One college major is soaring in popularity—but graduates shouldn't expect to be making good money from that alone. A degree in psychology has proven an increasingly popular choice for college students ...

Imagine you are about to confront a friend about a hurtful comment she made and are trying to predict her response. Depending ...

A research team has discovered that a specific group of neurons in the amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion ...

Women who see themselves as having lower social status are more likely than other people to show early signs of heart stress linked to future disease risk, according to a new study led by researchers ...

Filing for Social Security early is a complex decision that depends heavily on your individual and family circumstances, ...

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

Social competition shaped behaviors that still influence human emotional health. Depression may reflect evolved signals of submission in competitive social settings. Modern life amplifies social ...

Gripping account of psychology’s cautionary tale is marred by flawed assumptions A dissection of the field of ‘social priming’ asks what this controversy can teach us about how to study ...

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. An Essay in Historical Social Psy- chology is not, on its face, an attractive description of a book, especially one in a foreign tongue.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology Thomas F. Pettigrew recently released a new book through Oxford University Press that summarizes his esteemed research on race relations from the past ...

However, recognizing the psychology that compels us toward violent or peaceful outcomes is the first step to a solution. How we manage that psychology in 2025 may profoundly influence the kind of ...

The rise of AI-generated images and photos has added another troubling kink, as Sterling highlighted in a video posted to TikTok early Thursday. “The Hollywood sign was not on fire last night.