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The More You Have, the More You Want?

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The more that wealthy people use wealth to define themselves, the more wealth they want.

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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.

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Why Muslim Women Wear the Veil Matters for Their Emotional Well-being

Young Muslim woman adjusts veil while looking in mirror

Muslim women’s reasons for wearing the veil—because they want to or because they feel like they have to—are associated with their emotional well-being.

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No Man Is an Island: People Who Say They Don’t Need Other People Actually Care about Close Relationships

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The more people claim to not care about social connections, the happier they are if they learn that others accept them.

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It’s a Meaningful Life: The Surprising Existential Benefits of Self-control

Having self-control not only promotes physical health and life satisfaction, it can foster a sense of meaning in life.

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Improving and Affirming Our Personal Stories Can Make Us Happier, Healthier, and More Successful

Telling ourselves the right personal stories can make us all become more like the “Little Engine that Could.”

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How to Overcome Unconscious Bias

By Jordan Axt

We all have prejudices we're not even aware of—but they don't have to govern our behavior

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Psychology News Round-Up (October 14th)

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Our knowledge of how people communicate online and the motivations behind it is still in its inchoate stage. Check out this week’s post to see if the internet is making you mean.

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Fan the FLAME to Maintain the Spark

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The early days of romantic relationships are like a blazing fire: partners share a great deal of passion, have high levels of sexual desire, and engage in sex frequently. But partners’ sex lives may change as their relationships progress, with sexual frequency and desire often waning over time. Although this is a common experience in long-term relationships, it is not without its consequences: partners’ low or mismatched sexual desire is linked to more thoughts about breaking up, as well as lower sexual and relationship satisfaction.

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Hate: Dropping the H-Bomb

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“Hate” – the term is becoming an all too familiar. “Hate group” members and sympathizers use “hate speech” and commit “hate crimes.” Recent events on the worldwide sociopolitical landscape have revealed the often intensely visceral reactions people have when they see actions that they consider to be hate. The three little words – “I HATE you” – can damage interpersonal, intergroup, and international relationships in ways that “I am angry at you” or “I dislike you” cannot begin to match.

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