Psychological entitlement is a personality trait characterized by pervasive feelings of
deservingness, specialness, and exaggerated expectations. The present review expands …

People are often presumed to be vulnerable to a desirability bias, namely, a tendency to be
overoptimistic about a future outcome as a result of their preferences or desires for that …

Although acquiring information can provide numerous benefits, people often opt to remain
ignorant. We define information avoidance as any behavior designed to prevent or delay the …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

We propose a theory of regret regulation that distinguishes regret from related emotions,
specifies the conditions under which regret is felt, the aspects of the decision that are …

In this experimental study of a two player power‐to‐take game, players earn an income in an
individual effort task preceding the game. The game has two stages. First, one player can …

Nearly every human society has reserved a special place for those denizens claiming the
ability to predict the fu-ture. Prophets, astrologers, shamans, witch doctors, and scientists are …

The mind is a powerful anticipatory device. It frequently makes predictions about the future,
telling us not only how the world might or will be, but also how it should be-or better-how we …

Background Chronic pain is a major economic and social health problem. Up to 79% of
chronic pain patients are unsatisfied with their pain management. Meeting patients' …

This book summarizes the research findings from the relatively new domain of study called"
organizational perception management"(OPM). While perception management has been …