Reduce Stress with Gossiping.

According to a recent study, people who prefer sweet foods are usually more pleasant, friendly and compassionate with others.

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In social psychology there are three main types of research methods observational, correlational and experimental. Contained in this article are examples of these methods.

Our personality and our behavior are based on patterns from past experiences that have affected us on the emotional level. Our unique personalities can actually dictate how we live and think, and even how successful we might become in life, business, and interpersonal relationships.

This article discuss the basic theories, models which explains the way people behave in social situations and how they interact with other and the dives or motivations behind their behavior.

This was my dissertation project for my MSc. After being asked for a e-mailed copy multiple times I decided it may be worth publishing.

This was an MSc assignment which concentrated on the ethical and philosophical factors behind misleading participants.

Persuasion is a much studied subject in the science of communication. Social psychologists, sociologists and communication scientists among others spend a lot of time and effort into investigating this process of social influence. However, relatively little is told about the reasons this is so widely studied. Why do scientists focus so much on persuasion. What are the benefits from studying it?

Most attitudes are expressed through behavior. However, this is not always so. Sometimes we are thinking one thing (attitude) and behaving another (behavior). Why is this incongruence between attitude and behavior. What makes attitudes and behavior be in line with one another, what other factors are at work here?