David Hughes
david-j-hughes.bsky.social
David Hughes
@david-j-hughes.bsky.social

Personality and organisational psychologist, psychometrician

Facet MAP: https://facetmap.org

Handbook of Psychometrics: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118489772

Profile: https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/david.hughes-4 .. more

Psychology 32%
Geology 17%

Ah, sorry, I was just being silly 😃, happened to appear directly below your post on my timeline. I’d be closer to your view (I’ve
worked on a number of applied research projects with AI supporting human performance in legal, R&D, safety sectors) than the screenshot!

The revolution is here 😂

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Sam Altman was right - this unironically is PhD-level intelligence
Sam Altman was right - this unironically is PhD-level intelligence
A meta-analysis on reducing discrimination finds:
1) passive interventions, such as short-term education or bias reminders, are ineffective
2) targeting behavior directly to inhibit bias (eg making individuals accountable or changing social norms) is helpful
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‘Emotional intelligence’ www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Many pop-sci/consulting puff pieces. Paper critiques, jingle-jangle, construct proliferation, definitions, scales (image as 1 e.g.). Also provides solutions by integrating the few novel, reliable bits of ‘EI’ within established frameworks

Could be functional flexibility, perhaps? Though many scales claim to measure such a phenomenon - but fail to. Dynamic constructs aren’t really amenable to standard surveys. We reviewed a bunch of them (Table 1) and demonstrate an improved approach here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Because movie content can be policed. SM content, can’t

As I said elsewhere, age-restriction doesn’t prevent later nuanced evidence-based legislation. But for now they can do something or nothing

A ban will protect some kids ✅ & hit SM companies financially making them engage with legislators ✅

Apart from the 6-10 days of annual hell fire 🥵 in July?!

I don’t think it does (see my previous reply to first part). Age ban would shape norms & bring financial pressure - the only thing these scummy companies care about!

Nuanced, legislation is difficult & slow to develop. Age-restriction isn’t & will help some to some degree. Step in right direction

Obviously, evidence-based legislation. But as you say there is no evidence. Whilst collecting, legislators can: (i) do nothing or (ii) something they understand.

No legislation is foolproof, but age-restrictions work somewhat, will help set norms & thus parents, & bring SM companies ‘to the table’

Movies?

Age-restriction is no silver bullet, but is: easy, within legislators control & understanding, & somewhat effective in itself & for norm setting.

Legislation for social media is not easy. But if possible, do as you say for cars: Use once ‘old-enough’ (after a test? 😂) and improve regs?

Driving, alcohol, sex, smoking, weapons… many things pose risk at any age, but society legislates for adult autonomy and reduced (legal) access to youngsters. Even movies are age-regulated. Is there some qualitative difference with social media? Age restrictions aren’t perfect, but sometimes help.

Two papers you might find interesting:
1. Personality of professional and (serious) amateur comedians: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

2. Evidence of Adaptive Personality Regulation when on stage (see study 2, particularly): journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Stand-up comedy isn’t just about being funny.

Psychologically, it’s a high-stakes mix of attention control, emotional regulation, social prediction, and public vulnerability.

I looked at what research reveals about the minds drawn to the stage.
The Psychology of Stand-Up Comedy
What research reveals about attention, emotional regulation, vulnerability, and the minds drawn to the stage
allaboutpsychology.substack.com

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Is that good news or bad news? @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social cool paper either way.

econ-papers.upf.edu/papers/1934....

In UK appeals can only be based on procedural error, academic judgement can’t be appealed. System works a treat:
1. Assessment & rubric written
2. Assessment moderated for clarity/relevance
3. Marking done, in-line with rubric
4. ~10%, including fails, moderated
5. External examiner vets process

Yep, uncorrected rs tend to be small with multidimensional scales/traits (most pre-MAP scales tend to be). Be interested to see r with unidimensional traits; multiple R with theoretically salient facets; & if overconfidence is compound built from narrower traits (eg narcissism) or novel narrow trait

Cool study! In FacetMAP.org terms perhaps this trait-like consistency is a compound trait generated by some combination of the facets of self-efficacy, inferiority, and grandiosity … or perhaps it’s a new facet (unidimensional) trait to add to the MAP

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Psychopathy, Narcissism and Machiavellianism are implicated in many of the most significant societal issues we face, including crime, destructive leadership, bullying and even terrorism. However, debate persists about how effectively they are captured by existing measures.
#AcademicSky

Using PISA data, analysis shows that:

✳️ traditional teaching methods (lecturing, memorization & repetition of tasks) ==> better math learning.

✳️ "Innovative" teaching ==> worse math learning.

Effects amplified among low SES kids.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effect of teaching strategies on student achievement: An analysis using TALIS-PISA-link
The present study investigates the effects of different teaching strategies on student achievement using data from the so-called TALIS-PISA link creat…
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I am hoping to recruit a graduate student for next year. That person would help conduct research on leadership, individual differences, and methodological skullduggery. Please forward to any potentially interested students.
✨✨ I will be reviewing applications for the University of Minnesota psychology PhD program this fall!

Information for potential applicants can be found on my lab website: ringwaldlab.psych.umn.edu/join-lab

Please spread the word!
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Michael Grosz has just released a pre-print on this question/issue for the Big Five, that might be of interest: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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As research continues to be attacked (destroyed) elsewhere, European countries are installing new programs to attract researchers from around the world. Here is one from Ireland (deadline in October):
www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland
Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...
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Tenure-track Lectureship (Assistant Professor) in Organisational Psychology at The University of Manchester. Come work with us!
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Lecturer in Organisational Psychology/Organisational Behaviour (Teaching & Research):Oxford Road
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We're hiring a postdoc in the FEEL lab at the University of Melbourne. Deadline May 12: get in touch if you have questions! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/9...
Details : Postdoctoral Research Fellow (FEEL Lab) : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
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🚨 Job alert - please share!

I'm looking for a doctoral researcher (3 years, 75%) to join my #ERC project #Loneliness across time and space (LOTIS) at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, starting June 1 or later.

Details in thread 👇

#PsychSciSky

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What is the most creative and inspiring personality research paper from the last few years that I could recommend to students to show how breakthroughs happen?

A chapter I wrote a while back might be useful. Has been for colleagues and a good overview for students:
pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...

I review the history of validity theory and present a 2-stage process (along with evidence-types) to ensure psychometric Accuracy and Appropriateness
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