Character & Context

The Science of Who We Are and How We Relate

Editors: Mark Leary, Shira Gabriel, Brett Pelham

Nov 23, 2020

Everything is Fine? Exercising Control and Authenticity in this “New Normal”

by Eric Anicich

Asian woman wearing a mask raising her hands up

Amidst all the major threats posed by COVID-19, there are glimmers of hope that people are adjusting better than you might imagine—at least where a sense of authenticity and personal control are concerned.

Nov 20, 2020 Do Rich People Deserve to be Rich? by Shai Davidai How “the rich” spend their money influences how hard people think they worked for it.	Nov 18, 2020 Eliminating Poverty in America Could be a Lot Easier than You Think by Brett Pelham Social scientific research suggests that it would be much easier to eliminate poverty in the United States—and to increase well-being—than most Americans assume.
Nov 16, 2020 Understanding the Link between Beliefs about Gender and Attitudes toward Homosexuality by Maria Laura Bettinsoli People with traditional beliefs about gender tend to have more negative attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women, but this pattern does not hold in all cultures.	Nov 13, 2020 Does Your Self Live in Your Head—or in Your Heart? by Adam K. Fetterman and Brian P. Meier Where people think their self is located is related to what they believe, how they feel, and how they live their lives.

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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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