Social Comparison Theory explains how we evaluate ourselves by comparing to others shaping our self-esteem, motivation, and ...

Upward comparisons—spotting the gap between who I am and who I aspire to be—often lead to dissatisfaction. People scroll for ...

New research finds that while people often agree on what a tattoo says about someone’s personality, those judgments are ...

As a couple, you may occasionally encounter other couples who seem to have a better relationship than yours. They may be very passionate, committed, or mature. Some might even be described as best ...

Morse’s research with Witvliet will be among the more than 200 research projects by students from academic programs throughout the college — including 18 from the Department of Psychology — that are ...

A creative play program has significantly improved new parents' and caregivers' mental health, according to research by the ...

The Psychology and Law Research Group is a group of people who come to do research on issues in psychology that pertain to law. Members of the lab may come from the Clinical, Social, or Cognitive ...

A bachelor of arts (B.A.) and bachelor of science (B.S.) in psychology both provide a foundation for continued study and can lead to various careers in the field. The degrees are different, and ...

The research breaks new ground by moving beyond the traditional comparison of delusions with mundane, everyday beliefs. A key focus of the project is the concept of belief transmissibility.

In a paper published in the journal Current Research in Behavioral Sciences, Concordia researchers looked at psychology and philosophy – two comparable disciplines – and investigated what accounted ...