Whether video game play affects social behavior is a topic of debate. Many argue that
aggression and hel** are affected by video game play, whereas this stance is disputed by …

Toxic language detection systems often falsely flag text that contains minority group
mentions as toxic, as those groups are often the targets of online hate. Such over-reliance …

Abstract Purpose of Review An important question regarding rapid climate change concerns
its likely effects on violence. Rapid climate change is likely to produce sociological, political …

Using a novel technique known as network meta-analysis, we synthesized evidence from
492 studies (87,418 participants) to investigate the effectiveness of procedures in changing …

Terrorist attacks often dominate news coverage as reporters seek to provide the public with
information. Yet, not all incidents receive equal attention. Why do some terrorist attacks …

Abstract The General Aggression Model (GAM) is a meta‐theory that considers the role of
personal and situational variables on aggressive behavior, ranging from the biological to the …

Few studies have empirically examined how media stereotypes of Muslims influence
Americans' support for public policies exclusively harming Muslims. Across three studies, we …

The potential role of brief online studies in changing the types of research and theories likely
to evolve is examined in the context of earlier changes in theory and methods in social and …

This paper presents a meta-analysis of 79 cases (N= 21,857) testing the effectiveness of
mediated intergroup contact on prejudice. Positive mediated contact decreased (r=−. 23; …

Learning theory, attentional processes, social influences, and biological determinants
contribute to the development, persistence, and modification of expectancies. Psychological …