About Social Psychology
Social psychology is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of others. In this definition, scientific refers to the empirical investigation using the scientific method.
How did Netflix know I was gay before I did?
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... How you watch, not what you watch" No one is explicitly telling Netflix that they re gay, " says Greg Serapio-Garcia, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge specialising in computational Social Psychology...
Climate change: How to talk to a denier
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... " But how exactly do you go about starting the conversation? Reciting the facts isn t always the answerSander van der Linden is professor of Social Psychology at the University of Cambridge, and studies how people get sucked into conspiracy theories...
Life inside the Dutch earthquake zone
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... Tom Postmas, professor of Social Psychology at the University of Groningen, told us about a recent study that found approximately 16 people a year die prematurely in the Groningen earthquake area due to stress caused by the quakes...
How more of us are leaving screens behind to work outdoors
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... " This sentiment is echoed by Viren Swami, professor of Social Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University...