astrid

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Mental health is not about being happy all the time. It's about learning to handle the full range of emotions.

It's normal to feel grief after loss, anger at injustice, and fear in danger.

Resilience lies in putting our feelings in perspective instead of letting them define us.

[astrid @lan_astrid]

Choiceology with Katy Milkman is now in 1st place @signalawards Listener’s Choice #signalawards. RT + VOTE: https://t.co/RRrDOl3sML

[Journal of Experimental Social Psychology @JExpSocPsych]

📢Exciting news! 📢JESP is now accepting #RegisteredReports an article type that emphasizes transparency and robust methodology through a two-step process! Learn more about registered reports here: 1/2 https://t.co/ymfjIQVmZ0

[Linda J. Skitka @LindaSkitka]

I’ve coached writing empirical journal articles, theses, and dissertations for a ton of grad students. Because they are still learning the literature, and don’t yet have a full command of what they are trying to write about 1/n

[Dan @danmurrays]

Top 5 Regrets of People Who Are Dying:

[Dr. BP | Metabolism 2.0 @DrBPHealth]

Asian countries eat a lot of rice & noodles, but don’t gain weight.

Americans & Europeans eat the same thing and tend to get fat.

Why is this?

I’ll explain.

THREAD

[Thomas Talhelm @ThomasTalhelm]

Using attention checks does NOT resolve contradictory findings from MTurk (completely opposite correlation between being a night person and extraversion when “extraversion” is on the right side of the scale versus left side of the scale). From Randy Gao at U Chicago BDRM conf.

[Katy Milkman @katy_milkman]

An exciting recent development in my field has been the growth in #megastudies: massive field experiments in which many different interventions are tested synchronously in one large sample using a common, objectively measured outcome. Learn more here: https://t.co/e26eZoKRSQ

[Carey Morewedge @morewedge]

🚨 New in @PNASNews 🚨

We find that people see more of their #biases in #algorithms' decisions than in their own #decisions, even when algorithms are trained on their decisions and when those decisions are the same. 1/n

https://t.co/bxF4sMGCIm

[PREDOC.org @predoc_org]

PREDOC's Office Hours with a Social Scientist series allows anyone who is interested in a research career to connect with top researchers to learn about the field, find opportunities, and get advice.

For our full schedule, go to: https://t.co/WJJke7dMSi

[Society for Personality and Social Psychology @SPSPnews]

"When we apply Western tools to the stories Hadza people tell, for example, their experiences appear to fall flat. Not because they are dull or unemotional, but because our methods don’t capture their richness." https://t.co/DEkdjTpl5M via @behscientist

[Journal of Experimental Social Psychology @JExpSocPsych]

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! 💘 Perfect timing for this @Forbes piece featuring new work by @J_R_Schroeder and @ayeletfishbach showing that the best online dating profiles are those where the poster shows a true desire to know their potential partners! https://t.co/naZdprwdCt

[Thomas Talhelm @ThomasTalhelm]

One way to divide emotions, not positive versus negative, but socially engaging versus disengaging. #SPSP2024 Jiyoung Park

[Jia-Bin Huang @jbhuang0604]

How to prepare graduate school interview?

After refreshing GradCafe pages and your email sufficient number of times, you are getting an 🎊INTERVIEW🎊 with your potential advisor at your dream university! 🤯

Congrats! But how to do well in those interviews? Some tips below 🧵

[Ayelet Fishbach @ayeletfishbach]

New Year’s resolutions don't have to fail. 7 tips from our research. @Kaitlin_Woolley @RimaToure
https://t.co/PVy5Sq27pK

[astrid @lan_astrid]

Very useful for me! Especially split a big project into several steps and try to finish 1 or 2 steps during meetings.

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

Here’s how to keep meetings from getting in the way of your productivity. https://t.co/JNYXdsPrNg

[Society for Personality and Social Psychology @SPSPnews]

⏰Applications for BECOME are closing soon!⏰ Build your support network - apply as a mentor/mentee in SPSP's early career mentorship program.

Application deadline: December 31

For Mentees: https://t.co/xWhfclVtxF

For Mentors: https://t.co/Z7zXJOGFP8

[Jia-Bin Huang @jbhuang0604]

How to work with your advisor(s)?

Working effectively with your advisor is the no doubt the key to success of your research! However, junior grad students often don't have a clear idea on how to do so.

Sharing some tips that I found useful. 👇

[Katy Milkman @katy_milkman]

What’s changing in the #BehavioralScience field? In her presidential keynote at @SJDMOfficial, @abbysussman is sharing an analysis of conference programs over the last 40 years to see what’s new and what’s the same.

[Gizem Yalcin Williams @gyalcinwilliams]

When deployed mindfully, AI can be a great source for positive change and assist companies in adopting more socially responsible business practices. Our new (open access!) article explores how AI can be deployed to support vulnerable consumers: https://t.co/3xVo4wRbjN
#aiforgood