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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 24d

"Progress in theorising means treating our theories as works in progress in need of continuous improvement, and this sometimes also means having to kill one’s darlings."

Martijn van Zomeren and @ayseuskul.bsky.social introduce the ERSP special issue on theorizing in social psychology.

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Introduction to the ERSP special issue on “Reflections on social-psychological theorizing and the state of our field”

Published in European Review of Social Psychology (Vol. 36, No. 2, 2025)

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JESP @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social · Sep 1

Nice 🧵 about a brand new paper in our journal! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Benjamin Buttlar @benjaminbuttlar.bsky.social · Sep 1

Do you sometimes feel torn when making decisions, like whether to eat unhealthy food or recycle? This is called felt ambivalence: a psychological discomfort from having mixed feelings about something. Check out our new work to know how people resolve such conflicts: doi.org/10.1016/j.je... 🧠💥 1/10

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Bastian Jaeger @bxjaeger.bsky.social · Sep 2

Are you doing research on impression formation, face perception, personality judgment, or related topics?

Then you might be interested in joining our collaborative study!

Follow the link for more information: tilburgss.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Olivier Corneille @ocorneille.bsky.social · Aug 26

New article on the potential contribution of experimental demand artifacts to evaluative conditioning effects now published OA in SPPC: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Evaluative Conditioning has a Vexing Demand Problem

Attitude research has long been concerned with the potential influence of demand characteristics in evaluative conditioning effects. Here, we argue that this concern remains justified and cannot be r...

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Aug 26

Demand Characteristics

"Demand artifacts need not be seen only as a vexing problem. Precisely because they are so conceptually and methodologically challenging, they represent an opportunity for methodological and theoretical development."

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Attitude research has long been concerned with the potential influence of demand characteristics in evaluative conditioning effects. Here, we argue that this concern remains justified and cannot be readily dismissed. This is supported by two observations. First, strategies used to rule out a demand account of evaluative conditioning effects have, if anything, supported rather than rejected it. Second, as we illustrate by discussing three recent studies that revisited this question, this investigation is empirically challenging. In the general discussion, we argue that a better understanding of demand effects can advance theorization and practice, and we discuss criteria that may help delineate demand from propositional and memory accounts of evaluative conditioning.

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Daryl Cameron @dcameron.bsky.social · Aug 31

As the fall semester begins, I'd like to send a call to anyone who would like to get involved in our Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. We're a dedicated network of morality and ethics researchers focused on breaking outside siloes to work together on big questions.
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Home - Consortium on Moral Decision-Making

Welcome to the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making A collaborative hub dedicated to unraveling the intricate threads of ethical choices. As a multidisciplinary alliance of scholars, thinkers, and prac...

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Niv Reggev ניב רגב نيڤ ريچيڤ @nivreggev.bsky.social · Jun 20

This project could not have happened without the incredible collaboration of Profs. Carmel Sofer, Bat-Sheva Hadad & @talmoran.bsky.social, former lab members Adi Langer & Hadas Wardi, and especially the amazing post-docs @mayanna.bsky.social & @maayantrzewik.bsky.social who co-led the project. 🙌

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Hans-Christoph Nuerk @tuebang.bsky.social · May 22

The new Teach@Tuebingen fellowship call is open. For 1/2 or 1 year you can do research & teach here. Decent salary & benefits. If you are interested in joint numerical cognition research with our lab, feel free to contact me as a host professor. Deadline June 20th.

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Ben Saunders @bensaun.bsky.social · May 19

That the The Handbook of Social Psychology is open-access and free-&-accessible to everyone might change the way I teach Social at every level. Organize content around these entries and add supplemental ones as needed.

#SocialPsychology #AcademicSky

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Roger Giner-Sorolla @rogerthegs.bsky.social · May 9

Is anyone putting together a symposium for #SESP2025 in 🇵🇹 Lisbon? I would like to go, but the symposium-only format is proving difficult. Looking to present grant-funded research on occupational moral roles, which also fits stereotypes, social categories, etc.

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Social Psychology ASA Section @asasocpsych.bsky.social · Apr 30

Dr. Alison Bianchi is guest editor for a special issue of Social Sciences: "Group Processes Using Quantitative Research Methods." See attached for details--submissions are due on October 31st, 2025.

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Academic Europe @academiceurope.bsky.social · Apr 30

Job - Alert 🌿

✨ Professorin/Professor (w/m/d) - W2-Professur für Sozialpsychologie

Deadline: 2025-05-22

Location: Germany, Würzburg, Bayern

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#hiring #THWS #Socialpsychology #socialscience #Psychology #professor

Academic Europe - Professorin/Professor (w/m/d) - W2-Professur für Sozialpsychologie

Die Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS) ist eine der größten praxisorientierten Hochschulen in Bayern und deckt mit den Bereichen Technik, Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Gestaltung und Sprachen ein breites Fächerspektrum ab. Wir begleiten rund 9.300 Studierende in mehr als 50 Studiengängen auf ihrem Bildungsweg. Gesamtgesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen wie der Energiewende oder der Klimakrise begegnen wir mit einem innovativen und internationalen Studienangebot. Vorreiter waren wir beispielsweise bei der Konzeption zweisprachiger Studiengänge (TWIN-Studiengänge), beim Aufbau des ersten grundständigen Studiengangs für Wasserstofftechnik sowie beim softwarezentrierten Studiengang Robotik. Daneben bildet die Digitalisierung einen wichtigen Schwerpunkt für unsere Hochschule. Im Rahmen der Hightech Agenda Bayern investiert der Freistaat Bayern aktuell erheblich in den weiteren Ausbau unserer Hochschule als Teil des bayerischen KI-Netzwerks. So entstehen am Hochschulstandort Würzburg ein Zentrum für Starke Künstliche Intelligenz und am Hochschulstandort Schweinfurt ein Center für Robotik.

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Eric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · Apr 1

Postdoctoral Position, full ad here: hehmanlab.org/ad

Drs. Jordan Axt and Eric Hehman are seeking applications for a jointly funded Post-Doctoral Researcher, beginning Fall 2025.

Topic area would broadly be centered on intergroup dynamics and prejudice.
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Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · Mar 6

Today we published a Correspondence and Author reply related to on an article we published last year, 'Self-reports are better measurement instruments than implicit measures'

Correspondence: go.nature.com/4brCRzX
Author reply: go.nature.com/3DilAN0

Self-reports are better measurement instruments than implicit measures - Nature Reviews Psychology

Implicit measures are widely used because they are assumed to be superior to self-reports. In this Perspective, Corneille and Gawronski challenge this view and argue that claims about disadvantages of...

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Feb 6

Analysis of 666,623 respondents over 17 years (2007–2023) finds the "American = White" effect is getting weaker

Open access: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Against the backdrop of increasing ethnic diversity in the U.S., we replicate, extend, and challenge previous examinations of the American = White/Foreign = Asian stereotype in the largest sample to date (N = 666,623 respondents) over 17 years (2007–2023). Six key findings emerged. First, a robust American = White association emerged on implicit (Cohen’s d = 0.50) and explicit (Cohen’s d = 0.51) measures. Second, the strength of this effect varied by respondents’ race/ethnicity with implicit stereotypes strongest among White respondents (Cohen’s d = 0.86) and absent among East Asian respondents (Cohen’s d = 0.02). Third, the strength of implicit stereotypes was modulated by age, religion, and ideology—older, Christian, and conservative respondents displayed stronger implicit American = White associations—but not gender or education. Fourth, respondents living in U.S. metropolitan areas with greater Asian representation or a history of voting for Democratic candidates exhibited weaker implicit American = White associations. Fifth, over the past 17 years, implicit and explicit American = White associations decreased by 41% and 47%, respectively, and 14/14 demographic subgroups changed towards neutrality. Finally, we observed suggestive evidence that implicit stereotype trends towards neutrality were temporarily disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic for White Americans but not Asian Americans.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jan 17

Breaking News: Israel’s security cabinet approved a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release agreement, which is expected to be greenlit by the full cabinet today. Follow live updates.

Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Gaza Cease-Fire Deal: Live Updates

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had urged the security cabinet to approve the agreement after a day of delays. His office said the deal, which is expected to be greenlit by the full cabinet later Fr...

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Mayan Navon-Shapira @mayanna.bsky.social · Jan 8

These results may suggest that automatic evaluation of individuals is more prejudiced than nonautomatic evaluation.

Mayan Navon-Shapira @mayanna.bsky.social · Jan 8

We found that individuals' group affiliation had a stronger influence on indirectly-measured evaluations compared to self-reported evaluations, even when clear individuating information was available.

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Mayan Navon-Shapira @mayanna.bsky.social · Jan 8

Study details:
6 experimental studies
N = 11,572 US adults
Examined age, gender, and racial groups
Used IAT and EPT measures

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Mayan Navon-Shapira @mayanna.bsky.social · Jan 8

We designed studies examining how people evaluate individuals from different social groups while manipulating information about their personal characteristics. The methodology allowed us to test the relative influence of group membership versus individuating information.

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Mayan Navon-Shapira @mayanna.bsky.social · Jan 8

Our research investigated a fundamental question about prejudice: Do social group affiliations dominate people's automatic evaluations of individuals, even when they have clear information about the individuals' personal characteristics?

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Mayan Navon-Shapira @mayanna.bsky.social · Jan 8

New paper in @PsychScience
examining the effects of individuation vs. group information on evaluations of novel individuals, as measured with direct vs. indirect measures of evaluation.
Preprint 👉 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Mayan Navon-Shapira @mayanna.bsky.social · Dec 17

These results may help renew interest in the study of the automatization of evaluation, a basic theoretical issue in psychology that has been largely neglected by empirical work.

Mayan Navon-Shapira @mayanna.bsky.social · Dec 17

These inconsistent results prevent strong conclusions that rehearsing an evaluative response automates it, necessitating further research.

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Mayan Navon-Shapira @mayanna.bsky.social · Dec 17

We successfully replicated Fazio et al.'s finding only in 1 out of 3 experiments. In the successful replication experiment, there was an unintended prime-target contingency. Removing that contingency eliminated the effect.

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