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⚠️ Trump's vows 2024. (and then Iran) ⚠️
To be honest, I also remember Biden about Ukraine (among other topics!)
⛔ Brief, when we go voting, are we so certain for who we are voting? (valid on both sides, Dem. or Rep. or Maga or ....)
🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽#democracy #us #usa #uspol #disinformation #politics #vote #maga #democrats #senat #democratiedies #Governor #VoteBlue #sociology #SocialPsychology #iran #iranWar
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⚠️ Trump's vows 2024. (and then Iran) ⚠️
To be honest, I also remember Biden about Ukraine (among other topics!)
⛔ Brief, when we go voting, are we so certain for who we are voting? (valid on both sides, Dem. or Rep. or Maga or ....)
🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽#democracy #us #usa #uspol #disinformation #politics #vote #maga #democrats #senat #democratiedies #Governor #VoteBlue #sociology #SocialPsychology #iran #iranWar
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⚠️ Trump's vows 2024. (and then Iran) ⚠️
To be honest, I also remember Biden about Ukraine (among other topics!)
⛔ Brief, when we go voting, are we so certain for who we are voting? (valid on both sides, Dem. or Rep. or Maga or ....)
🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽#democracy #us #usa #uspol #disinformation #politics #vote #maga #democrats #senat #democratiedies #Governor #VoteBlue #sociology #SocialPsychology #iran #iranWar
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⚠️ Trump's vows 2024. (and then Iran) ⚠️
To be honest, I also remember Biden about Ukraine (among other topics!)
⛔ Brief, when we go voting, are we so certain for who we are voting? (valid on both sides, Dem. or Rep. or Maga or ....)
🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽#democracy #us #usa #uspol #disinformation #politics #vote #maga #democrats #senat #democratiedies #Governor #VoteBlue #sociology #SocialPsychology #iran #iranWar
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⚠️ Trump's vows 2024. (and then Iran) ⚠️
To be honest, I also remember Biden about Ukraine (among other topics!)
⛔ Brief, when we go voting, are we so certain for who we are voting? (valid on both sides, Dem. or Rep. or Maga or ....)
🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽#democracy #us #usa #uspol #disinformation #politics #vote #maga #democrats #senat #democratiedies #Governor #VoteBlue #sociology #SocialPsychology #iran #iranWar
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Childhood Adversity Blunts the Social Benefits of Intelligence
Summary: A large-scale analysis of over 24,000 people in the UK reveals that childhood disadvantage has a lasting…
#NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #CA #Canada #childhooddisadvantage #cognition #cognitiveability #inequality #Intelligence #IQ #Neuroscience #psychology #socialneuroscience #socialpsychology #Technology #trust #UniversityofBath
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DATE: May 12, 2026 at 02:00PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Does romantic rejection hurt more than platonic rejection? A new study says no
Most people assume that rejection by a potential romantic partner is far more painful than rejection by a prospective friend. However, new research published in the European Journal of Social Psychology suggests that, when rejection is actually experienced, the emotional impact is remarkably similar regardless of whether it comes from a romantic or a platonic source.
Romantic rejection is often seen as uniquely devastating, in part because modern societies place heavy emotional expectations on romantic relationships. However, researchers have long noted that humans are broadly motivated by a fundamental need for belonging. Social rejection tends to hurt across all contexts because it threatens shared psychological needs, such as feeling valued, in control, and meaningful.
What has been less clear is whether rejection by a potential romantic partner is more painful than rejection in a friendship context. Given the intense expectations placed on romantic relationships—which are often expected to fulfill a wide range of emotional and personal needs—it has seemed plausible that being denied such a relationship would be especially distressing.
To examine these assumptions, researchers conducted three related studies. In the first, 1,500 American adults were asked which type of rejection they believed would be more painful: being turned down by a potential romantic partner or by a potential friend. The responses largely reflected common intuitions: approximately half expected romantic rejection to be worse, compared with roughly a quarter who anticipated greater pain from platonic rejection, while the remaining participants believed both would be equally distressing.
Led by Natasha R. Wood of Leiden University in the Netherlands, the team then tested real‑time responses to rejection in a controlled experimental setting. In Study 2, 934 single adults aged 18 to 29 (57.9% women; average age 23.4) were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: accepted or rejected by either a potential romantic partner or a potential platonic friend.
Participants engaged with a simulated app environment, designed to resemble dating or social networking platforms, and received either positive or negative feedback from profiles purportedly representing other users. Afterward, they reported how they felt across a range of measures capturing their sense of belonging, self-worth, and emotional wellbeing.
The researchers found that rejection reliably reduced wellbeing, and acceptance reliably enhanced it, but the type of relationship framing—romantic versus platonic—had no effect on emotional outcomes. The team also tested whether feelings of romantic instrumentality (seeing a partner as someone who would help you achieve more of your goals in life) or self-blame might explain any romantic-versus-platonic difference in pain. Neither emerged as a meaningful driver.
In a third study involving 477 participants (73.6% women; average age 20.3), predicted emotional reactions were compared with actual emotional experiences. The researchers also added a “stranger control” group, in which participants were told there was no expectation of forming a relationship of any kind.
Participants were asked to forecast how they would feel before receiving feedback, then report how they felt afterward. Once again, relationship type did not meaningfully influence emotional responses; rejection by a stranger hurt just as much as rejection by a potential date. Furthermore, participants consistently overestimated the intensity of both outcomes, particularly the pain of rejection.
Wood and colleagues put it simply: “It seems the experience of being accepted is so positive and the experience of being rejected is so negative that it does not matter who is doing so.”
There are, however, important caveats to keep in mind. For example, the study was conducted exclusively with American participants, which limits how far the findings can be generalised across different cultures where romantic and platonic relationships may be valued differently. Furthermore, the simulated app environment may not perfectly capture the intense emotions of an in-person rejection.
The study, “What Could Have Been: Predicted and Actual Exclusion by Potential Romantic Partners and Platonic Friends,” was authored by Natasha R. Wood, Sydney G. Wicks, Adam J. Beam, Elijah P. Mudryk, Ellie Bray, and Andrew H. Hales.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #romanticrejection #platonicrejection #socialpsychology #belongingness #emotionalwellbeing #rejectionresearch #datingapps #selfworth #humanneeds #relationshipsstudy
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DATE: May 12, 2026 at 02:00PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Does romantic rejection hurt more than platonic rejection? A new study says no
Most people assume that rejection by a potential romantic partner is far more painful than rejection by a prospective friend. However, new research published in the European Journal of Social Psychology suggests that, when rejection is actually experienced, the emotional impact is remarkably similar regardless of whether it comes from a romantic or a platonic source.
Romantic rejection is often seen as uniquely devastating, in part because modern societies place heavy emotional expectations on romantic relationships. However, researchers have long noted that humans are broadly motivated by a fundamental need for belonging. Social rejection tends to hurt across all contexts because it threatens shared psychological needs, such as feeling valued, in control, and meaningful.
What has been less clear is whether rejection by a potential romantic partner is more painful than rejection in a friendship context. Given the intense expectations placed on romantic relationships—which are often expected to fulfill a wide range of emotional and personal needs—it has seemed plausible that being denied such a relationship would be especially distressing.
To examine these assumptions, researchers conducted three related studies. In the first, 1,500 American adults were asked which type of rejection they believed would be more painful: being turned down by a potential romantic partner or by a potential friend. The responses largely reflected common intuitions: approximately half expected romantic rejection to be worse, compared with roughly a quarter who anticipated greater pain from platonic rejection, while the remaining participants believed both would be equally distressing.
Led by Natasha R. Wood of Leiden University in the Netherlands, the team then tested real‑time responses to rejection in a controlled experimental setting. In Study 2, 934 single adults aged 18 to 29 (57.9% women; average age 23.4) were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: accepted or rejected by either a potential romantic partner or a potential platonic friend.
Participants engaged with a simulated app environment, designed to resemble dating or social networking platforms, and received either positive or negative feedback from profiles purportedly representing other users. Afterward, they reported how they felt across a range of measures capturing their sense of belonging, self-worth, and emotional wellbeing.
The researchers found that rejection reliably reduced wellbeing, and acceptance reliably enhanced it, but the type of relationship framing—romantic versus platonic—had no effect on emotional outcomes. The team also tested whether feelings of romantic instrumentality (seeing a partner as someone who would help you achieve more of your goals in life) or self-blame might explain any romantic-versus-platonic difference in pain. Neither emerged as a meaningful driver.
In a third study involving 477 participants (73.6% women; average age 20.3), predicted emotional reactions were compared with actual emotional experiences. The researchers also added a “stranger control” group, in which participants were told there was no expectation of forming a relationship of any kind.
Participants were asked to forecast how they would feel before receiving feedback, then report how they felt afterward. Once again, relationship type did not meaningfully influence emotional responses; rejection by a stranger hurt just as much as rejection by a potential date. Furthermore, participants consistently overestimated the intensity of both outcomes, particularly the pain of rejection.
Wood and colleagues put it simply: “It seems the experience of being accepted is so positive and the experience of being rejected is so negative that it does not matter who is doing so.”
There are, however, important caveats to keep in mind. For example, the study was conducted exclusively with American participants, which limits how far the findings can be generalised across different cultures where romantic and platonic relationships may be valued differently. Furthermore, the simulated app environment may not perfectly capture the intense emotions of an in-person rejection.
The study, “What Could Have Been: Predicted and Actual Exclusion by Potential Romantic Partners and Platonic Friends,” was authored by Natasha R. Wood, Sydney G. Wicks, Adam J. Beam, Elijah P. Mudryk, Ellie Bray, and Andrew H. Hales.
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It's primitive... but it works... mostly...
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #romanticrejection #platonicrejection #socialpsychology #belongingness #emotionalwellbeing #rejectionresearch #datingapps #selfworth #humanneeds #relationshipsstudy
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DATE: May 12, 2026 at 02:00PM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Does romantic rejection hurt more than platonic rejection? A new study says no
Most people assume that rejection by a potential romantic partner is far more painful than rejection by a prospective friend. However, new research published in the European Journal of Social Psychology suggests that, when rejection is actually experienced, the emotional impact is remarkably similar regardless of whether it comes from a romantic or a platonic source.
Romantic rejection is often seen as uniquely devastating, in part because modern societies place heavy emotional expectations on romantic relationships. However, researchers have long noted that humans are broadly motivated by a fundamental need for belonging. Social rejection tends to hurt across all contexts because it threatens shared psychological needs, such as feeling valued, in control, and meaningful.
What has been less clear is whether rejection by a potential romantic partner is more painful than rejection in a friendship context. Given the intense expectations placed on romantic relationships—which are often expected to fulfill a wide range of emotional and personal needs—it has seemed plausible that being denied such a relationship would be especially distressing.
To examine these assumptions, researchers conducted three related studies. In the first, 1,500 American adults were asked which type of rejection they believed would be more painful: being turned down by a potential romantic partner or by a potential friend. The responses largely reflected common intuitions: approximately half expected romantic rejection to be worse, compared with roughly a quarter who anticipated greater pain from platonic rejection, while the remaining participants believed both would be equally distressing.
Led by Natasha R. Wood of Leiden University in the Netherlands, the team then tested real‑time responses to rejection in a controlled experimental setting. In Study 2, 934 single adults aged 18 to 29 (57.9% women; average age 23.4) were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: accepted or rejected by either a potential romantic partner or a potential platonic friend.
Participants engaged with a simulated app environment, designed to resemble dating or social networking platforms, and received either positive or negative feedback from profiles purportedly representing other users. Afterward, they reported how they felt across a range of measures capturing their sense of belonging, self-worth, and emotional wellbeing.
The researchers found that rejection reliably reduced wellbeing, and acceptance reliably enhanced it, but the type of relationship framing—romantic versus platonic—had no effect on emotional outcomes. The team also tested whether feelings of romantic instrumentality (seeing a partner as someone who would help you achieve more of your goals in life) or self-blame might explain any romantic-versus-platonic difference in pain. Neither emerged as a meaningful driver.
In a third study involving 477 participants (73.6% women; average age 20.3), predicted emotional reactions were compared with actual emotional experiences. The researchers also added a “stranger control” group, in which participants were told there was no expectation of forming a relationship of any kind.
Participants were asked to forecast how they would feel before receiving feedback, then report how they felt afterward. Once again, relationship type did not meaningfully influence emotional responses; rejection by a stranger hurt just as much as rejection by a potential date. Furthermore, participants consistently overestimated the intensity of both outcomes, particularly the pain of rejection.
Wood and colleagues put it simply: “It seems the experience of being accepted is so positive and the experience of being rejected is so negative that it does not matter who is doing so.”
There are, however, important caveats to keep in mind. For example, the study was conducted exclusively with American participants, which limits how far the findings can be generalised across different cultures where romantic and platonic relationships may be valued differently. Furthermore, the simulated app environment may not perfectly capture the intense emotions of an in-person rejection.
The study, “What Could Have Been: Predicted and Actual Exclusion by Potential Romantic Partners and Platonic Friends,” was authored by Natasha R. Wood, Sydney G. Wicks, Adam J. Beam, Elijah P. Mudryk, Ellie Bray, and Andrew H. Hales.
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It's primitive... but it works... mostly...
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #romanticrejection #platonicrejection #socialpsychology #belongingness #emotionalwellbeing #rejectionresearch #datingapps #selfworth #humanneeds #relationshipsstudy
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“A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.”
― Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, 1984#manipulation #persuasion #validation #influence #conversation #memory #neuroscience #campaigning #narratives #storyTelling #Psychology #socialPsych #socialPsychology #facilitation #Cialdini #book
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“A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.”
― Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, 1984#manipulation #persuasion #validation #influence #conversation #memory #neuroscience #campaigning #narratives #storyTelling #Psychology #socialPsych #socialPsychology #facilitation #Cialdini #book
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“A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.”
― Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, 1984#manipulation #persuasion #validation #influence #conversation #memory #neuroscience #campaigning #narratives #storyTelling #Psychology #socialPsych #socialPsychology #facilitation #Cialdini #book
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“A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.”
― Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, 1984#manipulation #persuasion #validation #influence #conversation #memory #neuroscience #campaigning #narratives #storyTelling #Psychology #socialPsych #socialPsychology #facilitation #Cialdini #book
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“A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.”
― Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, 1984#manipulation #persuasion #validation #influence #conversation #memory #neuroscience #campaigning #narratives #storyTelling #Psychology #socialPsych #socialPsychology #facilitation #Cialdini #book
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know "You believe someone not because you have no doubts about them" Sale: $22 to $1.99 by Malcolm Gladwell Rating: 4.4/5 (24,236 Reviews) #Psychology #Communication #SocialPsychology #Books #Nonfiction #Relationships #BookSky
Talking to Strangers: What We ... -
Individuals often harbor positive personal attitudes toward #sexual and #gender minorities but underestimate the broader public's level of acceptance. This misperception acts as a psychological barrier, causing potential allies to withhold active support for #LGBTQ+ individuals wishing to come out.
#Psychology #BehavioralScience #SocialPsychology # LGBTQ #sflorg
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Audio tapes reveal mass rule-breaking in Milgram's obedience experiments
#HackerNews #MilgramExperiments #ObediencePsychology #RuleBreaking #EthicsInResearch #SocialPsychology
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After completing this research, a definitive solution still remains unclear to me. We face a difficult paradox: combating extremism with equal measures risks becoming a form of radicalism itself, only perpetuating the cycle. The true challenge moving forward is finding ways to dismantle these rigid systems of thought without abandoning our own objectivity in the process.
#Psychology #EvolutionaryBiology #SocialPsychology #Politics #Religion #sflorg
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Human readiness for intergroup violence is not a unified mindset, but is rather driven by two fundamentally distinct psychological motivations: defensive extremism and offensive extremism.
#Psychology #SocialPsychology #SocialScience #sflorg
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Dominant Social Groups:
There were some excellent social psychology papers in 2022 investigating how dominant social groups perceive and respond to growing diversity and equality.
This thread highlights five of the best 🧵👉
#SocialPsychology
#SocialScience
@socialpsych
#IntergroupStatus
#AdvantagedGroups
#Diversity
#Equity
#Inclusion
#SocialEquality1/6
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New preprint from our lab: "In-situ Feedback about Mental Model Cohesion in Emergency Response Teams" https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/pdxek_v1
Team members answered questions about their task work during a scenario exercise. Teams performed better when team leaders were presented with the degree of cohesion in team members responses at freeze points during the exercise.
#HumanFactors #TeamLeadership #EmergencyResponse #AppliedPsychology #SocialPsychology
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Study: People show verbal hesitation towards left-wing political terms https://www.psypost.org/study-people-show-verbal-hesitation-towards-left-wing-political-terms/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #PoliticalPsychology #LeftWingPolitics #ImplicitBias #SocialPsychology #IsraeliPolitics
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"The uncomfortable truth is that knowledge alone won't protect you. Having higher levels of education can actually make you more vulnerable to cognitive traps like confirmation bias and overconfidence. The best way to defend yourself against today’s disinformation campaigns is not intelligence. It’s discipline.
To build resilience, you have to learn to track your own emotional responses. If something makes you feel a surge of fear, anger, or moral righteousness, pause and ask yourself: Who benefits from me feeling this way? What evidence am I actually reacting to? This is especially important when the disinformation sounds too good to be true, confirms something that you want to believe, or tells a story that you want to hear.
True resistance to manipulation doesn’t come from knowing facts, but recognizing when your mind is being hijacked — and knowing what to do to regain control."
https://weaponizedspaces.substack.com/p/the-psychology-of-deception
#Disinformation #MediaLiteracy #SocialPsychology #MediaManipulation #Deception #Propaganda
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A #stereotype is a generalized #belief, explicit (conscious) or implicit (unconscious) for power. #Discrimination is when such beliefs are #weaponized to #harm or #exclude. #Satire ridicules power. #Mocking those whole are excluded by the #power is #violence. #psychology #socialpsychology
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New #openaccess book!
'Displaced Families, Dispersed Memories' explores the #memory work and #mnemonic practices of families dispersed by political upheaval. It bridges historical and contemporary perspectives, combining #history, #sociology, #socialpsychology, #literarystudies, #culturalstudies, and cultural #anthropology. The book, edited by Johanna Leinonen et al., is available in PDF, accessible EPUB and print on demand at: https://hup.fi/books/e/10.33134/HUP-35
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Df. "clinical #equipoise describes a situation of evidentiary uncertainty among experts"
Opel et al. argue such equipoise is neither necessary nor sufficient for #SharedDecisionMaking.
Rather SDM is most useful where tradeoffs between options are KNOWN.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09410-z
#medicine #decisionScience #bioethics #epistemology #philosophyOfScience #socialPsychology #edu #SciComm
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Good news in our preprint about #polarization:
Demand for BIPARTISAN #news analysis was strong!
People in the #US preferred fact-checking teams that engaged in #AdversarialCollaboration at least as much as copartisan and/or professional teams.
Follow the manuscript or authors on #GoogleScholar: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?oi=bibs&hl=en&cluster=1017561778629165218
If you prefer a link directly to our preprint: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/gp9w7
#journalism #socialMedia #decisionScience #collectiveIntelligence #socialPsychology #politicalPsychology #epistemology #xPhi
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The 2024 Annual #Conference of the British Society for the #Psychology of #IndividualDifferences goes North!
14th April in Salford!
Abstract submissions by
1st March!More information:
bspid.uk/bspid14As a past member I can say that I always enjoyed the conferences and they were a particularly nice place for #PostGraduate & #PhDStudents and #ECR-s in general!
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A team from the ZPID is currently part of the 19th Conference of the Social Psychology section (FGSP) from @dgps.bsky.social in #Bochum and presenting its research 😀 #socialpsychology #zpid #research #psychology www.fgsp.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/fgsp/index.h...
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Color-blind racial ideology linked to different romantic preferences for White and Black young adults https://www.psypost.org/color-blind-racial-ideology-linked-to-different-romantic-preferences-for-white-and-black-young-adults/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RacialIdeology #ColorBlindness #RomanticPreferences #InterracialRelationships #SocialPsychology
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#ImplicitBias isn’t “unconscious”?
“…participants in all 17 studies were able to accurately predict the patterns of their IAT results (…b = .44) …across samples, settings [online vs. in-person lab studies], countries …, and languages…. [These] results strengthen the hypothesis that cognitions reflected on implicit evaluations are accessible to conscious awareness.”
#socialPsychology #metaAnalysis #preprint #bias #unconsciousBias #decisionScience #cogSci #PhilMind
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Research reveals the trick to being more likable after screwing up in public
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New #openaccess book!
'Displaced Families, Dispersed Memories' explores the #memory work and #mnemonic practices of families dispersed by political upheaval. It bridges historical and contemporary perspectives, combining #history, #sociology, #socialpsychology, #literarystudies, #culturalstudies, and cultural #anthropology. The book, edited by Johanna Leinonen et al., is available in PDF, accessible EPUB and print on demand at: https://hup.fi/books/e/10.33134/HUP-35
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New #openaccess book!
'Displaced Families, Dispersed Memories' explores the #memory work and #mnemonic practices of families dispersed by political upheaval. It bridges historical and contemporary perspectives, combining #history, #sociology, #socialpsychology, #literarystudies, #culturalstudies, and cultural #anthropology. The book, edited by Johanna Leinonen et al., is available in PDF, accessible EPUB and print on demand at: https://hup.fi/books/e/10.33134/HUP-35
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New #openaccess book!
'Displaced Families, Dispersed Memories' explores the #memory work and #mnemonic practices of families dispersed by political upheaval. It bridges historical and contemporary perspectives, combining #history, #sociology, #socialpsychology, #literarystudies, #culturalstudies, and cultural #anthropology. The book, edited by Johanna Leinonen et al., is available in PDF, accessible EPUB and print on demand at: https://hup.fi/books/e/10.33134/HUP-35
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New #openaccess book!
'Displaced Families, Dispersed Memories' explores the #memory work and #mnemonic practices of families dispersed by political upheaval. It bridges historical and contemporary perspectives, combining #history, #sociology, #socialpsychology, #literarystudies, #culturalstudies, and cultural #anthropology. The book, edited by Johanna Leinonen et al., is available in PDF, accessible EPUB and print on demand at: https://hup.fi/books/e/10.33134/HUP-35
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https://newsmast.social/@newsmast/114613185578761343
long post? #socialscience #socialsciences #economics #geography #psychology #Economicmodels #clinicalpsychology #cognitivepsychology #developmentalpsychology #economist #sociology #statistics #anthropology #datascience #SocialPsychology #politicalscience #austerity #recession #ECB #FED #IMF #WTO #psychotherapy #cognitivebehaviouraltherapy #CBT #pyschoanalysis #behaviorism #pyschology #neuroscience #DataVisualisation #geopolitics #particlephysics #QuantumMechanics #physics #quantumphysics #molecularphysics #nuclearphysics #modernphysics
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SERRCissä kriittistä pohdintaa itsesurmaamisen tutkimisesta ja ehkäisystä, https://social-epistemology.com/2025/03/12/a-critical-inventory-of-suicidology-and-suicide-prevention-part-i-michaela-hintermayr/
Osa 2 löytyy tuon perästä ja tästä: https://social-epistemology.com/2025/03/14/a-critical-inventory-of-suicidology-and-suicide-prevention-part-ii-michaela-hintermayr/
Lähteissä en huomannut SEP-entryä, joka on hyvä johdatus käsitteeseen, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/suicide/. Viime päivinä näkyy maailmalla kohistun monimutkaisia päätöstilanteita ja nopeaa ja hidasta ajattelua tutkineen Daniel Kahnemanin avustetusta itsesurmasta, vaikka se tapahtui liki vuosi sitten.
#itsesurma #itsemurha #suicide #suicidology #psykiatria #psychiatry #sociology #socialEpistemology #serrc #inventory #socialPsychology #prevention #ehkaisy #kahneman #psychology #philosophy
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there is no psychology without social psychology, no possible inquiry into pure, biological instincts (or any other “natural” powers) which does not also consider both the social and environmental context of the phenomena studied and the inquiry’s own context. Instincts/impulses are interactive phenomena-in-environment, and must be appreciated as transactions (HNC, MW14: 66).
#dewey #instinct #socialpsychology #impulses #interaction #transactionalanalysis
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"Subjective validation, sometimes called personal validation effect, is a cognitive bias by which people will consider a statement or another piece of information to be correct if it has any personal meaning or significance to them. People whose opinion is affected by subjective validation will perceive two unrelated events (i.e., a coincidence) to be related because their personal beliefs demand that they be related."
CC-BY-SA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjective_validation 🧶
#manipulation #persuasion #validation #influence #conversation #memory #neuroscience #campaigning #narratives #storyTelling #Psychology #socialPsych #socialPsychology #facilitation #Cialdini
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My latest video is about the "levels" of psychology: the biological, the mental, the social, and the cultural level of description and study.
#psychology #biopsychology #cognitivepsychology #socialpsychology
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Adolescents who had more intention to connect with immigrants also performed better on a test of reflective reasoning (N > 200).
This free paper describes that correlation as causation, but you can decide whether to follow that inference: https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000561
#developmentalPsychology #socialPsychology #cognitivePsychology #immigration #bias
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Having been around for a little while, it's time for an #Introduction.
I am a quantitative social psychologist in #Birkbeck's Department of Organisational Psychology in #London. My research is mostly about intergroup contact and the (possible) benefits of diversity. I am passionate about open science and #rstats and am involved in building some research tools in that space. Looking forward to connecting here!
#psychology #SocialPsychology #IOpsychology #OpenScience #RStats @socialpsych
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We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position at CIMCyC (Granada, Spain) to work on the psychology of dis(mis)information. Apply before 26th September. Nice city, great environment ☺️ Please share! 🔃 cimcyc.ugr.es/en/informati... #socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob #PhDJob
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Reminder (now with hashtags): We are offering a 2-year postdoctoral position at CIMCyC (Granada, Spain) to work on the psychology of dis(mis)information. Nice environment, great city! Apply before 26th September. Please share! 🔃 #socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob #PhDJob
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3d7uboipn2kpfyb6gyhu3wit/post/3lyhsarjnm22c -
"Political #socialMedia ads labeled as from in-party sources and apparently non-partisan sources were trusted more than out-party sources.
So if you want to be sneaky just advertise under a name without any party connections"
That's a description from @mjbsp.bsky.social about an #openAccess paper in #PoliticalPsychology by @tomstafford et al.: https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.13034
#politics #marketing #persuasion #journalism #decisionScience #nonPartisanship #socialPsychology #cogSci #bias #debiasing
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@kaitclark Thanks so much, Kait! A few keywords are #socialpsychology #selfprocesses #bias #womenshealth #ovulation
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A bit of #psychology reflection, on #empathy vs. #violence and #hate
Mindfulness vs. #cult #TrumpVirus
#Media bubbles & #SocialInfluenceReflections on teachings from greats like Carl Rogers and Aaron T. Beck
https://diasporasocial.net/posts/5127618
#truth #socialpsychology #groupdynamics #belief #cognitiion
As the #GQP #disinformation media is busy martyring voices of racism, avoiding #Epstein and the collapse of #democracy, #Constitution, #Jusiciary etc...
