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

... field  represents a part of society, i.e. a social group in the position to decide how much impact individual creative output ... such as the Eastern and Western described in an earlier In-Mind article by  Chiu and Leung  (2007), and just as the evaluations of ... / more

There’s Something About Zero

... Research has revealed many subtypes, even among this group. Dixon et al. (2004) suggested that among synaesthetes with a visual ... concurrents (projectors) and those who view them in their mind’s eye (associators). There is also a distinction between higher and ... / more

The Double Edged Passion

... "those" -- every culture, pretty much, has had a different group in mind. But the singular fact of prejudice per se was as recognizable in ... / more

From Heavens to Hells to Heroes

... The poet John Milton gave highest praise to the human mind when he wrote in 'Paradise Lost', "The mind is its own place, and in ... and Stanford University, into a hell on earth for a group of college students that I imprisoned in a dramatic experiment, allow me ... / more

Why We Are Still Social

... to which humans might return, perhaps finally freed from group living by technological progress. I was dumbfounded. Humans have no ... us closer to developing theories to understand the human mind. The Minimalist Scenario Most behavioral scientists would agree ... / more

Five Social Psychology Essentials

... students will get more out of the course if they keep in mind several underlying themes that their instructors do not always make ... of this link, however, textbooks increasingly de-emphasize group activity and emphasize its drawbacks as they narrow their gaze toward the ... / more

High Maintenance Interaction

... I'd have to admit to always being part of that latter group. My strategy was to harass the biggest nerd on the subject with all of my ... . I have to inhibit an attractive alternative that comes to mind first: obviously I rather want to snooze until noon, eat chocolate during ... / more

On Scaffolds and Sweet Potatoes

... might lead to new ways of thinking about culture, the human mind, and their development. Whenever you take a walk in a large city, ... from the rise of a cultural habit among an unlikely group: the Japanese macaques on the small island of Koshima. The research done ... / more

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

... up at five a.m. to catch the coach that took the whole group to a ski resort nearby. Oftentimes, dance performances or tennis games ... walk after an exhausting meeting helps to refresh one’s mind before going back to one’s desk and work more efficiently on the next ... / more

Everyone is prejudiced, too

... prejudice and discrimination , what groups come to mind? In all likelihood, a social group that is disadvantaged in one way or another came to your mind: an ... / more