We live in a changing world that can create uncertainty about who we are, and make
extremist groups, identities and ideologies attractive to us. This article invokes uncertainty …

This article introduces the notion of genetic essentialist biases: cognitive biases associated
with essentialist thinking that are elicited when people encounter arguments that genes are …

Abstract Four studies (n= 1199) tested support for the idea that implicit theories about the
fixedness versus malleability of gender roles (entity vs. incremental theories) predict …

The authors report 5 studies that demonstrate that manhood, in contrast to womanhood, is
seen as a precarious state requiring continual social proof and validation. Because of this …

People often view certain ways of classifying people (eg, by gender, race, or ethnicity) as
reflecting real distinctions found in nature. Such categories are viewed as marking …

A central tenet of many prominent philosophical and psychological traditions is that personal
authenticity facilitates psychological well-being. This idea, however, is at odds with …

Uncertainty is ubiquitous, and its resolution is a fundamental motivation for human behavior.
People strive to reduce uncertainty, especially uncertainties that reflect on, or are directly …

People are motivated to protect their worldviews. One way to protect one's worldviews is
through prejudice toward worldview-dissimilar groups and individuals. The traditional …

The Third Edition of this much celebrated textbook continues to focus on the four major and
influential perspectives in contemporary social psychology-social cognition, social identity …

The authors characterize religions as social groups and religiosity as the extent to which a
person identifies with a religion, subscribes to its ideology or worldview, and conforms to its …