12 February, 2016

Anger, Contempt and Disgust Fuel Hostility

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Individuals experiencing anger, contempt and disgust are more likely to act and behave in a hostile manner toward those they disagree with, new research from San Francisco State University shows. Past research had demonstrated an association between these emotions, collectively known in psychology as ANCODI, and hostility, but the new study published today in the…

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8 February, 2016

Contempt: One of the Seven Basic Emotions

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Contempt is one of the seven basic emotions. It is the only one of the seven that is unilateral, occurring on just one side of the face. The definition of contempt is that it is an expression of moral superiority. For more information of its evolutionary vestige, triggers, functions and other associated nonverbal behaviors of…

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5 February, 2016

Consequences Of Revealing Embarrassing Details

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Confessing embarrassing information is often better than withholding it. Research finds that people distrust withholders of details more than they dislike revealers of unsavory information.

1 February, 2016

How to Evaluating Truthfulness and Detecting Deception

by Sayaka Torra
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While interviewing the suspect who claims ignorance about an incident, the witness who saw it happen, or the informant who identified the perpetrator, the detective asks a question that will eviscerate the perpetrator’s story. As the suspect prepares to answer, he looks up and to the left, purses his lips, tenses his eyelids, and brings…

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