Category: Psychology

Self-effacing people are secretly confident

No matter how meek they might appear, most people are endowed with the same self-confidence, new research reveals. For some, however, that confidence is buried deep inside. Within the United States as well as across cultures—and stereotypes—all individuals hold a positive inner confidence. “A given person with high implicit [or inner] self-esteem may be outwardly [...]

Why do men ignore nagging wives? It’s all science

Why do men ignore nagging wives? It’s all science A psychologist has found the answer to the age old question many women have about their husbands: ” Why does her husband often seemed to ignore her requests for help around the house?” New research findings now appearing online in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology [...]