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Social psychology

Why do we revert to our childhood selves when we visit family?

Maverick Life

Why do we revert to our childhood selves when we visit family?

By Gery Karantzas

How to get your money management fit and in shape

Business Maverick

How to get your money management fit and in shape

By Neesa Moodley

Attachment theory: what people get wrong about pop psychology’s latest trend for explaining relationships

Magazine

Attachment theory: what people get wrong about pop psychology’s latest trend for explaining relationships

By Pascal Vrticka

When meeting someone new, try skirting the small talk and digging a little deeper

Magazine

When meeting someone new, try skirting the small talk and digging a little deeper

By Amit Kumar, Michael Kardas and Nicholas Epley

Why do we often misunderstand our influence over others

Magazine

Why do we often misunderstand our influence over others

By Malibongwe Tyilo

Op-Ed: The recolonising danger of decolonising psychology

South Africa

Op-Ed: The recolonising danger of decolonising psychology

By Wahbie Long

Op-Ed: Self-respect, and other hidden casualties of Nkandla

South Africa

Op-Ed: Self-respect, and other hidden casualties of Nkandla

By Raymond Suttner

Feed a child like a dog: Self-righteousness Inc. trips up

South Africa

Feed a child like a dog: Self-righteousness Inc. trips up

By Richard Poplak

Willpower and the secret to self-control

Sci-Tech

Willpower and the secret to self-control

By Mandy De Waal

Stanford Prison experiments, 40 years on

Sci-Tech

Stanford Prison experiments, 40 years on

By Rebecca Davis

Let the struggle for free speech continue

Politics

Let the struggle for free speech continue

By Andy Rice