We highlight three well -
known psychological mechanisms that may facilitate the seepage of contrarian memes into scientific discourse and thinking: «stereotype threat», «pluralistic ignorance» and the «third - person effect».
Not exact matches
We
know through the
psychological clinics something more about the
mechanisms which operate when the human spirit is anxious and self - protective.
While scientists still need to study the
mechanisms by which alternate nostril breathing improves efficiency in a vigilance - specific task, it is
known that vigilance is influenced by
psychological factors such as stress (negative effects) and motivation (positive influences).
He assumes to
know the truth, and beleives that the difference between his view and the public's can be explained by some kind of
psychological mechanism.
Membership in a single - parent family or stepfamily is associated with increased levels of significant behavioral, emotional, and academic problems in children.1, 2 The
mechanisms underlying this connection are likely to involve, among other factors, financial adversity, increased stress directly related to family transitions, and increased exposure to additional psychosocial risks.3, 4 Compared with the extensive research base connecting family type (ie, membership in a 2 - parent biological family, stepfamily, or single - parent family) and children's
psychological adjustment, little is
known about the physical health consequences of membership in diverse family types.
Childhood sexual abuse and childhood physical abuse are among the strongest predictors of psychiatric pathology and severity of clinical course, including suicide.2,4 - 14 The influence of childhood sexual abuse and childhood physical abuse on
psychological development is thought to be mediated directly by changes in cognitive processing of threatening stimuli,15 - 18 resulting in enhanced negative affect to daily life stressors.19 Although there is a clear link between early - life adversity and psychopathology, very little is
known about the molecular
mechanisms responsible for the long - lasting behavioral consequences of childhood abuse.
Understanding the
psychological mechanisms underlying human fertility may illuminate the final processes by which some of these
known predictors have their influence.