Abby Cassario
@abbycassario.bsky.social
Social/personality psych PhD student at MSU interested in attitudes and belief systems. NC native with an affinity for dogs, Carolina Hurricanes hockey, craft beer, coffee, and swimming.
https://abigailcassario.github.io
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Abby Cassario
@abbycassario.bsky.social
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Prominent theories in political psychology argue that threat causes increases in conservatism. Early experimental work supported this idea, but many of these studies were (severely) underpowered, and examined only a few threats and ideological DVs. 1/n osf.io/preprints/ps...
Prominent theories in political psychology argue that threat causes increases in conservatism. Early experimental work supported this idea, but many of these studies were (severely) underpowered, and examined only a few threats and ideological DVs. 1/n osf.io/preprints/ps...
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It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
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New research explores why openness/intellect stands apart from other personality traits. It turns out this trait may be less universal across cultures and rarely targeted for change.
Read more in #PSPR: ow.ly/UGlJ50XqLqS
Read more in #PSPR: ow.ly/UGlJ50XqLqS
November 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
New research explores why openness/intellect stands apart from other personality traits. It turns out this trait may be less universal across cultures and rarely targeted for change.
Read more in #PSPR: ow.ly/UGlJ50XqLqS
Read more in #PSPR: ow.ly/UGlJ50XqLqS
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The Moral Psychology Research Group's Online Gathering has a complete schedule of speakers, including Joshua Greene, Meltem Yucel, Paul Bloom, and Linda Skitka!
Nov 7th and 8th sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...
Nov 7th and 8th sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...
MPRG - Online Events
An Online Gathering for Moral Psychology -- Fall 2025*
Friday, November 7th: 4:00pm to 7:00pm (EST)
Saturday, November 8th: 11:00am to 3:15pm (EST)
sites.google.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Come work with us @msupsychology.bsky.social!
I promise, we don’t match *all* the time @tedmond.bsky.social
I promise, we don’t match *all* the time @tedmond.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Come work with us @msupsychology.bsky.social!
I promise, we don’t match *all* the time @tedmond.bsky.social
I promise, we don’t match *all* the time @tedmond.bsky.social
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Two great scholars doing work on moral (@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social) & personality (@tedmond.bsky.social) development & change are recruiting PhD students this year @msupsychology.bsky.social!
Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!*
*not necessarily a selling point, just a fact
Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!*
*not necessarily a selling point, just a fact
Come work with us @msupsychology.bsky.social!
I promise, we don’t match *all* the time @tedmond.bsky.social
I promise, we don’t match *all* the time @tedmond.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Two great scholars doing work on moral (@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social) & personality (@tedmond.bsky.social) development & change are recruiting PhD students this year @msupsychology.bsky.social!
Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!*
*not necessarily a selling point, just a fact
Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!*
*not necessarily a selling point, just a fact
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The welfare state is about dignity, equality, and making people not poor, but as @itsafronomics.bsky.social says/cites here, it’s often also an investment that more than pays for itself
Why should you 🫵🏿 care about SNAP? SNAP recipients saw:
- Improved life expectancy
- Lower chance of incarceration
- Lowers chance of poverty
- Lived in better neighborhoods
- Higher human capital
SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!
- Improved life expectancy
- Lower chance of incarceration
- Lowers chance of poverty
- Lived in better neighborhoods
- Higher human capital
SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The welfare state is about dignity, equality, and making people not poor, but as @itsafronomics.bsky.social says/cites here, it’s often also an investment that more than pays for itself
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New data, data nerds!
ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
November 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New data, data nerds!
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At a time when it’s impossible to take research funding for granted, @ncaluori.bsky.social, Cindel White, and I are humbled to receive support from the @templetonfdn.bsky.social to fund 3 years of cross-cultural research aimed at understanding how people decide who counts as their religious ingroup.
October 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
At a time when it’s impossible to take research funding for granted, @ncaluori.bsky.social, Cindel White, and I are humbled to receive support from the @templetonfdn.bsky.social to fund 3 years of cross-cultural research aimed at understanding how people decide who counts as their religious ingroup.
Big shoutout to MSU's email spam filter for blocking emails from my external collaborators, but not actual spam from MDPI journals I get at 2am every night...
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Big shoutout to MSU's email spam filter for blocking emails from my external collaborators, but not actual spam from MDPI journals I get at 2am every night...
My paper “Testing Theories of Threat, Individual Difference, and Ideology” is a winner of the Student Publication Award this year. I’m proud of this one, because it shows that if we ask interesting questions and use rigorous methods, we can contribute to ~science~ even when we’re wrong or 1/2 right!
SPSP is thrilled to announce the winners of our 2025 Student Awards! Congratulations to the recipients of our Heritage Dissertation Research Prize, Jenessa Shapiro Graduate Research Award, and Student Publication Prize.
Learn more: ow.ly/ok5c50Xe7gW
Learn more: ow.ly/ok5c50Xe7gW
October 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My paper “Testing Theories of Threat, Individual Difference, and Ideology” is a winner of the Student Publication Award this year. I’m proud of this one, because it shows that if we ask interesting questions and use rigorous methods, we can contribute to ~science~ even when we’re wrong or 1/2 right!
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This list of excellent SPSP awards includes @abbycassario.bsky.social’s paper on threat, personality, and ideology, one winner of the student publication award! 🎉
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
October 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This list of excellent SPSP awards includes @abbycassario.bsky.social’s paper on threat, personality, and ideology, one winner of the student publication award! 🎉
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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🚨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 10:30 PM
🚨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
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The Moral Psychology Research Group (MPRG) is hosting an on-line conference 11/7-11/8: Any interested attendees are welcome! Speakers include Paul Bloom, Daryl Cameron, Joshua Greene, Melton Yecel, Abigail Cassario, and others (including me). For more details see sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...
the word morality is written in red glitter
ALT: the word morality is written in red glitter
media.tenor.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The Moral Psychology Research Group (MPRG) is hosting an on-line conference 11/7-11/8: Any interested attendees are welcome! Speakers include Paul Bloom, Daryl Cameron, Joshua Greene, Melton Yecel, Abigail Cassario, and others (including me). For more details see sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...
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Check out the Moral Psychology Research Group online conference in November! EMP Lab and @prcpennstate.bsky.social post-doc @amormino.bsky.social will be talking about her work. A lot of great talks scheduled, a treat for folks who enjoy interdisciplinary work
sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...
sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...
MPRG - Online Events
An Online Gathering for Moral Psychology -- Fall 2025*
Friday, November 7th: 4:00pm to 7:00pm (EST)
Saturday, November 8th: 11:00am to 3:15pm (EST)
sites.google.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Check out the Moral Psychology Research Group online conference in November! EMP Lab and @prcpennstate.bsky.social post-doc @amormino.bsky.social will be talking about her work. A lot of great talks scheduled, a treat for folks who enjoy interdisciplinary work
sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...
sites.google.com/view/mprg/on...
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This is an amazing opportunity for those seeking a PhD programme in Exeter: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
If you’re interested in a PhD in social psychology on the following topics, feel free to contact me
- Activism
- Social movements
- Resistance
- Solidarity
- Leadership
- Intergroup conflict
If you’re interested in a PhD in social psychology on the following topics, feel free to contact me
- Activism
- Social movements
- Resistance
- Solidarity
- Leadership
- Intergroup conflict
ESRC SWDTP | Postgraduate Study - PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter
www.exeter.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is an amazing opportunity for those seeking a PhD programme in Exeter: www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
If you’re interested in a PhD in social psychology on the following topics, feel free to contact me
- Activism
- Social movements
- Resistance
- Solidarity
- Leadership
- Intergroup conflict
If you’re interested in a PhD in social psychology on the following topics, feel free to contact me
- Activism
- Social movements
- Resistance
- Solidarity
- Leadership
- Intergroup conflict
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Parents of 0- to 12-year-olds, come do science with us!
👉 Sign up to hear about our upcoming studies: redcap.link/MoralMindsLab
👉 To learn more about us: www.moralmindslab.com/participate-...
👉 Sign up to hear about our upcoming studies: redcap.link/MoralMindsLab
👉 To learn more about us: www.moralmindslab.com/participate-...
October 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Parents of 0- to 12-year-olds, come do science with us!
👉 Sign up to hear about our upcoming studies: redcap.link/MoralMindsLab
👉 To learn more about us: www.moralmindslab.com/participate-...
👉 Sign up to hear about our upcoming studies: redcap.link/MoralMindsLab
👉 To learn more about us: www.moralmindslab.com/participate-...
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More than a third of Lucid (now Cint) respondents in 2019 were "professional" respondents according to a new article in @polanalysis.bsky.social , and that's the conservative estimate
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
More than a third of Lucid (now Cint) respondents in 2019 were "professional" respondents according to a new article in @polanalysis.bsky.social , and that's the conservative estimate
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Has anyone ever written an LOR for a medical school app and know what committees tend to look for? I’m writing one for an absolute rockstar of an RA and want to make sure I’m highlighting the right things!
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Has anyone ever written an LOR for a medical school app and know what committees tend to look for? I’m writing one for an absolute rockstar of an RA and want to make sure I’m highlighting the right things!
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Hi all! Having recently moved to @uh.edu, I’ll be reviewing graduate applications to join the newly minted Worldviews in Motion lab for Fall 2026! Please share with anyone who might be interested 😊
For lab info, check out our (though it’s mostly me atm) website: www.abdoelnakouri.com
For lab info, check out our (though it’s mostly me atm) website: www.abdoelnakouri.com
WIM Lab
www.abdoelnakouri.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hi all! Having recently moved to @uh.edu, I’ll be reviewing graduate applications to join the newly minted Worldviews in Motion lab for Fall 2026! Please share with anyone who might be interested 😊
For lab info, check out our (though it’s mostly me atm) website: www.abdoelnakouri.com
For lab info, check out our (though it’s mostly me atm) website: www.abdoelnakouri.com
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Did you hear the news? New interview dropped!
Meet @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social in her interview with @msupsychology.bsky.social!
Learn about her research interests, how to get involved, and the @psychresearchlist.bsky.social website.
psychology.msu.edu/news-events/...
Meet @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social in her interview with @msupsychology.bsky.social!
Learn about her research interests, how to get involved, and the @psychresearchlist.bsky.social website.
psychology.msu.edu/news-events/...
October 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Did you hear the news? New interview dropped!
Meet @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social in her interview with @msupsychology.bsky.social!
Learn about her research interests, how to get involved, and the @psychresearchlist.bsky.social website.
psychology.msu.edu/news-events/...
Meet @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social in her interview with @msupsychology.bsky.social!
Learn about her research interests, how to get involved, and the @psychresearchlist.bsky.social website.
psychology.msu.edu/news-events/...
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Natalism for me but not for thee. Read my new working paper w/ @tylerreny.bsky.social and Ben Newman: we show some conservative white people support legalizing abortion and contraception access in an effort to minimize the growth of the non-white population.
📢 New paper w @mfroman.bsky.social and Ben Newman: Why do some conservative White Americans support abortion? It's not gender or religion. They want to slow the growth of disliked out-groups. bit.ly/4mFYYXd
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Natalism for me but not for thee. Read my new working paper w/ @tylerreny.bsky.social and Ben Newman: we show some conservative white people support legalizing abortion and contraception access in an effort to minimize the growth of the non-white population.
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Increasing the minimum wage decreases poverty and food insufficiency.
September 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Increasing the minimum wage decreases poverty and food insufficiency.
Does anyone know of any *panel* data that has a question asking people to compare their *subjective* SES to that of their parents? I’m using some WVS/EVS data with an item like this right now but the repeated cross sectional design is… less than ideal for my specific question
September 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Does anyone know of any *panel* data that has a question asking people to compare their *subjective* SES to that of their parents? I’m using some WVS/EVS data with an item like this right now but the repeated cross sectional design is… less than ideal for my specific question
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I believe that the experimental paradigm in "polarization research" should receive strong criticism for its thin conception of political culture. I make this argument in a new blog post.
Experiments Can’t Reduce Partisan Animosity
tkeskinturk.github.io/blog/experiments
Experiments Can’t Reduce Partisan Animosity
tkeskinturk.github.io/blog/experiments
September 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I believe that the experimental paradigm in "polarization research" should receive strong criticism for its thin conception of political culture. I make this argument in a new blog post.
Experiments Can’t Reduce Partisan Animosity
tkeskinturk.github.io/blog/experiments
Experiments Can’t Reduce Partisan Animosity
tkeskinturk.github.io/blog/experiments