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The Ghost in the System: Where Free Will Lurks in Human Minds

... remained at Enron’s Houston headquarters following evidence that employees were destroying documents that implicated them in ... years, this approach to understanding phenomena in the physical sciences has been adapted to identify basic operating rules that are ... / more

Free Will in Social Psychology

... who believe in free will, social psychology provides vital evidence about how it happens and is used. To thinkers who disbelieve in free ... after people try to control their emotional reactions, their physical stamina is reduced, as an early study showed ( Muraven, Tice, & ... / more

Culture and Health Psychology: Insights from a Socio-Cultural Perspective

... Organization (WHO) defined health as a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or ... and physical health. Conclusion So far, the evidence suggests that socio-cultural environments play an important role in ... / more

Embodied Persuasion: How the Body Can Change our Mind

... meaning in this case refers to an evaluative, rather than a physical, orientation. The main idea behind the concept of embodied ... In addition to these spatial parameters, metaphorical evidence often associates evaluation with other dimensions, such as brightness ... / more

Reconsidering Race in the Genetic Era

... a study that may shed some light on this issue. They found evidence that the media coverage of developments in genetic research may ... States and other countries to forcibly sterilize those with physical and mental impairments (Larsen, 2004). In the most extreme example, ... / more

The Surprising Effect of Facial Appearance on Political Decision-Making

... outside of our awareness. Visual cues, for example, such as physical appearance, are instrumental in shaping our impressions of political ... colleagues’  (in press) second experiment provided some evidence that independents and people who only weakly-identify with their ... / more

Penetrating the Circle of Death: Why People are Dying (and Killing) Not to Die

... we were never asked to sign; but it is nevertheless a physical reality that helps shape the cognitive existence of the only species ... can contribute to risky and destructive actions. The evidence for terror management: Effects of mortality salience on ... / more

Love at First Sight

... appealing? One nose, two lips, two eyes – are such physical features sufficient in and of themselves to induce us to surrender our ... we see in such pictures, far from being persuasive evidence that people regularly buy pets that resemble them, may simply be ... / more

The Anatomy of Love

... If you think I’m exaggerating, then consider this: evidence indicates that passion (unlike intimacy and commitment ) ... passionate love. In fact, pretty much anything that boosts physical arousal can cause people to temporarily think that they’re more ... / more

The Naked Power: Understanding Nonverbal Communications of Power

... power  even though Hall and colleagues found little evidence that these signs reliably signal  power . Actual relations ... Judge, T. A., & Cable, D. M. (2004).  The effect of physical height on workplace success and income: Preliminary test of a ... / more