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When the thought of yourself nags you: How failure to attain cultural standards brings suicide on the fringe of consciousness

... to death, but not to personal failure). Finally, in a control condition , this task was omitted. Participants then completed a ... or the situation that provoked their greatest anger ( control condition ). Importantly, both situations were negative, but anger was ... / more

The Role of Honor and Culture in Group-Based Humiliation, Anger and Shame

... situations interpersonal derogation serves to establish control or to maintain dominance over ‘weak peers’ by causing humiliation. Likewise, humiliation can be seen as a means of control and social oppression on a much larger scale as well (Giacaman et al., ... / more

Family Honour and the Purity of the Family’s Essence: A Relational Models Approach

... beyond increasing the family’s cohesion and has to do with control over people, resources and reproduction. Such a functional analysis, ... / more

Positive Psychology and the Importance of Close Relationships in TV Sitcoms: That 70s Show, Entourage, and How I Met Your Mother

... and capable, and autonomy refers to feeling in control over actions and outcomes. These needs are the psychological ... Autonomy stems from a person’s feeling of control over their actions, and is synonymous with independence. When people ... / more

The Ghost in the System: Where Free Will Lurks in Human Minds

... in alternative actions. In acting with self-awareness , personal choice, consciousness, and a sense of purpose, the employees ... In the social mind, free will is synonymous with personal control and responsibility. If people believed that every thought, feeling ... / more

Embodied Persuasion: How the Body Can Change our Mind

... other domains, attempts at persuasion may involve the direct control of a person’s behavior, including alteration in appearance (e.g., ... / more

Penetrating the Circle of Death: Why People are Dying (and Killing) Not to Die

... toward the writer of a U.S.-critical essay (compared to control participants who, rather than receiving MS, contemplated a neutral ... and a wide range of measures. Additionally, aversive control topics including contemplation of isolation, uncertainties, failure, ... / more

Love at First Sight

... overwhelm mere mortals with her immense power and take control of their lives by overriding both common sense and conscience. In ... / more

Creativity is More Than a Trait: It’s a Relation

... Flaherty, A. (2005).  Frontal and dopaminergic control of idea generation and creative drive.  The Journal of Comparative ... / more

From Heavens to Hells to Heroes

... in new situations where we might be given authority and control over others. We want to believe that we are good folks fully aware of ... / more