social psychology

How Can I Tell If She’s Interested?: Reading Female Body Language

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe following is an excerpt from my book. This is the first of a three-part series on body language. Part 2: Reading Male Body Language Part 3: Using Body Language to Boost Sales and Enhance Presentations The study of human body language is one of the most interesting subsets of Psychology. A basic understanding of common body

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Life Lessons I Learned From The Game of Monopoly

Reading Time: 5 minutesIf you like Monopoly, you’ll love this post. I wrote a piece for CurrentPhotographer.com on lessons we can learn from the game of Monopoly. Current Photographer has some great articles for artists, photographers and techies alike. Trevor Current, photographer and website founder, has done work for the likes of Sony Corporation and Mars Inc. Here’s

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Increase Your Interpersonal and Social Intelligence

Reading Time: < 1 minutePerhaps the most pivotal concept in Social Psychology is the Fundamental Attribution Error. Understanding this concept can disabuse you of one of the most prevalent cognitive biases in social interaction. The Fundamental Attribution Error explains how we fall short when analyzing the behaviors of those around us. Fundamental Attribution Error: We attribute the behaviors of

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Five Courses Every Student Should Take in College

Reading Time: 2 minutes‘Tis the season for graduation. Many folks will be pursuing a baccalaureate or master’s degree in the fall. Here are a few courses everyone should sign up for regardless of major or specialization. In no particular order….. Social Psychology:  Not only will you be introduced to the many biases and idiosyncrasies that govern human behavior,

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Ace Your Job Interview and Land That Business Contract: Case Studies, Framing Effects, and Referrals (Part 1)

Reading Time: < 1 minutePresenting a case study of a client’s organization is a fantastic strategy for winning business. Find a recent problem or area of need for the company and demonstrate how you would solve it. You don’t have to create a ten-page report filled with pie charts and diagrams. All you have to do is provide a

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Good Friends, Good Times and Good Business: The Propinquity Effect

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf you study some of your long lasting friendships forged during college, you may notice that some of your friends lived in or around your dorms on campus. We form friendships with the people we encounter on a frequent basis. Psychologists call this the “Propinquity Effect”. In college, you cannot help but constantly run into

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Do all Black and Asian People Look Alike?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo the untrained eye, yes, they actually might. According to researchers, people have difficulty distinguishing subtle differences in facial features in races outside their own. It’s much easier for an individual to recognize differences in appearance amongst one’s own race because we tend to have a deeper reservoir of interactions to draw from—more experiences provide

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