News doesn’t just inform; it affects how we feel. What are the psychological trade-offs of consuming news on social media?

We like to think that posting strong words on social media counts as activism. But the strongest form of activism right now ...

This program was updated from an MA in General Psychology to an MS in Psychological Research in Fall 2024. Students in the Psychological Research program can create individual programs in conjunction ...

Errors in attribution are why we sometimes get people wrong ...

Social and Personality Psychology is an interdisciplinary field that examines the dynamic interplay between individual traits and the myriad social forces influencing thought, emotion and behaviour.

While scrolling through your feed might seem harmless, psychologists have discovered that certain posting habits are dead ...

These people have an almost supernatural ability to detect performative friendships, filtering out energy vampires and fair-weather companions before they can even get close—and psychology reveals ...

F ifteen years ago, social psychology was in its pomp. It was the hottest thing in the social sciences, ubiquitous in TED Talks and on best-seller lists. Tiny, targeted, and experimentally tested ...