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Doug Behrend
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Developmental psychologist, music lover, Jeopardy champ. I’ve heard good things about beer.
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Restarting my blog for the summer. Psychology, trivia, and maybe some travel mixed in.

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Triviaging:
Competitive quizzing in one's 60s
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May 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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This. All of this. Read the whole thread and share the image with everyone!
chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Feb 13
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
February 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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A great piece from colleagues about the great work done at IES, which accounts for less than 1% of the DoE’s budget. Share widely! #science #education

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Helping teachers learn what works in the classroom − and what doesn’t − will get a lot harder without the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences
The nonpartisan arm of the Education Department supports research and shares data on student progress. It identifies what works and what doesn’t.
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February 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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This weeks issue of Trivialogue is up!

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November 1, 2023 at 6:50 PM
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Issue 4 of Trivialogue is posted! Let me know below how you did on the questions this week!

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October 17, 2023 at 3:17 PM
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Hi Blueskyers—I’m on sabbatical and I’m writing a blog! Check it out and subscribe if it’s up your travel/psych/trivia alleys.

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Trivialogue 1: Do You Know the Way to San Diego?
Welcome to Trivialogue! First an introduction. I’m Doug Behrend. I’m a Professor of Psychological Science at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (Woo Pig!). By training I am a developmental p...
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September 27, 2023 at 7:29 PM