"An experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that persons who undergo an unpleasant initiation to become members of a...
Proposes a theory of social impact specifying the effect of other persons on an individual. According to the theory, when...
Individuals high in the personality trait dominance consistently attain high levels of influence in groups. Why they do is unclear,...
Although it was proposed over a century ago that feedback from facial expressions influence emotional experience, tests of this hypothesis...
To explain the pervasive role of humor in human social interaction and among mating partner preferences, Miller (2000a) proposed that...
Although ideological messages are thought to inspire employee performance, research has shown mixed results. Typically, ideological messages are delivered by...
The first symptom Jessica McPherson noticed was a weakness in her arms. Then her muscles began to twitch. She feared...
How does language reliably evoke emotion, as it does when people read a favorite novel or listen to a skilled...
A number of recent hypotheses have attempted to explain the ultimate evolutionary origins of laughter and humor. However, most of...
Although transformational leadership is thought to increase followers' performance by motivating them to transcend self-interest, rhetoric alone may not be...