Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Those needing help consistently underestimated others’ willingness to help, underestimated how positively helpers would feel, and overestimated how inconvenienced helpers would feel

›
Surprisingly Happy to Have Helped: Underestimating Prosociality Creates a Misplaced Barrier to Asking for Help. Xuan Zhao, Nicholas Epley. P...

Having unduly positive self-views is not conducive to physical health

›
Self-enhancement and physical health: A meta-analysis. Constantine Sedikides. British Journal of Social Psychology, September 6 2022. http...
Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Data from 99 countries: More time was spent enhancing beauty by women (almost 4 h a day, on average) than by men (3.6 h a day), & by the youngest participants (and contrary to predictions, also the oldest)

›
Predictors of enhancing human physical attractiveness: Data from 93 countries. Marta Kowal et al. Evolution and Human Behavior, September 6 ...

The impact of social media on beliefs or actual outcomes has been either non-existent or inconclusive; people who believe in conspiracies gravitate toward groups that espouse these

›
Processes of Persuasion and Social Influence in Conspiracy Beliefs. Dolores Albarracin. Current Opinion in Psychology, September 5 2022, 101...
Monday, September 5, 2022

Pedestrians gave more than twice as much money to the guy wearing higher-class symbols than they did to the one wearing lower-class symbols, which were perceived as of elevated competence, trustworthiness, similarity to the self, and perceived humanity

›
The influence of signs of social class on compassionate responses to people in need. Bennett Callaghan, Quinton M. Delgadillo and Michael W....