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Bullying or Hate Crimes in Our Schools?
When youth are harassed in schools because of their race, gender, or sexual orientation, is it really “just” bullying?
Guilted into Sustainability?
Have you ever been tempted to do something you knew you really shouldn’t? And then decided not to do it in order to avoid the guilt?
SPSP Statement on the 2023 Annual Convention in Light of the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
SPSP has released a statement about plans for the 2023 Annual Convention in light of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Rich People From Humble Origins Are Less Sensitive to the Challenges of Poverty Than Those Born Rich, Research Finds
People who become wealthy in the United States may tend to boast of their humble beginnings, but new research finds that they may, in fact, be less sympathetic to the difficulties of being poor than those who were born rich.
Who Has Different-Race Friends?
What patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors encourage the development of cross-race relationships?
Why Are Women More Fearful Than Men?
Rather than a gender difference in innate brain programming, women’s greater fearfulness is partly an adjustment to their lower levels of physical strength.
How Are Your Personality and Health Interconnected Over Time?
Positive personality development and health improvement can reinforce each other over time.
Inclusion of LGBTQ+ Scholars in Social and Personality Psychology: Ongoing Efforts and Future Challenges
In recognition of Pride Month, SPSP has invited the organizers of SPSP's LGBTQ+ initiatives to reflect on the experiences of LGBTQ+ people in social–personality psychology.
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Why is our blog called Character & Context?
Everything that people think, feel, and do is affected by some combination of their personal characteristics and features of the social context they are in at the time. Character & Context explores the latest insights about human behavior from research in personality and social psychology, the scientific field that studies the causes of everyday behaviors.