoid these complexities? In... / more
- written by Justin J. Lehmiller
- edited by Dylan Selterman
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Disaster is here, but the lawn looks good: Why we fail to act on the things that matter most
Why you can’t stop climate change like you stop a pandemic, and what that has to do with mowing the lawn.... / more
Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA): the ‘Flaw in the Law’
Recent figures suggest that the number of young people falling victim to sexual abuse online continues to rise. Given the substantial impact such... / more
Toward the LGBTQ+ Friendly Workplace: Are We There Yet?
Gender and sexual minorities... / more