Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI September 15, 2017

Each week, we recap featured posts from Character & Context and other blogs around the cyberspace, plus news stories and tweets worth a look. If you have an item you'd like us to consider, use the hashtag #SPSPblog, email us, or tweet us directly @spspnews.

On the Blogs

Clarissa Cortland and Maureen Craig ask, "what predicts when minority groups are more likely to support each other?"

Without Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness Doesn’t Work via Harvard Business Review

Daniel Goleman and Matthew Lippincott cover the complicated relationship between mindfulness and executive performance.

How to Fix the Person You Love via Grey Matter
Eli Finkel writes on marriage, love and growth, in this week's New York Times.

Another Reason Top Managers Are Disproportionally White Men via Scientific American Mind

Francesca Gino explores how women and nonwhites are penalized for their efforts to improve diversity.

The Pitfalls of Popularizing New Science via Psychology Today

"Grit is a case study for the dangers of publicizing new research," argues Art Markman.

This is what happens when Americans are told about rising inequality via The Monkey Cage

Leslie McCall and Jennifer Richeson discuss the how beliefs on inequality, economics, and opportunity affect attitudes and policies.

In SPSP's News Center

You’re not alone in feeling alone

A new study from the University of British Columbia, Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School has found that new university students consistently think their peers have more friends and spend more time socializing than they do. Coverage highlights: Today, Quartz, and NPR.

In the News

Gait analysis can reveal personality traits, walking speed as you get older via Medical Daily

Writers unblocked? Happy music boosts imaginative thinking, say researchers via The Guardian

Atheists behave more fairly toward Christians than Christians behave toward atheists via PsyPost

AI gaydar study gets another look via Inside Higher Ed

Psychologists identify twenty seven distinct categories of emotion via SciNews

Apparently, power posing is pointless via Yahoo Lifestyle

The worst type of relationship break-up, according to science via Good Housekeeping

Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? via International Business Times

Three planning hacks for the happiest vacation possible via Fox LA

Study suggests lower levels of neuroticism explain why conservative states are happier via Psy Post

Yes, there’s a reason why you and your friends look so much alike via Reader's Digest

Psychologists find the key to a thriving life via Medical News Today

When the mind wanders: An anatomy of daydreaming via The Atlantic

Go forth and replicate: On creating incentives for repeat studies via UnDark

Why having a best friend is good for your health via Science of Us

Podcast: Why We Can't Shake Life's 'Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda' Moments via Hidden Brain

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On Twitter

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— JK Flake (@JkayFlake) September 13, 2017

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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.