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Religious identity and reasoning about outgroups

How does thinking about our religious ideals influence the way we think about religious outgroups?

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Thinking about God encourages prosociality towards religious outgroups: A cross-cultural investigation.

Thinking about God discourages dehumanization of religious outgroups.

God values the lives of my outgroup more than I do: Evidence from Fiji and Israel.

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Political identity and nationwide problem solving

How does political identity influence how we approach problems on a national level?

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“If Only” in America: Counterfactual thinking in response to politicized negative events.

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Gratitude and interpersonal relationships

It’s easier to notice negative forces holding us back than positive ones helping us forward. The one exception? Other people.

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The privileges we do and do not see: The relative salience of interpersonal and circumstantial benefits.