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Not Again! I’m Looking for a Job but I Don’t Know Why It Is Taking So Long!

... their model on results from (1) the personality-performance domain that show the effects of dispositional tendencies ... in the extreme case, a point on the dimensions defining domain of possible options. Whereas, the second strategy called interval ... / more

Engagement: A Source of Value, Quality of Life, or Both?

... for something. If one were to ask researchers in the domain of positive psychology, on the other hand, they would explain that an ... / more

Sense-making through science

... them to restore these perceptions. This restoration can be domain-specific, that is, consist of an attempt to restore a sense of personal control or reinterpret the threat. Moreover, when such (domain-specific) restoration is not possible people can compensate by affirming ... / more

What can metaphors tell us about personality?

... to the functionality of metaphoric thought in the important domain of emotions. Armed with a well-performing metaphor use scale, the ... / more

Inequality: Minority disadvantage or White privilege? - And why it matters

... versus minority disadvantage plays out in the academic domain. It turns out that framing inequality in terms of White advantage has ... that even if Whites experience favoritism in the academic domain, minorities’ outcomes are still meaningful. Framing inequality in this ... / more

Marrying smart or marrying instead of being smart? The goal conflict between MRS degrees and STEM degrees

... STEM has traditionally been considered a “masculine domain” (Eagly, 1987). Studies have shown that when asked to “Draw a ... / more

Keeping the spark alive: The role of sexual communal motivation

... 2013). To assess people’s communal motivation in the domain of sexuality we developed a scale, adapted from the general measure ... reported greater happiness as well. Is the Sexual Domain Unique? Although a person’s sexual communal motivation is ... / more

Is social psychology ready for the big science revolution?

... effort to curate evidence from a multidisciplinary research domain. In this project, a hierarchical taxonomy of nearly 5,000 variables is ... / more

Children are poor witnesses. Or are they?

... we address the relevance of these new findings to the legal domain. Importantly, we focus on eyewitness testimonies and the possibility ... / more

The perverse incentives that stand as a roadblock to scientific reform

... TED talk. Because the p-value is the primary key to the domain of scientific success we do almost anything we can to find the desired ... / more