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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 ... artist declaring, “ We’re all asleep, brainwashed by a system that doesn’t give a shit about who we really are ”  (p. 272).  ... / more

Risk assessment tools and criminal reoffending: Does bias determine who is “high risk”?

...   Risk assessment in the criminal justice system What is the likelihood that someone who has committed a crime ... judgments of witness reliability. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 37(3) , 561-591. [13] Ask, K., Rebelius, A., & ... / more

Social Machines: Social Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction

... emotions or desires. Why do we still act like it is a social being? Humans are social animals “Humans are ... 2 G. Rizzolatti and L. Craighero, “The Mirror-Neuron System,” Ann. Rev. Neuroscience , vol. 27, pp. 169-192, 2004. 3 J. ... / more

Refugees wel(l)come: The impact of social support on refugees’ well-being

... In particular, it addresses the question of how social support can positively affect refugees’ well-being and the ... effects can be observed for informal social support system: research indicates that social reinforcement provided by refugees’ ... / more

The Kids are Alright? An Interview with Well-Being Ambassador Will Williams and a Case for Bringing Mindfulness to Schools

... needed to be at the very core of the future education system and should flow into every subject area. That it should be a ... which is simply the extent to which someone has obtained social and psychological prosperity [ 5 ]. IM: And what are some of ... / more

Fair Enough? The Inequality Paradox, Inequality Awareness, and System Justification

... In a time where conservative ideologies are on the rise, and social disparities are growing, economic inequality is increasing dramatically ... As Long As It’s Fair: The Many Faces of System Justification In order to understand the paradox of economic ... / more

Sex differences in the perception of sexual arousal

... extent, are independent from one another: a cognitive system, which assesses a given situation using previous experiences and ... a missed mating opportunity. The former only leads to minor social repercussions while the later leads to a missed opportunity to pass on ... / more

To which gender’s disadvantage are school grades biased – girls or boys?

... there has been much media debate about whether the school system also discriminates against boys. This article summarizes the current ... more competent, whereas women are regarded as warmer in the social sense (3,4). If teachers hold such stereotypes (i.e., general ... / more

Is there an art center in our brain? That’s bananas!

... or not we like them. Further, the culture and political system we live in and the socioeconomic class we belong to play a role [3], ... could also be used to signal one’s position in the social hierarchy of the group to which one belongs. But it also had meaning in ... / more

Climate Stress in Everyday Life: How Can We Support Children?

... natural disasters and dying ecosystems, or the increase in social conflicts and forced migration. Stronger societal disruptions are ... such as the boar that can better activate our internal alarm system [2]. When it comes to complex dangers such as the climate crisis , ... / more