Rappler's latest stories on social psychology
The pursuit of passion and how it can be wrong
Passion needs to be reframed The original passion of passion as it were was to suffer in view of something greater and beyond the self

Weekly sex makes for happy couples – US study
Researchers say their findings suggest that happy couples don t need need to have sex every day as long as they maintain an intimate connection

Empathy among mice and men
[Science Solitaire] Do we have enough empathy to save most of us? Or do we just have pockets of it to save a few?

Are we evil? Review of famous Milgram experiment sparks rethink
What prompts ordinary people to commit acts of evil? Psychologists having reviewed an opinion shaping experiment carried out more than 50 years ago are calling for a rethink

Facebook boosts connections, not happiness - study
A study of young adults released August 14 concluded that the more people used Facebook the worse they subsequently felt