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How can social networking sites be used to influence the voting intentions of the public?
(Psychology)
Until recently, studies on the influence of news media on voter intention have relied on conventional platforms such as television, newspapers, and news websites. The concept of ‘selective exposure’ was coined to refer to the delibera...
Post · September 23, 2021
Descartes’ Cogito: A Discussion
(Philosophy)
In his Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes presents a possible foundation for a framework of knowledge. Rooted in subjective experience, the cogito is the first self-evident truth upon which all other truths can follow. In §1 o...
Post · September 23, 2021
Personal Identity as Fiction in Hume’s Treatise
(Philosophy)
Hume’s initial conception of diachronic identity in the Treatise concludes with the claim that personal identity is a construct of the imagination and is thus a fiction. However, a reading of the subsequent worries he expresses in the...
Post · September 23, 2021
Majority Rules: The Role of Institutional Decisions on Intergroup Relations Around Moral Issues
(Psychology)
In 2016, the United Kingdom held a binding national referendum to determine whether or not it should leave the European Union, with the option to leave winning majority support by a small margin (Wheeler, Seddon, & Morris, 2019). In t...
Post · September 23, 2021
Viral Conformity: Applying a Social Identity Perspective to Moral Outrage on Social Media
(Psychology)
Why does moral outrage go viral on social media? Expressions of moral outrage have become a common feature of modern life. Much of this can be attributed to the advent of Social Networking Sites (SNS) which have added new dimensions t...
Post · September 23, 2021
Invalidating Childhood Environments as a Risk Factor for Borderline Personality Disorder
(Psychology)
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a severe disorder with general prevalence rates as low as 1-2%, yet accounts for as much as 10% of all outpatients and 20% of inpatients (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Biskin, 2015). ...
Post · September 23, 2021
Content and Context in Kant’s Anthropology
(Psychology/Philosophy)
While Kant’s Anthropology from A Pragmatic Point of View may not be immediately considered as relevant to the history of psychology, it is a notable entry into the historical canon for both its content and context. Unlike ...
Post · September 23, 2021
Is E-Therapy a solution to the 'mental health crisis'?
(Opinion) Imagine a highway: a popular multi-lane highway designed many years ago to handle peak-hour traffic. Having reached its maximum capacity for peak hour traffic only a few years later, there are now long queues of cars waiting for hours ju...
Post · September 23, 2021
Context effect in the study on the perceptions of violence against LGBT people
Post · September 22, 2021
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