In May 1997, I was privileged to receive a Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of New Hampshire. While my career since that point has gone in various directions, I definitely consider ...

Social relationships are our most powerful psychological currency; they are the key to our psychological health.

Social psychologist and dating expert Dr. Sarah Hensley chatted about her career and being a part of the digital age. Dr. Sarah Hensley. Photo Courtesy of Dr. Sarah Hensley. Dr. Sarah Hensley. Photo ...

Thomas F. Pettigrew taught at UC Santa Cruz from 1979 to 1994 and is a leader in Intergroup Contact Theory. Photo: UCSC Special Collections and Archives Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology ...

This program was updated from an MA in General Psychology to an MS in Psychological Research in Fall 2024. Students in the Psychological Research program can create individual programs in conjunction ...

Social discomfort is so universal that social psychologists like me have made careers out of studying it. We can find it almost anywhere, like in salary negotiations or small talk conversations that ...

Social psychologists study how social influence, perception, and interaction shape both individual and group behavior. Our perceptions of ourselves and our environment affect our actions and beliefs.

If the concept of journaling feels daunting, perhaps just call it a gratitude list. Karl Tapales/Moment via Getty Images I am a social psychologist who runs the Positive Emotion and Social Behavior ...

Social and Personality Psychology is an interdisciplinary field that examines the dynamic interplay between individual traits and the myriad social forces influencing thought, emotion and behaviour.

Speaking to a packed crowd at Battell Chapel on Wednesday, the social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt ’85 invoked the biblical tale of the tower of Babel as a metaphor for the harms caused by ...