Melanie Killen,Katherine Luken Raz,Sandra Graham
Melanie Killen
Around the globe, individuals are affected by exclusion, discrimination, and prejudice targeting individuals from racial, ethnic, and immigrant backgrounds as well as crimes based on gender, nationality, and culture (United Nations General ...
Karen L Fingerman,Kira S Birditt,Katherine Fiori et al.
Karen L Fingerman et al.
Loneliness is a pressing global health crisis. A combination of close and not close ties (i.e., weak ties) is optimal to combat loneliness and improve psychological and physical health. The literature has not differentiated among weak ties,...
Nelson Cowan,Eryn J Adams,Sabrina Bhangal et al.
Nelson Cowan et al.
We consider the topic of arrogance from a cross-disciplinary viewpoint. To stimulate further research, we suggest three types of arrogance (individual, comparative, and antagonistic) and six components contributing to them, each logically r...
Matthew Tyler Boden,Howard Berenbaum,James J Gross
Matthew Tyler Boden
Why do people believe what they do? Scholars and laypeople alike tend to answer this question by focusing on the representational functions of beliefs (i.e., representing the world accurately). However, a growing body of theory and research...
Mark J Landau
Mark J Landau
Pursuing meaning in life confronts the individual with abstract ideas about the connections between experiences and identities over time (continuity), the ends that life serves (purpose), and its worth (value). Conceptual metaphor theory is...
From Mindless Masses to Small Groups: Conceptualizing Collective Behavior in Crowd Modeling [0.03%]
从芸芸众生到小群体：人群模拟中的集体行为概念化
Anne Templeton,John Drury,Andrew Philippides
Anne Templeton
Computer simulations are increasingly used to monitor and predict behavior at large crowd events, such as mass gatherings, festivals and evacuations. We critically examine the crowd modeling literature and call for future simulations of cro...
Rafael Wlodarski,Robin I M Dunbar
Rafael Wlodarski
The effects of the human pair-bonded state of "romantic love" on cognitive function remain relatively unexplored. Theories on cognitive priming suggest that a state of love may activate love-relevant schemas, such as mentalizing about the b...
A Regression Framework for Effect Size Assessments in Longitudinal Modeling of Group Differences [0.03%]
纵向群体差异模型效应量评估的回归框架
Alan Feingold
Alan Feingold
The use of growth modeling analysis (GMA)--particularly multilevel analysis and latent growth modeling--to test the significance of intervention effects has increased exponentially in prevention science, clinical psychology, and psychiatry ...
Justin R Garcia,Chris Reiber,Sean G Massey et al.
Justin R Garcia et al.
"Hookups," or uncommitted sexual encounters, are becoming progressively more engrained in popular culture, reflecting both evolved sexual predilections and changing social and sexual scripts. Hook-up activities may include a wide range of s...
Barbara L Fredrickson
Barbara L Fredrickson
This article opens by noting that positive emotions do not fit existing models of emotions. Consequently, a new model is advanced to describe the form and function of a subset of positive emotions, including joy, interest, contentment, and ...