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When Positive Emotion Is Bad and Negative Emotion Is Good
Feeling proud today may lead people to coast tomorrow.
How Can You Use Social Media to Your Advantage In Grad School?
Most of us have heard about—or experienced— the negative consequences of using social media (yes, it can be very distracting!). But are there ways in which we can use it to our advantage?
Making the Most of the Summer: 5 Tips for Getting Work Done
Fahima Mohideen of the SPSP Student Committee provides tips for staying productive over the summer.
Do We Pick Up on How Others Express Their Positive Emotions?
People from a variety of cultures agree on how specific positive emotions are displayed, with each emotion having its own set of expressive cues.
SPSP Signs Letter In Support of LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act
SPSP has joined 90 other organizations to sign a letter in support of the LGBTQI+ Data Inclusion Act, which would mandate that federal surveys collecting demographics must also collect sexual orientation and gender identity data.
Conspiracists Are More Hesitant to Vaccinate, but Why?
Understanding why conspiracy beliefs are a key barrier to vaccine uptake can help overcome hesitancy among the public.
SPSP Statement on Annual Convention in Georgia
SPSP leadership has prepared a statement regarding the 2023 Annual Convention, which will be held in Atlanta.
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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.