🚨Hiring alert!🚨Super excited to share that Furman is hiring a social/social cognitive psychologist this cycle. If you want to be in an environment that values teaching, research, and community, please apply by 09/25! Details are in the job ad furman.wd115.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Furman...

Super excited to see our work on interpersonal vs. metacognitive intellectual humility published in PSPB! See Michael’s thread 🧵 here!

Michael Prinzing @mprinzing.bsky.social · 2mo ago

People are really excited about the benefits of intellectual humility. But, even if IH leads to good thinking, is it good *for* you? After all, an inflated sense of self feels good! It turns out that the answer may depend on what precisely "intellectual humility" refers to.

Another @lkfazio.bsky.social outfit this weekend! Presley loves her overalls! ☀️

Really great to talk about the illusory truth effect (and our paper on how repetition affects belief in conspiracy statements @lkfazio.bsky.social) with Markham Heid at TIME Magazine! time.com/article/2026...

Why False Claims Seem Truer the More You Hear Them

The more we hear a particular claim or piece of information, the more we tend to give it credence—regardless of whether it’s true.

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Come join the 2027 SPSP Misinformation & Belief Science Preconference Committee! You would serve for 3 years: 1 as Future Co-Chair, 1 as Co-Chair (Cameron Kay and Sze Yuh Nina Wang), and 1 as Past Co-Chair (me & @jgranadossamayoa.bsky.social). If you are interested, apply by 05/01/2026! Link below!

Looking forward to reviewing submissions for the SESSR, which focuses on understanding religion, spirituality, and related concepts! You can field a FREE survey experiment on a probability sample of US adults through NORC! Submit by June 1st! www.sessr.org

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Survey Experiments for the Scientific Study of Religion (SESSR) aims to improve our understanding of the measurement, impacts, and causes of religion, spirituality, and related concepts. SESSR accepts proposals from social scientists at any career stage who want to field a survey experiment at no

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Thrilled to serve as a Guest Editor for the Political Ideology and Religion collection for Scientific Reports! This Collection welcomes research examining the psychological determinants of political ideology and religion. Please submit by 12/17/26 and reshare! www.nature.com/collections/...

Out in the Identity & Politicization in Behavior Therapy issue of Current Opinion in Psychology! We review key political criticisms of CBT from the political left and right. We conclude with strategies for acknowledging these critiques while not undermining the efficacy of CBT. Paper & figure below!

Not only is @lkfazio.bsky.social a great researcher and mentor but also add seamstress to her resume! My Presley girl looks too cute in this Lisa Fazio dress 👗💕

Double feature announcement! Missed SPSP this year because my daughter, Presley, arrived at 5:55pm on 02/24! Also, thrilled to announce that I’ll be starting as an Assistant Professor at Furman University starting in August! Exciting times for our family 🎉❤️

I’ll be teaching Social Psych and Personality Psych for UGs (small classes) in the Fall! Tips, tricks, assignments, exercises, syllabi, etc. are invited and welcomed!!

Social conflict fosters cognitive distortions which, like those in clinical settings, lead to cycles of counterproductive behavior that feed into distorted thinking. A new paper uses insights from CBT to fix cognitive distortions that fuel intergroup conflict: www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

What might contribute to "remarkable hospitality"? We used a mixed-methods approach in a sample of individuals who housed refugees from Ukraine to clarify their characteristics and the predictors of remarkable hospitality. Paper out now in JOPP! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Academic “Merry Christmas” emails (timestamp 4:59pm 12/25) 😂🎄

Not only did I get to publish my first developmental study this year, but also it was recently featured in GGSC's "Top 10 Insights from the 'Science of a Meaningful Life' in 2025" feature! Links to the feature and manuscript are below!

Want to know more about intellectual humility and trust? I have good news for you! We wrote a brief (but thorough) review on IH and trust in Current Opinion in Psychology! 10/10 experience publishing with some of my fave colleagues @michalehmann.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Intellectual Humility and Trust

The problem of mistrust cannot be solved by increasing trust indiscriminately; rather, we need tools that help people trust more in what is credible a…

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My first registered replication report, study on the illusory truth effect, and study published in PB&R with @lkfazio.bsky.social ‼️Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps... Previous research found that the illusory truth effect was smaller for conspiracy statements than for trivia statements...

When you run a misinformation lab and still want to be festive

📢The 2026 edition of the SPSP Misinformation & Belief Science preconference will be held virtually on Tuesday, February 24.🎉 Submit an abstract for either a single presenter or data blitz presentation by October 23 (link below) and don’t forget to register to attend by February 13!

After years of teamwork, I am thrilled that our adversarial collaboration on political ideology and belief rigidity was accepted for publication at Political Psychology! Plus, it's my first Pol Psych pub, so it is doubly exciting! t.co/2TgscFm1J8

Thanks to PsyPost for covering our recent work on the relations between intellectual humility and religious and political polarization! www.psypost.org/intellectual...

Intellectual humility is linked to less political and religious polarization across the board

A large online study indicates that intellectual humility is linked to less hostility toward political and religious opponents. The effect was seen across political parties and belief systems, and per...

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It was great to sit down with Jill Suttie at the @greatergoodmag.bsky.social and talk about our research on young children's preferences for intellectual humility over intellectual arrogance! Read here: greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

Even Young Children Prefer People Who Act With Humility

A new study suggests that children as young as five favor adults who express doubt when unsure rather than those who are overly confident.

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Saddened by so many things that are happening in the country. “For young researchers, “there is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” says Emilya Ventriglia, a neuroscience Ph.D. student at Brown University…”

Jay Van Bavel, PhD@jayvanbavel.bsky.social · last yr.

If Congress approves the cuts proposed by the White House, the number of early-career researchers it supports could fall by 78%: from 95,700 students and postdocs this year to 21,400 in 2026 www.science.org/content/article/it-s-nightmare-u-s-funding-cuts-threaten-academic-science-jobs-all-levels

Stoked that my paper with Cheryl Kaiser is now out in SPPS!!

Society for Personality and Social Psychology@spspnews.bsky.social · last yr.

📊New research in #SPPS reports that Americans living in politically diverse communities show less animosity toward the opposing party. Cross-party contact appears to be the key mechanism at work. Read more: ow.ly/JS1E50W8oEf Authors: @asmiley.bsky.social‬ and Cheryl R. Kaiser

@lkfazio.bsky.social and I had a great time meeting and collaborating with colleagues at Waikato and Auckland! We also managed to get several adventures in! Find yourself a colleague who both pushes you in your research and also to step outside of your comfort zone (aka caving and zip lining ‼️)

Yesterday I got to complete my 80s kid dream of seeing real glowworms rather than just cuddling with the toy version. (Also, New Zealand is beautiful, @shaunambowes.bsky.social and I are having a great time with @drlambchop.bsky.social, Eryn Newman, Danny Osborne, @mehr.nz and all the kiwis)

Good reporting on this aspect of the attacks on science — how the Trump administration is cutting research on mis and disinformation. Shout out to @lkfazio.bsky.social for taking a public stand (and being the lead photo). 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...

Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Grants to Study Online Misinformation

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Divine forgiveness (DF)—the belief that one has been forgiven by God—is a deeply meaningful part of many people’s lives and can positively impact their well-being, including the ability to self-forgive after wrongdoing.

Society for Personality and Social Psychology@spspnews.bsky.social · 2y ago

New research shows divine forgiveness has dual effects: It can reduce apologies through increased self-forgiveness, but also promote them through gratitude and humility. Read more in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin: ow.ly/cF6Y50V0eqo

📣🧪 $25k grants for those who: 1. are working on research on STEM and education (including AI and CS, graduate education and MSIs, and scholarship that aims to reduce inequality), and 2. have had a recently terminated or cancelled grant from NSF. Early-career scholars prioritized

500 Women Scientists@500womensci.bsky.social · last yr.

🧪 funding alert! www.spencer.org/grant_types/...