Jun 30, 2017
Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI June 30, 2017
Each week, we recap featured posts from Character & Context and other blogs around the cyberspace, plus news stories and tweets worth a look. If you have an item you'd like us to consider, use the hashtag #SPSPblog or tweet us directly @spspnews.
On the Blogs
Was Trump’s ‘Hope’ Comey’s Command? We Asked a Language Expert via Character & Context
Thomas Holtgraves discusses testimony, intent, and the role played by social factors in both language production and comprehension.
The Badass Personalities of People Who Like Being Alone via Psychology Today
Bella DePaulo covers four studies that "shatter stereotypes of people who like to be alone."
Emma Young writes about a series of six studies involving a total of more than 5,000 schoolchildren, college undergraduates and adults aged up to 55.
We're All Racially Biased. That's Why Cops Need More Training via Gray Matters
Erlanger Turner writes on recent events and research about implicit bias, policing, and open carry laws.
What We Know About Gratitude And Giving Back via Psychology Today
The Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research covers research explaining how gratitude helps society
In SPSP's News Center
Cognitive Map of the US Shows Importance of Ideology and Prosperity courtesy the authors and their institutions
In new research published by Social Psychological and Personality Science, researchers were able to model and study the cognitive map that U.S. citizens have of the U.S. states.
In the News
A Federal Court Asks Jurors To Confront Their Hidden Biases via ABA Journal
The Way We Respond to Being Stared at May Reveal How Much Power We Think We Have via Business Insider
Scientists in Limbo as U.S. Supreme Court Allows Modified Travel Ban via Scientific American
Do Unto Others? Sure—If They're in Our Social Circle via Pacific Standard
A Beginner’s Guide to Calling BS via Science of US
Study: Voters Facing Economic Uncertainty Prefer a Dominant Leader via The Washington Post
Black Girls Are Perceived As Less Innocent Than White Girls — Starting at Age 5 via New York Magazine
Research Shows When Groups Are Diverse, Individuals Are Less Likely to Go Along With the Crowd via Entrepreneur
The Logic of Trump's Sexist Attacks via The Atlantic
On Twitter
If you have an item you'd like us to consider, use the hashtag #SPSPblog or tweet us directly @spspnews.
Your research mentors were once mentees, too: https://t.co/lzVXeNpmUe pic.twitter.com/7S00Yrkopz
— Science Magazine (@sciencemagazine) June 26, 2017
Just ran across this #stats resource guide via @SPSPnews, lots of great info here https://t.co/CFCp9e2ykC
— David Mellor (@EvoMellor) June 30, 2017
Yesterday I mentioned “diversity resonance” in tweets with @NAChristakis, and today, lo and behold, here you are something along that line!
— Anxo Sánchez (@anxosan) June 30, 2017
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