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"That's not what friends do!": Elementary school children's reactions to interpersonal violations.
(2006)
Little is known about how children respond to interpersonal violations by best friends; therefore the goal of the present study was to examine children's reactions to violations in detail. When confronted with problematic ...
Organization of parent knowledge.
(2005)
The present study explored the association between organization of knowledge about parents and the types of relationships that adult children have with them. This study demonstrated that for fathers, types of relationships ...
Toeing the party line: Identity misclassification and behavorial inflexibility in political decision making.
(2007)
Although social role norms serve as helpful guides to appropriate social behavior, they can also limit people's behavioral flexibility. When role violators expect to be mistaken as a member of a devalued out-group (i.e., ...
The effects of risk-taking and responsibility on adolescent sexual behavior: Is the effect mediated by military background?
(2004)
Adolescent sexual behavior was investigated within a framework of three independent variables. Previous research has identified that adolescents share a propensity for risk-taking. Other research has indicated that adolescents ...
Reactions to infidelity: Gender differences and relative mate value.
(2005)
Two studies examined the influence of gender and mate value on responses to infidelity from an evolutionary perspective. Couples were recruited for Study 1, allowing an examination of participants' self-perceived mate value ...
The effects of issue importance and group size differences on contribution rates and social identity in a public goods social dilemma.
(2001)
This study examined the effects of issue importance on social identity, personal identification with an issue and contribution decisions in a public goods social dilemma. A total of 331 undergraduate students from the ...
Evaluative organization of self-knowledge: The hidden vulnerability of compartmentalization.
(2004)
Three studies explored the possibility that the structure of the self-concept is associated with fragile self-esteem. The model of self-concept structure examined in the present studies is evaluative organization, especially ...
Understanding and managing others: The impact of discriminative facility upon social influence.
(2001)
The results of two studies provided support for the importance of being sensitive to situational nuances (i.e., discriminative facility), especially when interpreting others' negative behaviors. Study 1 empirically clarified ...
Choosing dates and mates: College student ratings of self and potential opposite-sex partners.
(2005)
The current study examines the relationships between perceptions of others, decisions regarding dates and mates, and perceptions of self. Fifty-two female and fifty-one male participants viewed video clips of opposite-sex ...
A model of influences on ethical decision-making: Individual and situational effects.
(2007)
Key terms. Integrity, ethical decision-making, individual characteristics, situational characteristics.