137 results for „social support“
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magazine issue | 10/2013
A funny thing happened on the way to romance: How humor influences romantic relationship initiation
... a flirting disaster and to grow in our understanding of social dynamics, we can take a closer look at the role humor plays in romantic ... suggest that humor may have evolved specifically to support successful dating decisions, or in evolutionary terms, mating ... / more
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magazine issue | 10/2013
Sense-making through science
... Callan, & Laurin, 2008; Lerner, 1980), our world and our social environment are far from perfectly orderly and controlled. Life in ... that questioned scientific advances. Moreover, they obtained support for the idea that threatening order perceptions triggers the motivation ... / more
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Why do we sometimes enjoy the misfortune of others?
... feeling (Baudelaire, 1855/1955); and as harmful to social relations (Heider, 1958). Although schadenfreude carries a negative ... Over the years, three concerns have received ample support: deservingness, envy, and self-enhancement. As most people ... / more
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Why do people help strangers when disaster strikes?
... bathrooms); people are helping. It seems a pro-social orientation has swelled in the hearts and minds of Bostonians. ... attack by helping. Indeed, laboratory and field work support the idea that thinking about death increases pro-social attitudes and ... / more
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Everyone is biased
... as opposed to a “conservative” belief, or that this support put me more in step with the Democratic Party than the Republican ... in 2003 when I was transitioning from an undergraduate to a social psychology graduate student, while at the same time the U.S. was ... / more
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magazine issue | 02/2014
The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
... spokespersons, sparked so much controversy? Taking a social psychological perspective, this article attempts to address the good, ... as consumers have to try to rationalize buying products that support a company that promotes the very thing they believed they were ... / more
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Does parental disapproval lead to love or dissolution? The Romeo and Juliet effect vs. the social network effect
... one’s romantic relationship (Romeo and Juliet effect vs. social network effect) can actually coexist. Though there is little empirical support for the Romeo and Juliet effect, current research demonstrates that ... / more
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Everyone is prejudiced, too
... , what groups come to mind? In all likelihood, a social group that is disadvantaged in one way or another came to your mind: ... who disagree with us on fundamentally important issues. To support this claim, two of the above-mentioned papers (Crawford & Pilanski, in ... / moreHere you can search the entire InMind magazine for any content of your choice. You can reduce your search results by selecting one or more filter options in the right column.