The purpose of this study is to examine group differences in attachment styles and relationship functioning among individuals with high and low psychopathic traits. It was hypothesized that individuals with high psychopathic traits would report greate . . .

This study investigated the possibility that role taking by female subjects would be influenced by acts of power delegation occurring in 2-person groups. Power delegation consisted in having the experimenter transfer to a substitute the responsibility . . .

Fifty-four men and fifty-four women served as subjects in a two-part experiment designed to test predictions based on Heider's Balance Theory (1946, 1958): specifically, that balanced groups will perform better in problem solving situations than will . . .

While studies of the gifted are numerous, until recently, they have tended to focus on identification and special educational issues. Social and emotional issues have been explored as adjuncts to education. Except for a few longitudinal follow-ups of . . .

Self-esteem, an affective evaluation of one's own worth, has been shown to have positive associations with academic performance and achievement, future educational attainment, occupational success and civic involvement, and a negative relationship wit . . .

Of the first 250 convicted persons later proven innocent through DNA evidence, 16% had falsely confessed during the police investigation. Law enforcement interrogators' increasingly psychological methods frequently employ deception and manipulation ac . . .

The current study investigated the effect of emotional valence and forewarning on the formation of false memories. Participants read standard instructions or were forewarned about the nature of semantic associations. Participants were asked to recall . . .

The current research investigated factors that influence perceived employability of former offenders: the effects of type of custody (state prison versus county jail versus a CBAC program), type of offense (violent versus N3: non-violent, non-serious, . . .