Abhay Alaukik
@aalaukik.bsky.social
Social Psyc PhD candidate at U of Florida; BA from U of Kansas; studying moral and political psychology; quants; mathematically modeling verbal theories
Out now in Social Cognition! We present the "Tug-of-War" (computational) model of attitude associations. It posits a specific mechanism behind behavior on implicit cognition tasks (IAT here; working to implement it to other tasks). We believe it enhances theory and psychometrics🙌
First first-author paper submitted; preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... We (@colinsmithpsych.bsky.social and @peterkvam.bsky.social ) give a tutorial on a mathematical model of attitudes associations, the Tug-of-war model (TOW), as applied to IAT data (N > 10,000). TOW quantifies associations as (1/13)
OSF
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5j3sx😌
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Out now in Social Cognition! We present the "Tug-of-War" (computational) model of attitude associations. It posits a specific mechanism behind behavior on implicit cognition tasks (IAT here; working to implement it to other tasks). We believe it enhances theory and psychometrics🙌
📢Check out our project on some structural reasons why widespread economic issues don't result in coherent and effective collective action to address these issues. Amazing work led by @egarciaferres.bsky.social !
🚨NEW PREPRINT ALERT!
Why is there no coherent labor movement in the U.S., despite widespread outrage at economic inequality? One answer is that structural/systemic factors (such as Right-to-Work legislation) impede collective organizing.
#Polipsy
#socialpsychology
#sociology
#polisky
Why is there no coherent labor movement in the U.S., despite widespread outrage at economic inequality? One answer is that structural/systemic factors (such as Right-to-Work legislation) impede collective organizing.
#Polipsy
#socialpsychology
#sociology
#polisky
October 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
📢Check out our project on some structural reasons why widespread economic issues don't result in coherent and effective collective action to address these issues. Amazing work led by @egarciaferres.bsky.social !
Reposted by Abhay Alaukik
🚨 New pub alert 🚨 Just out in @polpsyispp.bsky.social 's Political Psychology, with @jorislammers.bsky.social, Laura Van Berkel & Matt Baldwin. We look at how the typical association between conservatism and system justification changes as the result of temporal comparisons. doi.org/10.1111/pops...
September 6, 2024 at 5:12 PM
🚨 New pub alert 🚨 Just out in @polpsyispp.bsky.social 's Political Psychology, with @jorislammers.bsky.social, Laura Van Berkel & Matt Baldwin. We look at how the typical association between conservatism and system justification changes as the result of temporal comparisons. doi.org/10.1111/pops...
Reposted by Abhay Alaukik
Today in the social area brownbag we heard from @aalaukik.bsky.social on his work on the tug-of-war model of attitude associations and its application to the IAT. Super cool work on how we can apply mathematical modeling to study social psychological processes! Check out pre-print link below 👇
September 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Today in the social area brownbag we heard from @aalaukik.bsky.social on his work on the tug-of-war model of attitude associations and its application to the IAT. Super cool work on how we can apply mathematical modeling to study social psychological processes! Check out pre-print link below 👇
First first-author paper submitted; preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... We (@colinsmithpsych.bsky.social and @peterkvam.bsky.social ) give a tutorial on a mathematical model of attitudes associations, the Tug-of-war model (TOW), as applied to IAT data (N > 10,000). TOW quantifies associations as (1/13)
OSF
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5j3sx😌
September 2, 2024 at 5:39 AM
First first-author paper submitted; preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... We (@colinsmithpsych.bsky.social and @peterkvam.bsky.social ) give a tutorial on a mathematical model of attitudes associations, the Tug-of-war model (TOW), as applied to IAT data (N > 10,000). TOW quantifies associations as (1/13)