Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, texting—we’re on our smartphones all the time, expressing how we feel and what’s going on in our lives. And for every text or status update, a person is typing… a person who could be happy or manic, depressed or schizophrenic, have substance abuse problems or not. Most of the time, for most
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First comes love, then comes the realization that we are navigating life’s journey with another person who may have different thoughts, feelings, and beliefs than us. How do we deal with having differing viewpoints from our romantic partners? Perspective-taking is a fundamental social skill that helps us smoothly steer through the many bumps in the
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This week’s edition of Psych Wednesdays was written by Michael Kraus. It was originally published on Psych Your Mind on May 27, 2014.   Last week the special issue on replication at the Journal of Social Psychology arrived to an explosion of debate (read the entire issue here and read original author Simone Schnall’s commentary on her
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On this blog and others, on twitter (@mwkraus), at conferences, and in the halls of the psychology building at the University of Illinois, I have engaged in a wealth of important discussions about improving research methods in social-personality psychology. Many prominent psychologists have offered several helpful suggestions in this regard.
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