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Intergroup Contact Theory: Past, Present, and Future

... (Pettigrew, 1998). Contact can, and does, work through both cognitive (i.e. learning about the out-group , or reappraising how one ... friends as a predictor of meta-attitudinal strength and accessibility of attitudes towards gay men. Journal of Personality and ... / more

When the thought of yourself nags you: How failure to attain cultural standards brings suicide on the fringe of consciousness

... in a state of emotional numbness and disinhibition (labeled cognitive deconstruction), in which suicide appears not only as acceptable, but ... Cultural standards and suicide-related thought accessibility Everyone fails once in a while in comparison to some ... / more

General action and inaction goals: Definitions & effects

... General action/inaction goals also impact overall cognitive abilities – when participants in a study were primed with action or ... be more successful if they work to increase diet goal accessibility, positing that the key to success is the formation of ... / more

On the dark and bright sides to vengeance: Cognitive, behavioral and affective consequences of aggression

... Acting aggressively or thinking of aggression increases the accessibility of aggressive thoughts. However, our own research has ... acts without goal -fulfillment, however, increase the accessibility of aggression. To give an example, if we have the goal to ... / more

Successful Dieting in Tempting Environments: Mission Impossible?

... the eating enjoyment goal in dieters (increase its  cognitive accessibility , while inhibiting the dieting goal (decrease its ... / more

Penetrating the Circle of Death: Why People are Dying (and Killing) Not to Die

... it is nevertheless a physical reality that helps shape the cognitive existence of the only species with complex, temporal ... evidence that worldview threat increases death-thought accessibility. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 789-803. ... / more

Do Multicultural Experiences Make People More Creative? If So, How?

... an example of  creative conceptual expansion , a term in cognitive psychology that refers to the process of extending the conceptual ... promotion focus, need for cognitive closure, and categorical accessibility in American and Hong Kong Chinese university students. Journal ... / more

After Trayvon: The science of protecting innocent black men

... identifying remedies to these automatic emotions and biases. Cognitive strategies may possibly be used to control automatic prejudiced ... Jacoby, L. L. (2002). Best laid plans: Effects of goals on accessibility bias and cognitive control in race-based misperceptions of ... / more

More than meets the eye: Physical sensations influence first impressions

... perception of others: Learned movements influence concept accessibility. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 123–128. ... determinants of person construal: Reopening the social-cognitive toolbox. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 885–894. ... / more

Is social psychology ready for the big science revolution?

... sciences) in the coming decades: The curation and increased accessibility of research findings. I describe several big science efforts that ... construct. Other experimental areas in psychology, such as cognitive psychology, have begun to develop such maps (see: ... / more