Jenny G. Rankin, PhD
@jennygrankin.bsky.social
Author of 14 books, 2 doctorates, @PsychToday columnist, #KeynoteSpeaker, taught Columbia & Cambridge Universities, lectured Oxford University & TED, Mensan, #data #education #researchcom, nerd
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath & Dan Heath is a fantastic book! I read it while studying the best ways to communicate #data & other #knowledge. #polarization #communication #communicationskills
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath & Dan Heath is a fantastic book! I read it while studying the best ways to communicate #data & other #knowledge. #polarization #communication #communicationskills
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell is a fantastic book! I read it while studying the best ways to communicate #data & other #knowledge. @malcolmgladwell @Gladwell #polarization #communication #communicationskills
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell is a fantastic book! I read it while studying the best ways to communicate #data & other #knowledge. @malcolmgladwell @Gladwell #polarization #communication #communicationskills
The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics by Tim Harford was superb! I'm sharing books I've been reading as I write about best practice getting other to embrace quality data findings. @TimHarford #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics by Tim Harford was superb! I'm sharing books I've been reading as I write about best practice getting other to embrace quality data findings. @TimHarford #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
Klan-destine Relationships: A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan by Daryl Davis is a book I loved while researching the best ways to communicate data, facts, findings, & other knowledge. @realdaryldavis #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Klan-destine Relationships: A Black Man's Odyssey in the Ku Klux Klan by Daryl Davis is a book I loved while researching the best ways to communicate data, facts, findings, & other knowledge. @realdaryldavis #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
Anti-Vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement by Jonathan M. Berman is a book I loved while researching the best ways to communicate data, facts, findings, & other knowledge. #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Anti-Vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement by Jonathan M. Berman is a book I loved while researching the best ways to communicate data, facts, findings, & other knowledge. #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind by Jonah Berger is another great book! Anyone who communicates data &/or knowledge will find gret insights in its pages! @j1berger #IRB #KnowledgeDissemination #ResearchComm
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind by Jonah Berger is another great book! Anyone who communicates data &/or knowledge will find gret insights in its pages! @j1berger #IRB #KnowledgeDissemination #ResearchComm
Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior by Jonah Berger was superb! I'm sharing books I've been reading as I write about best practice getting other to embrace quality data findings. @j1berger #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior by Jonah Berger was superb! I'm sharing books I've been reading as I write about best practice getting other to embrace quality data findings. @j1berger #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton, & Edward Hutchings was superb! I'm sharing books I've been reading as I write about best practice getting other to embrace quality data findings. #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducati
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton, & Edward Hutchings was superb! I'm sharing books I've been reading as I write about best practice getting other to embrace quality data findings. #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducati
Othering: Casting sources as “not us” licenses discounting their evidence. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Othering: Casting sources as “not us” licenses discounting their evidence. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
Plan continuation bias: People stick with the current course despite signals to revise. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #polarization #communication #communicationskills
November 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Plan continuation bias: People stick with the current course despite signals to revise. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #polarization #communication #communicationskills
Social proof: High visibility (likes, shares, endorsements) acts as a shortcut for credibility. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Social proof: High visibility (likes, shares, endorsements) acts as a shortcut for credibility. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
Negativity bias: Negative information weighs more, crowding out balanced assessments. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Negativity bias: Negative information weighs more, crowding out balanced assessments. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
Social identity: Group memberships provide norms and truths that govern which evidence is credible. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Social identity: Group memberships provide norms and truths that govern which evidence is credible. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
Partisanship (polarization): Party cues become heuristics for truth, overpowering cross-cutting evidence. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Partisanship (polarization): Party cues become heuristics for truth, overpowering cross-cutting evidence. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
Paradigm: Dominant models frame which findings are noticed, funded, or dismissed as anomalies. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Paradigm: Dominant models frame which findings are noticed, funded, or dismissed as anomalies. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
Backfire effect: Threatening corrections can harden prior beliefs rather than loosen them. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Backfire effect: Threatening corrections can harden prior beliefs rather than loosen them. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
Belonging: Signals of “people like me” prime acceptance of in-group-aligned claims and suspicion of outsider evidence. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Belonging: Signals of “people like me” prime acceptance of in-group-aligned claims and suspicion of outsider evidence. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
System justification: People defend existing systems and discount data showing systemic problems. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
System justification: People defend existing systems and discount data showing systemic problems. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
Information avoidance: People steer clear of accurate facts that could force uncomfortable change. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Information avoidance: People steer clear of accurate facts that could force uncomfortable change. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
Dilution effect: Irrelevant details weaken the impact of strong diagnostic evidence. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
November 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Dilution effect: Irrelevant details weaken the impact of strong diagnostic evidence. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
Illusory truth effect: Repetition increases perceived truth regardless of evidential support. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Illusory truth effect: Repetition increases perceived truth regardless of evidential support. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #DataLiteracy #ScienceCommunication #Education
Confirmation bias: We preferentially seek, trust, and remember evidence that supports what we already believe. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Confirmation bias: We preferentially seek, trust, and remember evidence that supports what we already believe. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
Stereotypes: Group generalizations skew assessments of sources and findings. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Stereotypes: Group generalizations skew assessments of sources and findings. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #psychology #metacognition #DecisionEducation
Change aversion: Because change feels risky, new data prompting change face extra resistance. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Change aversion: Because change feels risky, new data prompting change face extra resistance. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #research #science #phdlife #NewsYouCanUse #academia
Status quo bias: Current arrangements feel safer, so evidence for change faces a higher bar. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Status quo bias: Current arrangements feel safer, so evidence for change faces a higher bar. #EveryoneShouldLearnAbout #CriticalThinking #Research #Stats #EvidenceBased