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Revisiting the past can make the present a better place: The psychological and social benefits of nostalgia

... that labeled nostalgia as an illness. Instead, this research demonstrates that nostalgia is good for psychological health ... studies on the psychology of nostalgia . In all, experimental research paints a clear picture. Nostalgia is not the cause ... / more

Living in a safer world: Offering help when surrounded by others for the sake of reputation

... has increased the past decades. However, believe it or not, research shows there is actually a decline in violence. In his book, Pinker ... attitudes conflict with societal expectations. Journal Of Experimental Social Psychology, 18, 476–487. Gerrard, R., & Thompson, G. ... / more

Can you replicate that?

... for this blog have covered important changes taking place in experimental psychology. If you have not read them, I recommend you do ( post1 ... Every undergraduate psychology student who takes a course in research methods learns replication is critical to science. The results of ... / more

The reason that you need to feel good about yourself in order to be happy might not be what you think it is

... the need to feel good about yourself in order to be happy? Research suggests that if you have a lot of opportunities to make new friends, ... to think too highly of yourself. In a set of survey and experimental studies, Yuki, Sato, Takemura and Oishi (2013) found that ... / more

How stress influences our morality

... will prove useful when we take a look at the experimental findings. As a study by von Dawans and her colleagues ... D. H. (1994). Salivary cortisol in psychoneuroendocrine research: Recent developments and applications. Psychoneuroendocrinology, ... / more

Does discrimination fit a prototype?

... people organize categories and identify objects, I review research showing that people rely on prototypes when deciding what is and is ... : The stereotype asymmetry hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 405-412. Rosch, E. H. (1973). Natural ... / more

Never give up: The persistence of misinformation effects

... in on the current state of the art in misinformation research. In 1998 Andrew Wakefield published an article claiming that ... a source (e.g., Seife (2012)) or when you participate in an experimental study where a researcher intentionally deceives you to test her ... / more

Hot or cold morality? (Part 1)

... Morality is both hot and cold, but not in the way previous research leads people to believe. Imagine you’re walking on a footpath ... transmission of self-serving attributions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 46 , 97–106. Greene, J. (2013). ... / more

Is social psychology ready for the big science revolution?

... coming decades: The curation and increased accessibility of research findings. I describe several big science efforts that lead to an ... more findings per article (this is not the case for much of experimental social psychology). However, tools for the automated extraction of ... / more

Who gives a Tweet? Fandom, social identity, and why people take to Twitter

... joining groups to boost self-esteem is demonstrated by research done on the phenomenon of BIRG, or “Basking in the Reflective ... theory. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.),  Advances in experimental social psychology, Vol 39  (pp. 69-126). San Diego, CA, US: ... / more