Identity Concealment and Social Cognition
When people interact with others, they often try to hide some aspects of their identity to present themselves in a certain way. This can include hiding...
Adolescent sexual exploration is a normal part of human development that can provide valuable insights into personal identity, relationships, and moral decision making. Adolescence is an important...
Microaggressions are small and often unintentional verbal, nonverbal, and environmental behaviors that communicate stereotypes about groups to which people belong. Examples include comments about...
Peer Victimization's Effects on Empathy, Social Cognition, and Trust
Peer victimization can be defined as experiencing bullying, teasing, harassment, exclusion, or rejection from peers. It is...
Chronic identity concealment is the repeated, intentional, and persistent denial of one's own identity to others, such as hiding one's sexual orientation, gender expression, or race/ethnicity. It can...
Social cognition is the study of how people perceive and process social interactions. It includes the mental processes involved in interpreting and responding to social cues such as facial...
Linguistic practices around pronouns are deeply embedded in human societies and have shaped social cognition across cultures.
In some languages such as French, the use of feminine and masculine...
Neuroscientific research suggests that empathy and social cognition play an important role in reducing prejudice and promoting allyship towards LGBTQ+ communities. Empathy refers to the ability to...
Neuroscience has been able to provide valuable insights into how people perceive and respond to different social groups, including those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,...
Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, which can involve both emotional contagion and mental simulation. Social cognition refers to the processes involved in...