LaCount JJ Togans, Ph.D.
@jjtogans.bsky.social
Social psychologist and assistant professor @ Lafayette College
Studying the psychology of indulging in guilty pleasures and other ambivalent experiences
https://sites.lafayette.edu/togansl/
Studying the psychology of indulging in guilty pleasures and other ambivalent experiences
https://sites.lafayette.edu/togansl/
Reposted by LaCount JJ Togans, Ph.D.
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From ostracized to pleased: How fair and unfair social exclusion activates schadenfreude
People sometimes derive pleasure from the misfortune of others. Here, we investigate social ostracism as a multifaceted trigger of this complex emotio…
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October 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Reposted by LaCount JJ Togans, Ph.D.
Bottom line: Tightness mattered for mask use during the Covid pandemic (and after!). Tightness is a characteristic of cultures AND situations. Both matter. Mask use could explain why tight cultures had fewer deaths on average: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... @sagepublishing.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Bottom line: Tightness mattered for mask use during the Covid pandemic (and after!). Tightness is a characteristic of cultures AND situations. Both matter. Mask use could explain why tight cultures had fewer deaths on average: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... @sagepublishing.bsky.social