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Category: Social Psychology

Living-Learning Communities: Separating Fact From Speculation

Are you deciding on your college dorm situation for the upcoming school year? Here is some information to keep in mind about Living-Learning Communities and their benefits as well as their disadvantages.

June 3, 2020
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…

May 29, 2020
“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.

September 23, 2019
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.

September 10, 2019
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.

September 3, 2019
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.

August 27, 2019
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.

March 15, 2019
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.

March 2, 2019
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?

September 10, 2018
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…

May 24, 2018

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