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Not Again! I’m Looking for a Job but I Don’t Know Why It Is Taking So Long!

... model on results from (1) the personality-performance domain that show the effects of dispositional tendencies ... in the extreme case, a point on the dimensions defining domain of possible options. Whereas, the second strategy called interval ... / more

Engagement: A Source of Value, Quality of Life, or Both?

... for something. If one were to ask researchers in the domain of  positive psychology , on the other hand, they would explain ... / more

Sense-making through science

... to restore these perceptions. This restoration can be domain -specific, that is, consist of an attempt to restore a sense of ... control or reinterpret the threat. Moreover, when such ( domain -specific) restoration is not possible people can compensate by ... / more

What can metaphors tell us about personality?

... the functionality of metaphoric thought in the important domain of emotions. Armed with a well-performing metaphor use scale, the ... / more

Inequality: Minority disadvantage or White privilege? - And why it matters

... versus minority disadvantage plays out in the academic domain . It turns out that framing inequality in terms of White advantage ... that even if Whites experience favoritism in the academic domain , minorities’ outcomes are still meaningful. Framing inequality ... / more

Marrying smart or marrying instead of being smart? The goal conflict between MRS degrees and STEM degrees

... STEM has traditionally been considered a “masculine domain” (Eagly, 1987). Studies have shown that when asked to “Draw a ... / more

Keeping the spark alive: The role of sexual communal motivation

... To assess people’s communal motivation in the domain of sexuality we developed a scale, adapted from the general ... reported greater happiness as well. Is the Sexual Domain Unique? Although a person’s sexual communal motivation is ... / more

Is social psychology ready for the big science revolution?

... to curate evidence from a multidisciplinary research domain . In this project, a hierarchical taxonomy of nearly 5,000 variables is ... / more

Children are poor witnesses. Or are they?

... address the relevance of these new findings to the legal domain . Importantly, we focus on eyewitness testimonies and the possibility ... / more

The perverse incentives that stand as a roadblock to scientific reform

... talk. Because the p-value is the primary key to the domain of scientific success we do almost anything we can to find the desired ... / more