Tag Archives: social cognition

On men understanding women, or, why Harry Potter’s gender mattered

Posted on 3 May 2021 by Laura Akers, Ph.D.

Boys don’t read books written by women, said Joanne Rowling’s publisher, and they didn’t want her first name on the book, hence the “J.K.” by which we all know her. It’s good for her that she pictured Harry as a … Continue reading →

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Category Fun with Fiske and Pepper, Part 2

Posted on 30 December 2020 by Laura Akers, Ph.D.

Welcome back! It’s time for more ideas about ideas. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Alan Page Fiske’s way of categorizing human relationship types. In our social worlds, there may be contexts where people are essentially the same … Continue reading →

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Category Fun with Fiske and Pepper, Part 1

Posted on 16 December 2020 by Laura Akers, Ph.D.

Here’s a post for those of you who like playing with ideas. It’s not politics or history, and it’s not narrative psychology, exactly – rather, it’s about some of the ways that are sometimes used in social science for organizing … Continue reading →

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