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From the Editors: On the Current State of Science Journalism

... are happening, many of my colleagues and I ponder what positive impact can we have on the non-academic community? What can we do to ... will reach the masses and shape how people think about psychology. To that end, I remain active in the efforts to spread science ... / more

Marginal and Happy – How can people be culturally detached and well adjusted?

... to meet this need, and are thus able to benefit from the positive outcomes associated with meeting it. On the contrary, marginal ... South Asian immigrants to Canada, International Journal of Psychology, 36 , 163–173. Berry, J. W. (2001). A psychology of ... / more

Was that how it happened? Shaping our memory for personal experiences in conversation with others

... 1932 book 'Remembering: A study in experimental and social psychology', Bartlett also emphasized the social nature of memory (or ... of a stimulus person that contained negative, positive, or ambiguous evaluations. Participants then wrote a message ... were told that the receiver disliked the person, and a more positive description when they were told that the receiver liked the person. ... / more

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

... of opponents as evil, dumb or completely devoid of any positive human qualities (Lewandowski et al., 2013), we paint partisans of the ... went on the defensive, the argument escalated, and nothing positive was resolved. Why do we think this tactic will work with opposing ... between partisans, interventions based in social psychology’s Intergroup Contact Theory have successfully decreased ... / more

Why Has Donald Trump Lost So Much Conservative Support?

... someone is compared to the average person while positive numbers indicate how much more conscientious someone is compared to ... styles, and the things they leave behind. Political Psychology, 29 (6), 807–840. ... model. Political Psychology, 31 (5), 685–715. ... / more

Asking Children to Talk About Abuse: Can Research Help Improve Police Interviewer Skills?

... on field interviews were necessary to maintain the positive effects of training. The authors argued that trainees appeared to fall ... training system for investigative interviewers of children. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21, 309-322. doi: 10.1037/law0000052 ... / more

In Defense of Anger: An Evolutionary Necessity and its Contemporary Applicability

... at posts on the internet 1 . Partly out of a love of psychology, and partly out of an embittered need to justify my irrational ... the survival of our ancestors are no longer useful (e.g. the positive feedback of high calorie/fat meals). Despite this, I assert that anger ... / more

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

Recent research in social psychology has demonstrated that the facial appearance of Chief Executive ... at the face. New research in the field of perceptual psychology, however, has shown that one can judge less obvious aspects of ... that physically attractive people are thought to have more positive traits than less attractive people (Dion, Berscheid & Walster, 1972), ... / more

Cooperation in social dilemmas: How can psychology help to meet climate change goals?

... by our social context. Two significant insights from psychology that can help us to fight climate change are the roles of social ... in a 79% drop in plastic bag consumption, which will have positive effects on the environment (Defra, 2016). Defaults could be applied to ... / more

The Force is Too Strong with This One? Sexism, Star Wars, and Female Heroes

... are trying to control men). Benevolent sexism includes positive feelings toward women that exist alongside beliefs that reflect ... benevolent sexism . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70 (3), 491-512. [11]  Glick, P., Fiske, S. T., Mladinic, ... / more