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The Psychology of the Taboo Tradeoff Consider the classic hypothetical scenario: Your house is on fire and you can take only three things with you before the entire structure becomes engulfed in flames. What would you take? Laptops and external hard drives aside, people's responses to this question differ wildly. This diversity results from people's flexibility in ascribing unique value to objects ranging from a hand-scrawled note from a loved one to a threadbare t-shirt that others might consider worthless. [More] |
The Psychology Of Anthropomorphism And Dehumanization People talk to their plants, pray to humanlike gods, name their cars, and even dress their pets up in clothing. We have a strong tendency to give nonhuman entities human characteristics (known as anthropomorphism), but why? In a new report in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychological scientists Adam Waytz from Harvard University and Nicholas Epley and John T. Cacioppo from University of Chicago, examine the psychology of anthropomorphism... |
Psychology Blog Reaches Award Finals - British Psychological Society The British Psychological Society's Research Digest has reached the finals of the Research Blogging Awards in the categories 'Best Psychology Blog' and 'Best Research Twitterer'. The Research Digest blog, which is written by Dr Christian Jarrett, has been growing in popularity every year since it began five years ago. Up to 26,000 people now subscribe to the email and around 75,000 people visit the blog each month. Dr Christian Jarrett said: "It's really gratifying to be shortlisted among other psychology blogs of such high standard... |
The Psychology of Moving Want to move? Detest the very thought? Feelings about home may be complicated by market conditions. |
Does the devil really wear Prada? The psychology of anthropomorphism and dehumanization People talk to their plants, pray to humanlike gods, name their cars, and even dress their pets up in clothing. We have a strong tendency to give nonhuman entities human characteristics (known as anthropomorphism), but why? In a new report in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychological scientists Adam Waytz from Harvard University and Nicholas Epley and John T. Cacioppo from University of Chicago, examine the psychology of anthropomorphism. |
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