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Are Victim or Eyewitness Statements Credible? Several Ways to Check Them

written by Nurul Arbiyah, Henry Otgaar & Eric Rassin

23 results for „social construct“
found in | magazine issue | 12/2012

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

... often reflect very meaningful personal experiences, such as social rejection or interpersonal intimacy . But how do we come to express ... of social behavior: Direct effects of trait construct and stereotype activation on action.   Journal of ... / more
found in | magazine issue | 12/2012

Job insecurity climate: On shared perceptions of job insecurity

... not arise out of nothing. They are of course embedded in a social context. Consider the ‘second great contraction’, the financial ... job insecurity, and to introduce the job insecurity climate construct to a broader audience. Job insecurity as a work stressor ... / more
found in | magazine issue | 02/2012

Would you recognize the perpetrator? What do you need to know when you have to make an identification from a lineup?

... manner in which the lineup is presented. Furthermore, social and meta-cognitive influences also play an important role (Brewer, ... view. All clips are saved in a large database. In order to construct a lineup , the description of the perpetrator is entered into the ... / more
found in | magazine issue | 02/2012

When the thought of yourself nags you: How failure to attain cultural standards brings suicide on the fringe of consciousness

... further developed by Roy Baumeister (1990), who advanced a social-psychological theory of suicide as resulting from a motivation to escape ... that goal (Baumeister, 1990), and if motivation impacts construct accessibility (Eitam & Higgins, 2010; Kruglanski et al., 2002), then ... / more
found in | magazine issue | 01/2012

Family Honour and the Purity of the Family’s Essence: A Relational Models Approach

... it could as well be a true story. Honour is related to social reputation and to the respect one gets from others. When their honour is ... by trying to repair and maintain their social relations and construct new ones. The social status of the dishonoured person is at stake if ... / more
found in | magazine issue | 06/2011

On the dark and bright sides to vengeance: Cognitive, behavioral and affective consequences of aggression

... in the future, has a long history in Philosophy and (Social)-Psychology alike. In Philosophy, already Aristotle claimed that ... of social behavior: Direct effects of trait construct and stereotype activation on action. Journal of Personality and ... / more
found in | magazine issue | 04/2009

When Nothing Bad Happens but You’re Still Unhappy: Boredom in Romantic Relationships

... again suggest that relationship boredom is a prototypical construct that generally encompasses an absence of positive emotion and an ... relationship quality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 273-283.   Barbalet, J. M. (1999). Boredom ... / more
found in | magazine issue | 09/2008

Reconsidering Race in the Genetic Era

... is a topic that has been explored throughout the history of social psychology research. Typically, this research has focused on how our ... consistently indicates that race is primarily a social construct that does not reflect any significant biological differences ( ... / more
found in | magazine issue | 09/2008

The Surprising Effect of Facial Appearance on Political Decision-Making

... use the time before an election to analyze debates, weigh social policies, and scrutinize performance records. With a wealth of political ... processes take place. In that split second, we unconsciously construct ideas about a person’s personality ( Bar, Neta & Linz , 2006). We ... / more
found in | magazine issue | 06/2008

Complementing Individualism with The Social Identity Approach

... reason for this is that groups are part and parcel of our social lives. Groups fulfill our needs for belongingness, affiliation , and ... neither static nor fixed – rather, individuals actively construct and define them through the interactive influence of personal and ... / more

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