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Social/Personality Psychology, Michigan State University | ♥ Burritos+Vinyl+ | if there aren’t typos, I didn’t write it

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · Dec 14
Two political psych starter packs!

Both have been around, but 2 has had a lot more people added.

Check them out if you haven’t already

1: go.bsky.app/T2Uc2Bx
2: go.bsky.app/43FXWwj

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 11h
And it may be the latter disconfirms the former. In which case, cool! Good to know

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 13h
I am both sold on the idea that (for some of psych) there is a fair amount of unexplained heterogeneity worth explaining AND the type of study necessary to test this properly is nowhere near the modal (nor even the "best of the best") study in psych

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Frank Asbrock

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ISPP @polpsyispp.bsky.social · 3d
📣 Applications Now Open: ISPP 2026 Early Career Scholar Travel Awards

ISPP is pleased to announce the 2026 Early Career Scholar Travel Awards, supporting early career researchers to attend ISPP's Annual Meeting in Newcastle.

For more information and to apply, visit docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, David Chester

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Eric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · 3d
New paper on planned missingness. Recently been liking the approach of planned missingness in a survey -> FIML to estimate constructs.

psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

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Caspar van Lissa 🟥 @cjvanlissa.bsky.social · 3d
Are you open science-minded, technically savvy, and interested in mixed methods? Come build the future of mixed methods with Tamarinde Haven and @mariestadel.bsky.social. Our campus is green, our colleagues supportive, and our research excellent!
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3583...
PhD Candidate on The Future of Mixed Methods Research /Junior Lecturer in Methodology and Statistics
Tilburg University | Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is looking for a PhD Candidate on The Future of Mixed Methods Research /Junior Lecturer in Methodology and Statistics, for the Dep...
www.academictransfer.com

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

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Niklas Henderson @14henderson.bsky.social · 3d
🚨New paper in Popular Communication! 🚨 "Inoculation theory as a design approach to game-based misinformation interventions: a review". (1/9)🧵🔽
dx.doi.org/10.1080/1540....
#InoculationTheory #misinformation #socpsyc #design #seriousgames #learning
Inoculation theory as a design approach to game-based misinformation interventions: a review
Misinformation has been demonstrated to pose a great risk to society, demanding action from policymakers and educators. Inoculation theory is a theory of resistance to influence, which in recent ye...
dx.doi.org

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Alexander Wuttke, Robert Huber , and 3 more

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Isabella Rebasso @isabellareb.bsky.social · 3d
🎉 New paper out in Political Behavior (with @gijsschumacher.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social)

Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others?
💡Not political knowledge, but interest and confidence-in-knowledge drive emotional engagement.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Disentangling the Sophistication-Emotion Link: Political Interest and Confidence-in-Knowledge, but not Knowledge, Drive Emotional Responses - Political Behavior
Why do some people feel stronger emotions about politics than others? Past work suggests that political sophistication, consisting of knowledge and interest, is related to feeling strong emotions abou...
link.springer.com

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 4d
3*7 was my favorite times in the times table

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Mark J. Brandt

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Andy Luttrell @andyluttrell.bsky.social · 4d
What should my students read about OPEN SCIENCE?

I'm teaching the second methods class in our MA sequence, and I want them to understand current best practices in open science and why they matter.

What readings would you assign?

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 4d
Just to be clear: best article in the *FIELD* of political communication, not the journal
alessandronai.bsky.social Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 4d
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(SELF)NOMINATIONS OPEN

@apsa.bsky.social Walter Lippmann Award for Best Published Article in the field of political communication in ‘25

Low threshold, email to me by 1 March with link to article

The same article cannot be nominated in successive years

Self-nominate, really!

Plz RT

Info 👇
Section23 - American Political Science Association (APSA)
Political Communication (Section 23) The purpose of this section is to foster the study of political communications within the discipline of political
apsanet.org

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Patrick Präg

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turgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 4d
a new working paper: osf.io/3dq2x_v1!

we administered an original survey to a sample of 10-to-12-year olds, their parents, and a national sample to assess the extent to which values can provide a foundation for political ideology.

we find that values structure political preferences among children.
Values and Political Preferences in Childhood Christopher Johnston, Martín Opertti, Turgut Keskintürk February, 2026 Studies of youth political development focus primarily on political socialization and salient events, while paying relatively less attention to important individual differences among children themselves, such as values. We administer an original survey to a sample of 10-to-12-year-olds and show that the distribution of their values is similar to that of their parents and a diverse sample of adults; that children's value priorities strongly predict their political preferences; and that one dimension of value priorities continues to predict political preferences even after adjusting for parental values and political preferences. Taken together, our findings suggest that pre-teens already use their own value priorities to organize their political attitudes, which emphasizes the importance of children's independent attributes in their political development, and lends support to the idea that personal values provide a foundation for political ideology. estimated value positions in Schwartz value space. the effects of conservation and self-enhancement values on political evaluations and issues.

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

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Hannes Rusch @hannesrusch.bsky.social · 5d
📢 Call for Hidden Papers & Data on Ingroup Favoritism in Dictator Games

We look for unpublished and hard-to-access experimental studies for our meta-analysis!

Inclusion criteria: no deception, adults, manipulation of group membership of dictator game recipients.

All tips and data very welcome!

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

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Social Psychology ASA Section @asasocpsych.bsky.social · 6d
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Social Status in SPQ

Manuscripts should be submitted at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/spq by December 15, 2026. See ‘‘Submission Guidelines’’ for the submission requirements for articles and research notes.

Reposted by Richard McElreath, Gordon Hodson, Mark J. Brandt , and 3 more

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 6d
Advances in Statistical Analysis has a call for papers on the role of multiverse analysis in statistical modelling and applications: link.springer.com/journal/1018...

Deadline is May 1st, so still plenty of time to put something together!>
AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis
AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis is a quarterly journal that publishes original contributions on statistical methodology, applications, and review ...
link.springer.com

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Markus Wagner, Maria Sobolewska

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Veikko Isotalo @isoveikko.bsky.social · 6d
Did you know there is an open-source framework for building Voting Advice Applications? OpenVAA (openvaa.org) offers a way to develop a VAA for any election. It is fully localisable, accessible, modular and free to use. 1/3
OpenVAA v0.1 Shiba is out now!

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

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Protzko @protzko.bsky.social · 7d
What is a great journal that really likes tutorial papers and re-analyses (metasciencey) that helps translate econometrics to Psychology but DOESN'T charge an APC?

#psych #meta #stats

Reposted by Gordon Hodson, Linda J. Skitka, Mark J. Brandt , and 1 more

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 8d
Psych Jobs

Postdoctoral Position in Social Psychology at the University of Bonn (3 years)

Research in moral psychology and related area
www.psychologie.uni-bonn.de

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

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Mauro Silva Júnior @maurosilvajunior.bsky.social · 8d
Using randomly assigned identities, ppl were more likely to accept identity-congruent misinformation despite equal knowledge, supporting identity-protective motivated reasoning as a key driver of misinformation acceptance. #EvPsych #cogpsyc #SocialPsyc
#polipsy
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding Partisan Bias in Judgments of Misinformation: Identity Protection Versus Differential Knowledge - Tyler J. Hubeny, Lea S. Nahon, Bertram Gawronski, 2026
People overaccept information that supports their identity and underaccept information that opposes their identity—a phenomenon known as partisan bias. Although...
journals.sagepub.com

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 9d
Psychology Job

🔸 Assistant Professor at Maastricht University

🔸 Focus on group dynamics, in particular teams

#SocialPsyc #PsychJobs #AcademicSky
Assistant Professor with a focus on group dynamics, in particular teams
Assistant Professor with a focus on group dynamics, in particular teams
vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 10d
So, to the extent popularizations of psych work on dehumanization relies on these subtle emotions studies, I guess it works. But like I said, I'm not sure your popularization example does.

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 10d
The original claim might not be right (e.g., it's only a minor contributor, it's a post-hoc justification etc), I don't know.

But I don't think that subtle dehumanization/infrahumanization studies, especially those about low stakes prosocial behavior, say much about this.

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 10d
I think the part I have trouble with is the inference that because these studies about 'uniquely human' emotions etc have methodological problems that we can draw inferences about the original claim: "calling people 'rats' or 'vermin' etc. is a major contributor to crimes against humanity"

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 11d
The assignment idea is good, I'm just not sure this particular pairing is as clear cut.

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 11d
I don't think I understand. The part you highlight isn't about the causal claim? And then - with the caveat that I haven't listened to the podcast episode - the papers the podcast cites on the page you linked are not about subtle dehumanization?

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

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Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 11d
What role does authority play in people's decision to reach out to, or avoid, outgroup members? In their article from our December issue, Ditlmann & Turkoglu study how those in positions of power can dissuade or encourage intergroup contact. Read open-access for more: buff.ly/ngzqYhz
Average of contact intentions with refugees index over time. The horizontal lines denote 95% confidence intervals.

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 11d
Maybe I’m missing your point, but the paper you link isn’t about rats/vermin rhetoric (blatant dehumanization), it’s about the work underlying possibly more subtle forms of dehumanization.

Reposted by Simon Hix, Mark J. Brandt, Federica Genovese

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Joris Frese @fresejoris.bsky.social · 13d
🌍🇺🇸 Published Today in PNAS Nexus 🌍🇺🇸

How can we foster collective climate action?

- led by @dgoldwert.bsky.social, @smconstantino.bsky.social & @madalina.bsky.social
- 17 behavioral interventions, designed by 50 experts
- tested on >30000 US participants

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... 🧵 1/11

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

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Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 13d
What divides the fans who intend to boycott major sports events from the ones who follow through? Bertin & Grippa investigate calls to boycott the 2022 World Cup, finding that those who more strongly identified with fan culture tended to renege on intentions to tune out. doi.org/10.1111/pops...
Difference between boycott intentions and behaviors in France, Belgium, and Canada. Difference between boycott intentions and behaviors at different levels of minority awareness among French participants. Difference between boycott intentions and behaviors at different levels of environmental awareness among French participants.

Reposted by Mark J. Brandt

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Political Psychology @ispp-pops.bsky.social · 13d
How do national identities become politically activated? From our December issue, Antonia C. May finds that the salience of immigration-related coverage in the media is connected to the activation of national identity in electoral/political cognition. Read open-access: doi.org/10.1111/pops...
Voting preferences by conceptions of nationhood. Bars represent the vote share of all parties by Conceptions of Nationhood across all panel waves and respondents in the main models.

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mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 13d
I'm not sure what the threshold is, but soccer is America's third favorite sport. It's ahead of baseball and hockey.

I also think boycotting a prestigious international event could send a different signal than boycotting single matches against the USA team, for example.