Allie Farrell
@allisonkfarrell.bsky.social
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Assistant prof at Miami Univ (OH) studying close relationships, stress, and health across the lifespan. https://www.allisonkfarrell.com/ (she/her)
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ophastings.bsky.social
The GSS asked the same people about their childhood income rank three different times. 56% changed their answer, even though what was trying to be measured couldn’t change! We dig into this in a new article at @socialindicators.bsky.social. 



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Growing up Different(ly than Last Time We Asked): Social Status and Changing Reports of Childhood Income Rank - Social Indicators Research
How we remember our past can be shaped by the realities of our present. This study examines how changes to present circumstances influence retrospective reports of family income rank at age 16. While retrospective survey data can be used to assess the long-term effects of childhood conditions, present-day circumstances may “anchor” memories, causing shifts in how individuals recall and report past experiences. Using panel data from the 2006–2014 General Social Surveys (8,602 observations from 2,883 individuals in the United States), we analyze how changes in objective and subjective indicators of current social status—income, financial satisfaction, and perceived income relative to others—are associated with changes in reports of childhood income rank, and how this varies by sex and race/ethnicity. Fixed-effects models reveal no significant association between changes in income and in childhood income rank. However, changes in subjective measures of social status show contrasting effects, as increases in current financial satisfaction are associated with decreases in childhood income rank, but increases in current perceived relative income are associated with increases in childhood income rank. We argue these opposing effects follow from theories of anchoring in recall bias. We further find these effects are stronger among males but are consistent across racial/ethnic groups. This demographic heterogeneity suggests that recall bias is not evenly distributed across the population and has important implications for how different groups perceive their own pasts. Our findings further highlight the malleability of retrospective perceptions and their sensitivity to current social conditions, offering methodological insights into survey reliability and recall bias.
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criener.bsky.social
For my #psych profs, update to add to your availability heuristic slides
mcbridetd.bsky.social
What Americans Die from?

And what the media reports on...

Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
allisonkfarrell.bsky.social
My first year, a senior person who was giving a guest lecture asked me “Who is looking out for awards for you?” That was a good impetus to reach out to my mentors and ask them to nominate me. I am trying to remember to be that person for others now
allisonkfarrell.bsky.social
Technoference (how tech gets in the way of building/maintaining in-person social ties) was a major emphasis pre-COVID. Since then, more work has examined benefits to virtual interaction, esp. for people who would otherwise be isolated, & I'm starting to see work comparing the two contexts directly
allisonkfarrell.bsky.social
Some researchers refer to this as "social snacking"-- It feels good in the moment, but does not imbue the full benefits or social "nutrition" that in-person social interactions do
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reuning.bsky.social
Im begging the NYT to spend time talking to people who actually teach and work at universities. Especially ones that don't have billion dollar endowments.

My issues are AI use, crumbling infrastructure, vanishing staff, unfunded state mandates, a customer service model of education...
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
I once had a student explicitly argue that he was the customer to be catered to.

I explained that, if we *had* to use the customer framing, he wasn't the customer but the product. He was being given an education & then a degree that future employers would see value in.

My job? Quality control.
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conradhackett.bsky.social
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪

From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...
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juliametraux.bsky.social
I'm starting to look into how inflammation is being misused by MAHA types in a way that very much distracts from chronic illness-inflammation problems people actually have. If you're an academic, doctor, immunologist etc with thoughts on this, please be in touch at [email protected]
allisonkfarrell.bsky.social
It's less personal, but it does get them moving around, talking to one another, and learning each others' names!
allisonkfarrell.bsky.social
In Stress & Coping, I give each student a slip of paper with a different definition of stress and a bingo boards to complete with classmates' names based on their stress definitions, with objective ("mentions biological response") and subjective ("you think is a bad definition") squares to fill
allisonkfarrell.bsky.social
I have a friend who opens some of his courses with Aron's fast friends paradigm, so they at least get to know one person in the class! He says sometimes he sees them end up choosing to sit next to one another all semester because of it🥰
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
The First Lego League is a competition that schools from all over the place compete in. As part of the competition they need to consult with an expert. A lot of clubs use our program to make that connection.

This year's theme is archaeology. It's all-hands-on-deck for archaeologists.
skypeascientist.bsky.social
This is an official Skype a Scientist HQ Mayday Alert to all Archaeologists.

We've already gotten more requests for archaeologists than we have archaeologists. We have 38. We need a lot more than 38!

Dig yourself into this database, we NEED ya
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szacharek.bsky.social
In light of Vanity Fair's recent idiotic decision, WaPo's offering its veteran critic a buyout, the NYT's "reassigning" three arts writers critics, etc., a lot of us are talking about the public's (and thus publications') lack of interest in criticism. It's part of a larger pattern of a war...
allisonkfarrell.bsky.social
If we don't laugh, we cry
allisonkfarrell.bsky.social
Maybe we can turn the merch into sandbags that conveniently follow all branding identity guidelines...
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eikofried.bsky.social
Psychologists & related fields: what is a big methods question that you believe remains somewhat unanswered & that you'd love to see adressed? There may be an opportunity for a large-scale meta-science project with many teams trying to figure out a question.

Any thoughts welcome! #psychscisky
allisonkfarrell.bsky.social
You leave the friends and the colleagues behind, but the boxes are always with you.
allisonkfarrell.bsky.social
Much like faculty members never losing the impulse to seek out free food that they developed as grad students, I've found that settled faculty members struggle to overcome the drive to hoard high quality, good-sized boxes for future moves.
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lisastarr.bsky.social
After nearly 2 years of debating and redrafting, the preprint is out:

Towards Next-Generation Stress Generation Research: Expert Consensus Methodological Guidelines

With a legit superstar team

Here’s how it could transform research on stress generation (& beyond) 🧵
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Towards Next-Generation Stress Generation Research: Expert Consensus Methodological Guidelines: https://osf.io/7nq92
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shrutikinkelram.bsky.social
Bsky research friends! Does anyone have resources or examples of an F32 or K08 project that has proposed using existing data in addition to proposing a novel study? Any help is appreciated!
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