Teams work better with a little help from your friends
Here's something both you and your boss can agree on: Workplace teams are better when they include your friends.
Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2017
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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
You're not alone in feeling alone
Feel like everyone else has more friends than you do? You're not alone— but merely believing this is true could affect your happiness. A new study from the University of British Columbia, Harvard Business School and Harvard ...
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2017
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Why do Americans own handguns? Fear of crime and a broader sense of danger
The motivation to own a handgun for self-protection is not just about fear of crime, according to the model proposed by Wolfgang Stroebe and Pontus Leander (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), and Arie W. Kruglanski ...
Social Sciences
Jun 8, 2017
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Individuals of victimized groups require group sincerity before giving forgiveness
Public and political apologies have steeply increased in recent times. Yet the sincerity of those apologies and how they are received by victims varies widely. Based on new social psychological research on group apologies, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2017
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Exploring the negative consequences of stereotyping
Social mythologies, like the old saw that "white men can't jump," may in fact have some negative consequences for those being stereotyped. And even if the majority of people do not openly endorse these negative beliefs, recent ...
Social Sciences
Mar 23, 2017
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Group tolerance linked to perceptions of fairness and harm
Look for the fault line in any modern conflict and it likely follows a familiar division between the opposing groups. Whether that divide is sectarian, ethnic or ideological, people's devotion to the values that define their ...
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2017
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Study finds troubling consequences for anti-Muslim and anti-Mexican attitudes and actions
The President's recent Executive Order is attempting to close U.S. borders to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, with the rationale that it would make Americans safer against the threat of terrorism. But new research ...
Social Sciences
Feb 6, 2017
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Political left, right both inspired by utopian hopes: study
Despite the ideological differences separating liberals and conservatives, they share similar motivations for their political engagement, according to a new study from a University of Illinois at Chicago social psychologist.
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2016
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Debates: Linguistic trick boosts poll numbers
A study of U.S. presidential debates between 1976 and 2012 found that matching certain aspects of an opponent's language can lead to a bump in the polls.
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2016
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Americans more politically polarized than ever; independents at an all time high
Results of a study using nationally representative surveys of 10 million U.S. residents from 1970 to 2015 by researchers from Florida Atlantic University and San Diego State University show that Americans are not only more ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2016
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