Social Media Affects Emotional and Cognitive Status

Cognitive Control: Social Evolution and Emotional Regulation

This commentary argues that theories of cognitive control risk being incomplete unless they incorporate social/emotional factors. Social factors very likely played a critical role in the evolution of human cognitive control abilities, and emotional states are the primary regulatory mechanisms of cognitive control.

Effectiveness of Jigsaw teaching method on cognitive, emotional, academic and social-emotional adjustment

This study aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of Jigsaw teaching method on cognitive, emotional, social- emotional adjustment and students math academic indicators. The study had a quasi-experimental design in which used inconsistent four groups with pretest and posttest and control groups. Participants consisted of 99 students from sixth grade elementary school in Baneh city in 2014-2015 who...

Measuring Emotional Contagion in Social Media

Social media are used as main discussion channels by millions of individuals every day. The content individuals produce in daily social-media-based micro-communications, and the emotions therein expressed, may impact the emotional states of others. A recent experiment performed on Facebook hypothesized that emotions spread online, even in absence of non-verbal cues typical of in-person interact...

Social Cognitive Theory and Mass Media Effects

The Emotional Underpinnings of Social Status

J. T. Cheng et al. (eds.), The Psychology of Social Status, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-0867-7_10, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 C. M. Steckler () · J. L. Tracy Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada e-mail: [email protected] Emotions are critically important for navigating the social hierarchy. Emotions motivate people to seek and re...