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Complementing Individualism with The Social Identity Approach

... categorization can occur as a function of personal and situational factors ( Ellemers, Spears, & Doosje, 2002 ). This ... (2005).  Moral conviction: Another contributor to attitude strength or something more? Journal of Personality and Social ... / more

A funny thing happened on the way to romance: How humor influences romantic relationship initiation

Is a funny pick-up line a good idea, or will it hurt your chances?  The role of humor in courtship is a fascinating puzzle that is beginning to receive empirical attention. The current article provides a glimpse at when and why humor might be... / more

On kissing in elevators and flirting in the office: A cross-cultural perspective on normative behavior.

... coordination (Gelfand et al., 2011). The relative strength of social norms on individual behavior in which societies differ ... at a funeral) to situations that have a lower degree of situational strength (i.e., weak situations that allow a wider range of ... / more

Yielding to temptation: How and why some people are better at controlling themselves

... experienced a desire . Then they had to indicate the strength o f the desire and whether it conflicted with personal goals. ...  that the underlying differences are  often  situational,  as when a person  avoid s  tempting situations. ... / more

Fair enough? The inequality paradox, inequality awareness, and system justification

... endorsement can also be found in male attractiveness and strength. In the ancestral landscape, these two characteristics signalled and ... reversed: Ethiopian undergraduates, for example, made more situational attributions when their parents had higher incomes, possibly ... / more