Tag: Social Psychology
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How the Just World Hypothesis affects Victim-Blaming & Social Justice
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6 minutesBy Steffi Kim — Do you believe that what goes around comes around? Or that, in the end, most people get what they deserve?
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Pros and Cons: The Social Phenomenon of Cancel Culture
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5 minutesBy Steffi Kim — Cancel Culture has quickly evolved into one of the defining forces shaping digital interaction and public discourse today…
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Back 2 School: The Psychology of the Social Clique
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5 minutesBy Steffi Kim — As the start of the school year rolls around, many students anticipate not only…
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Social Psychology at Summer Camp: The Robbers Cave Experiment
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7 minutesBy Steffi Kim — The history of social psychology is dominated by prominent studies like…
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The Psychology of Persuasion
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8 minutesBy Steffi Kim — In everyday life, persuasion is a key skill that can help you secure a good bargain or avoid an annoying parking ticket…
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Falling Stock Markets, Star Students & Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
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6 minutesBy Steffi Kim — Self-fulfilling prophecies are misguided beliefs that come to influence how people behave and eventually…
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Erik Erikson’s Social Development Theory: The Hunger Games
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7 minutesBy Steffi Kim — Erik Erikson’s Social Development Theory was developed in the mid-twentieth century to describe how people…
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The Silent Crowd: How the Bystander Effect Shapes Socialization
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5 minutesBy Ninghao Zhan ——— On March 13th, 1964, Kitty Genovese was brutally stabbed…
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The Bystander Effect
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5 minutesBy Steffi Kim — The story of Kitty Genovese may be one of the most infamous in psychology’s history. While sparing the
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MLK Day: Reflecting on the Civil Rights Movement
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10 minutesBy Steffi Kim — Today—January 20th, 2025—is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which falls on the third Monday in January
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Facebook Limits Fact-Checking: Examining Trends of Misinformation
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9 minutesBy Steffi Kim — Splattered across political campaign ads and flashed across the top of Instagram feeds, misinformation is rampant
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The Jury: Deciphering Cognition and Bias
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10 minutesBy Steffi Kim — The jury system is a long-standing judicial tradition and often regarded as the epitome of fair, unbiased decision-making
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Why do we Follow the Crowd?
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3 minutesBy Steffi Kim — Fashion trends, health fads, and social media influencers are all based on the human tendency to follow the crowd.
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The Psychology behind Altruism
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5 minutesBy Steffi Kim — Altruism is one of the most heartwarming and inspiring topics in social psychology. It can manifest in anything
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How Important are First Impressions?
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5 minutesBy Steffi Kim — As the common adage goes “You never get a second chance to make a first impression” ~ Will Rogers.
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