"There are few things as deafening as silence", wrote Mario Benedetti. The silences hide illusions, fears, concerns, confusion, resignation ... …
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Social Psychology
Argument from authority, the resource of those who have no arguments
All of us, at some point, have succumbed to the argumentum ab veritate or argumentum ad verecundiam or argument from authority. It is not difficult, …
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Guilty Wanted: The Scapegoat Theory in Social Psychology
The scapegoat theory explains a phenomenon that is quite widespread at social and individual level: the tendency to look for culprits who carry our …
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The business of fear, according to Zygmunt Bauman
“The consumer economy depends on the production of consumers and the consumers who must be produced for the consumption of 'anti-fear' products have …
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Self-esteem and mass media exposure
We already know that the influence of the media is enormous, but ... do we really know how great their influence can be on people? A team made up …
Reading the Bible can lead us to violence?
The most widespread belief about the Bible is that: it is a book that promotes love, compassion and humanity, but ... everything is not what it seems. …
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What is empathy?
Empathy is the basis of intimacy and the closest connection. Without it, our relationships would be superficial from the emotional point of view and …