Having conversations with new people is an important and rewarding part of social life. Yet
conversations can also be intimidating and anxiety provoking, and this makes people …

This timely, accessible reference and text addresses some of the most fundamental
questions about human behavior, such as what causes racism and prejudice and why good …

In this paper, we propose that untapped potential acts as a subjective temporal meaning‐
making mechanism. Using a two‐wave survey design, we examine the relationship between …

Peer predictions of future behavior and achievement are often more accurate than those
furnished by the self. Although both self-and peer predictions correlate equally with future …

When people seek to impress others, they often do so by highlighting individual
achievements. Despite the intuitive appeal of this strategy, we demonstrate that people often …

Few biases in human judgment are easier to demonstrate than self-righteousness: the
tendency to believe one is more moral than others. Existing research, however, has …

In this paper, we critically examine the assumption that most employees, and especially
those not identified as talents, find exclusive talent management less fair than inclusive …

The current research examined self-perception of responsive behavior as a process through
which perceivers who highly value romantic partners generate security that they are valued …

Recent research suggests that self-righteousness is bounded, arising more reliably in
evaluations of immoral actions than in evaluations of moral actions. Here, we test four …

People's tendency to rate themselves as above average is often taken as evidence of undue
self-regard. Yet, everyday experience is occasioned with feelings of inadequacy and …