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

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

Instagram, as well as other forms of social media, have become a place where people either show only the great parts of their ...

When it comes to social influence, knowing how people are connected matters more than simply knowing lots of people, found researchers from Brown University’s Carney Institute for Brain Science.

Sander van der Linden, Professor of Social Psychology in Society, University of Cambridge. She has received funding from the UK Cabinet Office, Google, the American Psychological Association, the US ...

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 ...

High scrutiny: We critically examine our photos, focusing on flaws. Contrast: Comparing ourselves to curated social media images. Self-perception gap: Our self-image differs from how others see us.

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Your behavior doesn't happen in a vacuum. You live within a society. Your environment and the people in it affect your psychology. That's when ...

Social proof is the symphony played out in the social sphere, with each endorsement, testimonial and review adding a note to the collective decision-making process.