ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL COGNITION Clever Hands Uncontrolled Intelligence in Facilitated Communication Daniel M

Wegner Harvard University Valerie A Fuller University of Virginia Betsy Sparrow Harvard University Five studies examined how people who are answering questions on behalf of another person may use their own knowledge to answer correctly while attribu

ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL COGNITION Reactions to Counterste

Rudman and Kimberly Fairchild Rutgers The State University of New Jersey Social and economic sanctions for counterstereotypical behavior have been termed the backlash effect L A Rudman 1998 The authors present a model of the role of backlash in cult

Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches for Social Cognition

Kelly K. McCoy, Psy.D.. Neuropsychologist. War Related Illness and Injury Study Center. Washington, DC VA Medical Center. “Historically, it is often the physical manifestations of a brain disorder that are the first to be described in the scientific literature and to be clinically treated. Some decades later, the cognitive impairments are recognized. Yet, it is the emotional and behavioral changes that are the most significant barriers to effective functioning in family, in work, in school and in other settings.” (Judd, 1999).

Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches for Social Cognition

Kelly K. McCoy, Psy.D.. Neuropsychologist. War Related Illness and Injury Study Center. Washington, DC VA Medical Center. “Historically, it is often the physical manifestations of a brain disorder that are the first to be described in the scientific literature and to be clinically treated. Some decades later, the cognitive impairments are recognized. Yet, it is the emotional and behavioral changes that are the most significant barriers to effective functioning in family, in work, in school and in other settings.” (Judd, 1999).

Artifice (n.) (0) A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL COGNITION When Dreaming Is Believing The Motivated Interpretation of Dreams Carey K

Morewedge Carnegie Mellon University Michael I Norton Harvard University This research investigated laypeoples interpretation of their dreams Participants from both Eastern and Western cultures believed that dreams contain hidden truths Study 1 and

ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL COGNITION Shifting Closeness Interpersonal Effects of Personal Goal Progress Gra inne M

Fitzsimons University of Waterloo Ayelet Fishbach University of Chicago In this article we examine how the shifting motivational priority of personal goals affects relationship closeness We hypothesize that people will draw closer to significant oth

ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL COGNITION The Pleasures of Uncertainty Prolonging Positive Moods in Ways People Do Not Anticipate Timothy D

Wilson David B Centerbar and Deborah A Kermer University of Virginia Daniel T Gilbert Harvard University The authors hypothesized that uncertainty following a positive event prolongs the pleasure it causes and that people are generally unaware of th

ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL COGNITION Establishing a Causal Chain Why Experiments Are Often More Effective Than Mediational Analyses in Examining Psychological Processes Steven J

Spencer Mark P Zanna and Geoffrey T Fong University of Waterloo The authors propose that experiments that utilize mediational analyses as suggested by R M Baron and D A Kenny 1986 are overused and sometimes improperly held up as necessary for a good

Embodied Cognition Course

Gert. Kootstra. Embodied Cognition Course. Course coordinator. Gert. Kootstra, CVAP. kootstra@kth.se. Other organizers. Orjan. . Ekeberg. , CB. Giampiero. . Salvi. , TMH. Time. Wednesdays 10:00-12:00.