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Revisiting the past can make the present a better place: The psychological and social benefits of nostalgia

... in the present. However, this view lacked scientific support. In recent years, social psychologists have employed scientific methods to more systematically ... / more

Living in a safer world: Offering help when surrounded by others for the sake of reputation

... beliefs, the lack of help can be explained differently. The social and psychological forces at play during a bystander effect ... to offer help in the presence of others. Evidence in support of the position of Van Bommel and colleagues (2012) can be found in ... / more

Foul-weather friends: Social psychology and school aggression

... peers in a helpful way? Although, as a discipline, social psychology has studied such bystander effects for decades, it has been ... influence group members’ willingness to stick with and support the group. Bullying in the Classroom Thus far, I have ... / more

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

... on associations between parents' and children's behaviors to support the assumption that parents affect children. For example, research ... brought up to develop mechanical orientations, so their social environment buys them robots and cars, and they are also encouraged to ... / more

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

... on associations between parents' and children's behaviors to support the assumption that parents affect children. For example, research ... brought up to develop mechanical orientations, so their social environment buys them robots and cars, and they are also encouraged to ... / more

When science selects for fraud

...   Publication bias , which is especially bad in the social (Peplow, 2014) and biomedical sciences (Hopewell et al., 2009), does not ... an environment where the ethical have difficulty finding support while the unethical are elevated to the tops of their fields. But ... / more

How stress influences our morality

... standardized psychological stressor called Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), involving public speaking and difficult arithmetic ... experience. Stress can increase or decrease pro-social behavior Does the fact that stress enhances emotional reactions ... towards their peers in order to seek comfort and support (“tend and befriend” hypothesis; Taylor et al., 2000). This makes ... / more

Does discrimination fit a prototype?

... low status groups. In three separate studies, we found support for the idea that people from high status groups focus more on the ... : Do female perpetrators go unnoticed? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17, 115-123. Inman, M. L., Huerta, J., & Oh, ... / 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 ... Klaus Boehnke, Michele Gelfand and Katja Hanke for their support and proofreading of drafts of this article.   References ... / more

Empowering cartoonists, deterring killers, protecting bystanders: Can psychology contribute?

... it sends a negative signal about the utility of pursuing social change in the Middle East through the democratic process. In addition, ... justifies the murderous attack on others, or one country’s support of murder here justifies attacking civilians there. There are also ... / more