.@simonkids_UK has acquired Look What You Made Me Do, described as âthe ultimate nonfiction examination of fandom, social media and what it means to be a Taylor Swift fanâ by brand and marketing consultant @katmckenna_. thebookseller.com/rights/ss-âŠ
Recruiting a grad student for 2024! Interested in evolutionary/ecological perspectives on social psych? How about the influence of infectious disease (avoiding it, being sick) on behavior? Join us at Michigan:
Lab: sites.lsa.umich.edu/esplab/
Apply: lsa.umich.edu/psych/prospectâŠ
Cheating on #Wordle is negatively related to religiosity and cultural tightness.
People who are from less religious states and places with more relaxed social norms are more likely to cheat on Wordle by searching for the daily answer. journals.sagepub.com/doi/fulâŠ
How do changes made by individuals play into system-level reform? In this commentary, we argue that tying social identity to individual-level solutions may increase support for system-level interventions. Read it on page 48: jayvanbavel.com/_files/ugd/fâŠ
I will be hiring a PhD student for Fall 2024 at the Culture and Morality Lab (đ«). I will soon announce hirings at other levels. You can follow the labâs news and announcements on Twitter:
@cam_lab_umass
New research led by @AlexandraWorm suggests that using a Bifactor model can improve moral foundations theory. This model accounts for two kinds of items in the Moral Foundations Questionnaire: judgment and relevance.
Read more in #PSPB: ow.ly/zKPC50PAQyt
ALT A person is shown here in silhouette, standing in profile against a pink and blue background.
Arizona State University will offer a new course this fall titled âPsychology of Taylor Swift - Advanced Topics of Social Psychology.â
The course teaches advanced topics in social psychology that is featured in Swiftâs work, life, and fans including romantic relationships, fiction/escapism, revenge, and social development.
I say this with zero exaggeration - SISPP â23 was the best experience of my graduate career. I met brilliant, wonderful people that I now call close friends, learned from a fabulous group of professors, played a ton of volleyball, and saw my bestie @AlexandraWorm@SPSPnews#SISPP
#SISPP 2023 was such a joy -- the people, the red velvet cupcakes, the scholarship, learning volleyball and ping-pong, seeing my bestie @JoseElScientist, and most importantly, the red velvet cupcakes -- @SPSPnews
Part 3 â Religion in America: Evidence from Cellphone Data
I compare frequency of religious worship attendance using my cellphone data with self-reported attendance data. Here are the main results:
Pulling together literature from comparative psych, clinical psych, social psych, and more, we argue that seasons are an under-explored source of variation!