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Getting a Cue: The Need to Belong and Enhanced Sensitivity to Social Cues by Pickett, Cynthia L., Gardner, Wendi L., Knowles, Megan

“…To successfully establish and maintain social relationships, individuals need to be sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others. In the current studies,…”
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On the Outside Looking In: Loneliness and Social Monitoring by Gardner, Wendi L., Pickett, Cynthia L., Jefferis, Valerie, Knowles, Megan

“…The skill-deficit view of loneliness posits that unskilled social interactions block lonely individuals from social inclusion. The current studies examine…”
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Adding injury to insult: unexpected rejection leads to more aggressive responses by Wesselmann, Eric D., Butler, Fionnuala A., Williams, Kipling D., Pickett, Cynthia L.

“…Previous research indicates that rejection by a group causes aggressive responses. However, in these previous studies, rejected participants were led to…”
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Social Exclusion and Selective Memory: How the Need to belong Influences Memory for Social Events by Gardner, Wendi L., Pickett, Cynthia L., Brewer, Marilynn B.

“…The need to belong has been forwarded as a pervasive human motive, influencing a range of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses. The current research…”
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Assimilation and Differentiation Needs as Motivational Determinants of Perceived In-group and Out-Group Homogeneity by Pickett, Cynthia L., Brewer, Marilynn B.

“…The goal of the present research was to demonstrate the influence of perceiver motivations on perceptions of in-group and out-group homogeneity. Based on…”
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The Pandemic as a Portal: Reimagining Psychological Science as Truly Open and Inclusive by Ledgerwood, Alison, Hudson, Sa-kiera Tiarra Jolynn, Lewis, Neil A., Maddox, Keith B., Pickett, Cynthia L., Remedios, Jessica D., Cheryan, Sapna, Diekman, Amanda B., Dutra, Natalia B., Goh, Jin X., Goodwin, Stephanie A., Munakata, Yuko, Navarro, Danielle J., Onyeador, Ivuoma N., Srivastava, Sanjay, Wilkins, Clara L.

“…Psychological science is at an inflection point: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities that stem from our historically closed and exclusive…”
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The Effects of Entitativity Beliefs on Implicit Comparisons between Group Members by Pickett, Cynthia L.

“…The present research indicates that perceivers’ beliefs about a group’s level of entitativity can affect the extent to which group members are implicitly…”
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Social rejection and self- versus other-awareness by Hess, Yanine D., Pickett, Cynthia L.

“…Recent research ( Twenge, Catanese, & Baumeister, 2003) demonstrated decreased self-awareness among socially-rejected individuals as a defensive strategy…”
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Motivated Self-Stereotyping: Heightened Assimilation and Differentiation Needs Result in Increased Levels of Positive and Negative Self-Stereotyping by Pickett, Cynthia L, Bonner, Bryan L, Coleman, Jill M

“…This research was conducted to explore the impact of assimilation & differentiation needs on content-specific self-stereotyping. According to optimal…”
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The Impact of Assimilation and Differentiation Needs on Perceived Group Importance and Judgments of Ingroup Size by Pickett, Cynthia L., Silver, Michael D., Brewer, Marilynn B.

“…At the heart of optimal distinctiveness theory is the idea that a group’s level of inclusiveness is a significant determinant of how well that group can meet…”
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Conceptual Versus Experimental Creativity: Which Works Best on Convergent and Divergent Thinking Tasks? by Nielsen, Bayard D, Pickett, Cynthia L, Simonton, Dean K

“…David Galenson's research on creativity has identified two unique creative methods: conceptual and experimental. These methods have different processes, goals,…”
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Shall I compare thee? Perceived entitativity and ease of comparison by Pickett, Cynthia L, Perrott, David A

“…A robust finding in the psychological literature is that objects belonging to the same category invite comparison more readily than objects belonging to…”
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Motivated Self-Stereotyping: Heightened Assimilation and Differentiation Needs Result in Increased Levels of Positive and Negative Self-Stereotyping by Pickett, Cynthia L, Bonner, Bryan L, Coleman, Jill M

“…This research was conducted to explore the impact of assimilation and differentiation needs on content-specific self-stereotyping. According to optimal…”
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Theory development with agent-based models by Smaldino, Paul E., Calanchini, Jimmy, Pickett, Cynthia L.

“…Many social phenomena do not result solely from intentional actions by isolated individuals, but rather emerge as the result of repeated interactions among…”
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