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Make Management (and Life!) Easier
In our twenties and thirties, two things happen to many of us as part of adulting: we become parents and we become bosses, or some kind of team leaders or managers. In some ways these
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Psychologists Pinpoint Psychological Factors Of Refugee Integration
Researchers investigate factors and consequences for refugees and host society Due to border closures in the wake of the corona crisis, the arrival of refugees in Europe has temporarily dipped. However, worldwide numbers of refugees
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We Still Think Brilliance Is A Male Trait And It’s Hurting Women
Men are more likely to be seen as “brilliant” than women, according to a new study published today in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Researchers found that this gendered stereotype that men are intellectually superior
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Surviving the Trauma of COVID-19
APS Member/Author: Roxane Cohen Silver As a psychological scientist who investigates how individuals and communities respond to collective traumas, I study human resilience in a range of situations—from earthquakes and hurricanes to mass violence and
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The Push to Redefine “Good Design” Amid the Black Lives Matter Movement
In 2015, Nextdoor, the location-based social networking app, gained a reputation as a locus of racial profiling. Users were sending alerts for merely spotting hoodie-wearing Black men walking in their neighborhoods. One damning report described Nextdoor as
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Despite Warnings, Social Distancing Does Not Make Us Lonely
For months we’ve been reading warnings that the coronavirus pandemic could make us lonely. But now researchers have good news: people are more resilient than we thought. A new study published in American Psychologist has found that social distancing