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Straight talk about gaydar: How do individuals guess others’ sexual orientation?

... homosexuality than encouraging it, adapted and developed psychological tests of personality in the hope that they would detect gay men ... R. J., Roberts, S. J., & Campbell-Kibler, K. (2002). Sharing resources and indexing meanings in the production of gay styles. Language and ... / more

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

... one that has interesting implications for business and human resources: business leadership ability. That is, people can roughly tell how ... scarcely its replacement. Accuracy in judging behavior and psychological traits from faces appears to be specific to certain domains. ... / more

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

Effectively managing shared natural resources is essential to protecting and improving our physical environment. ... it. Ethical Considerations As we have shown, psychological processes can be harnessed to influence behaviour. However, ... to be ethical. There is always the potential for misuse of psychological knowledge, as history shows. When is using psychological ... / more

Chemical or Financial Imbalances? Mental Health, Income Inequality & American Culture

... of biological solutions (i.e., psychotropic medication). Psychological disorder however, may manifest via financial and social ... well-being is the avenue to satisfaction. However, when resources are not dispersed evenly, as prominent psychologist Csikszentmihalyi ... / more

Origins of Common Fears: A Review

... to discover the origins of our common fears in the major psychological theories of the last century.   It is said that ... generations.  Since there is competition for (limited) resources in every generation, the organisms that happen to be better adapted ... / more

The Effect of Acute Stress on Memory: How It Helps and How It Hurts

... than flexible thinking, and such a state can save mental resources and helps avoid hesitation in situations where fast action is ... memory: A meta-analysis and integrative review. Psychological Bulletin, 143, 636-675. doi:10.1037/bul0000100 2 ... / more

How to get into shape like the Hulk

... achieve their goals without draining their self-control resources? Based on a comprehensive meta-analysis of studies on ... strength model of self-control . Current directions in psychological science , 16, 351-355. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00534.x ... / more

The Coddling of the American Mind, reviewed by Dylan Selterman

... is deteriorating. Lukianoff and Haidt draw heavily on psychological science to help clarify these issues and identify solutions. ... to studies on CBT effectiveness along with additional resources (such as David Burns’s popular book, Feeling Good ). ... / more

Risk assessment tools and criminal reoffending: Does bias determine who is “high risk”?

... . Case study: At the time Thomas was convicted, many psychological professionals believed that people who committed arson were very ... evaluation of juveniles . Sarasota, Florida: Professional Resources Press. [33] Murrie, D. C., Boccaccini, M. T. (2015). ... / more

Refugees wel(l)come: The impact of social support on refugees’ well-being

... poses some challenges for host countries, particularly the psychological condition in which the refugees find themselves upon arrival (7). ... facilitate refugees’ connections to social and economic resources, which is crucial as social and environmental well-being has been ... / more