tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64519672082708325022024-03-17T20:03:05.581-07:00Psych Your Mindapplying psychology to everyday lifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08931064542755278772noreply@blogger.comBlogger337125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-72463247197455505772015-11-06T07:25:00.001-08:002015-11-06T07:25:54.988-08:00Three Guys Talking About Scales<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>What follows below is the result of an online discussion I had with psychologists <a href="http://www.psychology.illinois.edu/people/bwrobrts">Brent Roberts</a> (BR) and <a href="http://web.stanford.edu/~mcfrank/">Michael Frank</a> (MF). We discussed scale construction, and particularly, whether items with two response options (i.e., Yes v. No) are good or bad for the reliability and validity of the scale. The answers we came to surprised me--and they might surprise you too! </i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Said training suggests that, all things being equal, some people are more “Yes” or more “No” than others, so having response options that include more variety will capture more of the real variance in participant responses. To put that into an example, if I ask you if you agree with the statement: “</span><a href="http://psp.sagepub.com/content/27/2/151.short" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have high self-esteem.</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” A yes/no two-item response won’t capture all the true variance in people’s responses that might be otherwise captured by six items ranging from strongly disagree to strongly agree. MF/BR, is that how you would characterize your own understanding of psychometrics?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I took a course in sociology my first
year as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. The course was an introduction to
sociology taught by professor and social activist, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Edwards_(sociologist)">Harry Edwards</a>. The course
blew me away because it felt so viscerally real. Professor Edwards would talk
about social class, race, and gender in America and students would chime in
about their own experiences that brought these big social constructs to life.
What I learned in Professor Edwards’ class resembled nothing we had discussed
in my high school history classes—I grew up in a politically conservative
suburb in San Diego, and we didn’t have much ideological diversity in our
discussions of law and society. Sociology, and social sciences more broadly,
really spoke to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I became a parent a year and a half ago, and my life changed
forever. When I was pregnant lots of parents gave me advice (Enjoy going to the
grocery store by yourself while you still can! Go out on dates! Clean your
house!). One even warned me that becoming a parent would “rock my world.” I
thought I understood. I thought I was prepared for the huge change coming. And
while I wasn’t unprepared, I really had no idea exactly how life-changing
becoming a parent would be. Now I try to explain to my friends who don’t have
children what exactly getting swept into parenthood felt like, and the best I
have come up with is this—I had my daughter and she was more wonderful than I
could have imagined, and the rest of my life fell into chaos. One of those
pieces of my life was my relationship with my husband. We look at each other
and marvel that we used to sit around on the weekend and lament that we did not
know what to do with ourselves. Now we would give anything to learn the secret
to freezing time. Now we try to hold on as life rushes by. Now I tell my
husband we need more time and he agrees but asks, “what time?”<br>
</div><a href="http://psych-your-mind.blogspot.com/2015/09/parenthood-can-take-toll-on.html#more">Read More-></a>Amiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262889319917440938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-44548014665011482052015-09-01T11:59:00.000-07:002015-09-01T11:59:05.282-07:00Teaching Undergrads vs. MBAs: Four ObservationsHello and sorry I've been away from blogging for so long! I ended up switching departments and jobs--now I work at Yale University at the School of Management. As you might imagine, a lot of things have changed as a result of the move. What I'd like to do today is to briefly summarize what stuck out to me as the main differences between teaching undergraduate psychology majors and first year MBAs.<br>
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A note of caution before we dive in: I've only spent about 27 hours teaching MBAs and three years teaching psychology undergraduates, so it's possible that I know little to nothing about teaching BOTH groups. Also, the undergraduates and MBAs experienced different courses and come from different universities, so the differences I observed might not reflect MBA/undergrad distinctions. What is reported here is simply one person's observations from a relatively short time period.<br>
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When it comes to dating, we’re often told that we should trust our instincts: If it feels right, go for it, but if you get a bad feeling from someone, steer clear.<br><br>These instincts can certainly be helpful at times, but they’re also subject to a number of biases that can lead us to trust the wrong people and overlook the right ones.<br><br>Here are just three ways that our romantic instincts can lead us astray.<br><a href="http://psych-your-mind.blogspot.com/2015/05/3-ways-your-romantic-instincts-can-lead.html#more">Read More-></a>Julihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11680528427434926352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-74693698549138866702015-05-15T13:27:00.001-07:002015-05-15T13:27:42.277-07:0010 Tips for Making a Tough Decision<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dno1967b/7753070058/in/photolist-cP7vBG-6XTQUw-7nAsHi-k8mstk-fefbKd-r8JAgQ-6gNKjM-Trnvh-HM1dj-HM1cS-xVyw8-96nCQz-9wvGij-8XjWtu-9RW14k-k8kL8n-k8kYuX-k8mzLg-k8omjJ-dacVE7-hw8pzt-k8mF14-aj9p65-62b4kB-4Ciqzi-oYkZ2Q-pCN6xG-5Pt6uQ-oYpcAa-oYpcsV-pCNkXU-pV8taa-pVgGX1-pUXGWe-pT2X1L-pUXGRV-oYm5RL-pCNkGd-pCNkDC-pCGQA6-oYm6G3-pCLkbz-pCNkp9-pCNkkm-pV8sqz-pCKkMC-pCLjPT-pVgG2o-pCNjW5-pVgFPQ">Daniel Oines</a></td></tr>
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Sometimes in life we’re faced with decisions that seem truly impossible to make. Whether they're the kind of decisions we dream about or the kind that we dread, research on decision-making has uncovered a number of useful strategies for gaining clarity.<br><a href="http://psych-your-mind.blogspot.com/2015/05/10-tips-for-making-tough-decision.html#more">Read More-></a>Julihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11680528427434926352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-14033684145171218962015-03-27T15:49:00.000-07:002015-03-27T15:50:27.996-07:00The Benefits of Capturing your Everyday Experiences<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3UCCeFOtfqRpc16YIFXqFnpcfB4JRNGRodyHFs-Flrrz1ZEz3V4u_f5z52cdLnF_3xEZjGTsa21IJ8Ybu78D56bc66AbfhY3rQmtdul4at5_zcXFfoJ6hG5yHxG5KpSWp2FX6z-yJezT/s1600/clothesline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3UCCeFOtfqRpc16YIFXqFnpcfB4JRNGRodyHFs-Flrrz1ZEz3V4u_f5z52cdLnF_3xEZjGTsa21IJ8Ybu78D56bc66AbfhY3rQmtdul4at5_zcXFfoJ6hG5yHxG5KpSWp2FX6z-yJezT/s1600/clothesline.jpg"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothes_line#/media/File:Hallig_Hooge,_Germany,_view_from_the_Backenswarft.jpg" target="_blank">Source</a></td></tr>
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What would you rather do right now, write down the last
conversation you had or watch a funny video guaranteed to make you laugh? What
about a month from now – do you think you’d rather read about a random conversation
you had last month or watch another funny video? These are some of the questions
researchers asked in a <a href="http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/Rediscovery_4b6e3cec-8e00-4970-8f76-dd41614d6593.pdf" target="_blank">recent set of studies</a> exploring our tendency to underestimate how much pleasure we get
out of rediscovering mundane experiences. Participants in these studies consistently
expected that they would not be very interested in rereading a log of an
ordinary event in their everyday lives. But a couple of months down the road
when the time came to reread that log, they found themselves much more interested
and experienced more pleasure than they had expected. This was partly because
they had forgotten a lot more of the event than they had expected they would! In
the moment, we think why record our everyday experiences, we will remember them
in the future and they aren’t that memorable anyway. Even just a month later
though, our memories of the event begin to dim, the details fall away, and what
once seemed ordinary feels a bit more extraordinary.<br>
</div><a href="http://psych-your-mind.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-benefits-of-capturing-your-everyday.html#more">Read More-></a>Amiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262889319917440938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-52940551931501204842015-03-26T10:55:00.002-07:002015-03-26T11:06:46.401-07:00Gender Imbalance in Discussions of Best Research PracticesOver the last couple of weeks there have been some really excellent blog posts about gender representation in discussions of best research practices. The first was a <a href="http://sometimesimwrong.typepad.com/wrong/2015/03/lady-problems.html">shared Email correspondence</a> between <b>Simine Vazire</b> and <b>Lee Jussim</b>. The second was a <a href="http://sometimesimwrong.typepad.com/wrong/2015/03/guest-post-not-nutting-up-or-shutting-up.html">report of gender imbalance</a> in discussions of best research practices by <b>Alison Ledgerwood, Elizabeth Haines</b>, and <b>Kate Ratliff</b>. Before then (May 2014), <b>Sanjay Srivastava</b> wrote about a <a href="https://hardsci.wordpress.com/2014/05/25/does-the-replication-debate-have-a-diversity-problem/">probable diversity problem</a> in the best practices debate. Go read these posts! I'll be here when you return.<br>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In
regression (a common statistical practice used in social science research) we
often attempt to predict the outcome of a given dependent measure (the DV)
based on what we know about other measured variables theoretically related to
the DV (the IVs). This common regression method has one problem though: We are
predicting values for data that we have already collected. What if we were to
engage in actual prediction? That is, what if we attempted to predict the values
of a DV that is unknown? How might we do this and what would be the benefit?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This
was a fascinating talk presented by Liz Page-Gould of the University of Toronto
at the Future of Social Psychology Symposium! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A lot
of people think about political ideology as a powerful causal force that
influences the structure of our society and our respective positions within it.
In the politics and inequality symposium Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi of the
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and her colleagues examined political
ideology from a different perspective: Instead of shaping the structure of
society, does political ideology arise from our position within that structure?
That is, do we create our political beliefs strategically in order to justify
our own lives and the lives of those around us?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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At the self and identity pre-conference this morning Will Gervais presented a series of studies (available open access right <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0092302">here</a>) suggesting that people seem to automatically associate atheism with a lack of moral character.<br>
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I was fortunate to attend the first session of the emotion pre-conference this morning and had a chance to hear about some amazing research conducted by Wendy Mendes (my post-doc advisor), Sara Waters, and Tessa West. The research examined the extent that affective states are transmitted between individuals.<br>
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The researchers reasoned that social living organisms are widely characterized by synchronous actions and states--with humans groups being particularly likely to synchronize their emotions and behaviors (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blzftASduNc">here</a> is a profound example of our capacity to synchronize during communal events).<br>
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It's been a few months since I've posted on this blog, and I'm planning to change that over the next several days: It is time for the annual convention of the <a href="http://spspmeeting.org/">Society for Personality and Social Psychology</a> and we've got three full days packed with social-personality content to share with the blogosphere. I'll be writing a few short posts over the course of the conference--but before I do I want to point out where you can find some of the current and former bloggers on this website, right here at the convention:<br />
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<u style="background-color: white;">Thursday</u><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Katherine Thorson: Poster Session A</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;">Cardiac Vagal Tone predicts Responsivity to Self-Regulatory Thought Inductions: Poster A273</b><br />
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<u style="background-color: white;">Friday</u><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Amie Gordon: Symposium Session A</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;">Bringing Sleep to Social Psychology: Considering the Effect of Sleep on our Emotions, Relationships and Intergroup Relations</b><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;" /><b style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;">Friday, February 27, 2015, 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM, Promenade Ballroom 104C</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Michael Kraus: Symposium Session A</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;">The Politics of Inequality and the Inequality of Politics</b><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;" /><b style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;">Friday, February 27, 2015, 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM, Room 203ABC</b></span><br />
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<u style="background-color: white;">Saturday</u><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Jennifer Stellar: Symposium Session I</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;">A Big Helping of Humble Pie: Novel Benefits and New Methods for Cultivating Humility</b><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;" /><b style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;">Saturday, February 28, 2015, 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM, Room 103A</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Maya Kuehn: Poster Session E</span><br />
<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;">Rejection Resiliency and Social Influence: Poster E004 </b>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08931064542755278772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-47372945237850275542014-10-28T19:26:00.000-07:002014-10-28T19:26:29.848-07:00Everyone Gets a Job!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A terrifying graph for any PhD student! (<a href="http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/fig_tab/nbt.2706_F1.html">source</a>)</td></tr>
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It's late October and that means we are squarely in the middle of job season for psychology PhDs (and PhD candidates). I was hired during the 2011-2012 job cycle, and so I recently switched to the evaluation side of the job process. Sitting on this side of the fence I feel incredibly fortunate to have a job: There are a ton of accomplished graduate students and postdocs with strong records, interesting research ideas, and stellar (!!!) letters of recommendation. If the system were running optimally, most of these applicants would land jobs. If the system were running optimally...<br>
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is widely considered to be a psychologically healthy and morally virtuous
approach to coping with victimization. Research suggests that people who
forgive more easily are <a href="http://psp.sagepub.com/content/29/6/759.abstract"><span style="color: blue;">happier</span><span style="color: #262626;"> </span></a>and <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14593849"><span style="color: blue;">healthier</span><span style="color: #262626;">
</span></a>than those who hold grudges. In addition, forgiveness interventions
have been shown to <a href="http://pss.sagepub.com/content/12/2/117.short"><span style="color: blue;">reduce stress reactivity</span></a>, <a href="http://learningtoforgive.com/research/effects-of-group-forgiveness-intervention-on-perceived-stress-state-and-trait-anger-symptoms-of-stress-self-reported-health-and-forgiveness-stanford-forgiveness-project/"><span style="color: blue;">increase optimism</span></a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Forgiveness-Reconciliation-Application-Everett-Worthington/dp/1583913335"><span style="color: blue;">facilitate reconciliation</span></a> with offenders.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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importance of social support</span></span><span style="color: #1d59a6; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> </span></a>for physical and mental health. For
example, one study showed that stressed middle-aged men with higher levels of
available emotional support were significantly <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1679147/"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">less likely to
die</span></span></a> </span>over a 7-year period than those who lacked such support. Another
study found that an absence of social support was a <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22017561"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">major predictor of depression</span></span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In our everyday lives, we often have opportunities to
provide support to friends, family members, or coworkers, but it can be hard to
know how to do it in the most effective way. Research in social psychology has
revealed some principles for giving good support that challenge common
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Yesterday the New York Times published an opinion piece written by University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management Professor, <a href="http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/FacultyAndResearch/Faculty/FacultyBios/Cote.aspx">Stephane Cote</a> and I on the challenges of crossing social class boundaries. You can find the article <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/opinion/sunday/crossing-financial-lanes.html?_r=0">here</a>. This blog post accompanies that article with a few notes about the research.<br>
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First comes love, then comes the realization that we are navigating life’s journey with another person who may have different thoughts, feelings, and beliefs than us. How do we deal with having differing viewpoints from our romantic partners? Perspective-taking is a fundamental social skill that helps us smoothly steer through the many bumps in the road, from picking out a thoughtful anniversary gift to helping us reach a compromise on a contentious issue. When people are able to consider their partner’s point of view, both they and their partners report being more satisfied with their relationship (Long, 1990). Although this basic skill is fundamental and beneficial, not everyone is good at perspective-taking, particularly in their romantic relationships (Kenny & Acitelli, 2001). <em><strong>So who is good at perspective-taking and who is lacking?</strong> </em>To answer this question, I turned to the research on power. I was curious to find out whether feeling powerful in a romantic relationship might lead people to be better, or worse, perspective-takers.</div>
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Power is potent, affecting how people think, feel, and interact with others. Although thinking about powerful people might bring to mind the caricature of a power-hungry CEO, the reality is that power is not just in the workplace, it is part of all of our relationships, shaping how we interact with our parents, friends, and romantic partners. So how exactly does it shape our relationships? Or, in our case, our ability to step into our partner’s shoes? Well, the old adage, “power corrupts,” suggests that powerful people should be selfish, caring only about getting their own way and paying little attention to what their romantic partners are thinking and feeling. And there is research to support this – people are less likely to take strangers’ perspectives when they feel powerful (Galinsky et al., 2006) and in families, powerful members are less likely to perspective take (Barber, 1984). But on the other hand, for romantic relationships to survive, people can’t just be selfish—they have to think about what is best for the relationship, which means considering their partner’s point of view. Power helps people focus on and pursue their goals (Guinote, 2007), so perhaps power might actually help people become better perspective-takers in romantic relationships because it focuses them on maintaining their relationship?</div>
<a href="http://psych-your-mind.blogspot.com/2014/08/does-power-help-or-hurt-perspective.html#more">Read More-></a>Amiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262889319917440938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-4526867422112815482014-08-19T21:14:00.001-07:002014-08-20T20:36:37.402-07:00Big Theory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">"Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful." --George Box*</span><br>
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I need to be honest with you, I'm not all that good at generating novel ideas: Some of my most <a href="http://pss.sagepub.com/content/20/1/99.abstract">well-cited papers</a> involve theories that sociologists came up with <a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/Distinction.html?id=nVaS6gS9Jz4C">decades ago</a>; Reviewers frequently accuse me of running post-hoc analyses (asking the data for ideas, rather than generating apriori predictions); When media cover my research, the most common initial comment is something like: "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152169411776574&id=321588316573">This is so obvious....blah, blah....you suck.</a>" You get the idea. </span><br>
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I don't view this particular characteristic of my research as a flaw. Rather, I'm acknowledging that not all scientists can be ground-breaking theorists/game changers: Some people come up with great ideas and some people test them. For the most part, I test theories and I do it in (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152169411776574&id=321588316573">what I hope are</a>) convincing ways. Given this characteristic of my research, you might be surprised then, to learn that I love theory!** </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You read that right.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today I wrote a blog for <a href="http://www.newleftproject.org/">New Left Project</a> on psychology research examining perceptions of, and responses to, economic inequality. The post features cutting-edge research by prominent social psychologists Mike Norton and Dan Ariely, as well as research from my own laboratory at the University of Illinois. An excerpt:</span><br>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 30.44999885559082px;">"The United States is </span><a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/the-great-divide/" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-color: rgb(93, 166, 166); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 30.44999885559082px; text-decoration: none;">one of the most unequal and rigidly stratified societies</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 30.44999885559082px;"> in the industrialised world. In the wake of the Great Recession, it has become increasingly clear that success in America flows to the wealthy and the well-connected. Why do these inequities persist in the face of steady unemployment, abject poverty and rising homelessness? </span></i><br>
<a href="http://psych-your-mind.blogspot.com/2014/08/psychological-barriers-in-economic.html#more">Read More-></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08931064542755278772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-64321348227732953032014-08-06T21:39:00.000-07:002014-08-06T21:39:29.179-07:00Psychology at the (Home) Movies: HBO’s The Wire<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Although I’m more than a decade late to the party, a
recent fortunate Amazon.com prime membership has gifted me with access to HBO’s
acclaimed series the Wire. For the last two months I’ve been watching the show
weekly, digesting its contents in small consistent doses. My background as a
middle class ivory tower academic makes the Wire foreign territory to me—I
don’t have much personal experience with drug culture, or poverty, or oppression,
or Baltimore (the primary city in the story) for that matter. Nevertheless,
there were many themes in the TV series that align well with contemporary
research in the social sciences. With an eye towards these themes, I bring you
a look into HBO’s the Wire by linking it to our current understanding of basic
psychology. As with any piece of film-making, the nuance and detail will not be
completely captured in this post, and I welcome comments here or on twitter
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Last week the special issue on replication at the Journal of Social Psychology arrived to an explosion of debate (<a href="https://osf.io/e4nxu/">read the entire issue here</a> and read original author <a href="http://www.spspblog.org/simone-schnall-on-her-experience-with-a-registered-replication-project/">Simone Schnall's commentary on her experience with the project</a> and <a href="http://pigee.wordpress.com/2014/05/24/additional-reflections-on-ceiling-effects-in-recent-replication-research/">Chris Fraley's subsequent examination of ceiling effects</a>). The debate has been happening everywhere--on blogs, on twitter, on Facebook, and in the halls of your psychology department (hopefully). <br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your ex is your ex for a
reason. But he or she was also an important part of your life for a significant
amount of time, and it’s understandable to want to hold on to that relationship
in some capacity. Many former couples, whether they were <a href="http://www.researchgate.net/publication/51739530_Can_we_be_(and_stay)_friends_Remaining_friends_after_dissolution_of_a_romantic_relationship"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">dating partners</span></a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Divorce-Relationship-Dissolution-Mark/dp/0805851283"><span style="color: #0020dd;">spouses</span></a>, try to remain friends after a
break-up, and some are able to manage this transition successfully.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Research suggests, however,
that on average exes tend to have <a href="http://spr.sagepub.com/content/17/3/451"><span style="color: #0020dd;">lower
quality friendships</span></a> than platonic opposite sex friends who were
never romantically involved: they are less emotionally supportive, less
helpful, less trusting, and less concerned about the other person’s happiness.
This is especially true, not surprisingly, for former partners who were <a href="http://www.researchgate.net/publication/51739530_Can_we_be_(and_stay)_friends_Remaining_friends_after_dissolution_of_a_romantic_relationship"><span style="color: #0020dd;">dissatisfied with the romantic relationship</span></a>,
and when the break-up was <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1976.tb02485.x/abstract"><span style="color: #0020dd;">not mutual.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The probability that a
friendship with an ex will be a positive rather than painful experience depends
in part on your motives, including the ones that you would rather not openly
acknowledge. Here are ten reasons that can get you into trouble.<o:p></o:p></span><br>
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On <a href="http://psych-your-mind.blogspot.com/2012/09/science-utopia-some-thoughts-about.html">this blog</a> and <a href="http://pigee.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/the-deathly-hallows-of-psychological-science/">others</a>, on twitter (<a href="http://twitter.com/mwkraus">@mwkraus</a>), at <a href="http://spspmeeting.org/2014/Program/Schedules/Schedule-Overview.aspx">conferences</a>, and in the halls of the psychology building at the <a href="http://www.psychology.illinois.edu/">University of Illinois</a>, I have engaged in a wealth of important discussions about improving research methods in social-personality psychology. Many prominent psychologists have offered several helpful suggestions in this regard (<a href="http://pigee.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/are-conceptual-replications-part-of-the-solution-to-the-crisis-currently-facing-psychological-science/">here</a>, <a href="http://pigee.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/are-conceptual-replications-part-of-the-solution-to-the-crisis-currently-facing-psychological-science/">here</a>, <a href="http://sometimesimwrong.typepad.com/wrong/2014/03/having-it-all.html">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/nobel-laureate-challenges-psychologists-to-clean-up-their-act-1.11535">here</a>).<br>
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Among the many suggestions for building a better psychological science, perhaps the simplest and most parsimonious way to improve research methods is to <a href="http://datacolada.org/2014/04/04/18-mturk-vs-the-lab-either-way-we-need-big-samples/">increase sample sizes for all study designs</a>: By increasing sample size researchers can detect smaller real effects and can more accurately measure large effects. There are many trade-offs in choosing appropriate research methods, but sample size, at least for a researcher like me who deals in relatively inexpensive data collection tools, is in many ways the most cost effective way to improve one's science. In essence, I can continue to design the studies I have been designing and ask the same research questions I have been asking (i.e., business-as-usual) with the one exception that each study I run has a larger N than it would have if I were not thinking (more) intelligently about statistical power.<br>
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<b>How has <a href="http://www.krauslab.com/">my lab</a> been fairing with respect to this goal of collecting large samples? See for yourself:</b><br>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Settling</i> is an ugly, depressing word. Few
people would suggest outright that you should settle for less than you want and
deserve in a relationship. Even Lori Gottlieb, author of <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/marry-him-lori-gottlieb/1102022040?ean=9780525951513"><span style="color: #262626; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><i>Marry Him:
The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough</i></span></a>, disapproved of the
use of the word in her book title, a decision she said was <a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/02/20/marry_him_author_lori_gottlieb_i_don%E2%80%99t_think_anything_i%E2%80%99ve_written_is_controversial/"><span style="color: #262626;">made by her publisher</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But
the pressure to settle can be very real, even if it is not communicated
explicitly. People who are single after a certain age may be seen as "too
picky" and urged to lower their standards. Singles are also likely to face
social stigma due to their solo status, a phenomenon psychologist <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/experts/bella-depaulo-phd"><span style="color: #262626;">Bella DePaulo</span></a> has called “singlism.” From our
earliest days, we learn that our worth is tied up in our ability to find a
mate; that <span style="color: #262626; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">marriage</span>
marks the passage into mature adulthood and is our <a href="http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2005-09295-002"><span style="color: #262626;">most
important adult relationship</span></a>; and that we are not complete until we
find our other half. And then there is the issue of our "biological
clocks," an imperative which recent research suggests <a href="http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/27/study-children-of-older-fathers-at-much-higher-risk-of-psychiatric-disorders/"><span style="color: #262626;">affects men too</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's
no wonder that people feel rushed to settle down before they are ready, or
before they find the right match.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If
you have ever found yourself grappling with the question of whether it's better
to be alone, or to settle—which <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/03/marry-him/306651/"><span style="color: #262626;">Gottlieb calls</span></a> “one of the most complicated,
painful, and pervasive dilemmas many single [people] are forced to grapple
with"—read on. Here are four science-backed reasons why you should
consider holding out for a relationship that makes you truly happy:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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