Psychology News Roundup: ICYMI September 28, 2020
From the office to the outdoors, read what you may have missed in the world of personality and social psychology on this ICYMI roundup.
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On the Blogs and Op-Eds
Chameleons at Employment: How Job Applicants Fake It to Fit in via Character and Context
A Guilty Look? Overcoming First Impressions in the Courtroom via Character and Context
Delete the Past? Not so Fast. How Technology Complicates the Breakup Process via Character and Context
Why Coming Up With Effective Interventions To Address COVID-19 Is So Hard via FiveThirtyEight
When Good People Do Nothing via Psychology Today
More Neurotic, Less Agreeable, Less Conscientious: how Job Insecurity Shapes Your Personality via The Conversation
Does More Money Really Make Us More Happy? via Harvard Business Review
Microaggressions Aren’t Just Innocent Blunders – New Research Links Them with Racial Bias via The Conversation
From the SPSP News Center
People’s Life Goals Relate to Their Personality, UC Davis Study Suggests (Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin) via UC Davis
Study: White Americans still vastly overestimate racial progress (Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin) via Northwestern University
In the News
How to make friends as an adult via Psych Aeon
The surprising benefits of talking to strangers via BBC Future
Carol Dweck on nurturing students' growth mindsets through protest and pandemic via Education Week
Phone calls create stronger bonds than text-based communications via University of Texas, Austin
When causing harm Is unavoidable, we prefer to cause more harm for more benefits rather than less harm for ewer via Research Digest
Researchers trace the outlines of two cultures within science via PhysOrg/Indiana University
Why nobody feels rich: The psychology of inequality via Hidden Brain
Persuasive messages with ulterior motives are more effective when they reinforce a person’s prior attitude via PsyPost
Which human experiences are universal? via Research Digest
How being in nature can spur personal growth via Greater Good
People who are high in vulnerable narcissism are more likely to feel shame on a daily basis via PsyPost
On Twitter
“Narcissist” is a word that gets thrown quite a bit, including by me. But until this conversation, I didn’t actually know what it meant. My guest today @wkeithcampbell taught me a lot more than just the definition in this fascinating and timely convo. https://t.co/EIB0NsUbvH
— Dan Harris (@danbharris) September 21, 2020
There are two options to help with student registration fees this year at @SPSPnews: You can add specific students when you register yourself, or you can make a contribution to the fund posted below. Or do both!! https://t.co/rXB9jhnbkj
— Linda J. Skitka (@LindaSkitka) September 24, 2020
I wrote a short blog for @SPSPnews on how personality relates to fouls in basketball.
— Christoph Schild (@SchildChristoph) September 23, 2020
Our paper can be found here: https://t.co/8odX0rDTwe https://t.co/SuFLlXnIXL
