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When conversations flow

... flow provides people with a feeling of belonging and social validation , independently from the content of the conversation ... flow. Then we will explain how flow can serve different social needs, like the need to belong and the need for social validation . ... their behaviors to each other. This interpersonal coordination underlies a wide array of human activities, ranging from more ... / more

The victim wars: How competitive victimhood stymies reconciliation between conflicting groups

... suggests that, especially in contexts where material and social resources are scarce, group members actively attempt to affirm that ... these strategies to be effective, there must be effort and coordination on the part of academic researchers, policymakers and peacemakers. ... / more

How on Earth Do People Understand Each Other in Everyday Conversation?

... use in face-to-face dialogue.  Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 19, 163-194. Bavelas, J. B., Coates, L., & Johnson, ... & Swezey, L. W. (1982).  Listener responsiveness and the coordination of conversation.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, ... / more

Why We Are Still Social

... a colleague put to me the question: Why are humans still social? That “still” was weighty with meaning—the idea of a primal ... pair of eyes. Even these simple tasks require some degree of coordination, not unusual in the animal world. For our early ancestors, group ... / more

Evolution of Religion

... (or for that matter among the opponents!) of religion, the social sciences have often encountered great difficulties dealing with ... b) and c) are orchestrated in a ritualized, rhythmic sensory coordination. On the acquisition of supernatural thinking: Agency - ... / more

High Maintenance Interaction

... this article, the authors demonstrate that inefficient  social coordination  on an interpersonal task can impair  self-regulation  on ... / more

The Night of Nancy: Social Psychology and Football

... turns into a fighting machine in a football stadium. Social psychology might provide an explanation: it might well be the connection ... and football’s reputation has again been damaged. A priori coordination would have incurred significantly less costs. While the (in ... / more

Why Madonna was right: Music really does make the people come together

... people come together.”  In this post, I will discuss the social psychological research, which suggests that she was more right then even ... Characteristics of instructed and uninstructed interpersonal coordination while walking side-by-side. Neuroscience Letters, 432 , ... / more

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

... and cross the street, you just broke what is called a social norm . Social norms help us to effectively respond to social ... of natural disasters, it has to enhance order and social coordination (Gelfand et al., 2011). The relative strength of social ... / 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 ... (example in Figure 2)? Dual-task situations require the coordination of different tasks and task information due to executive ... / more