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Gordon Hodson
@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social

BIAS Lab director studying prejudice, discrimination, dehumanization, speciesism, intergroup contact, generalized prejudice. Confirmed Boffin. #PrejudiceResearch #WhyWeLoveAndExploitAnimals (does not online-bicker).

Gordon Hodson is a psychology professor at Brock University, where he directs the Brock Lab of Intergroup Processes. He is known for his research on political ideology and its relationship to prejudice, intelligence, and climate change denial. .. more

Psychology 38%
Political science 22%
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In this commentary, I argue that student-based teaching evaluations are problematic bc

✳️ systematic biases (e.g., racism, sexism)
✳️ poor construct validity
✳️ undermine standards and learning

We should evaluate teaching as seriously as we do research. Or don't do teaching evaluations.
It is time to abandon student evaluations of teaching

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Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo
PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5

#AcademicSky

Relatable 👇

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Anyone know how these Captcha things work, when there's no task associated?

Does it look at your computer activity?

How does clicking a single box mean much at all?

(asking bc building a survey, seeking to use one)

Cartoon from 1974.

Rhymes.
A cartoon by Joseph Mirachi, from 1974. #NewYorkerCartoons

Dominant groups like to control the conversation.

What is said, what is remembered, what is prioritized.

Always, always, always, steer convo away from redistribution of resources/power

Yeah, I love it too.

It's a great example of how and example is worth 1000 words

LOVE this. 👇

Anyone got a similarly clever way of conveying a point, visually & simplistically, that totally nails it like this one does?

Agreed.

It makes the topic look whimsical, and relevant to a very small proportion of society.

Neither is the case.
A cartoon by Joseph Mirachi, from 1974. #NewYorkerCartoons

I find these certificates insulting.

I'd honestly rather receive nothing.
#AcademicSky #SocialPsychology #PsychSciSky

This is a difficult read.

Even if you think you've heard the entire Hewstone story, you'll likely learn new details here.

I applaud the courage of the women who have come forward, and respect those too afraid to do so.

#AcademicSky

Yet more evidence that it's better for patients to have female (vs. male) doctors

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Data shows:

"Female family physicians in Ontario spend 15 to 20 per cent more time with patients than their male colleagues for the same pay"
Female doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients than male counterparts, study suggests | CBC News
A new medical association study suggests female family physicians in Ontario spend 15 to 20 per cent more time with patients than their male colleagues for the same pay.
www.cbc.ca

How politics function these days

Try to not take the bait.
“We requested information about the case to at least protect attendees of our future events and potentially act against Hewstone, however, Oxford University never provided any information.”

Open Access: archive.is/ue5k8#select...

Paywall: www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

#SocialPsyc #AcademicSky
Oxford University ‘withheld information about harassment claims’
Miles Hewstone, who quit in 2019 but retained his emeritus titles for years, is accused of making unwanted advances towards students and researchers
www.thetimes.com

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Canadian academics to be awarded one free journal publication a year, given the amount of time they have to spend shovelling snow each winter.

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Got a DM if we were really serious about closing, and yes, we've reached that inflection point.

But we’re trying to stop that from happening! We need help connecting to funders or sponsors who might provide bridge funds as we design the next chapter.

Who in your network would be open to a chat?

#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter

Me, when our paper gets past desk rejection

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Toronto snow day: Southbound DVP closed, Orange snowfall warning in effect; schools, universities closed across southern Ontario
Toronto snow day: Southbound DVP closed, Orange snowfall warning in effect; schools, universities closed across southern Ontario
Environment Canada is warning of 20 to 30 centimetres of snow by Thursday afternoon.
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📣Calling all #Teachers and/or #Parents of children in 4th, 5th and 6th class!

👫We are conducting an in-school study with children around the country, all about what it means to be Irish and European, and the implications for inclusion in #Ireland.

🧵👇

#IrelandEd #Teacher #Education #Teaching

Sorry, I should have been clearer.

The 2015 paper found about 1/3 "supported hypotheses" (which happened to be replications)

Your paper found about 1/3 supported hypotheses.

I was just reflecting on how both took 100 studies and only found 1/3 significant.

Interesting.

In finding approx one-third confirming hypotheses, your project reminds me of the 36% replication value in the 2015 Science paper (@briannosek.bsky.social as corresponding author)

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science
A large-scale assessment suggests that experimental reproducibility in psychology leaves a lot to be desired.
www.science.org

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Do you have students interested in research in psychology but want to test the waters before going for a full PhD?

My department at Ball State University is recruiting for our Master’s programs in Clinical Psychology and Psychological Science. Applications are due Feb 1st.

Links + info below...

The AI bot I was just interacting with at a service provider was awful. It couldn't understand my very basic requests.

Remind me again why governments are in a huge rush to integrate this stuff into their systems?

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I was just talking to high performing students (who are currently struggling with effects of the news).

Reminded them: the news & social media are designed to lure you in. And certain politicians crave your attention

You don't have to take the bait

bsky.app/profile/liza...

If there's a lot of bad stuff happening at an organization...

.... and all the "good" or moral people leave.....

.... what does that leave us with?

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Attention all Numbers Nerds 👇
2025 was a perfect square. 2027 will be a prime number. By comparison, our current year, 2026, seems mathematically almost boring. But that’s a misconception
Why 2026 Is a Mathematically Special Number
Neither a square nor prime number, 2026 is still intriguing
www.scientificamerican.com

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2025 was a perfect square. 2027 will be a prime number. By comparison, our current year, 2026, seems mathematically almost boring. But that’s a misconception
Why 2026 Is a Mathematically Special Number
Neither a square nor prime number, 2026 is still intriguing
www.scientificamerican.com

But in turn, my response:

The harder the requester makes it for me to be ABLE to make a decision, the less likely I am to say "yes".

Two can play the psychology game. 🙂

I've increasingly noticed this too.

It's almost like they've tested this, finding you get more "yes" responses to a vague, dateless request than to a request for something due on Date X.

3/

Unless I missed it, they didn't tell the audience of the error. And they used the "data" from the full hour (pre & post fix)

Sigh.

2/

Around half-way through the show, they fixed it to this