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Physiology and Understanding Emotions
This article is authored by Eva Li, Samantha Eisert, and Danny Rahal and is part of the 2020 pre-graduate spotlight week. The theory of mind in social cognition is the ability to perceive others’ emotional states and understanding. It is the way humans are able to read the eyes and facial expressions of other humans…
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“Reparations?”: A case study of White Americans’ psychology toward past racial wrong-doing
Why not support a commission to examine the structural effects of slavery on the lives of Americans today? Recent research in social psychology offers some insights into the deeply rooted sources of racial division over this question.
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The Costs of Emotion Regulation: Facing Harm as Vulnerable Individuals and Marginalized Communities
Emotion regulation is generally thought to be a good thing. However, there can be costs for excessive emotion regulation. This article addresses the negative consequences of emotion regulation and how vulnerable individuals and marginalized communities may be especially susceptible to these effects.
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Pervasiveness of Racial Discrimination
Racial discrimination can negatively impact one’s health, and research is still uncovering the ways by which it does so. This article focuses on the process by which discrimination can produce more stress for individuals and impact their social relationships.
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What Does Psychology Research Have to Say about Toxic Masculinity?
What do psychological studies on masculinity tell us about the social pressures that lead to “toxic masculinity”? This article summarizes information from the recently released APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Boys and Men.
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Ouch: Understanding the Pain of Social Rejection
Rejection hurts. While we’d all like to avoid this feeling, broken bonds can be as bad for us as broken bones, if not worse. So while the pain of rejection is undesirable, it may actually be helping us effectively modify our behaviors to navigate the world around us.
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Trying to See it Your Way: The Act of Perspective-taking
Have you ever tried to understand things from another person’s point of view or wished someone would try to see things from your perspective? Perspective-taking research highlights the potential power of engaging in this activity.
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When Does it Feel Good to Give?
Growing evidence suggests that it feels good to give. But does giving feel better for some people than others?
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Adult Attachment Theory
This article was authored by Nora McNulty and Stacy Shaw as part of the 2018 pre-graduate spotlight week. If you’ve ever taken an introduction to psychology course, the week on developmental psychology most likely talked about attachment theory, and explored the classic study conducted by Mary Ainsworth in 1978. Called the Strange Situation test, the…
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Does it pay to be kind?
Being kind to others can have positive consequences for our health and recent research suggests it triggers the same regions in our brain that are active when we receive rewards. Scientists are trying to understand how to encourage people to engage in more kind behaviors.