Individuals extract a wealth of information from another's face, including social categories such as sex, race, and emotion. The traditional view is that each social category dimension is represented ...

Compliance is a behavior performed only because it is requested. Otherwise, it will not happen. What explains this kind of social influence? Social psychologist Robert Cialdini, in his masterful ...

Researchers have found that how similar you are to your partner can affect your happiness – but it’s complicated. Among many monogamous species, from cockatiels to cichlid fish, studies have revealed ...

If I asked you to tell me what makes two people compatible, what would your answer be? If you are like the students in my course on the psychology of close relationships, your answer is likely to be ...

People have long believed that couples who have a lot in common are more satisfied and stay together longer. But a new review of nearly 340 studies finds that this popular idea may not be as strong as ...

A discussion of how courts compare works for purposes of evaluating copyright infringement claims, including how they weigh similarities and dissimilarities for specific categories of expressive works ...