Nonverbal communication plays a vital part in how we share things with others and understand what others are trying to say. Communication is essential for successful interpersonal relationships, but it isn’t just the words you say that speak volumes. Your…
Creating closeness and intimacy with another person usually takes time, communication, and shared experiences. Psychology research suggests that there is a way to speed up this process and get closer to another person—even a complete stranger—by asking a specific series…
What qualities do you need to be a great leader? Do certain personality traits help people become better leaders? According to the trait theory of leadership, people who posses certain leadership traits tend to be better leaders. Do Leadership Traits Exist?…
Psychologist Muzafer Sherif suggested that conflict between groups was the result of competition for limited resources. To put this theory to the test, he conducted a series of experiments that are today referred to as the Robbers Cave Experiment. In…
The Milgram obedience experiment focused on the power of obedience to authority. There have been many controversial psychological experiments in psychology history, including Milgram’s classic obedience experiment. The experiment was considered so controversial, in fact, that most assume that such…
Leadership styles can be defined as a person’s way of governing, directing, and motivating followers. Over the last 50 or so years, researchers have proposed a number of different leadership styles. Such styles are often seen by leaders in business,…
Kitty Genovese was the victim of a terrible crime that ultimately ended her life and led to her inadvertently becoming one of the most famous cases in psychology. Learn more about this young woman and the influence her murder had…
In social psychology, the scarcity principle refers to the tendency to place a higher value on things that are perceived as rare while devaluing things that are seen as common or abundant. Learn more about how marketers take advantage of…
“Effective leadership is finding a good fit between behaviour, context, and need.” – White & Hodgson, 2003 What is it exactly that makes a leader effective? According to one theory of leadership that became prominent during the 1970s and 80s,…
The ingroup bias is the tendency that people have to favor their own group above that of others. This bias can have a powerful influence on both individual and group behavior. It may be as simple as favoring your own…
