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Does Exercise Truly Make You Happy?

... quasi-experimental setting in order to test their causality hypothesis. In general, most studies find a consistent but moderate positive ... on physiological mechanisms of exercise could aid in the understanding of psychological well-being. One of those will be discussed here ... / more

When does revenge taste sweet? A short tale of revenge

... We refer to this as the so-called “comparative suffering hypothesis” (Frijda, 1994). An alternative notion holds that it is more ... satisfied. We refer to this assumption as the so-called “understanding hypothesis”. Reviewing the existing evidence, there are ... / more

“Look in my eyes. I said in my eyes!”: Antecedents and Consequences of (Self-) Objectification

... person recognition : The sexualized body-inversion hypothesis. Manuscript under revision. Bernard, P., Gervais, S., ... L., & Roberts, T. A. (1997). Objectification theory: Toward understanding women's lived experiences and mental health risks. Psychology of ... / more

On the dark and bright sides to vengeance: Cognitive, behavioral and affective consequences of aggression

... because he did something wrong beforehand. Without this understanding, revenge does not reduce the accessibility of aggressive ... M. (1977). The catharsis of aggression: An evaluation of a hypothesis. In L. Berkowitz (Ed.),Advances in experimental social ... / more

Are You a “Real Man”? How Men Earn and Prove Manhood Status

... may seem antiquated to those who possess a sophisticated understanding of gender , themes of the precariousness of manhood continue ... supported the first component of our precarious manhood hypothesis, that manhood is considered more elusive than womanhood. Manhood ... / more

Culture and Health Psychology: Insights from a Socio-Cultural Perspective

The beginning of the 20th century featured an understanding of health that was dominated by a biomedical perspective, ... Fitzgibbon  (2009) on the use of dental floss tested the hypothesis that health messages will be more persuasive if they are congruent ... / more

Embodied Persuasion: How the Body Can Change our Mind

... mechanisms by which the body affects attitudes. Understanding these processes is essential in order to predict whether, when, ... This idea is referred to as the self-validation hypothesis ( Petty, Briñol & Tormala , 2002). The key notion is that ... thinking (e.g., knowing is seeing, "I see what you mean"; understanding is grasping, "I have never been able to grasp numbers") could be ... / more

Penetrating the Circle of Death: Why People are Dying (and Killing) Not to Die

... one must first grasp the  mortality salience  (MS) hypothesis, one of the core hypotheses derived from the theory. Simply put, the ... & Routledge, C. (2004). The blueprint of terror management: Understanding the cognitive architecture of psychological defense against ... / more

Creativity is More Than a Trait: It’s a Relation

... by genetically-determined, biological processes. To test his hypothesis, he investigated men of distinguished talent and counted the number ... The case study method and evolving systems approach for understanding unique creative people at work. In R. Sternberg (Ed.),  ... / more

Evolution of Religion

... concerning religion. Also, as a result of the secularization hypothesis in the twentieth century in sociology, religion has become an ... around intentional agents (other people) and fosters understanding as to how actions lead to reactions, which is essential for our ... / more