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Your mother, metaphors, and other monkey business: How experiences of physical warmth shape how we think about relationships

... often reflect very meaningful personal experiences, such as social rejection or interpersonal intimacy . But how do we come to express ... A program for use in research on interpersonal ostracism and acceptance. Behavior Research Methods, 38,   174-180. Zhong, ... / more

When conversations flow

... flow provides people with a feeling of belonging and social validation , independently from the content of the conversation ... suggests that conversational flow serves as a proxy for acceptance and consensus: As long as the conversation proceeds smoothly, what ... / more

The victim wars: How competitive victimhood stymies reconciliation between conflicting groups

... suggests that, especially in contexts where material and social resources are scarce, group members actively attempt to affirm that ... 2006). More specifically, reconciliation implies the mutual acceptance by groups of each other (e.g., Staub & Bar-Tal, 2003). This is a ... / more

Death and deities: A social cognitive perspective

... recurs throughout intellectual history. Although recent social psychological research provides some support for this claim, the ... Science, 1, 95-109.   Dolnick, J. L. (1987). Fear, acceptance and denial of death: their relationship to afterlife beliefs, ... / more

The dish on gossip: Its origins, functions, and bad reputation

... It has been estimated that most of our daily conversation is social in nature (that is, about people, rather than. say, work or the weather) ... those functions of gossip that help individuals obtain acceptance and liking from important individuals and groups (Smith & Mackie, ... / more

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

... psychologically and physically violent behaviors that damage social relationships. Thus, humiliation should not only be regarded as negative ... people who experience humiliation may temporarily react with acceptance and submission, but they may later develop anger or resentment ... / more

How on Earth Do People Understand Each Other in Everyday Conversation?

... Clark & Brennan, 1991 ) and we generally prefer to get acceptance and agreement on our utterances (i.e., preference agreement;  ... use in face-to-face dialogue.  Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 19, 163-194. Bavelas, J. B., Coates, L., & Johnson, ... / more

Sense-making through science

... Callan, & Laurin, 2008; Lerner, 1980), our world and our social environment are far from perfectly orderly and controlled. Life in ... example (denial - anger - bargaining - depression - acceptance). Continuum theories generally describe processes or developments as ... / more

The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty

... spokespersons, sparked so much controversy? Taking a social psychological perspective, this article attempts to address the good, ... “naïve integration”. This type of ideology espouses an acceptance of diverse body types, but at the same time reflects traditional ... / more

Fifty Shades of arousal misattribution and cognitive associations: How Christian Grey is making us believe that women find BDSM “hot”

... 2013).  It is likely that the film will further spread the social belief that women find it arousing to feel pain as a “submissive” ... in their relationship. Women’s implicit and explicit acceptance of hostile sexist beliefs, such as men should be dominant and women ... / more