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No strings attached: Are “friends with benefits” as complicated in real life as they are in the movies?

... few decades. As some evidence of this, data from the General Social Survey reveals that among college students surveyed between 1988 and ... off their friendship and sexual relationship altogether. In comparison, most men (60%) expressed a desire for their FWB arrangement to ... / more

The influential child: It is not all up to the parents

... brought up to develop mechanical orientations, so their social environment buys them robots and cars, and they are also encouraged to ... show that boys tend to receive more harsh parenting in comparison with girls, less parental sympathy and empathic concern and ... / more

The influential child: It is not all up to the parents

... brought up to develop mechanical orientations, so their social environment buys them robots and cars, and they are also encouraged to ... show that boys tend to receive more harsh parenting in comparison with girls, less parental sympathy and empathic concern and ... / more

A Perfect Storm: The Record of a Revolution

... today. The first event was the massive fraud from well-known social psychologist Diederik Stapel, who fabricated data in at least 55 ... evidence in experimental psychology: An empirical comparison using 855 t tests. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6, ... / more

Gender equity in science: Achievement unlocked?

... as having strong credentials, but somewhat less-so by comparison to these two stars. While the first study compared highly qualified ... Analytic Tests of Three Theories. Personality and Social Psychology Review , 1088868315574461. Dovidio, J.F. & Gaertner, ... / more

Experience in Action Games and the Effects on Executive Control

... about this development and refer to potentially negative social effects (which have not been entirely proven yet). However, cognitive ... to be put to an empirical test. Summary Gamers, in comparison with non-gamers, show clear advantages in executive functions , ... / more

Empathy and prejudice after attacks in Paris and Beirut

... theory that describes how our physical distance, social distance, and hypothetical distance can influence whether our thinking ... more salient, as it happened after the Paris attacks. In comparison with the attacks in Beirut, the attacks in Paris were widespread in ... / more

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

... their need to differentiate themselves by belonging to social groups . However, belonging to several cultural groups at the same time ... unidimensional or bidimensional? A head-to-head comparison in the prediction of personality, self-identity, and adjustment. ... / more

It’s not a matter of fashion: How psychological research can revamp common beliefs on lesbian and gay parenting

... of children with heterosexual parents. Both personal and social outcomes have been examined: sexual identity, psychological adjustment ... and gay parenting as something abnormal. First of all, the comparison between lesbian and gay parenting and heterosexual parenting is, in ... / more

Are Perceptions of Election “Rigging” Racialized?

... Given the stakes, we believe that is important for social scientists look closely at what might be driving these troubling doubts ... appear to be unique to the 2008 and 2012 elections. For comparison, we looked at data from two other recent elections where Barack ... / more