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

... cannot be tested. Science is one thing; the reality of social life is another. In the social mind, free will is synonymous with ... a goal or a trait is a relatively high-level identity for behavior that can be instantiated through a variety of lower-level ... / more

Human, or Less than Human?

... are not reducible to those important dimensions of social judgment; see Abdollahi & Fiske, 2008 .) Human Nature traits are ... (2008). Complementing individualism with the social identity approach.  Complementing Individualism with the Social Identity ... / more

Social Judgment: Warmth and Competence are Universal Dimensions

... statistical analyses suggested two primary dimensions of social perception : social good-bad ( warmth ) and intellectual good-bad ... person’s own group, which forms the person’s social identity ) and three outgroups (a group with which a person does not ... / more

‘The Vision Thing’

... processes of collective engagement, active citizenship, and social change. It has the capacity to unite people, to give them a sense of ... creating, co-ordinating and embedding a sense of  social identity  that is shared between leaders and followers (e.g.,  Turner , ... / more

Complementing Individualism with The Social Identity Approach

... characteristics, is complemented with the so-calledsocial identity approach. The key reason for this is that groups are part and parcel of our social lives. Groups fulfill our needs for belongingness, affiliation , and ... / more

Love at First Sight

... our body that, more than any other, expresses our personal identity. For that reason, the face is the image pressed with affection into so ... Similarity as a Factor in the Mate Selection Process. Social Biology, 30, 151-157. Coren, S. (1999). Do People Look Like Their ... / more

Are Stereotypes True?

... compared to when they were irrelevant.  Downward Social Comparison  , a process whereby people elevate their self-esteem ... A threat in the air: How stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance . American Psychologist, 52(6), 613-629. ... / more

The Double Edged Passion

... in 1975, witch hunts worldwide tend to follow closely after social turmoil. They peaked in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries when ... . Tajfel, H., & Turner, J. C. (1986). The Social Identity Theory of Intergroup Behavior. In S. Worchel & W. G. Austin ... / more

From Heavens to Hells to Heroes

... what extent was their behavior shaped by the same kinds of social psychological forces that operated in the Stanford Prison Experiment, ... resistors insist also on retaining their personal sense of identity and self-worth, of not allowing others to de-individuate them or to ... / more

Why We Are Still Social

... a colleague put to me the question: Why are humans still social? That “still” was weighty with meaning—the idea of a primal ... engaged in a perpetual juggling act between individual identity, interpersonal relationships and collective interests simultaneously ... / more