Keith Payne
keithpayne.bsky.social
Keith Payne
@keithpayne.bsky.social
Social psychologist studying racial and economic inequality. Author of Good Reasonable People and The Broken Ladder.
In Good Reasonable People, published before the election, I argued that in a country diversifying this fast, Republicans will have to choose between maintaining power or maintaining democracy. This is what their choice looks like.
February 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.
February 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Thank you Nelson!
I’m 1/3 of the way into @keithpayne.bsky.social’s “Good Reasonable People” and I already recommend it. It pairs well with a lot of posts that @kameronhurley.com makes about media and marketing. Give it a go. This is very good and it’s also reasonable - and we are in need of reasonable.
February 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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I had to zoom through this fast because the library only gave me 7 days so thank you @keithpayne.bsky.social for writing a book I needed AND a book I could easily understand while including and summarizing tons of scientific studies and information. Now I need the physical book for the citation list
January 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Thank you!
Good Reasonable People by @keithpayne.bsky.social is the first time I’ve ever listened to an audiobook that was so good that I then ordered a physical copy of the book because I want to have it on my shelf.
December 29, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Excited to see Good Reasonable People on The New Yorker’s best books of 2024!

www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...
The Best Books of 2024
The New Yorker’s editors and critics choose this year’s essential reads in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction.
www.newyorker.com
December 26, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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The most important paragraph I’ve read this year on how to engage with people who hold different views. From @keithpayne.bsky.social “Good Reasonable People”
December 20, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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A core memory from grad school: @keithpayne.bsky.social quietly drawing attention to the relative effect size of implicit and explicit measures of racial prejudice with 2008 voting behaviour
December 18, 2024 at 4:12 PM
What all the postmortems of the election overlook is that republicans regularly get 60% of white votes and whites are 70% of the electorate. So they start with 42% off the bat. They only need to get 8.1% from all other groups to win a majority vote share.
December 18, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Thank you Sarah!
Book strongly recommended. As someone who is interested in Psychology and Politics. This book is what I am looking for! Thank you for writing this. @keithpayne.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Thank you!
December 7, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Thanks Erin!
I highly recommend listening to Keith’s conversation about his new book here! Super interesting ideas for our current political climate.
Not bad company I’m keeping lately. Just sayin
December 7, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Not bad company I’m keeping lately. Just sayin
December 4, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Thank you Ben!
I listened-watched this engaging interview twice. Psychologist Keith Payne (@keithpayne.bsky.social) discusses his latest book, Good Reasonable People. As a conflict mediator, I learned some new things from this interview re: bridging differences. Beautiful stuff! youtu.be/DXdFRRljLfc?...
Keith Payne (on the psychology behind the political divide) | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
YouTube video by Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
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November 29, 2024 at 9:21 PM
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@keithpayne.bsky.social Thank your book *Good and Reasonable People*, which I'm reading right now. Glad to have learned about it from www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
Do They Really Believe That Stuff?
According to a new book, America’s political derangement has psychological roots.
www.newyorker.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Me explaining to non-social psychologist what all our conferences and journals are called.
November 24, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Congratulations @neilrhester.bsky.social and @erichehman.bsky.social ! An innovative paper by two innovative (and well dressed) fellows!
ISCON is excited to announce that the 2023 Best Social Cognition Paper Award goes to Hester, N., & Hehman, E. (2023). Dress is a fundamental component of person perception. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 27(4), 414-433! Congrats @neilrhester.bsky.social and @erichehman.bsky.social!
November 22, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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November 18, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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New paper in JPSP with @elianeroy.bsky.social ! Here, we ask: Is measuring attitudes more like playing darts or more like searching for a prize in a ”claw” machine? More details in the thread below....
November 19, 2024 at 3:30 PM