Character & Context

The Science of Who We Are and How We Relate

Editors: Judith Hall, Leah Dickens, Colleen Sinclair

Oct 18, 2021

When Congress Speaks (and Posts and Tweets)

by John T. Jost

Male Politician Texting On Smart Phone in front of American Flag

Political ideology affects the language that we—and they—use.

Oct 15, 2021 Good News: It’s Possible to Enhance Your Self-Esteem! by Noémie Niveau Beyond a simple fashion phenomenon, techniques to increase self-esteem in adults are truly effective.	Oct 13, 2021 Dehumanization Is Threatening Democracy by Alexander Landry Two out of three American political partisans think members of the other party are less than fully human, which makes it easier to harm them.
Oct 11, 2021 The Tattoo Penalty by Christine A. Henle and Ted H. Shore How and why tattoos hurt job opportunities.	Oct 08, 2021 Trust at First Sight by Marco Brambilla People with large eye pupils are liked and trusted.

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Everything that people think, feel, and do is affected by some combination of their personal characteristics and features of the social context they are in at the time. Character & Context explores the latest insights about human behavior from research in personality and social psychology, the scientific field that studies the causes of everyday behaviors.

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