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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 ... to incorporate the distinctiveness of this group’s identity into their personal identity – and, as such, meet their need to ... / 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 quality of the relationships with peers. ... / more

Elephants and Donkeys Are Killing The United States: Why We Need Political Diversity

While the opinions expressed in our own social networks may overwhelmingly predict our presidential candidate winning ... the liberals (Silver, 2012). With cable TV, internet, and social media now providing hundreds of explicitly partisan news sources which ... G., & Lelkes, Y. (2012). Affect, not ideology a social identity perspective on polarization. Public Opinion Quarterly, 76 (3), ... / more

Asking Children to Talk About Abuse: Can Research Help Improve Police Interviewer Skills?

... factors, such as the use of highly suggestive questions and social pressure, were later identified in the McMartin case (Garven, Wood, ... investigation, such as information about the perpetrator's identity and the type of abuse. Other studies have not found an overall ... / more

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

... have been studied in terms of discrimination and social avoidance. However, gaydar researchers have not yet investigated ... J. L., & Taylor, J. N. (2005). Role rigidity: a problem of identity misclassification? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89, ... / more

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

... national and local levels. Bringing together research on social dilemmas from the laboratory and the field gives us hope that we ... Emphasise the groups we belong to Social identity theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1979) proposes that we don’t identify and ... / more

Invoking Pocahontas: An act of racism disguised as politics

... [3] [4] , but we focus in on how invoking a single identity misrepresents diverse nations and languages, marginalizing and ... psychologists are interested in understanding the impacts. Social psychologists Stephanie Fryberg and Sarah Townsend argue Native American ... / more

Doing ill for ‘the greater good’: Understanding what really went on in the Stanford Prison Experiment

... to topple what is possibly the single most famous study in social psychology. But the news from the archive and the Jaffe-Mark tape ... [ 17 , 18 ]. This work culminated in a model of ‘identity leadership’ which argues that brutality occurs to the extent that ... / more

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, reviewed by Andrew Archer

... conflict between promotional self-enhancement and authentic social connection. AMERICAN PSYCHO The narrator chain smokes and slams ... From a Buddhist perspective, coveting an essential interior identity “ is the fundamental mental affliction ” (p. 160) 4 and ... / more

Understanding Online Child Sexual Abuse and How to Talk to Children About it

... during the last few decades, digital devices and social media have become everyday aspects of our lives (How else would we ... that online communication might pose. Adolescence: Identity Formation and Increased Sexual Curiosity According to the ... / more