Sentences with phrase «social psychologist»

Public health programs, for example, often rely on persuasion techniques identified by social psychologists to encourage people to engage in healthy behaviors while avoiding potentially dangerous ones.

Among the qualities and skills of social psychologists are: observational skills, research skills, communications skills, and a curious mind.

This tactic, which he calls «the naked man,» plays on what social psychologists call the power of the situation — mere opportunity.

When social psychologists, political theorists, or historians examine them, they do not stand up.

For participants who were still married, the questionnaire included a battery of questions that social psychologists use to assess relationships.

While social psychology tends to be an academic field, the research that social psychologists perform can and does have a powerful influence on our understanding of various aspects of mental health and wellbeing.

The trick is to start thinking like an applied social psychologist; seeing the theories and concepts in action.

Despite the massive amount of research that has been done on the subject, social psychologists know little about personality.

What could explain why so many people participated in such terrible and evil actions, social psychologists wondered?

The «Big Five» is the standard that social psychologists use to measure personality.

Eli Finkel, social psychologist at Northwestern University in the USA, correctly writes that «each new person you meet online is a chance for a spark that is worth exploring».

«For some men, sex may be their primary way of communicating and expressing intimacy,» says Justin Lehmiller, a Harvard University social psychologist who studies sexuality.

«It's a very impressive study,» says social psychologist Eli Finkel of Northwestern University.

One of my favorite TED Talks, by social psychologist Amy Cuddy, enlightens us on how body language influences the way that we feel.

Where other biopics seem to have made up their minds about their famous figures before the opening credits roll, this remarkable study of social psychologist Stanley Milgram remains curious, exploring and questioning his life, career and findings.

«Changing the mindset of one teacher can change the social experience of that child's entire world,» said Jason A. Okonofua, a Stanford University social psychologist who led the experiments.

Second, there are good reasons to think that cognitive dissonance has an evolutionarily adaptive purpose, as social psychologist Carol Tavris outlined it in an e-mail to me: «When you find any cognitive mechanism that appears to be universal — such as the ease of creating «us - them» dichotomies, ethnocentrism («my group is best») or prejudice — it seems likely that it has an adaptive purpose.

Dr. Minda Oriña - Science of Relationships articles Website / CV Dr. Oriña is a developmental social psychologist whose program of research examines processes that help individuals maintain and enhance the quality of their adult romantic relationships.

«It's a very impressive study,» says social psychologist Eli Finkel of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. «But it was paid for by somebody with a horse in the race and conducted by an organization that might have an incentive to tell this story.

Social psychologist Susan K. Perry on why it's important to teach your child to play by the rules, even if it means losing some...

Beginning in 1961 at Yale, renowned social psychologist Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) wielded the baton on a series of psychological experiments in which subjects believed they were administering electrical shocks to an amiable and innocent subject, a stranger, in an adjacent room.

The original work on this topic was done by social psychologists John R. P. French and Bertram Raven in 1959.

We typically spend four hours every day resisting temptation, says social psychologist Roy F. Baumeister.

In «Singled Out» (2006), social psychologist Bella DePaulo coined the term «singlism» to denote the stigma and discrimination faced by single people, but also made the case for remaining single by choice.

Harvard social psychologist Marcia Guttentag began formulating her theory in 1975, after watching Mozart's The Magic Flute with her second husband, psychologist Paul Secord, and her two children, Lisa, 16, and Michael, 14.

A leading blog on the science of sex, love, and relationships, written by social psychologist Dr. Justin Lehmiller.

UC Berkeley social psychologist Paul Piff speculates, «There's good reason to think that students who don't experience awe could benefit from those who do.

Steele describes the «conditions of life tied to identity» that change as times change, but nevertheless consist of what social psychologists call contingencies that go with identity.

In a classic experiment, pioneer social psychologist Kurt Lewin found that different group climates could be created by varying the leadership from autocratic, to laissez faire, to democratic.

San Diego State University social psychologist Jean Twenge recently published a paper that examined «Multiphasic Personality Inventory» data dating back 80 years.

► In another Tuesday ScienceInsider, Frank van Kolfschooten reported that «[s] tatistical experts at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in the Netherlands have dealt another blow to the reputation of disgraced German social psychologist Jens Förster, who worked at the university between 2007 and 2014.»

Several experts have weighed in on the subject, including social psychologist Barbara L. Fredrickson, who has conducted research on the health benefits of positivity and gratitude; psychology expert Shawn Achor, who delivered a riveting TED Talk on the connection between positivity and success; and relationship expert John Gottman, who spent 40 years researching how positivity is good for healthy relationships.

In a 2006 study of jury decision making, social psychologist Samuel Sommers of Tufts University found that racially diverse groups exchanged a wider range of information during deliberation about a sexual assault case than all - white groups did.

► More research integrity news: In a News & Analysis story in this week's issue of Science, Frank van Kolfschooten reported from Amsterdam «that a national research integrity panel has found evidence of data manipulation in the work of social psychologist Jens Förster, of the University of Amsterdam (UvA).»

When social psychologist Brad Bushman handed out voodoo dolls to 107 married couples, he knew those dolls were in for a lot of stabbing.

Social psychologists focus on societal concerns that have a powerful influence on individual wellbeing as well as the health of society as a whole, including problems such as substance use, crime, prejudice, domestic abuse, public health, bullying, and aggression.

Research from social psychologist Amy Cuddy demonstrates that assuming a «power pose» while speaking not only boosts confidence but improves your audience's perceptions of your performance.

Barbara Fredrickson, a distinguished social psychologist who conducts research in emotions and positive psychology, in her book

Stereotype threat, a term coined by social psychologists Claude M. Steele and Joshua Aronson, refers to the risk of confirming negative stereotypes about one's own identity group.

Social psychologist Barbara L. Fredrickson offers a similar insight into the workings of love.

Developmental social psychologists study the way infants, children, adolescents, and adults interact with others in various social environments.

Thus, if we are troubled by the way students are acting, Deming, along with most social psychologists, would presumably have us transform the structure of the classroom rather than try to remake the students themselves — precisely the opposite of the character education approach.

Based on the life of Stanley Milgram, Experimenter pokes and prods at the mind as the late social psychologist did in his controversial obedience experiments conducted at Yale in the 1960s.

I suspect that Jesus always knew what social psychologists like me are just now discovering — that story - telling helps people connect.

Social psychologists tackle issues that can have a significant impact on individual health and well - being, from understanding why bullying behavior and aggression take place to analyzing why people sometimes fail to help individuals in need.

Consequently, researchers need to be careful not to ascribe causality without justification, cautions University of Virginia social psychologist James Coan.