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Look at me! (Or don’t): Of society and showing off on Facebook

... competitive society like this, what should your adaptive strategy be in order to attract and keep desirable partners? One ... / more

How stress influences our morality

... ourselves which reaction would have been evolutionarily adaptive in a specific situation. What follows is that, while stress usually ... / more

Becoming superhuman: Is it all in your mind?

... in the brain —an area associated with more adaptive responding to negative or stressful events and faster recovery from ... / more

Always on the Move: How Residential Mobility Impacts Our Well-Being

... psychological orientations toward independence are adaptive for survival in these environments, they are likely to be passed ... / more

How to win (and lose) friendships across cultures: Why relational mobility matters

... idea that what kind of behavior is optimal – or, adaptive – in any particular situation depends on the nature of the ... to look at what socio-ecological researchers refer to as ‘adaptive tasks (or goals)’ required for human flourishing in differing ... / more

The cross-cultural psychology of Internet privacy concern

... the ability to trust strangers is an example of one such adaptive skill. An adaptation to what? Here we turned to Toshio ... relational mobility . In a society like this, it is adaptive to develop the ability to trust strangers. If you don’t, you might ... / more

Why do we so often ignore the influence of situations on behavior?

... others will do next. Because these predictions are so adaptive , necessary, and automatic it might simply be second nature to have a ... / more

Origins of Common Fears: A Review

... however, believe that evolution has produced an “adaptive biological preparedness,” a readiness which can result in quick ... / more

The Effect of Acute Stress on Memory: How It Helps and How It Hurts

... between stimuli or tasks. This shift is often adaptive in that it is less cognitively demanding than flexible thinking, and ... / more

Darkness All Around: Humor, Personality, and Creativity

... expense, thereby promoting self-enhancement as an adaptive strategy to signal their ability to cope better than others. ... / more