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Death and deities: A social cognitive perspective

... and 70 million Hindus—the largest gathering of people in human history—flocked to Prayag, India for the Purna Kumbh Mela, a pilgrimage ... begins with the observation that human beings are, perhaps uniquely, aware of their mortality. This recognition of our inevitable ... / more

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

... requiring the categorization of words (i.e., animal vs. human words) and pictures (i.e., sexualized bodies vs. faces), people matched pictures to uniquely human characteristics less quickly than to animal characteristics, ... / more

Human, or Less than Human?

... question for psychology than what it is that makes us human. It’s harder still to come up with an acceptable answer. Great thinkers ... politeness), some as parts of human nature but not uniquely human (e.g., curiosity), and some as neither (e.g., timidity). ... / more

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

... terms with our unique awareness of personal death has driven human culture since its inception, as in the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh (the ... J., Solomon, S. & Arndt, J. (2007). A basic but uniquely human motivation: Terror management. In J. Shah & W. Gardner ... / more

Complementing Individualism with The Social Identity Approach

... 1979 ). Yet, many psychological theories that explain human functioning and behavior do not seem to care much for this important ... least some instances, they are much more ours than they are uniquely yours. The larger point here is that psychological phenomena that ... / more

The Double Edged Passion

... somehow real. Still, honor and prestige are both real to human minds, as is “truth,” that most hard-fought-over piece of mental real ... Stalin was holding witch hunts of his own. This isn’t a uniquely Western phenomenon; similar, if less murderous, patterns have been ... / more

More than meets the eye: Physical sensations influence first impressions

... has not been taken. As described above, humans are a uniquely social species and person perception is a special case of ... R., Tranel, D., & Damasio, A. R. (1998). The human amygdala in social judgment. Nature, 393, 447 -470. ... / more

Are conservatives really simple-minded?

... consensus in psychology is that political conservatives are uniquely simple-minded. Indeed, even the famous critic of political bias and ... a lot about the researchers’ ideology. Scientists are human. We are not immune to the biases that affect the rest of the human race. ... / more

The Face of Leadership: How CEOs’ Facial Appearance Predicts Business Success

... one that has interesting implications for business and human resources: business leadership ability. That is, people can roughly tell ... (Harms et al., 2012), a personality trait that may be uniquely suited to the success of leaders in China because of the uncertain and ... / more

Chemical or Financial Imbalances? Mental Health, Income Inequality & American Culture

... rates of anxiety, depression and chronic loneliness in human history. [2]  The prevalence of mood disorders (e.g., depression ) ... and prevalence of mood disorders. [2] The U.S. culture is uniquely hyper-individualistic and is situated within online financial markets. ... / more