Clinical Perfectionism is the overdependence on self‐evaluation for the determined pursuit of personally demanding, self‐imposed, standards in at least one highly-salient domain, despite adverse consequences (Shafran et ...

The current study tested and compared results from three variations of delay discounting procedures – one that is widely reported in the literature, and two novel variations. The novel procedures were designed to assess ...

The present study investigated the link between similarity in sense of humor and overall relationship quality, as well as whether humor is a viable avenue for conflict resolution in romantic couples. We asked both members ...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire (CPQ) shows a pattern of correlations similar to those shown for non-clinical perfectionism. We hypothesized that there would be ...

People are biased toward seeing associations between independent events and assuming causal explanations for those associations. Indeed, the lay public incorrectly infers cause-and-effect from descriptions of non-experimental ...

In this study we utilized natural sampling to acquire a set of male-female dyads, and asked male and female partners about their level of romantic attraction to one another. We predicted that (1) young men would report ...

We expect to find relationships between item-specific restudy time and (1) a person’s memory of their past test performance (a recollection of getting an answer correct or incorrect previously); (2) participants’ impressions ...

The current study assesses whether undergraduate students believe in common myths prevalent in the field of psychology. Historically, these myths have been misunderstood by many people and can lead to unwise decision-making and ...

Scientific literacy is considered essential in modern society (Anelli, 2011), where reasoning skills and knowledge of the scientific process can help citizens evaluate claims about food, relationships, health, climate ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate undergraduate students’ beliefs about myths in psychology. We hypothesized that most college students would be able to discern myths from research-supported statements. However, ...