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Dr. Carmit Tadmor of Tel Aviv University says that the benefits of extended international travel depend on having a "bicultural" ability to identify with both home and host cultures. http://phys.org/news271429721.html Other Sciences Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:08:58 EST news271429721 (Phys.org)—In a recent paper, "Differentiating the Effects of Status and Power: A Justice Perspective," published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Stern School of Business associate professor of management and organizations Steven Blader and co-author Ya-Ru Chen of Cornell University's Johnson School of Management examined the effect of power and status on how fairly individuals act towards others. http://phys.org/news268898623.html Other Sciences Mon, 08 Oct 2012 07:03:50 EST news268898623 They have a reputation for being environmentally minded do-gooders. But an academic analysis of surveys spanning more than 40 years has found that today's young Americans are less interested in the environment and in conserving resources - and often less civic-minded overall - than their elders were when they were young. http://phys.org/news251013735.html Other Sciences Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:02:31 EST news251013735 A study conducted by Columbia Business School Professor Michael Morris, Chavkin-Chang Professor of Leadership, and Emily Amanatullah, now an Assistant Professor of Management at McCombs School of Business of the University of Texas at Austin, finds that while women fare worse economically than men in many distributive negotiations, including salary negotiations, women do not lack the capability or motivation to bargain effectively. Instead, women are simultaneously negotiating social approval in light of gender role expectations and hence hedge their assertiveness in some contexts, such as when bargaining for themselves. They do not hedge or do worse when bargaining on behalf of others, a context where assertive negotiation reads as caring and therefore consistent with the feminine gender role. http://phys.org/news236263995.html Other Sciences Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:53:22 EST news236263995 Recent graduates browsing job announcements may not be conscious of it, but employment ads can signal whether a job is typically held by men or women, according to researchers at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, Princeton University and the University of Waterloo. http://phys.org/news224935157.html Other Sciences Wed, 18 May 2011 10:59:34 EST news224935157 It's an unfamiliar neighborhood and you find yourself in the middle of a bunch of streets and buildings you've never seen before. Giving the environment a quick once-over, you make a snap decision about whether you're safe or not. And chances are, that first 'gut' call is the right one, say Binghamton University researchers Dan O'Brien and David Sloan Wilson in an article published in the current issue of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. http://phys.org/news223035368.html Other Sciences Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:16:33 EST news223035368 Women, being from Venus, have a reputation for being the first to spring "I love you" in romantic relationships. http://phys.org/news222955354.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:50:01 EST news222955354 The tendency to perceive others as "us versus them" isn't exclusively human but appears to be shared by our primate cousins, a new study led by Yale researchers has found. http://phys.org/news219576323.html Other Sciences Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:25:51 EST news219576323 (PhysOrg.com) -- Being in a warm room can make the idea of global warming seem more likely, according to researchers from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley. http://phys.org/news215798044.html Other Sciences Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:54:32 EST news215798044 The notion of being angry with God goes back to ancient days. Such personal struggles are not new, but Case Western Reserve University psychologist Julie Exline began looking at "anger at God" in a new way. http://phys.org/news213073272.html Medicine & Health Sat, 01 Jan 2011 03:01:55 EST news213073272 The accent someone talks in plays a crucial role in the way we judge this person, psychologists of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, found out recently. "The accent is much more important than the way a person looks", Dr. Tamara Rakic sums up one of the key findings of the study, which has just been published in the online edition of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. http://phys.org/news211801922.html Medicine & Health Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:20:01 EST news211801922 The centuries-old "one-drop rule" assigning minority status to mixed-race individuals appears to live on in our modern-day perception and categorization of people like Barack Obama, Tiger Woods, and Halle Berry. http://phys.org/news211089483.html Other Sciences Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:30:01 EST news211089483 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell University scientist has demonstrated that psi anomalies, more commonly known as precognition, premonitions or extra-sensory perception (ESP), really do exist at a statistically significant level. Psi anomalies are defined as "anomalous processes of information or energy transfer that are currently unexplained in terms of known physical or biological mechanisms." http://phys.org/news209275564.html Medicine & Health Thu, 18 Nov 2010 07:40:01 EST news209275564 We've all heard the adage that whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but until now the preponderance of scientific evidence has offered little support for it. http://phys.org/news206367400.html Medicine & Health Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:17:11 EST news206367400 People match each other's language styles more during happier periods of their relationship than at other times, according to new research from psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin. http://phys.org/news205386850.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:55:25 EST news205386850 You know those goody-two-shoes who volunteer for every task and thanklessly take on the annoying details nobody else wants to deal with? http://phys.org/news201776943.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:13:28 EST news201776943 (PhysOrg.com) -- The world could one day be an economically equal place, if the lower-income population have anything to do with it. In an interesting yet disheartening series of socioeconomic experiments, led by a team of UC Berkeley researchers, the findings are that those on the lower-income levels are more likely to give and be charitable than their higher paid counterparts. http://phys.org/news201364510.html Other Sciences Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:35:29 EST news201364510 How positively you see others is linked to how happy, kind-hearted and emotionally stable you are, according to new research by a Wake Forest University psychology professor. http://phys.org/news199982319.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:38:59 EST news199982319 Anxiety and uncertainty can cause us to become more idealistic and more radical in our religious beliefs, according to new findings by York University researchers, published in this month's issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. http://phys.org/news197629872.html Medicine & Health Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:40:01 EST news197629872 A worldwide survey of more than 136,000 people in 132 countries included questions about happiness and income, and the results reveal that while life satisfaction usually rises with income, positive feelings don't necessarily follow, researchers report. http://phys.org/news197125082.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:10 EST news197125082 (PhysOrg.com) -- Contradicting a popular model of self-control, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist says the data from a 2007 study argues against the idea that glucose is the resource used to manage self control and that humans rely on this energy source for will power. http://phys.org/news195409737.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:29:24 EST news195409737 Moving to a new town or even a new neighborhood is stressful at any age, but a new study shows that frequent relocations in childhood are related to poorer well-being in adulthood, especially among people who are more introverted or neurotic. http://phys.org/news194803854.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:11:05 EST news194803854 Self-esteem rises steadily as people age but starts declining around the time of retirement, according to a longitudinal study of men and women ranging in age from 25 to 104. http://phys.org/news189340435.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:10:09 EST news189340435 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new Cornell study finds that lust for material things fade but our unique experiences remain with us for a long time. http://phys.org/news189277732.html Medicine & Health Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:09:14 EST news189277732 It seems to make perfect sense: happy people are trusting people. But a new study suggests that, in some instances, people may actually be less trusting of others when they are in a pleasant mood. http://phys.org/news186746113.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:40:01 EST news186746113 (PhysOrg.com) -- Since at least the days of Socrates, humans have been advised to "know thyself." And through all the years, many, including many personality and social psychologists, have believed the individual is the best judge of his or her own personality. http://phys.org/news186169955.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:53:05 EST news186169955 (PhysOrg.com) -- "If only I had..." Almost everyone has said those four words at some time. Rather than intensifying regret, '"what if" reflection about pivotal moments in the past helps people to weave a coherent life story, and fosters their organizational commitment, scholars say. http://phys.org/news184947134.html Other Sciences Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:13:03 EST news184947134 Those who value excellence and hard work generally do better than others on specific tasks when they are reminded of those values. But when a task is presented as fun, researchers report in a new study, the same individuals often do worse than those who are less motivated to achieve. http://phys.org/news183129245.html Other Sciences Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:14:38 EST news183129245 Hot or not? Men agree on the answer. Women don't. http://phys.org/news165245639.html Medicine & Health Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:20:01 EST news165245639 In a new study, cognitive scientists have shown that when aware of both a negative and positive stereotype related to performance, women will identify more closely with the positive stereotype, avoiding the harmful impact the negative stereotype unwittingly can have on their performance. http://phys.org/news160634995.html Medicine & Health Mon, 04 May 2009 05:50:37 EST news160634995