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House, M.D. and the science of psychogenic illness

... T.L., & Bargh, J.A. (1999). The chameleon effect: The perception -behavior link and social interaction. Journal of Personality and ... / more

That human touch that means so much: Exploring the tactile dimension of social life

... Cowen P., and Harmer C. (2009). Oxytocin enhances perception and memory for positive versus negative emotional information ... / more

Job insecurity climate: On shared perceptions of job insecurity

... instance amongst your coworkers. It thus becomes a shared perception , a climate of job insecurity. The aim of this article is to give a ... research on job insecurity focuses on the subjective perception of insecurity, not the actual occurrence of an objective threat to ... / more

Positive Illusions: Brad Pitt or Danny DeVito?

... to idealize a partner. For instance, an obvious positive perception that he or she is a nice/good person is general enough to minimize ... partner. The authors refer to these two levels of partner perception respectively as ‘global adoration’ and ‘specific ... / more

Justice seems not to be for all: Exploring the scope of justice

... “justice is for everyone” seems to be over. A justice perception can have unfair consequences for those who are perceived not to be ... 1990). It is sometimes also referred to as people’s perception of what their moral community is, that is, a psychological ... / more

When conversations flow

... "false consensus effect": An egocentric bias in social perception and attribution processes.   Journal of Experimental Social ... / more

When does revenge taste sweet? A short tale of revenge

... Hence, the experience of satisfaction and the perception of re-established justice seem to demand more than just a balance ... / more

The victim wars: How competitive victimhood stymies reconciliation between conflicting groups

... (Nadler, 2002). Only a radical change in each group's perception of the others can break the cycle of violence and guarantee an ... of sympathy and assistance. Thus, encouraging the perception of one’s own group as the victim may enhance the possibility of ... / more

Death and deities: A social cognitive perspective

... spirits, are not directly detectable via normal sense perception (or else exist in an unreachable realm). And yet, as expensive and ... / more

“Look in my eyes. I said in my eyes!”: Antecedents and Consequences of (Self-) Objectification

... that sexual objectification could cause negative social perception . For example, Loughnan and his colleagues (2010) have shown that ... the effects of objectification on dehumanized social perception may be more acute amongst people who hold sexist attitudes. ... / more