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

... thing; the reality of social life is another. In the social mind, free will is synonymous with personal control and responsibility. If ... constrain the activities of the individuals comprising the group or society. In a mental system, the specific cognitive elements that ... / more

Culture and Health Psychology: Insights from a Socio-Cultural Perspective

... by social, mutual obligations and the fulfilment of in-group expectations (e.g.,  Hofstede , 1980;  Oyserman et al. , 2002;  ... Oyserman & Lee , 2008) which suggests that what comes to mind at a given moment depends on the available cues in one’s environment, ... / more

Embodied Persuasion: How the Body Can Change our Mind

The link between our mind and our bodily responses has long been studied ... occurs, (c) producing a bias to the thoughts that come to mind, and (d) affecting structural properties of the thoughts (e.g., thought ... to undo (e.g., donating one’s personal possessions to the group, or recruiting new members). The combination of physical deprivation and ... / more

Human, or Less than Human?

... et al., 2008). Recent research by Wegner and colleagues on "mind perception " (Gray, Gray & Wegner, 2007) reveals two very similar ... humans from robots and inanimate entities. Humanness in Group Perception The relevance of this simple model to social ... / more

Reconsidering Race in the Genetic Era

... prejudice , stereotypes , discrimination , in-group bias, stereotype threat , self-fulfilling prophecies, and a whole ... differences found between races are a result of the human mind’s ability to adapt to different environments. So, it is not race that ... / more

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

... management: Effects of mortality salience on in-group bias, out-group aggression, and politics To understand the ... as simple as asking them the first sentence that comes to mind when they think about their own death, as subtle as the word "death" ... / more

Social Judgment: Warmth and Competence are Universal Dimensions

... ordinary perceptions of other people as individuals or as group members. Judging people based on warmth and competence ... & Todorov, A. (2006).  First impressions: making up your mind after a 100-ms exposure to a face.  Psychological Science, 17, ... / more

‘The Vision Thing’

... practices that advance the interests and outcomes of the group as a whole. 1. Leaders need to be ‘one of us’ A key plank in ... election and were making statements with this context in mind — a factor which tended to undermine her credentials as a ‘good ... / more

Complementing Individualism with The Social Identity Approach

... Asch, 1955 ;  Milgram, 1963 ). We are very sensitive to group norms ( Turner, 1991 ), and fear social exclusion (e.g.,  ... dangerous. LeBon`s ( 1895 ) concept of the  group mind , a rather supernatural force, was thought to possess individuals in ... / more

Are Stereotypes True?

... that women are worse than men at math reflects true group differences, then women should always score worse than men on a math ... briefly referred to by Regenberg (2007) on her article in In-Mind on the question whether blonds are really dumb , is called  ... / more