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Media

Bad News Bias Perpetuates Collective Pessimism

Qi Wang Ph.D. on March 25, 2025

Bad news bias shatters people's hope for their collective future. Balanced news coverage is needed to inform people of the nation’s conditions and facilitate a hopeful outlook.

Bad news bias shatters people's hope for their collective future. Balanced news coverage is needed to inform people of the nation’s conditions and facilitate a hopeful outlook.

Decision-Making

Looking to the Past to See the Future

Qi Wang Ph.D. on January 31, 2025

Learning from the past to prepare for the future is critical for the well-being of individuals and societies. For a better future, a historical perspective needs to be cultivated.

Learning from the past to prepare for the future is critical for the well-being of individuals and societies. For a better future, a historical perspective needs to be cultivated.

Social Media

Anonymity Enhances Moral Courage on Social Media

Qi Wang Ph.D. on October 29, 2024

Social media anonymity serves an important function for individuals to exercise their moral courage online.

Social media anonymity serves an important function for individuals to exercise their moral courage online.

Bias

“You Are Biased, Not Me”

Qi Wang Ph.D. on September 20, 2024

Blaming others for biases and flaws while believing oneself to be innocent is common in everyday life.

Blaming others for biases and flaws while believing oneself to be innocent is common in everyday life.

Cross-Cultural Psychology

The Achieving Peers: To Resent or to Emulate?

Qi Wang Ph.D. on August 23, 2024

When others outperform us, should we feel threatened or inspired? Should we resent or emulate their achievement?

When others outperform us, should we feel threatened or inspired? Should we resent or emulate their achievement?

Resilience

The Cultural Meaning of Failure

Qi Wang Ph.D. on July 29, 2024

We encounter failure in our daily lives. How we interpret the meaning of failure and, in turn, how we remember and react to failure, can be influenced by our cultural upbringing.

We encounter failure in our daily lives. How we interpret the meaning of failure and, in turn, how we remember and react to failure, can be influenced by our cultural upbringing.

False Memories

Online Misinformation Produces False Memory

Qi Wang Ph.D. on April 4, 2024

After people experience or witness a real-life event, exposure to online misinformation greatly increases false memories, particularly for peripheral aspects of the event.

After people experience or witness a real-life event, exposure to online misinformation greatly increases false memories, particularly for peripheral aspects of the event.

Memory

Social Media Makes Our Memory More Fallible

Qi Wang Ph.D. on March 6, 2024

Our memory reflects our motives and is subject to external influences and manipulation. The fallibility of our memory is magnified exponentially in the social media era.

Our memory reflects our motives and is subject to external influences and manipulation. The fallibility of our memory is magnified exponentially in the social media era.

Optimism

Why Americans See a Gloomy Future, but Others Don't

Qi Wang Ph.D. on February 8, 2024

Although Americans are optimistic about their personal futures, they are pessimistic about their country’s. This paradox is not shared by those in other cultures.

Although Americans are optimistic about their personal futures, they are pessimistic about their country’s. This paradox is not shared by those in other cultures.

Social Media

Our Three Selves in the Age of Social Media

Qi Wang Ph.D. on February 2, 2024

We have three selves in the age of social media: who we think we are, how we present ourselves online, and what other social media users think of us.

We have three selves in the age of social media: who we think we are, how we present ourselves online, and what other social media users think of us.