It is argued that there is little evidence to support Helmreich's conclusion that there currently exists a pernicious conflict between applied and theoretical social psychology. The development of new journals, applied ...

Just as reactions to resentment are related to whether people feel disadvantaged as single actors or as group representatives, viewing oneself as an individual actor or a group representative can influence evaluations of ...

Although the Fear of Negative Evaluation (FNE) Scale has widespread applicability to many areas of research in personality and social psychology, its utility is sometimes limited by its length. This article presents a ...

Theorists have argued that global self-esteem should be related to performance in academics. However, studies have reported lower academic achievement among African American students than among White students but have ...

Male speakers of either standard British or standard American English were presented to 60 American undergraduates as either lower-class or middle-class individuals. Speakers were rated on social status, solidarity, and ...

An experiment examined whether accountability causes people to prefer more cautious, less risky choice alternatives. Self described high and low risk takers chose between pairs of lotteries varying in riskiness under ...

Two experiments examined the effect of communicating a reason or "account"for one's perfomrance. In Study, One, 36 subjects read a post-election speech in which a politician gave external reasons, internal reasons, or no ...

Over 300 subjects at four different age levels predicted situational variations in two different self-reported responses of persons asking for help. Accuracy at this task was substantially better than chance. Subjects were ...

This study examined the influence of majority opinion on attitudes in the absence of persuasive argumentation. Participants who were either high or low in accuracy motivation were presented with an opinion poll that conveyed ...

The accuracy of Blacks' and Whites' in-group and out-group stereotypes was examined by comparing judgments of the stereotypicality and dispersion of Black and White first-year college students with the stereotypicality and ...