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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Identification Leads to Empathy

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 26, 2018September 23, 2018

What is Empathy? Empathy is a psychological concern for with others made possible by a vicarious experience of others' experiences. It is most easily achieved when a person can identify with those in need. IdentificationContinue reading

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Happy People are Helping People

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 23, 2018September 23, 2018

A number of variables can induce prosocial, helping behaviors. Mood is one such variable. According to the social psychological research, happy people are helpful people (Salovey et al. 1991). Folks may wish to help inContinue reading

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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Egoism and Helping

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 21, 2018September 16, 2018

Why Help? What motivates people to help? Is it altruism, peer pressure, legal force, or simply egoism? The motivations for prosocial behavior are numerous, but generally, it behooves humans, a social species, to help. AndContinue reading

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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 20, 2018September 9, 2018

Age (and Time Perception) Matters According to socioemotional selectivity theory, as people age, their social goals shift considerably. For younger people who have a perception that there is much time ahead, they focus on knowledge-relatedContinue reading

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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Extreme Rituals

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 12, 2018July 26, 2018

Extreme Rituals Animal activists regularly employ extreme protest rituals in hopes of soliciting empathy and support from audiences. Activists may engage in dangerous tree-sits. They may brand one another with hot irons as if theyContinue reading

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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Can You Read Yourself Vegan?

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 9, 2018July 24, 2018

The processes of persuasion and behavioral change are complex. Social psychologists recognize that information can influence us differently depending on the channel of dissemination. The Nonhuman Animal rights movement relies quite heavily on text-based literatureContinue reading

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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Variety

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 6, 2018December 21, 2017

Unfamiliarity with new foods can be a major barrier to successfully promoting veganism, but this is an easy enough fix. One study found that non-vegans who were repeatedly exposed to vegan alternatives to “meat” began toContinue reading

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The Social Psychology – Do-Gooder Derogation

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 5, 2018December 21, 2017

One of the most important factors to going and staying vegan is a supportive network (Cherry 2006). Unfortunately, complicating this is a tendency for vegans to be perceived as “thinking they’re better thanContinue reading

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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Scripting

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 2, 2018October 16, 2018

Effective persuasion necessitates that activists carefully direct desired behavior change. For vegans, what this means is that telling people to "Go Vegan!" is not sufficient, because it is not self-evident what going vegan entails. VeganismContinue reading

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The Social Psychology of Veganism – Meaningful Moments

Dr. Corey WrennNovember 1, 2018October 14, 2018

Remembering Meaningful Moments The human brain must filter and interpret massive amounts of information across its lifespan. Of course, not everything lasts in storage. It will usually be those moments that were especially memorable inContinue reading

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