Marjorie Prokosch
@mlprokosch.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Social Psych at RIT 🐅
Studying health, environments, disasters & climate, motivated cognition & decision-making. Music, nature, & sports enthusiast. Mlprokosch.mystrikingly.com
Studying health, environments, disasters & climate, motivated cognition & decision-making. Music, nature, & sports enthusiast. Mlprokosch.mystrikingly.com
Tidus is judging everyone who hasn’t paid the cat tax today.
August 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Tidus is judging everyone who hasn’t paid the cat tax today.
Two preconferences, one poster, one symposium, many events, and more reunions than I can count. #SPSP2025 is a wrap and I am so grateful for the reconnection. Until next year!
February 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Two preconferences, one poster, one symposium, many events, and more reunions than I can count. #SPSP2025 is a wrap and I am so grateful for the reconnection. Until next year!
5) @psycheddiego.bsky.social extended interdependence research by surveying Mayangna participants to examine how shared fate impacts their cooperation. The more positive stake & shared fate in relationships, the more people tended to cooperate. #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
5) @psycheddiego.bsky.social extended interdependence research by surveying Mayangna participants to examine how shared fate impacts their cooperation. The more positive stake & shared fate in relationships, the more people tended to cooperate. #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
4) Ryan Dobson conducted a longitudinal progesterone study to re-examine the social support vigilance hypothesis. Between women fluctuations in P were predictive of vigilance but within woman fluctuations were not. #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
4) Ryan Dobson conducted a longitudinal progesterone study to re-examine the social support vigilance hypothesis. Between women fluctuations in P were predictive of vigilance but within woman fluctuations were not. #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
3) Sierra Peters tested competing predictions about sexual desire. Within subject fluctuations in desire for partners predicted greater desire for alternatives (& vice versa). Priming desire for alternatives increased desire for partners, but not vice versa. #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
3) Sierra Peters tested competing predictions about sexual desire. Within subject fluctuations in desire for partners predicted greater desire for alternatives (& vice versa). Priming desire for alternatives increased desire for partners, but not vice versa. #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
2) Susan Chen examined how different life history correlates are related to youth gang involvement. Such an interesting study of an under-considered population! #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
2) Susan Chen examined how different life history correlates are related to youth gang involvement. Such an interesting study of an under-considered population! #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
Last, some highlights from the #EPatSPSP2025 datablitzes:
1) A seriously cool talk by @wnmerrell.bsky.social about how we infer clustered (patchy) resource distribution based on an area’s hierarchicalness (& vice versa). Who knew lobstering could be so socially complex?! #SPSP2025
1) A seriously cool talk by @wnmerrell.bsky.social about how we infer clustered (patchy) resource distribution based on an area’s hierarchicalness (& vice versa). Who knew lobstering could be so socially complex?! #SPSP2025
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Last, some highlights from the #EPatSPSP2025 datablitzes:
1) A seriously cool talk by @wnmerrell.bsky.social about how we infer clustered (patchy) resource distribution based on an area’s hierarchicalness (& vice versa). Who knew lobstering could be so socially complex?! #SPSP2025
1) A seriously cool talk by @wnmerrell.bsky.social about how we infer clustered (patchy) resource distribution based on an area’s hierarchicalness (& vice versa). Who knew lobstering could be so socially complex?! #SPSP2025
Yes. Women tend to infer gossipiness at higher rates than men, may have their information sharing perceived more as gossip, and may sometimes suffer likability penalities for gossiping. However, context matters. (3/3) @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Yes. Women tend to infer gossipiness at higher rates than men, may have their information sharing perceived more as gossip, and may sometimes suffer likability penalities for gossiping. However, context matters. (3/3) @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
Gossip has many useful functions from info spreading to norm enforcement. Men & women tend to info share at similar rates. But are there gendered differences in what we perceive as gossip, & our social perceptions of gossipers? Does context matter? (2/3) @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025
February 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Gossip has many useful functions from info spreading to norm enforcement. Men & women tend to info share at similar rates. But are there gendered differences in what we perceive as gossip, & our social perceptions of gossipers? Does context matter? (2/3) @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025
Last but certainly not least in our fantastic invited lineup, @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social dazzled us with work on gendered perceptions of gossip. (1/3) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Last but certainly not least in our fantastic invited lineup, @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social dazzled us with work on gendered perceptions of gossip. (1/3) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
More formal modeling, in tandem with verbal theorizing, can increase the rigor and transparency of our science. @dconroybeam.bsky.social kindly offered some theory and reasoning templates to help us out! (5/5) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
More formal modeling, in tandem with verbal theorizing, can increase the rigor and transparency of our science. @dconroybeam.bsky.social kindly offered some theory and reasoning templates to help us out! (5/5) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
For example, we can more readily quantify jealousy in a given situation if we make some formal priors while setting up our theory (see example) (4/5) @dconroybeam.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
For example, we can more readily quantify jealousy in a given situation if we make some formal priors while setting up our theory (see example) (4/5) @dconroybeam.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
One solution? Express theories via formal mathmatical modeling. Formalizing specific predicted values allows us to more accurately compare, test, and update our assumptions than just making broad, directional verbal predictions (3/5) @dconroybeam.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
One solution? Express theories via formal mathmatical modeling. Formalizing specific predicted values allows us to more accurately compare, test, and update our assumptions than just making broad, directional verbal predictions (3/5) @dconroybeam.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
EPs tend to be good at generating verbal hypotheses. One problem with verbal theorizing though is that it’s like playing a game of telephone.. perception of hypothetical constructs varies across researchers & generates noise (2/5) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025 @dconroybeam.bsky.social
February 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
EPs tend to be good at generating verbal hypotheses. One problem with verbal theorizing though is that it’s like playing a game of telephone.. perception of hypothetical constructs varies across researchers & generates noise (2/5) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025 @dconroybeam.bsky.social
@dconroybeam.bsky.social gave all of us the talk we needed to hear about ways to improve our work through more formal theoretical modeling. Clear testable predictions are just as important to field replicability as good methods and analysis! (1/5) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025 #InDanWeTrust
February 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
@dconroybeam.bsky.social gave all of us the talk we needed to hear about ways to improve our work through more formal theoretical modeling. Clear testable predictions are just as important to field replicability as good methods and analysis! (1/5) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025 #InDanWeTrust
Will is an archaeozoologist who uses a variety of field methods to tackle this Q. His work suggests horses were domesticated more recently than we once thought & the transition to using tamed horses spread rapidly across cultures. I can’t wait to read his book! (3/3) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Will is an archaeozoologist who uses a variety of field methods to tackle this Q. His work suggests horses were domesticated more recently than we once thought & the transition to using tamed horses spread rapidly across cultures. I can’t wait to read his book! (3/3) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
Horses were one of our oldest preferred food sources, but they have since become central friends in many cultures and we build slightly murderous but beloved airport statues of them. How and when did this switch happen? (2/3) #SPSP2025 #EPatSPSP2025
February 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Horses were one of our oldest preferred food sources, but they have since become central friends in many cultures and we build slightly murderous but beloved airport statues of them. How and when did this switch happen? (2/3) #SPSP2025 #EPatSPSP2025
Will Taylor discussed how the emergence of our partnership with horses revolutionized human history (1/3) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Will Taylor discussed how the emergence of our partnership with horses revolutionized human history (1/3) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
Cost was the dominantly replicated factor across in person and hypothetical helping contexts, but other factors may still matter if measured differently. Thanks for the transparent assessment of the challenges with different social psych research methods @norabalboa.bsky.social! (3/3) #EPatSPSP2025
February 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Cost was the dominantly replicated factor across in person and hypothetical helping contexts, but other factors may still matter if measured differently. Thanks for the transparent assessment of the challenges with different social psych research methods @norabalboa.bsky.social! (3/3) #EPatSPSP2025
@norabalboa.bsky.social conducted a field study that manipulated cost & reciprocation likelihood, then conducted a series of hypothetical scenario studies to examine whether field conditions could be replicated… (2/3) #EPatSPSP2025
February 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
@norabalboa.bsky.social conducted a field study that manipulated cost & reciprocation likelihood, then conducted a series of hypothetical scenario studies to examine whether field conditions could be replicated… (2/3) #EPatSPSP2025
I’m back at it today with more #EPatSPSP2025 recaps. @norabalboa.bsky.social gave a talk about the challenges of trying to overcome the hypothetical situation-real world behavior gap, in the context of prosocial behavior (1/3) #SPSP2025
February 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I’m back at it today with more #EPatSPSP2025 recaps. @norabalboa.bsky.social gave a talk about the challenges of trying to overcome the hypothetical situation-real world behavior gap, in the context of prosocial behavior (1/3) #SPSP2025
@joshackman.bsky.social finished with a challenge to the field to do more interdisciplinary team science to further our knowledge in this area. Check out more of his lab’s work at their symposium today! (5/5)
February 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
@joshackman.bsky.social finished with a challenge to the field to do more interdisciplinary team science to further our knowledge in this area. Check out more of his lab’s work at their symposium today! (5/5)
@joshackman.bsky.social also covers how we deal with getting sick. A surprising (and scary) number of people conceal their illness, posing contagious risk. But people may do so because of pressure from conflicting goals. (4/5) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
@joshackman.bsky.social also covers how we deal with getting sick. A surprising (and scary) number of people conceal their illness, posing contagious risk. But people may do so because of pressure from conflicting goals. (4/5) #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
We believe we can use sight and sound to detect sickness cues, but are not as good at it as we think. We may be better at recognizing deviations from normal appearance / behavior better than sickness, per se (3/5) @joshackman.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
We believe we can use sight and sound to detect sickness cues, but are not as good at it as we think. We may be better at recognizing deviations from normal appearance / behavior better than sickness, per se (3/5) @joshackman.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
Our psychology is attuned to detection and defense… except that pathogens are imperceptible so we are stuck relying on imperfect cues (2/5) @joshackerman.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025
February 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Our psychology is attuned to detection and defense… except that pathogens are imperceptible so we are stuck relying on imperfect cues (2/5) @joshackerman.bsky.social #EPatSPSP2025 #SPSP2025