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Envy pushes you to change something about yourself and situation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's aggressive display in the Knesset shows cognitive dissonance – a state of tension when reality challenges our self-beliefs.

Professor Tanya Byron solves your relationship dilemmas. This week a woman wishes to travel in her retirement rather than commit to work caring for her grandchildren

The belief systems of cults are robust, even when contradicted by reality. 

The meat industry is incredibly inhumane. Each day, a staggering number of animals in the USA endure unimaginable conditions: being confined, suffering, and deprived of any semblance of a natural life. Their existence is marked by perpetual agony, with many never experiencing the outside world until they are forcibly transported to meet their untimely demise. …

From social media usage to setting goals, here are five practical ways to help your child steer clear of unhealthy comparisons and foster healthy self-esteem. 

By understanding and embracing your individual communication style, you can transform your communication into a powerful tool for career advancement.

Article: Yankee Micro Social Psychology Part II: Reference Group Criticisms of Dialogical Psychology and Social Constructionism - In the 1960s some social psychologists took issue with the individualist bent of mainstream social psychology. But in doing so they treated scientific experiment itself as individualist. That meant social psychology could not be scientific. On the other hand social reference theory has shown that social psychology can be anti-individualist & scientific at the same tim...

Summary of Part I In Part I of my article, I described how initially the field of social psychology had deep roots in the socio-cultural traditions of Wundt, Royce, Baldwin, Cooley, Thomas and Mead. But by the beginning of World War I a shift towards individualism can be seen in the work first of the

Psychologists' take on the power of consensus, and how it enhances decision-making