Character & Context

The Science of Who We Are and How We Relate

Editors: Judith Hall, Leah Dickens, Colleen Sinclair

Jul 30, 2021

Social Support Protects You From Daily Stress, but Who You Are Matters More

by Aleksa Kaurin

People forming hands in shape of a heart

Personality traits linked to caring social relationships, not social support per se, are key to low levels of daily stress.

Jul 28, 2021 You Can’t Tell Me What to Do! Or Maybe You Can by Benjamin D. Rosenberg People generally do not like being told what to do, but that might change when they feel uncertain about themselves or the world around them.	Jul 26, 2021 Who Can Talk About Systemic Inequality in the American Classroom? by Grace Rivera What we think of teachers who discuss systemic inequality depends on the race of the teacher and our own political ideology.
Jul 23, 2021 Do Preschoolers Across Cultures Vary in How They Express Their Disappointment? by Ka I Ip and Twila Tardif Even young children know how to hide their feelings, and how they hide them depends on cultural norms and expectations.	Jul 21, 2021 When the Going Gets Tough, Your Focus Might Keep You Going by Sebastian Sadowski Positive emotions broaden your attention span, while negative emotions do the opposite. How do these emotions impact how you perceive cues in your environment?

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Why is this blog called Character & Context?

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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