Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI July 14, 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

Trump’s Climate Policy May Backfire, as He Unwittingly Plays an Old Psychologists’ Trick via Character & Context

Matthew Adams talks about social psychology and what Trumps decision to unilaterally withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement really means.

The Most Important Communication Skill You Will Ever Need via Psychology Today

Susan Krauss Whitbourn writes on new research about the importance of conversational flow to create social connections

The Impact of Vocational Interests on Life via Psychology Today

Art Markman covers a new study examining if vocational interests people have when they finish high school predict work, relationship, and health outcomes in people a decade later.

Paving the Way to More Reliable Research via Inside HigherEd

Stephanie Wykstra describes how scholars and researchers are working to restore confidence in peer-reviewed science.

In SPSP's News Center

To Attract More Students to STEM, Highlight Communal Aspects of STEM Careers
Studying students in the United States, India, and China, social psychologists show not only a cultural divide in how STEM careers are viewed, but that these views can be changed to encourage more interest in STEM fields. Coverage snapshot: Education Week, Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

In the News

The Belief That Drives Support for Public Education via Pacific Standard

GREs Don't Predict Grad School Success. What Does? via Science

Distrust of Fact-checking Is Not Restricted to the Right via Vox

Manspreading: A Global Menace or Pseudo-feminism? via The New European

New Paper Provides Evidence-backed Insights on How Not To Come Across as a Jerk via Research Digest

Perceived Overqualification May Cause Job Strain: Study via Economic Times

East and West Have Opposite Views of Personal Success, According to Psychologists via Quartz

Is There a 'Right Amount' of Sex To Be Having? via Cosmopolitan UK

Students Are Better Off Without a Laptop in the Classroom via Scientific American

The Truth About Stats and Dogs via Illinois Times

Are ‘Immoral’ People Branded for Life? via PsychCentral

When Your Doctor Is Fitter Than You Are via New York Times

What did we miss? Want to be in the next edition? Drop us a note and a link at press@spsp.org.

On Twitter

If perfectionism kills productivity, may your first drafts (like mine today) be alive and imperfect. #getyourmanuscriptout pic.twitter.com/abE7rwEbNE
— Dr Academic Batgirl (@AcademicBatgirl) July 12, 2017

Anyone who thinks a group of academics could be colluding over something should sit in on a faculty meeting sometime.
— Salil Benegal (@SalilBenegal) July 13, 2017

I went deep on personality quizzes! Props to @zakbickel for this wonderful+absurd gif. https://t.co/ZqWp6xsll6
— Paul Bisceglio (@PaulBisceglio) July 13, 2017

WHOA! In China "the cash award for a Nature or Science article is up to 20 times a university professor’s average annual salary" pic.twitter.com/ZmR6uynmgE
— Jay Van Bavel (@jayvanbavel) July 13, 2017

Looking forward to teaching an all day workshop on applied #MachineLearning at #sispp today with @JoeEHoover. @SPSPnews
— Morteza Dehghani (@MortezDehghani) July 14, 2017

If you have an item you'd like us to consider, use the hashtag #SPSPblog or tweet us directly @spspnews.

Recently in the news, publishing research you want to share with the media, or interested in writing for our blog? Email Annie Drinkard, SPSP's Media and Public Relations Manager to get started.

Tags:

education