What’s Behind Self-Righteous Attitudes?
https://psychcentral.com/news/2017/07/15...23280.html
EXCERPT: Research suggests that we all perceive ourselves as more generous than others. For example, we tend to believe we are more likely than others to donate blood, give to charity, treat another person fairly, and give up our own seat in a crowded bus for a pregnant woman. However, in a new study [...] this type of self-righteousness overlooks an important ambiguity: When people say they are more moral than others, do they mean they are more saint-like than others or less of a sinner? In other words, do people believe they are “holier” than others or “less evil?” All of the experiments show that self-righteousness is “asymmetric,” meaning that people tend to believe they are less evil than others, but no more moral than them....
Women with Handsome Husbands May Feel More Pressure to Be Thin
https://psychcentral.com/news/2017/07/15...23270.html
EXCERPT: A new study appearing in the journal Body Image shows that women evaluated as less attractive than their husbands feel more pressure to diet and be thin than women deemed more attractive than their husbands. “The results reveal that having a physically attractive husband may have negative consequences for wives, especially if those wives are not particularly attractive,” said doctoral student Tania Reynolds at Florida State University (FSU). As for men, however, their motivation to diet was low regardless of their wives’ attractiveness or their own....
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https://psychcentral.com/news/2017/07/15...23280.html
EXCERPT: Research suggests that we all perceive ourselves as more generous than others. For example, we tend to believe we are more likely than others to donate blood, give to charity, treat another person fairly, and give up our own seat in a crowded bus for a pregnant woman. However, in a new study [...] this type of self-righteousness overlooks an important ambiguity: When people say they are more moral than others, do they mean they are more saint-like than others or less of a sinner? In other words, do people believe they are “holier” than others or “less evil?” All of the experiments show that self-righteousness is “asymmetric,” meaning that people tend to believe they are less evil than others, but no more moral than them....
Women with Handsome Husbands May Feel More Pressure to Be Thin
https://psychcentral.com/news/2017/07/15...23270.html
EXCERPT: A new study appearing in the journal Body Image shows that women evaluated as less attractive than their husbands feel more pressure to diet and be thin than women deemed more attractive than their husbands. “The results reveal that having a physically attractive husband may have negative consequences for wives, especially if those wives are not particularly attractive,” said doctoral student Tania Reynolds at Florida State University (FSU). As for men, however, their motivation to diet was low regardless of their wives’ attractiveness or their own....
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