Mixed feelings about this one. The Arday case is painful, and I get vulnerable in this piece. But the message is important, and it draws some of my favorite research, led by Brittany Torrez with @mwkraus.bsky.social . My latest, in Times Higher Ed. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/blac...

A paper is finished when the embarrassment of submitting it becomes smaller than the embarrassment of still working on it

Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/

I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...

The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

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We need to change norms around sexual harassment Yesterday Tessa West spoke up about a sexual harassment complaint she filed against John Jost. Not only is he a senior colleague in the dept of psychology, but he is one of the most prominant figures in the field of social and political psychology.

Why exams need to be closed-book, no-electronics allowed if they are to meaningfully reflect learning. (Gray scores are for in-person exams, orange ones for take-home).

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Within the next year, we'll be looking for folks to help expand this website into "ManyScale". We want to help you use this code to make your own repository for your subfield. SelfScale, EmotoScale, PoliticoScale, etc. If that sounds exciting to you, please reach out!

Samantha Joel@datingdecisions.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We made an open repository of close relationships measures. Our goal is to catalogue all of the published self-report measures in relationship science. You can help us expand the database by suggesting measures you tend to use in your research, or by uploading your own measures! relascale.com

Our program is looking for sessional instructors! @taramarshall.bsky.social

To help instructors diversify course content, we’re building a database of articles focused on the relationship experiences of marginalized and underrepresented populations. Do you have any to recommend (perhaps one you’ve written yourself or read recently)? Recommend it here: tinyurl.com/IARRrecs

Sessional opportunity in Clinical Child Psyc in our program. Please share with anyone interested!

🎇It's #PubDay for THE HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (6e)!🎇 This is the latest edition of the most venerated institution in social psychology, dating back to 1954. Fifty definitive chapters, over 8,000 manuscript pages. (The TOC appears below.) And: IT'S 100% OPEN-ACCESS: www.the-HSP.com.🧵

Some solid writing tips! #academicsky

Michael W. Kraus@mwkraus.bsky.social · last yr.

I am teaching my phd writing workshop course this quarter, question: are there any words/phrases said to you by an advisor/mentor that stuck with you, were memorable, or particularly helpful? If so please reply below!

If you're looking to do a postdoc studying research methods in the close relationships/sexuality space, you can apply to work with me or @johnsakaluk.bsky.social or both! www.uwo.ca/research/fun...

Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

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We’re looking for a sessional to (virtually) teach I/O psych at McMaster this summer …feel free to reach out with questions! www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/h3ok6...

Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):

Dear academics We could dramatically reduce our administrative workload if we all just agreed not to ask for reference letters until we made our list of finalists. This is massive collective action problem has already been solved by… *checks notes* …every other industry on earth.

David Barner@drbarner.bsky.social · 2y ago

Who is for abolishing grad app letters of rec at the point of application? Would it be so bad if letters were requested AFTER candidates were shortlisted? If we do this at UCSD who will join us?

One key skill in science and in life is knowing when to leave. I switched labs in my second year of grad school, then switched jobs in my second year on the tenure track. Better to admit that you walked through the wrong door than spend your life in the wrong room.

imagine being the CEO of spirit halloween. you only work a single month a year and you make 10 billion dollars. your only job is sell skeleton. life is good. and then some FUCKER from *Home Depot* says “let’s make one taller than god.”

Is there an open-access survey platform that's like Qualtrics, but is free? Anything besides google forms? I'm putting together a list of research tools that increase access to the research process for people around the world (R, Jamovi, Zotero, etc.)

Is there recent research on best practices for attention checks/bot detection in survey research? Or do you have experience with ones that do versus do not work anymore?

I’m happy to announce that IARR and EASP have teamed up to host a joint virtual symposium on May 15th called “What’s Love Got To Do With It (Part II): Inequality in Close Relationships”. Please consider submitting an abstract here by March 15th: nuritshnabel.wixsite.com/easp-iarr

We are thrilled to share that the Canada Summer Research Opportunities Program (Canada SROP) will be running in the University of Toronto Psychology and Management Departments for the fourth summer! Please share the news! canadasrop.ca

How do we measure experiences of loneliness in daily life? A thread for clinical psychologists, relationship scientists, EMA nerds, and measurement geeks 🧵👇 Preregistration, data, analysis scripts, and materials at osf.io/cwgme/. #psychscisky #rstats #statssky

PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 3y ago

Measuring Loneliness in Everyday Life: http://osf.io/64ns9/

#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch #socialpsyc #PsychSciSky #polisky #Sociology #sexism Graphic from Boivin et al paper on sexism in academia (the narrowing of career opportunities) doi.org/10.1038/s415...

This paper reports on a survey of journal editors’ perceptions of departures from pre-registrations, and provides a template for transparently tracking and disclosing them (I really like the latter). Worth thinking about incorporating in your lab’s SOPs.

PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 3y ago

Best Laid Plans: A Guide to Reporting Preregistration Deviations: http://osf.io/dwx69/

Our ad is officially approved and posted so I can finally announce that Miami (OH) is hiring a TT asst prof in social psychology with a focus on health & well-being! Review begins 11/1. See ad: jobs.miamioh.edu/cw/en-us/job... #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #AffectSci #PsychJob

The best teaching day is the day you have your students do the Fast Friends task in class. ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/36_...

New paper on statistical power for interactions. Looks like a must-read for social scientists especially journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #socialpsyc #PsychSciSky #polisky #Sociology