The NYU department of psychology is also reinstating the GRE as a requirement for PHD admissions. I heard Yale and Harvard are as well. Now Penn too. If you are applying to psych PHD programs this year be sure to take the exam.

Daniel P. Moriarity@dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨University of Pennsylvania will be re-instating the GRE as a requirement for Psychology PhD admissions for the coming cycle 🚨

#CDS2026 is quickly approaching! The UChicago Social Kids Lab (PIs: Katie Kinzler and Alex Shaw) has lots of work to share with you, so please come check it out! @cogdevsoc.bsky.social @amackiel.bsky.social @erindkim.bsky.social

Unofficial for now, but we hope to recruit a developmental science postdoc soon to work at Wesleyan U with me (cognition + development) and Dr Royette Dubar (sleep & psychosocial adjustment, science of parenting). Particular focus on undergrad research mentoring. Keep an eye out for the official ad!

Excited for #SPSP2026 in my home city! The UChicago DIBS Lab (PI: Alex Shaw) has lots of presentations and we would love to see you there! Come learn more about friendship, morality, leadership, intellectual property, and "coolness". @spspnews.bsky.social @amackiel.bsky.social

🧵 New preprint with my advisor, Alex Shaw! We asked: What does “popularity” actually mean? Is it a distinct status category with specific features? We turned to elementary-schoolers, who have just begun to experience their own "popularity hierarchies," for some answers. osf.io/preprints/ps...

Come check out the UChicago Social Kids Lab (PIs Katherine Kinzler and Alex Shaw) at #SRCD2025. My labmates have lots of exciting projects I can't wait to watch them present.

Our full time lab coordinator job search is newly reopened! : 1-yr joint collaborative position, basic psych science research. Child/adult cognition & development (my research group) + adult reasoning & decision making (Dr. Andrea Patalano's group). Please share! careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/10300

The UChicago Social Kids Lab will be at CDS! Come stop by our posters and see what we've been thinking about lately!

Reposting information about our postprint here: If Gretchen Wieners tells Regina George, “You can’t sit with us,” children know Gretchen is now dominant and Regina is now subordinate. But how do Gretchen and Regina rank relative to Cady Heron, who was uninvolved in this conflict?

@asmithflores.bsky.social's paper on children's reasoning about social relationships & empathy is now published in Open Mind! direct.mit.edu/opmi/article... For folks who missed the preprint on Twitter, here's a quick summary (1/4)