Bill Chopik
@chops310.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Social/Personality Psychology at Michigan State University My opinions do not reflect the views and opinions of my employer. Chopiklab.com
Watch this amazing dog! His name is Grayson and this is pretty cool. Especially, the part where he knows to slow down at the speed bump. Wow! 🤩😎
As a scientific society, we're committed to inclusivity and making sure everyone has a spot at the table. Registration is $500, we secured a discounted hotel rate of $250/night, & flights are $700+. Lunches are an extra $30/day. Travel awards for $200 available. See you there!
As a publisher, we use our billions of dollars in profits to continuously update our products. It's how we stay up-to-date and on the cutting edge of technology and the zeitgeist. That's why we always ask people for their beeper and fax numbers.
🌈 2010. 🎶 Erasure's Always plays as you mash Z, chasing that high score 🏆 and your best sparkly unicorn life 🦄 ROBOT UNICORN ATTACK still runs thanks to preservation & emulation via Ruffle. Flash is gone 👋, but your favorite games don't have to be. 🌐 Play it now! archive.org/details/robo...
Hey girl, I saw you across the room. I just wanna say that I'm really worried about the viability of being a human in the future and it's unclear if there will be breathable air or not. But you seem cool. We should order mozzarella sticks.
I hate interpersonal conflict. Unless you like it. In that case, I love it.
There's a one-eyed monster in the Odyssey movie?!?! Disgusting.
New meta by @peterhaehner.bsky.social et al (I'm a little middle author) on individual differences in personality change across the lifespan (229 studies, N = 230k) 10.1037/bul0000525 Cool finding (imo): For all Big Five, variance in change is greatest in youth, declining through young adulthood!
What kind of sociopath has EVER looked at a PDF document and said to themselves, "This could be a podcast?"
Every year, there's a new set of awful supreme court decisions. Every year, I get to repost the time that the local news thought I was a student and asked for my commentary
There are so many reasons to love Minneapolis… but their annual Cat Tour is at the top of my list…
I went through 4 personality handbooks and asked 2600 people how important it is to study each topic listed (from 1 to 5). All were rated above the midpoint (yay!), but mental health/psychopathology, genetics/heritability/neurology, emotion regulation/happiness, and change/identity stood out.