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How on Earth Do People Understand Each Other in Everyday Conversation?

... on the basis on very subtle cues is shown in a classic field experiment by  Douglas Kingsbury (1968) . Kingsbury asked randomly ... & Labov, W. (1975).  Spatial networks as a site for the study of language and thought.  Language, 51, 924-939. Pomerantz, A. ... / more

‘The Vision Thing’

... consistent with this claim emerged from the BBC Prison study ( Reicher & Haslam , 2006; see also  Haslam & Reicher , 2007;  ... also emerges from the carefully observed ethnographic field studies of  Clifford Stott and John Drury  (2000). These examine ... / more

Creativity is More Than a Trait: It’s a Relation

...  became connected to science, eventually leading to the study of eminent scholars from all disciplines ( Albert & Runco , 1999). ... by both the current breadth of conceptions of the  field  as well as the relative uncertainty of its fundamental components” ... / more

Exposing an Armed Criminal: What Can We Learn from Psychology and the Police?

... selection of scientific research on the issue within the field of psychology. The evidence derived from the literature is considered ... their own emotional responses when carrying a firearm. This study provides evidence that carrying an illegal firearm is associated with a ... / more

Are Blonds Really Dumb?

... whether we consciously believe in it – Devine designed a study in which people did not realize that their stereotypes had been ... indicate whether these were in their left or right visual field . In reality, these flashes were words, which were so briefly presented ... / more

Same Same? Moral Development across Continents

... African settings. As a consequence of these doubts the field of cross-cultural psychology developed. This discipline investigates ... in several follow-up studies. One famous follow-up study was conducted among a sample of Nepalese Buddhist monks, who grew up ... / more

A funny thing happened on the way to romance: How humor influences romantic relationship initiation

...  Particularly convincing is evidence from experimental field studies, such as one demonstrating that women are more likely to give ... however, should be interpreted cautiously because the study did not distinguish between short-term or long-term affairs.  When a ... / more

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Why do people help strangers when disaster strikes?

... Marathon attack by helping.  Indeed, laboratory and field work support the idea that thinking about death increases pro-social ... What good are positive emotions in crisis? A prospective study of resilience and emotions following the terrorist attacks on the ... / more

After Trayvon: The science of protecting innocent black men

... 1989; Bodenhausen & Richeson, 2010).  In a 2003 study, Northwestern University researchers tested their theory that implicit ... trust, and out-group closeness (Hodson, 2011). In a field experiment conducted in a college dormitory system, white freshmen who ... / more