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Social Acceptance and Rejection: The Sweet and the Bitter
Psychology researchers have long been interested in close relationships, but have only more recently begun investigating social exclusion.
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Mirroring reflects poorly in job interviews, study finds
The Toronto Star: Be prepared, wear a suit and remember to smile. And now another tip for job interviews: cut out the mirroring. A study in the upcoming issue of Psychological Science suggests matching your
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Copying Someone’s Behavior? Watch Who You Mimic
LiveScience: While imitating another may be a sincere form of flattery, such mirroring can get you into trouble socially if you’re copying the wrong person, new research shows. When participants in the study mirrored (or
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The Other Side of the Mirror
Forbes: I’ve posted previously about the power of mirroring – that gentle mimicry that acts as a kind of “social glue” in business relationships. Mirroring signals rapport, trust, and cohesion. Two people who like and
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The Hazy Science of Hot Weather and Violence
Wired News: The link between violence and hot weather is so intuitive that it’s embedded in our language: Hotheads lose tempers that flare, anger simmers and comes to a boil, and eventually we cool down.
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How Media Can Encourage Our Better Side
Violent media—films, TV, videogames—can encourage aggression, and lots of research says so. But psychologists haven’t spent as much time looking at the ways media with more socially positive content help suppress meanness and prod us
