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Researchers developed and tested a new measure of 'the need for affect' (ie, the probability of someone approaching or avoiding emotion-inducing situations). They concluded the need for affect is important in understanding emotion-related processes.  

This paper discusses how fear can trigger elicitation and learning. It proposes fear is evolutionary, automatic and largely immune to conscious control and cites studies that support its propositions.  

Psychology is a huge subject, ranging from neuroscience through to clinical topics, and spilling over into cognate disciplines from philosophy through artificial intelligence to sociology. Although it has been studied for much longer than computer science, our...

Rsearchers find that fraud attempts are less likely to succeed if: the offender is a stranger; the initial contact is by telephone or mail; the potential victim has heard of the intended type of fraud beforehand, or; the potential victim attempts to investigate the...

This paper investigated why our ability to control impulses wains during emotional distress. It found when people believed emotional distress to be long-term, they were better able to control impulses – suggesting indulging our impulses during times of distress is an...

As the use of ubiquitous multimedia communication increases so do the privacy risks associated with widespread accessibility and utilisation of data generated by such applications. Most invasions of privacy are not intentional but due to designers inability to...

A paper that counters the popular notion of more choice being a good thing. Research in this paper suggests humans make better choices when offered less choice..  

As one of the numerous bodies investigating factors affecting consumer privacy online, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plays a critical role. We examine these influences, integrating the existing body of research on online privacy with the FTC's fundamental...

The authors examine potential relationships among categories of personal information, beliefs about direct marketing, situational characteristics, specific privacy concerns, and consumers' direct marketing shopping habits. Furthermore, the authors offer an assessment...

This articles discusses environmental problems and how we can use psychology to address such problems. It then presents a model for doing so.  

This chapter reviews empirical and theoretical developments in research on social influence and message-based persuasion. The review emphasizes research published during the period from 1996-1998. Across these literatures, three central motives have been identified...

This research examined whether increased cognitive task loading decreases warning compliance behavior. Participants performed a task in which they installed an external disk drive to a computer. Inside the accompanying owner's manual were a set of specific procedures...

Researchers study the relationship between trust and web purchases across cultures, finding trust in a website most likely increases web purchases across all cultures.  

This essay outlines common types of internet fraud, discusses the psychological techniques that criminals use to conduct internet fraud and proposes some counter-fraud measures, including educational and technological solutions.  

This study examined the relevance and limitations of research on the benefits of choice. The study finds that, while choice generally seems beneficial, Asian American children were, in fact, more intrinsically motivated when choices were made for them.  

Across four studies, East Asians showed a preference for conformity while European Americans demonstrated a preference for uniqueness. Researchers suggest the results highlight the relationship between individual preferences and the adoption and perpetuation of...

The researchers review 150 studies on the difference in risk-taking behaviour between males and females, concluding that males are typically more risk-seeking than females but that the gap appears to be shrinking over time.  

This study into the risk preferences of people from various nations found Chinese people and Americans both exhibited the same appetite for risk, but that perceived risk varied greatly between the two cultures.