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Beth Morling
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I teach at U of Delaware and blog about teaching psychological science at www.everydayresearchmethods.com
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A pair of posts to ponder...In one study, adding income to infants didn't affect child development outcomes over 2 years. In another, adding additional income to adults did improve several variables 🤷‍♂️ (Plus, please enjoy our new blog design!)
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Teaching Research Methods: Surprising Effects of Germany's Basic Income Study Revealed
Teaching Research Methods: RCT on basic income
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October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
bmorling.bsky.social
@pewilliams.bsky.social has great explainers--I've used almost all of them in my undergraduate RM course!
pewresearch.org Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · Sep 17
In our charts, we sometimes illustrate the margin of error through error bars, also called confidence intervals. But what do they mean? How should they be interpreted?

Here are some answers to common questions that might help you better understand charts with error bars.
Understanding error bars in charts
Error bars illustrate the margin of error for a survey estimate by showing how precise that estimate is. Here are some answers to common questions that might help you better understand charts with error bars.
www.pewresearch.org
September 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Are you going to NITOP 2026? We still have room for more Demo Demo and Teaching Slam proposals! We’ve received some excellent proposals but still have an opening or two in both the Teaching Slam and Demo Demo presentations.
NITOP - Home
The 48th Annual National Institute
www.nitop.org
September 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
bmorling.bsky.social
The NITOP deadline for Demo Demo and Teaching Slam proposals is coming up: September 1!
I bet you have something amazing to share!
nitop.org/Proposals
NITOP - Proposals
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August 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
bmorling.bsky.social
New cross-lag example! Great if you are teaching Chapter 9! www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/08/soci...
Social anxiety and loneliness over time (cross-lag design)
The study used a cross-lag panel design to establish temporal precedence. Photo: Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock People who are socially anxious are often lonely, too. But which comes first? Loneliness ...
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August 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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mattsouthward.bsky.social
Potential grad applicants: I'm hoping to take 1-2 new students this cycle!

There's no need to email me in advance unless you have specific questions that aren't answered on the lab or psych department's website - everyone's applications will be considered equally.

u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025...
Accepting 1-2 new students this cycle! ☝️/✌️
https://u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025/08/06/accepting-1-2-new-students-this-cycle-☝%EF%B8%8F-✌%EF%B8%8F/
August 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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This site helps people find radio stations hit by the public media funding cuts--in addition to your home outlets, people might consider donating to rural stations as they will be hit much harder than urban public radio
adoptastation.org
Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media
Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.
adoptastation.org
August 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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nortonpsych.bsky.social
Joint blog post by @bmorling.bsky.social and @notawfuljess.bsky.social! Find tips to teach ethics, methods, and self-correction using the story of 19 Black New Orleanians’ skulls stolen in the 1880s for racist pseudoscience
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#PsychSci #AcademicSky
Repairing past research injustices (a joint post with Jess Hartnett!)
This is a joint blog post by two W.W. Norton & Co. authors (and pals): Beth Morling and Jess Hartnett. We first “met” through our blogs and social media years ago (Beth's blog on teaching RM, which yo...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Guess what? @notawfuljess.bsky.social and I did a joint blog post 😀 You can use it to teach ethics, scientific self-correction, NHST, human rights violations, & more.
We both hope you find it useful.
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/07/repa...
Repairing past research injustices (a joint post with Jess Hartnett!)
This is a joint blog post by two W.W. Norton & Co. authors (and pals): Beth Morling and Jess Hartnett. We first “met” through our blogs and social media years ago (Beth's blog on teaching RM, which yo...
www.everydayresearchmethods.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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neillewisjr.bsky.social
We're hiring!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30219

The Cornell Department of Communication is hiring an Assistant Professor in Science, Environment, and Risk Communication!

Applications received by September 15, 2025, will be given full consideration.
Cornell University, Department of Communication
Job #AJO30219, WDR-00053939 Assistant Professor in Science, Environment, and Risk Communication, Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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July 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Thanks to Steve Chew (@schewpsych.bsky.social) for sharing the best examples. This story--on the link between smartphone use and hemorrhoids--can help you teach Ch 8 or 9 (bivariate and multivariate correlation) or even Ch 14 (potential p-hacking):
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/07/clai...
Claim: Using smartphones on the toilet increases hemorrhoid risk
The study found that people who use their smartphone on the toilet are more likely to have hemorrhoids. How strong is their evidence? Photo: Svitlana Hulko/Shutterstock Is there any relationship betwe...
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July 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
bmorling.bsky.social
The latest US national news on placebo-controlled studies provides an excellent opportunity to talk about both placebos and ethics in your RM class. Here are some ideas to frame that discussion:
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/06/the-...
Placebo controls: When are they necessary? When are they ethical?
Many public health officials raise ethical concerns about requiring placebo controlled tests of slight revisions to existing vaccines. PPhoto: PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock Placebo effects ha...
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July 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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tabeaspringstein.bsky.social
I'm looking for a new Lab Manager to join me, my amazing incoming PhD students @isabellafavalos.bsky.social and @maceygrisso.bsky.social, and our fantastic undergraduate RAs in the Emotional Lives Lab at UC Riverside.
Sharing would be much appreciated!
jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/35754189
University of California, Riverside - Jobs
UCR is hiring for this great opportunity!
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June 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
bmorling.bsky.social
Auto manufacturers are going back to using some buttons and dials (rather than all-touchscreen). This post shows how three concepts from Chapter 6 (surveys, observational studies, focus groups) all helped support this decision.
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/06/touc...
Touchscreens, buttons, and dials: What's best for drivers?
Survey, observational, and qualitative research can all support carmakers' decisions about how to design a dashboard. Photo: insta_photos/Shutterstock Here's a story about automobile dashboards! After...
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June 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Both curiosity and personal connection can help us change minds.

www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/05/chan...
Changing minds
The article reported three evidence-based techniques for changing people's minds. Photo: Caftor/Shutterstock In our era of extreme political polarization, people's attitudes seem entrenched. However, ...
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June 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
bmorling.bsky.social
Here's an easy-to-understand example for teaching correlational research:
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/05/emoj...
Emoji use predicts narcissism
Were all the variables in this study measured? Were any manipulated? Photo: Caftor/Shutterstock Psychology Today columnist Sebastian Ocklenburg summarized a recent study under the headline, The Dark S...
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June 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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psychscience.bsky.social
A new Teaching Current Directions introduces students to the concept of developmental cascades with a lesson plan about gahvoras, wooden baby cradles used in homes in Tajikistan. @bmorling.bsky.social #Teaching #Psychology
Culture is Bound to Shape Motor Development
Teaching: Introduce students to the concept of developmental cascades with this lesson plan about gahvoras, wooden baby cradles used in homes in Tajikistan.
www.psychologicalscience.org
May 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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To review and apply reasoning in a RM course, students can read about experimentally-tested ways to change people's minds. (Maybe it will make the world a better place....)

www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/05/chan...
Changing minds
The article reported three evidence-based techniques for changing people's minds. Photo: Caftor/Shutterstock In our era of extreme political polarization, people's attitudes seem entrenched. However, ...
www.everydayresearchmethods.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
bmorling.bsky.social
This article offers a simple experiment for teaching RM, with the secret feature of introducing students to a powerful theory of motivation in psychology. It improve students' ability to acheive their goals, and make a difference!

www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/04/the-...
"The problem with optimism"
Although optimism feels good, it's more effective to also anticipate what might go wrong. Photo: Jacob Lund/Shutterstock This article, entitled "the problem with optimism," discusses one of my favorit...
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April 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
bmorling.bsky.social
Here's a nice new example if you're teaching multiple regression (Ch 9)!

www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/04/chil...
Childhood physical activity and teen depression
The study found that kids who spent more time in physical activity during ages 6-9 were less likely to be depressed at age 15. Photo: PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock The online magazine Study F...
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April 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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I've posted a replication update about Chapter 14's example of the Muller-Lyer illusion: www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/04/repl...

Thanks to @hilarybarth.bsky.social for the heads-up!
Replication update: Mueller-Lyer Illusion (Ch 14)
Turns out this illusion is probably universal--not only in humans, but also in other species. Photo: Dr. Dorsa Amir One of the examples in Chapter 14 is about the Mueller-Lyer Illusion (pictured), spe...
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April 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Kristina Olson and I have a truly incredible advisee who won an NSF but had no luck on clinical psych PhD applications this round. Anyone able to consider another candidate this late in the process? Trust me, you won't regret it!
April 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Facilitated Communication is not dead. In fact, in the popular podcast "the telepathy tapes," FC's major flaw is actually being interpreted as telepathy. Use this episode to introduce the difference between science and intuition when you teach Research Methods:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...
The Podcast of Magical Thinking
Don’t fall for The Telepathy Tapes.
www.theatlantic.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Do you teach research methods? Here's an example you can use to teach a repeated measures design:
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/02/the-...
Prick up your ears! (Oh, I forgot...you can't!)
Most humans have only vestigal muscles that could help them prick up their ears like this cute pooch. Photo: Mary Swift/Shutterstock The adorable dog in the photo is paying attention. "Lifting the ear...
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February 21, 2025 at 5:31 AM
bmorling.bsky.social
For teaching experiments (Ch 10) this term, you might consider this concurrent measures design on chimps and bonobos: www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2024/01/bono...
January 11, 2024 at 2:53 PM