Character & Context

The Science of Who We Are and How We Relate

Editors: Judith Hall, Leah Dickens, Colleen Sinclair

Apr 21, 2021

What Do People Like About Atheists?

by Jordan W. Moon

stick man tossing religious symbols in trash can

Atheists often face extreme prejudice, but many people simultaneously hold positive stereotypes about nonbelievers.

Apr 19, 2021 Can People Read Others’ Personalities from Their Faces? by Sinan Alper Yes, but only up to a point.	Apr 16, 2021 Young Children Use Nonverbal Cues to Detect Deception by Maliki E. Ghossainy By the time they’re six, tricking your kids is not as easy as it used to be.
Apr 14, 2021 How Do Bisexual People See Themselves? by Teri A. Kirby Research gives new insight into bisexuality.	Apr 12, 2021 How and Why the Wealthy Try to Cover Up Their Privileges by L. Taylor Phillips After their advantages are pointed out to them, the wealthy exaggerate how hard they work and how much they suffered.

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Everything that people think, feel, and do is affected by some combination of their personal characteristics and features of the social context they are in at the time. Character & Context explores the latest insights about human behavior from research in personality and social psychology, the scientific field that studies the causes of everyday behaviors.

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