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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on financial resilience, pornography use, the categorization of social groups, learning by drawing, action coordination to achieve joint goals, and the representation of human imagination in the brain.
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The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of Friendship
… American culture does not have many words to describe different levels or types of friendship, but for our purposes, sociology does provide a useful concept: weak ties. The term was coined in 1973 by the Stanford
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Hired, Fired, or Stopped by Police: The Discriminatory Stew of Intersectionality and Stereotypes
Perceptions of gender and race combine into unique stereotypes and complex patterns of discrimination.
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Hired, Fired, or Stopped by Police: The Discriminatory Stew of Intersectionality and Stereotypes
Research finds that the intersecting roles of gender and race combine in unique ways to feed into simple stereotypes that can contribute to complex patterns of discrimination.
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“We’re So Freaking Polarized”: See How Americans With Opposing Views Interpret the Same Situation
This year, some Republicans have accused Democrats of wanting “to destroy the country” and “spewing hatred,” while some Democrats can be heard saying Republicans are “fascists, ruining this country” — a far cry from what
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Getting Tight — the Psychology of Cancel Culture
The current era of cancel culture is upon us. From former Senator Al Franken, to Ellen Degeneres and Amy Cooper, people everywhere are having their lives upended because they violated the current social taboos of their community. Of course