What Would Your Future Self Tell You? Writing a letter to one’s future self—and then writing a response from the future self back to the present self—seems to help students map out paths to future success.
Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories Following Ostracism Being ostracized makes people vulnerable to conspiracy theories. Reflecting on core values may help.
Does Your Self Live in Your Head—or in Your Heart? Where people think their self is located is related to what they believe, how they feel, and how they live their lives.
Seeing Yourself in the Villain You might feel especially drawn to stories with a villain who resembles you.
When Push Comes to Shove, Loyalty Trumps Justice What do you do when someone close to you commits an immoral act?
People Convey Less Authentic Impressions of Themselves to Potential Romantic Partners after Thinking about Sex Being in a sexy mood can change how far people go to impress a prospective romantic partner.
Pitfalls of Positive Thinking and How to Overcome Them Positive thinking may help us explore new possibilities, and it certainly feels good. But positive thinking can also get in the way of success.
Self-Compassion Can Help You Feel More Like Yourself Want to feel like you are being true to yourself? Try being nice to yourself.
Stereotypes Undermine Older Adults’ Self-Control Seniors’ self-control can be impaired by negative views of aging in our culture.
How Do You Decide Whether to Trust a Stranger? You will likely turn to yourself to answer this question.