Maslow's pyramid of human needs, proposed in 1943, has been one of the most cognitively
contagious ideas in the behavioral sciences. Anticipating later evolutionary views of human …

In this paper, we argue that friendship should receive more attention in social/personality
research. Here, we focus on our area of expertise, personality traits, and review the literature …

Interest in and research on disgust has surged over the past few decades. The field,
however, still lacks a coherent theoretical framework for understanding the evolved function …

Scholars who examine the psychological effects of power have often argued that possessing
power shapes individual behavior because it instills an elevated sense of power. However …

What is the function of disgust? Whereas traditional models have suggested that disgust
serves to protect the self or neutralize reminders of our animal nature, an evolutionary …

Of the many conceptual distinctions present in psychology today, the approach-avoidance
distinction stands out as one of, if not the, most fundamental and basic. The distinction …

Communication is important in preventing social relationships from decaying over time. This
study examined the effects of social network size, emotional closeness, and type of …

Based merely on the scents of shirts worn recently by unknown men, women can, to a
significant degree, assess the men's physical attractiveness-but only while ovu-lating. When …

A series of field studies focused on the role of similarity as niche construction in friendships.
Using a free-range dyad harvest method, we collected 11 independent samples with 1,523 …

Some researchers believe that online gaming spaces can be socially accommodating
environments for socially inhibited individuals, such as the socially inept, socially anxious, or …