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On kissing in elevators and flirting in the office: A cross-cultural perspective on normative behavior.

... to value orientations. A large body of research within cross-cultural psychology examines the cultural and universal aspects of people’s ... of Consumer Research, 35 (3), 472-482. Greenfield, P. M., Keller, H., Fuligni, A., & Maynard, A. (2003). Cultural pathways through ... / more

To affinity and beyond! How our preference to be among similar people interacts with our social ecology

... in social psychology, where it is called the ‘similarity-attraction effect’ (Byrne, 1971; 1997). Sociologists also study a similar ... 67(2), 281–315. doi:10.1093/sf/67.2.281 McLeod, P. L., Lobel, S. A., & Cox, T. H. (1996). Ethnic Diversity and Creativity ... / more

Always on the Move: How Residential Mobility Impacts Our Well-Being

... Faber, 2012). But is frequent moving good or bad for our well-being? Residential mobility is a noteworthy topic that ... all one’s eggs in one basket” (Oishi & Kesebir, 2012, p. 1542). However, if you live in stable communities where few friends are ... / more

How to win (and lose) friendships across cultures: Why relational mobility matters

... new friends. Right away, you would probably begin your tried-and-true techniques for making friends. Unfortunately, your efforts may not go ... on their personal preferences” (Yuki & Schug, 2012, p. 137) . Let’s unpack that mouthful. Characteristics of LOW ... / more

Seeing and Believing: Common Courtroom Myths in Eyewitness Memory

... news, and in the awareness of the public. On a mid-summer evening in 1982, in a small town in the southern U.S., 24-year-old ... rejecting it then at least going far beyond it,” (2003, p. 1,505). Common sense is convenient, but it is not sufficiently or ... / more

What is c Factor, and Where Can I Get It?

Meredith just landed her first job at a run-of-the-mill industrial design firm. As the newest member of an important ... we discuss the concept of collective intelligence – c factor (Woolley, Chabris, Pentland, Hashmi, & Malone, 2010). We also describe ... obstacles by taking thought” (Neisser et al., 1996, p. 77); essentially, the capacity to problem-solve. This definition of ... / more

It’s not a matter of fashion: How psychological research can revamp common beliefs on lesbian and gay parenting

Lesbian and gay parenting is still controversial and same- sex parents are often subjected to prejudices founded on the belief that ... Developmental Psychology, 31, 124-129. Boldizar, J. P. (1991). Assessing sex typing and androgyny in children: The Children's ... / more

Elephants and Donkeys Are Killing The United States: Why We Need Political Diversity

... or “red” (Motyl et al., 2014).  Liberals or left-leaning individuals are moving to urban centers for political reasons, and ... extent that their voters don’t weigh bipartisanship as a factor for re-election. When a single political party is endorsed by the ... online. PNAS, 113 (3), 554-559. Ditto, P. H., & Liu, B. S. (2012). What dilemma? Moral evaluation shapes factual ... / more

The Face of Leadership: How CEOs’ Facial Appearance Predicts Business Success

... how these findings relate to real world organizations. --- A picture may be worth a thousand words, but does this apply to ... House LLC. Den Hartog, D. N., House, R. J., Hanges, P. J., Ruiz-Quintanilla, S. A., & Dorfman, P. W. (1999). Culture specific and ... / more

Fake Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Costs Real Money

... the diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ( PTSD ) - that trauma can derange people mentally - exists since the 1880s. There have ... Stress , 16 , 59-66. Cohen, Z. E., & Appelbaum, P. S. (2016). Experience and Opinions of Forensic Psychiatrists Regarding ... / more