How to quickly and easily make people like you more:
mic people: Mimicry has benefits for people in social interactions. However, evidence regarding the consequences of mimicry is incomplete. First, research on mimicry has particularly focused on effects of being mimicked. Secondly, on the side of the mimicker evidence is correlational or lacks real interaction data. The present study investigated effects for mimickers and mimickees in face-to-face interaction. Feelings towards the immediate interaction partner and the interaction in which mimicry takes place were measured after an interaction between two participants…
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Is your brother smart? Then you might be crazy.
lose relatives of successful students showed increased risks of psychosis." Background It has been suggested that psychosis genes mightbe associated with beneficial effects, explaining their highfrequency in all human populations. Aims To test the relationship between academic success and the incidence of psychotic disorders. Method The unusually complete demographic and scholastic records available in Iceland were used to locate academically accomplishedindividuals and assess the probability of previously identifiedpatients with mental disorders and their relatives being amongsuch groups. Results Close relatives…
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Does being close to your family make you less trusting?
..people with strong family ties have a lower level of trust in strangers than people with weak family ties, and argue that this association is causal." We provide direct evidence that people with strong family ties have a lower level of trust in strangers than people with weak family ties, and argue that this association is causal. We also investigate the mechanisms that underlie this effect, and provide evidence that these revolve around the level of outward exposure: factors that…
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Do rich guys give women more orgasms? (pt2)
d I mention I'm not a scientist? I'm just a guy who posts stuff he finds interesting on a website. So, caveat emptor, dear readers. In my post on what to look for in a marriage partner I said that rich guys give women more orgasms. And that's what the study showed. Well, turns out the study was wrong: In a recent article in this journal (Pollet and Nettle, 2009), we reported that women with higher-income partners reported more frequent…
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How To Increase The Amount Of “Good Sex” You Have
's less about the Kama Sutra and more about increasing self-esteem: Self-determination Theory posits that psychological wellbeing stems from feeling autonomous, competent, and related. Prior research has found that people report that, on days in which they perceive these needs are met, they have good days, as evidenced by both positive mood and fewer physical symptoms. The current research examined the relationship between satisfaction of these needs and sexuality, hypothesizing that having sexual interactions in which these needs are met,…
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Does a female breadwinner raise risk of divorce?
s, and substantially so: Using German panel data from 1984 to 2007, we analyze the impact of labor division between husband and wife on the risk of divorce. Gary Becker’s theory of marriage predicts that specialization in domestic and market work, respectively, reduces the risk of separation. Traditionally, the breadwinner role is assigned to the husband, however, female labor force participation and their wages have risen substantially. Our results suggest that there are gender-specific differences, e.g. female breadwinner-couples have a…
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Is marriage a good idea for handsome men?
ybe not: Physical appearance plays a crucial role in shaping new relationships, but does it continue to affect established relationships, such as marriage? In the current study, the authors examined how observer ratings of each spouse's facial attractiveness and the difference between those ratings were associated with (a) observations of social support behavior and (b) reports of marital satisfaction. In contrast to the robust and almost universally positive effects of levels of attractiveness on new relationships, the only association between…
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How To Deal With A Narcissist, Backed By Research
ere are ways to make a narcissist easier to deal with. Emphasize community when you talk to them. When they feel there's a strong group behind something, they're more likely to behave: Three studies tested the hypotheses that the activation of communal mental representations promotes relationship commitment (communal activation hypothesis) and that this effect is stronger among narcissists than among nonnarcissists (Communal Activation x Narcissism hypothesis). Across experimental, longitudinal, and interaction-based research methods, and in participant samples ranging from college…
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