Character & Context

The Science of Who We Are and How We Relate

Editors: Judith Hall, Leah Dickens, Colleen Sinclair

Mar 03, 2021

The Potential Benefits of Remembering that “Everybody Hurts”

by Erika Koch

Everybody hurts after experiencing rejection, but self-compassion may help with that pain.

Mar 01, 2021 Standing Up to Sexism—from the Gym to the Office by Elysia Vaccarino How you judge someone who stands up to a sexist comment depends on who and where they are.	Feb 26, 2021 Sometimes, the People Who Seem Safest Actually Pose the Biggest Risk. Why? by Tegan Cruwys & Katharine H. Greenaway We trust fellow members of our groups, even when we probably shouldn’t.
Feb 24, 2021 Help, I am an Extravert! Loneliness and Well-being in Lockdown by Danièle Gubler How extraversion affects our well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic and what we can do to feel better.	Feb 22, 2021 A Tale of Two Prides by Leah Dickens Being proud isn’t always a good thing, and it isn’t always a bad thing.

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Everything that people think, feel, and do is affected by some combination of their personal characteristics and features of the social context they are in at the time. Character & Context explores the latest insights about human behavior from research in personality and social psychology, the scientific field that studies the causes of everyday behaviors.

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