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Environmental Consequences of the Desire to Dominate and Be Superior 8 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
A belief in human dominance over nature lies at the heart of current environmental problems. In this article, we extend the theoretical scope of social dominance theory by arguing that social dominanc...
The Social Value of Being Ambivalent: Self-Presentational Concerns in the Expression of Attitudinal Ambivalence 8 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
We tested whether individuals can exert control over the expression of attitudinal ambivalence and if this control is exerted with self-presentational concerns. Using the self-presentation paradigm, p...
Leaving a Legacy Neutralizes Negative Effects of Death Anxiety on Creativity 8 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
Mortality salience (MS) can lead to a paralyzing terror, and to cope with this, people strive for literal or symbolic immortality. As MS leads to conformity and narrow-mindedness, we predicted that MS...
Morality and Its Relation to Political Ideology: The Role of Promotion and Prevention Concerns 8 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
Our research investigated whether promotion concerns with advancement and prevention concerns with security related to moral beliefs and political ideology. Study 1 found that chronic prevention and p...
When Suppressing One Stereotype Leads to Rebound of Another: On the Procedural Nature of Stereotype Rebound 8 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
A known consequence of stereotype suppression is post-suppressional rebound (PSR), an ironic activation of the suppressed stereotype. This is typically explained as an unintended by-product from a dua...
Examining Temporal Processes in Diary Studies 8 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
Researchers have long recognized the utility of the diary method for studying variations in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Drawing on the idea that daily events have consequences that are realized...
Attachment and Parental Divorce: A Test of the Diffusion and Sensitive Period Hypotheses 8 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
One of the assumptions of attachment theory is that disruptions in parental relationships are prospectively related to insecure attachment patterns in adulthood. The majority of research that has eval...
Weak > Strong: The Ironic Effect of Argument Strength on Supportive Advocacy 8 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
When people seek support for a cause, they typically present the strongest case they can muster. The present research suggests that under some conditions, the opposite strategy may be superior—in part...
Feeling Entitled to More: Ostracism Increases Dishonest Behavior 8 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
Five experiments tested whether ostracism increases dishonesty through increased feelings of entitlement. Compared with included and control participants, ostracized participants indicated higher leve...
Spontaneous Mental Contrasting and Selective Goal Pursuit 8 Aug 2013 | 04:15 am
Mental contrasting a desired future with reality is a self-regulation strategy that fosters selective goal pursuit; people pursue goals for which they have high expectations of success, and let go of ...
