Kostadin Kushlev PhD

Blue Skies @ Professor @Georgetown |BA @Reed_College_|Psychological Scientist| Happiness, Digital Well-Being, Tech|

[Kostadin Kushlev PhD @KushlevPhD]

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[Kostadin Kushlev PhD @KushlevPhD]

@StevenHeine4 Thanks Steve!

[Kostadin Kushlev PhD @KushlevPhD]

Guess what!? I am now a tenured professor! Yay! Turns out I did belong all this tome! So grateful for everybody who supported me and pushed me all these years—from a small-town boy in post communist Bulgaria to a tenured professor @ Georgetown. Yabadabadoooo! Wow! Phew!

[Jon Freeman @freemanjb]

Wyd at 8AM this Saturday? If at #SPSP2025 in Denver and willing to tolerate such an aggressive time slot, please join us for our symposium on High-Dimensional Social Cognition, featuring @NicolasGandalf, @LinChujun, @josh_c_jackson, and myself

[Kostadin Kushlev PhD @KushlevPhD]

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025
We’re standing up for science—because science is for everyone https://t.co/y1fJWOyGlH

[Kostadin Kushlev PhD @KushlevPhD]

It always feels special to do a TV interview in your home country. Ever wondered what happiness research sounds like in Bulgarian?: Рецепта за по-добър живот: Среща с българина, който е „професор по щастие” https://t.co/8baWrafqq3 @GUPsychology

[Kostadin Kushlev PhD @KushlevPhD]

@StevenHeine4 Congrats, Steve!

[Kostadin Kushlev PhD @KushlevPhD]

Here is the list of #federalgrants that are on the cutting board even after the “pause”: https://t.co/m5Y7HLfGle

[Kostadin Kushlev PhD @KushlevPhD]

https://t.co/arbYCpYT5o

[Dean Baker @DeanBaker13]

I hate to put a lot of highly paid pundits out of business, but look at this f**king graph

[Kostadin Kushlev PhD @KushlevPhD]

The last 24 hours:
You've got to be kidding me!
Not Again!
WTF!
Anger: We deserve what's coming to us.
Sadness: Why, How, Why!
Self-righteousness: Dumb-Du-mb-Dumb-Dummmmmm
Acceptance: It's gonna be O...Nah
Action: What can I do, ACLU?

[American Psychological Association @APA]

In our second in a series on some of the most frequently misconstrued and misused psychological terms, @KushlevPhD suggests the word trauma may now be overused. What do you think?
See more from the series here: https://t.co/jzYVNzYyqo
#trauma #mentalhealth #psychology

[Inquisitive Bird @Scientific_Bird]

New study has released personality profiles of 263 occupations.

Short thread of the occupations that are the most extreme with respect to each of the five personality dimension (I will mention only occupations with a sample of at least 100).

[Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell]

📺WATCH:
Women will go to jail under Trump’s federal abortion ban.

[Amit Goldenberg @Amit_Goldenb]

!!New paper!! When people learn that they are receiving emotional support from an AI, utility drops. Why? We modified the type of empathy AI provided (cognitive, affective, motivational) and tested how it impacted perceived empathy. AI label didn't reduce empathy for cog support.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Abusive bosses don't drive performance. They undermine it.

471 studies, 149k people, 36 countries: in aggressive workplaces, we do poorer work, collaborate less, and shirk more. Incivility breaks confidence and breeds resentment.

The best way to get results is to show respect.

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

ChatGPT generates fake references to papers that don't exist.

So, researchers at Stanford built Storm.

It's an AI-powered app that generates well-researched articles with references to published sources.

Here's how to use it:

[Jon Freeman @freemanjb]

Excited to announce that Columbia's Department of Psychology is hiring a tenure-track faculty member! Emphasis on multi-method expertise and research programs that complement current strengths in the Department. Come join us!

Review begins Nov. 1: https://t.co/UdpKziXiRN

[Abigail Marsh @aa_marsh]

There is a clear consensus on the most effective parenting approach: authoritative parenting, which couples warmth, love, and support with high expectations backed by clear, consistent, age-appropriate consequences, including punishments like time-outs. https://t.co/b9PQcMbMkg

[Kostadin Kushlev PhD @KushlevPhD]

My 2016 self would have never believed that I will be watching a vice presidential debate in 2024 where the candidates fight over who will protect #obamacare more. 😂 #Debate2024