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Our Cognitive Bias Toward Novel, Negative Information May Make New Social Groups Seem Less Likeable
People’s biases against members of other groups may have a cognitive basis owing to how we prioritize negative information when encountering new social groups, new research suggests.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research on personality pathology and momentary stress processes, stereotypes and OCD-symptom presentations, threat appraisal and pediatric anxiety, and much more.
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Can scientists ‘solve’ stress? They’re trying.
As modern-day stress ratchets up to what feels like unbearable levels, researchers are striving to learn more about the precise mechanisms through which it affects our body and mind. The hope is that by unlocking more about how stress works physiologically, we can find ways to prevent it from permanently harming people. ... Katie McLaughlin, a psychologist at the University of Oregon, is investigating how mental health problems arise in adolescents as they’re going through a particularly vulnerable time in their lives, transitioning to adulthood.
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Scientists Look Beyond the WEIRD World of Happiness
Psychological scientists once equated happiness with well-being, but recent research suggests that there is significant cultural variation in the ingredients of a good life.
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Seifert Is the New Editor of PSPI
APS Fellow Colleen M. Seifert, an expert on creative problem-solving at both the basic and applied levels, is the new editor of Psychological Science in the Public Interest (PSPI). She follows APS William James Fellow Nora Newcombe, who has served as editor of the journal since 2019.
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New Content From Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on implementing and using community-augmented meta-analyses, studying what people say to each other, open-science guidance for qualitative research, and much more.
