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		<title>The Self is Not a Private Project: The Hidden Cost of Self-Focus</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2026/01/21/the-self-is-not-a-private-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Modern psychology sometimes treats the individual mind as if it exists in a vacuum. Thoughts are analysed in isolation. Emotions are framed as personal deficits. Distress becomes something happening inside the person. But this view is historically naïve. Philip Cushman’s classic article Why the Self Is Empty (1990) reminds us of something uncomfortable: the way [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Your Social Network Influences Your Romantic Relationship</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2014 14:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We care about what others think of us, and our romantic relationships, too. The support we receive from our social networks, such as family and friends, influences the quality of our relationships. Studies have shown that people are more satisfied with their relationships, and they experience more stable relationships (fewer breakups), when their social network approves or [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Cognitive Dissonance: Why We Lie to Ourselves</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2014/05/18/cognitive-dissonance-why-we-lie-to-ourselves/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2014 19:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitudes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[attitudes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The cognitive dissonance theory was coined by Leon Festinger (1957). Festinger suggests that our thoughts can show three relationships: Consonance: &#8220;I am a good student&#8221;, and &#8220;I always prepare for school&#8221; Dissonance: &#8220;I smoke&#8221;, and &#8220;smoking is a great health risk&#8221; Irrelevance: &#8220;I am a good student&#8221;, and &#8220;smoking is a great health risk&#8221; According [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Extreme Political Attitudes are Difficult to Change for 5 Reasons</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2013/07/03/why-extreme-attitudes-emerge/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2013 20:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beliefs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extremism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why is it that some people hold extreme political or religious attitudes? First, we need to understand the nature of such attitudes. Here are two quotes, which I think, emphasize it: &#8220;The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists.&#8221; (Bertrand Russell) Five Factors that Maintain Extreme Attitudes Since extreme [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Instincts Might Explain Why People Hold Prejudices</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2013/06/21/can-evolution-explain-prejudices/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Prejudices have plausibly existed since the origins of humanity. In an evolutionary sense, prejudices might have solved an adaptive problem. In a study by Huang and colleagues (2011), the authors examined the link between disease-avoidance behavior and prejudices. They examined how disease-protection behaviors such as vaccination and hand washing would influence prejudices against out-groups. They found that: The presence [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Does the Apple Fall Far From the Tree? Parent-Child Similarities in Attitudes</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2013/04/08/does-the-apple-fall-far-from-the-tree-parent-child-similarities-in-attitudes/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This article considers a strongly disputed topic in social psychology: the formation of attitudes, prejudices, and stereotypes. A new meta-analysis by Degner &#38; Dalege (2013) synthesizes the evidence for the past 60 years, and it is a rather exhaustive analysis that includes 131 studies of over 45,000 parent-child dyads. The meta-analysis found a significant positive relationship [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>8 Psychological Mechanisms that Enable People to Hurt Others (The Psychology of Evilness)</title>
		<link>https://reflectd.co/2013/03/14/psychology-of-evilness/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simon Moesgaard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Attitudes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[albert bandura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dehumanization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depersonalization]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems like most people are capable of doing harm to others, as shown in Stanley Milgram&#8217;s obedience experiment. However, self-reports have also revealed that obeying to hurt others may lead to feelings of anxiety, guilt and agitation. So hurting others is not without a cost. We probably feel this way because of our innate need to care about [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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