Jake Womick
@jakewomick.bsky.social
Social/Personality Psych. Assistant Professor @California State University Bakersfield. Politics, prejudice, & meaning in life. https://jakewomick.com. Member of the New Pluralists https://newpluralists.org/field-builders/. All views are my own.
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Are you a social psych person who studies things related to culture, social dynamics, contextually situated groups or just want to live in the southwest and eat amazing Mexican food? Apply to our position! We’re hiring at the asst prof level in psych utep.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Are you a social psych person who studies things related to culture, social dynamics, contextually situated groups or just want to live in the southwest and eat amazing Mexican food? Apply to our position! We’re hiring at the asst prof level in psych utep.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta...
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It’s so weird how we’re all just working like this is still a normal country.
March 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It’s so weird how we’re all just working like this is still a normal country.
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You know what I miss?
Science. Doing it. Thinking about it. Talking about it. Writing about it. Getting excited about it.
Maybe I’ll get to be a scientist again one day. Maybe it will matter.
Science. Doing it. Thinking about it. Talking about it. Writing about it. Getting excited about it.
Maybe I’ll get to be a scientist again one day. Maybe it will matter.
March 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
You know what I miss?
Science. Doing it. Thinking about it. Talking about it. Writing about it. Getting excited about it.
Maybe I’ll get to be a scientist again one day. Maybe it will matter.
Science. Doing it. Thinking about it. Talking about it. Writing about it. Getting excited about it.
Maybe I’ll get to be a scientist again one day. Maybe it will matter.
Ever wonder why some immigrants seem to want to close the door (or the border) behind them? Go see Kevin at #28 to find out how authoritarianism and acculturation drive this phenomenon #spsp25
February 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Ever wonder why some immigrants seem to want to close the door (or the border) behind them? Go see Kevin at #28 to find out how authoritarianism and acculturation drive this phenomenon #spsp25
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Coming to @spspnews.bsky.social? Interested in LGBTQ+ people, health psychology, or both? Come to our ✨timely✨ symposium on Social Psychological Insights into LGBTQ+ health! See work from me plus @paolopalma.bsky.social, @drmikeytrujillo.bsky.social, and @catherinesjwall.bsky.social!
February 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Coming to @spspnews.bsky.social? Interested in LGBTQ+ people, health psychology, or both? Come to our ✨timely✨ symposium on Social Psychological Insights into LGBTQ+ health! See work from me plus @paolopalma.bsky.social, @drmikeytrujillo.bsky.social, and @catherinesjwall.bsky.social!
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How do attitudes become moralized? We find that moral conviction spreads between connected attitudes over time. + Those with highly connected belief systems (ideologues) have highly moralized belief systems!
Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃
Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃
February 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
How do attitudes become moralized? We find that moral conviction spreads between connected attitudes over time. + Those with highly connected belief systems (ideologues) have highly moralized belief systems!
Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃
Come see us at the moral psych pre-con poster session @spspnews.bsky.social to learn more😃
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Went to Heterodox Academy's website, wondering if an organization "dedicated" to free inquiry would condemn academic censorship from the Trump admin. Unsurprisingly, the only statements on their website commend the admin and explicitly pit the "pursuit of truth" against that of "social justice."
a woman in a black dress is standing next to a man in a suit who says you 're hypocrites
ALT: a woman in a black dress is standing next to a man in a suit who says you 're hypocrites
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Went to Heterodox Academy's website, wondering if an organization "dedicated" to free inquiry would condemn academic censorship from the Trump admin. Unsurprisingly, the only statements on their website commend the admin and explicitly pit the "pursuit of truth" against that of "social justice."
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This new paper is so cool!
It shows that the media use passive voice, nominalizations, and intransitive verbs that obscure responsibility in cases of police killings.
Because they do this, citizens are less likely to hold police officers responsible for bad behavior.
It shows that the media use passive voice, nominalizations, and intransitive verbs that obscure responsibility in cases of police killings.
Because they do this, citizens are less likely to hold police officers responsible for bad behavior.
January 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This new paper is so cool!
It shows that the media use passive voice, nominalizations, and intransitive verbs that obscure responsibility in cases of police killings.
Because they do this, citizens are less likely to hold police officers responsible for bad behavior.
It shows that the media use passive voice, nominalizations, and intransitive verbs that obscure responsibility in cases of police killings.
Because they do this, citizens are less likely to hold police officers responsible for bad behavior.
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Scientific breakthroughs we might not have had without NSF funding:
The Internet
Smartphones
DNA analysis
MRIs
Doppler radar
Bar codes
And this is just the tiniest tip of the iceburg.
The Internet
Smartphones
DNA analysis
MRIs
Doppler radar
Bar codes
And this is just the tiniest tip of the iceburg.
January 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Scientific breakthroughs we might not have had without NSF funding:
The Internet
Smartphones
DNA analysis
MRIs
Doppler radar
Bar codes
And this is just the tiniest tip of the iceburg.
The Internet
Smartphones
DNA analysis
MRIs
Doppler radar
Bar codes
And this is just the tiniest tip of the iceburg.
Although I feel the same, I would add that something keeping me going is mentoring students who are still hoping and dreaming big
sitting in my office, doing my silly little regressions on how people feel about politics, wondering if any of this shit matters anymore
January 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Although I feel the same, I would add that something keeping me going is mentoring students who are still hoping and dreaming big
Sums it up pretty well
This. This fucking shit right here
sitting in my office, doing my silly little regressions on how people feel about politics, wondering if any of this shit matters anymore
January 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Sums it up pretty well
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My occasional reminder to folks on tenure and promotion committees that there will be a cohort of people whose early careers were defined entirely by the pandemic and *waves vaguely* this nonsense, and it *will* impact their productivity.
It can't not.
It can't not.
January 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
My occasional reminder to folks on tenure and promotion committees that there will be a cohort of people whose early careers were defined entirely by the pandemic and *waves vaguely* this nonsense, and it *will* impact their productivity.
It can't not.
It can't not.
The correlations have become so strong that they compel the question of if and how much these are even separable
5/
But even more dramatic, political ideology (but not age, education, sex) became increasingly correlated with GP over time.
2004 & 2008: GP-conservatism rs approx .41
2016 & 2020: GP-conservatism rs approx .70
January 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The correlations have become so strong that they compel the question of if and how much these are even separable
I work at a HSI, and we've been having lots of ICE raids in the area this week. One of Trump's EOs enables ICE to conduct raids on campus. We've been trying to prepare students and equip them with resources to navigate this possibility. It's been heart-wrenching to have these conversations.
www.latimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I work at a HSI, and we've been having lots of ICE raids in the area this week. One of Trump's EOs enables ICE to conduct raids on campus. We've been trying to prepare students and equip them with resources to navigate this possibility. It's been heart-wrenching to have these conversations.
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@jakewomick.bsky.social is now on Bluesky!
Give him a follow to learn more about intergroup relations & political ideology etc
Give him a follow to learn more about intergroup relations & political ideology etc
January 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
@jakewomick.bsky.social is now on Bluesky!
Give him a follow to learn more about intergroup relations & political ideology etc
Give him a follow to learn more about intergroup relations & political ideology etc