Most Recent Articles from Journal of Social Psychology, The

• Who believes us when we try to conceal our prejudices? the effectiveness of moral credentials with in-groups versus out-groups.(Report) 

  Moral credentials are pieces of evidence accrued by individuals that can later be presented, intentionally or unintentionally, as a record of their...

  12/01/08 by Krumm, Angela J. · More from publication

• Social value orientation: related to empathy and the ability to read the mind in the eyes.(Report) 

  This study explores correlates of social value orientation, a personality trait that reflects a stable individual difference in the way people...

  12/01/08 by Declerck, Carolyn H. · More from publication

• Intentions to initiate mentoring relationships: understanding the impact of race, proactivity, feelings of deprivation, and relationship roles.(Report) 

  The authors used a within-subjects experiment to examine the following influences on intentions to initiate informal mentorship: race similarity...

  12/01/08 by Hu, Changya · More from publication

• Beauty is mostly in the eye of the beholder: olfactory versus visual cues of attractiveness.(Report) 

  Olfaction is an important determinant of attractiveness, possibly even more so than vision when judgments are made by women. However, research that...

  12/01/08 by Foster, Joshua D. · More from publication

• Censure avoidance and self-esteem in Japan.(Report) 

  Researchers have suggested modesty and self-criticalness as explanations for low Japanese self-esteem (SE) scores. The author investigated a more...

  12/01/08 by Brown, R.A. · More from publication

• Perceived control and risk characteristics as predictors of older adults' health risk estimates.(Report) 

  Overestimating one's own health risks is associated with negative affect and decreased well-being. To identify psychosocial factors that reduce...

  12/01/08 by Ruthig, Joelle C. · More from publication

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