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Your mother, metaphors, and other monkey business: How experiences of physical warmth shape how we think about relationships

... loneliness and psychological pain. Metaphors that describe physical experiences, like physical warmth , often reflect very meaningful ... thought to be reserved for metaphor ; a physical response to the depth in which his social world plunged him. However, all is ... / more

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

... and future love interest – contracted a set of serious physical symptoms after being exposed to other passengers who were also getting ... emotional experience begins with an initial physiological response to some stimulus in our environment: the pulse quickens, the ... / more

Are we all jerks? Why nobody helps when surrounded by others

... a low level of responsibility, he or she might not act in response as well (Aronson & Akert, 2007). When it is just you facing the ... is able to help others. The interveners also had different physical characteristics compared to the non-interveners. The helpers were ... / more

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

... asked to identify the communicated emotion from a number of response options. Although they could neither see nor talk to each other, the ... Science, 23, 772-779. Levav, J., & Argo, J. J. (2010). Physical contact and financial risktaking. Psychological Science, ... / more

Does Exercise Truly Make You Happy?

... depression . In recent years, clinicians have used physical exercise as a treatment for depression . Therefore, the benefits ... in order to see its effects. This is referred to as the dose-response relation in exercise treatment. Analyses of multiple studies (so ... / more

Death and deities: A social cognitive perspective

... regardless of its spiritual benefits, comes with significant physical risk: Many pilgrims who ritually bathe in the Ganges River, ... literal immortality: they promise that, despite appearances, physical death is not final. But religious worldviews also provide symbolic ... of literal immortality on self-esteem striving in response to mortality salience .Journal of Personality and Social ... / more

General action and inaction goals: Definitions & effects

... dictate whether members are encouraged to take action in response to events or be passive and accommodating (Cohen & Leung, 2011). ... must work long hours to maintain a given salary). Finally, physical space can impact activity levels in various ways. Living in a city ... / more

Anger Management

... angry, swear. — Mark Twain Anger is an emotional response to a real or imagined threat or provocation. Anger can range in ... & Stack, 1999). One variation of venting is intense physical exercise. When angry, some people go running or try some other form of ... / more

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

... years, this approach to understanding phenomena in the physical sciences has been adapted to identify basic operating rules that are ... may display a sudden and qualitative (nonlinear) change in response to a seemingly trivial factor. In a mental system, for example, a ... / more

Free Will in Social Psychology

... . (I use the terms interchangeably.) If you override one response, you interrupt the flow of behavior and prevent something from ... after people try to control their emotional reactions, their physical stamina is reduced, as an early study showed ( Muraven, Tice, & ... / more