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text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DKVdfvgpADY\/VO8qLax2K7I\/AAAAAAAAJqI\/Bje2eBaSpkw\/s1600\/spsp2015banner.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DKVdfvgpADY\/VO8qLax2K7I\/AAAAAAAAJqI\/Bje2eBaSpkw\/s1600\/spsp2015banner.jpg\" height=\"71\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;;\"\u003EA lot\nof people think about political ideology as a powerful causal force that\ninfluences the structure of our society and our respective positions within it.\nIn the politics and inequality symposium Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi of the\nUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and her colleagues examined political\nideology from a different perspective: Instead of shaping the structure of\nsociety, does political ideology arise from our position within that structure?\nThat is, do we create our political beliefs strategically in order to justify\nour own lives and the lives of those around us?\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/spsp-2015-status-shapes-redistribution.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3173071542546708995\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/spsp-2015-status-shapes-redistribution.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/3173071542546708995"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/3173071542546708995"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/spsp-2015-status-shapes-redistribution.html","title":" SPSP 2015: Status Shapes Preferences for Redistribution"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DKVdfvgpADY\/VO8qLax2K7I\/AAAAAAAAJqI\/Bje2eBaSpkw\/s72-c\/spsp2015banner.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-2025793682090281880"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-26T12:11:00.002-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-26T12:11:35.410-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cutting-Edge Research"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Morality"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SPSP 2015"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"SPSP 2015: The world thinks that atheists are immoral"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DKVdfvgpADY\/VO8qLax2K7I\/AAAAAAAAJqI\/Bje2eBaSpkw\/s1600\/spsp2015banner.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DKVdfvgpADY\/VO8qLax2K7I\/AAAAAAAAJqI\/Bje2eBaSpkw\/s1600\/spsp2015banner.jpg\" height=\"88\" width=\"400\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nAt the self and identity pre-conference this morning Will Gervais presented a series of studies (available open access right \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0092302\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E) suggesting that people seem to automatically associate atheism with a lack of moral character.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/spsp-2015-world-thinks-that-atheists.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2025793682090281880\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/spsp-2015-world-thinks-that-atheists.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/2025793682090281880"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/2025793682090281880"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/spsp-2015-world-thinks-that-atheists.html","title":"SPSP 2015: The world thinks that atheists are immoral"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DKVdfvgpADY\/VO8qLax2K7I\/AAAAAAAAJqI\/Bje2eBaSpkw\/s72-c\/spsp2015banner.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-8704712574454961123"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-26T10:25:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-26T10:26:18.332-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cutting-Edge Research"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Emotion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SPSP 2015"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"SPSP 2015: The Contagious Spread of Affect"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DKVdfvgpADY\/VO8qLax2K7I\/AAAAAAAAJqI\/Bje2eBaSpkw\/s1600\/spsp2015banner.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DKVdfvgpADY\/VO8qLax2K7I\/AAAAAAAAJqI\/Bje2eBaSpkw\/s1600\/spsp2015banner.jpg\" height=\"88\" width=\"400\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nI 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.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe 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 (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=blzftASduNc\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E is a profound example of our capacity to synchronize during communal events).\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/spsp-2015-contagious-spread-of-affect.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8704712574454961123\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/spsp-2015-contagious-spread-of-affect.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/8704712574454961123"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/8704712574454961123"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/spsp-2015-contagious-spread-of-affect.html","title":"SPSP 2015: The Contagious Spread of Affect"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DKVdfvgpADY\/VO8qLax2K7I\/AAAAAAAAJqI\/Bje2eBaSpkw\/s72-c\/spsp2015banner.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-742079954258730002"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-26T06:18:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-26T06:18:37.625-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cutting-Edge Research"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Psychology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SPSP 2015"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"SPSP 2015: We're here in Long Beach!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-DKVdfvgpADY\/VO8qLax2K7I\/AAAAAAAAJqE\/EYOpTUjEbOw\/s1600\/spsp2015banner.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-DKVdfvgpADY\/VO8qLax2K7I\/AAAAAAAAJqE\/EYOpTUjEbOw\/s1600\/spsp2015banner.jpg\" height=\"87\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nIt'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 \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/spspmeeting.org\/\"\u003ESociety for Personality and Social Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E 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:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cu style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003EThursday\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003EKatherine Thorson: Poster Session A\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\"\u003ECardiac Vagal Tone predicts Responsivity to Self-Regulatory Thought Inductions: Poster A273\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cu style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003EFriday\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003EAmie Gordon: Symposium Session A\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EBringing Sleep to Social Psychology: Considering the Effect of Sleep on our Emotions, Relationships and Intergroup Relations\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EFriday, February 27, 2015, 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM, Promenade Ballroom 104C\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003EMichael Kraus: Symposium Session A\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EThe Politics of Inequality and the Inequality of Politics\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EFriday, February 27, 2015, 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM, Room 203ABC\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cu style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003ESaturday\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003EJennifer Stellar: Symposium Session I\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\"\u003EA Big Helping of Humble Pie: Novel Benefits and New Methods for Cultivating Humility\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\" \/\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\"\u003ESaturday, February 28, 2015, 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM, Room 103A\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003EMaya Kuehn: Poster Session E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12px;\"\u003ERejection Resiliency and Social Influence: Poster E004\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/742079954258730002\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/spsp-2015-were-here-in-long-beach.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/742079954258730002"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/742079954258730002"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/spsp-2015-were-here-in-long-beach.html","title":"SPSP 2015: We're here in Long Beach!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-DKVdfvgpADY\/VO8qLax2K7I\/AAAAAAAAJqE\/EYOpTUjEbOw\/s72-c\/spsp2015banner.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-8910037244805416829"},"published":{"$t":"2014-08-11T06:40:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-08-11T06:40:56.986-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cutting-Edge Research"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Economic Inequality"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Group processes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Hierarchy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Psychology"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Psychological Barriers in Economic Inequality Reduction"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z2fKGrGe3GU\/TkbfjageIHI\/AAAAAAAAAoI\/Nc4nxSJadpI\/s1600\/inequality.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z2fKGrGe3GU\/TkbfjageIHI\/AAAAAAAAAoI\/Nc4nxSJadpI\/s1600\/inequality.JPG\" height=\"320\" width=\"293\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"\u003EToday I wrote a blog for \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.newleftproject.org\/\"\u003ENew Left Project\u003C\/a\u003E 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:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 30.44999885559082px;\"\u003E\u0026quot;The United States is \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca 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;\"\u003Eone of the most unequal and rigidly stratified societies\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 30.44999885559082px;\"\u003E 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?  \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/psychological-barriers-in-economic.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8910037244805416829\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/psychological-barriers-in-economic.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/8910037244805416829"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/8910037244805416829"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/psychological-barriers-in-economic.html","title":"Psychological Barriers in Economic Inequality Reduction"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z2fKGrGe3GU\/TkbfjageIHI\/AAAAAAAAAoI\/Nc4nxSJadpI\/s72-c\/inequality.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6451967208270832502.post-3662232974042937028"},"published":{"$t":"2014-04-17T21:15:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-04-17T21:15:36.394-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Events"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cutting-Edge Research"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Personality Psychology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Research Ethics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Research Methods"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Psychology"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"(Sample) Size Matters"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PKlFOnGeUm8\/U1CmlyLkLsI\/AAAAAAAAGws\/fBZcu41E30Q\/s1600\/800px-DARPA_Big_Data.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PKlFOnGeUm8\/U1CmlyLkLsI\/AAAAAAAAGws\/fBZcu41E30Q\/s1600\/800px-DARPA_Big_Data.jpg\" height=\"206\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:DARPA_Big_Data.jpg\"\u003ESample Size Matters\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\nOn \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/science-utopia-some-thoughts-about.html\"\u003Ethis blog\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pigee.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/10\/the-deathly-hallows-of-psychological-science\/\"\u003Eothers\u003C\/a\u003E, on twitter (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mwkraus\"\u003E@mwkraus\u003C\/a\u003E), at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/spspmeeting.org\/2014\/Program\/Schedules\/Schedule-Overview.aspx\"\u003Econferences\u003C\/a\u003E, and in the halls of the psychology building at the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.psychology.illinois.edu\/\"\u003EUniversity of Illinois\u003C\/a\u003E, 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 (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pigee.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/16\/are-conceptual-replications-part-of-the-solution-to-the-crisis-currently-facing-psychological-science\/\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pigee.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/16\/are-conceptual-replications-part-of-the-solution-to-the-crisis-currently-facing-psychological-science\/\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/sometimesimwrong.typepad.com\/wrong\/2014\/03\/having-it-all.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/nobel-laureate-challenges-psychologists-to-clean-up-their-act-1.11535\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nAmong the many suggestions for building a better psychological science, perhaps the simplest and most parsimonious way to improve research methods is to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/datacolada.org\/2014\/04\/04\/18-mturk-vs-the-lab-either-way-we-need-big-samples\/\"\u003Eincrease sample sizes for all study designs\u003C\/a\u003E: 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\u0026#39;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.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EHow has \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.krauslab.com\/\"\u003Emy lab\u003C\/a\u003E been fairing with respect to this goal of collecting large samples? See for yourself:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/sample-size-matters.html#more\"\u003ERead More-\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3662232974042937028\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/sample-size-matters.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/3662232974042937028"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6451967208270832502\/posts\/default\/3662232974042937028"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/psych-your-mind.blogspot.com\/2014\/04\/sample-size-matters.html","title":"(Sample) Size Matters"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08931064542755278772"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PKlFOnGeUm8\/U1CmlyLkLsI\/AAAAAAAAGws\/fBZcu41E30Q\/s72-c\/800px-DARPA_Big_Data.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}}]}});