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Cooperation in social dilemmas: How can psychology help to meet climate change goals?

... do, such as “most people recycle”, and “my neighbours don’t use too much electricity”. Injunctive (or prescriptive) norms tell us ... identity theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1979) proposes that we don’t identify and act just as individuals, but as members of social ... / more

Invoking Pocahontas: An act of racism disguised as politics

... [16] . 3. Longmire wisdom of the day: “Most Americans don’t realize that even today in 2012, there are three things in America that ... / more

"We are ready to move!" An interview with Daniel Lakens and Klaus Fiedler on the current challenges in the field of psychological research

... again. A single research finding was never the last word. I don’t fear that in twenty, thirty, forty years there will be again new ... psychology is not in a crisis at all… Fiedler : I don’t like the word “crisis” when it refers to my favorite football club ... / more

Improving the Disclosure of Information in an Investigative Interview: Rapport building and the Physical Environment

... not, you won’t. I can’t force you to tell me – I don’t want to force you. I’d like you to help me understand. Would you tell ... / more

Does social media usage really make people miserable? Fact-checking claims about the psychology of Facebook

... studies, but to give their audiences the right context. We don’t want the American public (or lawmakers) to overreact, which may ... / more

Bad day? How it can seem even worse for some

... mauled or anxiety helping us to finish that project so we don’t get fired. However, evidence suggests that there is a “middle-man” ... / more

Demystifying Mental Health...On the Radio! An interview with podcast host Hillary McBride

... either, of course. A big part of how I work is to say that I don’t just want you to see a reduction of symptoms. Actually, what I want for ... of the things that was a struggle for me is knowing that I don’t do therapy perfectly. I’m not expecting that anybody else does, but I ... / more

White lies and black lies: What they have in common and how they differ

... double-check, you would ask the question differently: “You don’t like broccoli, do you?”, expecting a “No!”. If we expect ... “No!”, we ask less common, negative questions (“You don’t…?”). Responders who seek to give expected answers follow ... / more

Remembering what never occurred? Children’s false memories for repeated experiences

... Child: (Shakes head ‘‘no’’) Interviewer: Why don’t you think about that for a while, okay? Your memory might come back to ... / more

The Quelling, reviewed by Katharine Coldiron

... , and Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea. Those novels don’t address what we now call attachment disorder per se, but they are very ... this process has a certain logic. In practice, fresh starts don’t erase trauma, autism spectrum disorders, or unusual neurological ... / more