New research from the lab shows that the pride expression is likely to be a universal implicit status signal– now in press at Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Read the paper here.
Pride and shame expressions communicate status more powerfully than competing contextual information– paper by Azim Shariff, Jess, and Jeff Markusoff published at PSPB.
Emotion researchers often examine the divergent effects of two or more emotions on behavior. Such research designs involve inducing emotion states in groups of participants and comparing the average response on a behavioral measure across groups. For example, one might…
Lab Happy Hour And… lab members in action
Following on the heels of a year that included Bem’s ESP paper and the False Positive Psychology upheaval and culminated in our area-wide discussion of research practice in social and personality psychology, Perspectives on Psychological Science just released a new…
Some of the most peculiar things are also the commonest. Every day people give to complete strangers, anonymously, with no hope of future repayment or reputation gain. In other ways though, our generosity seems oddly constrained. The philosopher Peter Singer…
4-year olds take into account someone’s expertise (i.e., their previous success) when choosing whom to copy (Einav & Robinson, 2011), which is consistent with previous work showing 12-month-old infants preferentially look toward experts when seeking information (Stenberg, 2009). We already…
Joey Cheng, “Dominance and Prestige: Distinct routes to social influence” in a symposium chaired by Joey and Jess on “The Pursuit of Social Status”. Other speakers include Robb Willer, Nathaniel Fast, and Nir Halevy. SPSP Conference San Diego, CA Saturday,…
Psychologists have long thought of neuroticism as a fundamentally maladaptive personality trait. Neurotics experience a preponderance of negative emotions, get sick frequently, and tend to lack satisfying interpersonal relationships. In short, neuroticism seems devoid of any redeeming value. An evolutionary…
