Haeffel, an Associate Professor in Psychology at Notre Dame University ... and choosing to publish only positive findings combine to give the impression that most psychological theories are on solid ...
How Master Manipulators Hide Their Dark Side
According to the UNR research team, such behaviors constitute “anticipatory impression management,” or hiding behind a façade of communal behavior to maintain an advantage in the workplace.
Scientists discover an illusion that is strong enough to trick our reflexes
An illusion new to science shows that the pupillary light reflex, which controls the width of the pupil in anticipation of expected changes in light, depends on the perceived environment rather than ...
Does grinding hard now earn work-life balance later?
Young workers want more balance between their personal and professional lives. But is this achievable without the early-years career grind?
An Unromantic but Compelling Theory About Sexual Motivations
Some years ago, we published a theory that people don’t like. I can sympathize with their reaction. I don’t really like it either. It’s about gender and sex. (Incidentally, I use ‘gender’ to refer to ...
The psychology of power abuse
Here’s a look at the psychology behind power abuse – and why it persists ... If you are part of that 96 percent, you know it hurts, it harms, and it leaves a permanent impression, even though the ...
Drivers of racial hatred
how those impressions influence our thoughts, feelings and decisions; and how we may intervene to achieve parity or improve interactions. As a social neuroscientist, her research crosses disciplinary ...
Do You Respond to Questions Quickly? You Might Be Seen as an Extravert
Responders providing a prompt response were judged to be more extraverted than those who provided the response after a slight delay.
Dress for the Job You Want: Why Looking the Part Matters
Often, landing a job is all about the initial first impression that you make on a future employer ... in a previous study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, participants were given a ...
Showing that you're stressed may make others like you more, psychologists say
Being more open could give the impression you're more cooperative ... research fellow at Nottingham Trent University's department of psychology, wrote in a summary of the findings for The ...
‘It’s dopamine’: Why we love to track our watching and reading habits
There are theories in psychology that you watch certain things ... The culture we choose to consume is more than just a sideshow; it’s an impression of our lives — our emotional or mental ...
Psychologists Are Right Too Much. That's a Problem.
"The question now is whether psychologists will revise these theories to explain the contradictory results, or will they move on to more popular areas of psychology in which positive results are less ...
