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Patrick Durkee
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Assistant Professor of Psychology at Fresno State studying hierarchy and personality at multiple levels of analysis.
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Patrick Durkee @pdurkee.bsky.social · Apr 1
I’ve been confused about what personality is and what personality inventories are trying measure, so I wrote a paper about it:
Measuring personality Traits:Simulations Exploring (Mis)Alignment between methods and measurands
Measuring personality traits requires that measurement methods align with intended measurands. There are two broad classes of personality trait measur…
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pdurkee.bsky.social
I’ve been confused about what personality is and what personality inventories are trying measure, so I wrote a paper about it:
Measuring personality Traits:Simulations Exploring (Mis)Alignment between methods and measurands
Measuring personality traits requires that measurement methods align with intended measurands. There are two broad classes of personality trait measur…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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irisvanrooij.bsky.social
How hard is cognitive science?

🎬📽🍿 Video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=2bdK...

📖 Paper version: psyarxiv.com/k79nv/

Summary in #PaperThread below 🧵 1/n
How hard is cognitive science?
YouTube video by Iris van Rooij
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February 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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“In the famine seasons, sometimes everyone in the Kebele would get USAID for maybe two months or three months in a year. During this time, we had no food. This was our only access to food.” – Biri, from a Hamar village in Ethiopia.

Biri is a student supported by @omovalleyresearchproject.org.
Biri sits on a bench inside a dimly lit traditional Hamar house. He has a warm expression as he holds a small child on his lap, his daughter. The child, dressed in a red and black striped wrap with colorful beaded necklaces and bracelets, looks at the camera while holding a small biscuit. The man points slightly toward the camera with a relaxed posture. The setting has an earthy, rustic feel, with natural light filtering in, illuminating their faces
February 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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We are proud to announce support for #LA #MutualAid groups serving the 180,000 people displaced by the #LAFires!

Over the past week we have organized a regular aid route that will deliver one full truck each week to sustain the local response.

Help us keep it running: distributeaid.org/la-fires
A flier explaining how Distribute Aid’s LA Fires response works. Title: Fight the Fires, Know the Needs, Fill the Trucks Distribute Aid is delivering a weekly shipment to LA mutual aid groups. Here’s how it works: 1. You can collect aid in UT or any surrouding state. 2. Aid will be staged at the Salt Lake City aid hub. 3. Aid will be delivered to Los Angeles on a weekly semi-truck run. Email [hello@distributeaid.org](mailto:hello@distributeaid.org) if you’d like to fundraise to send the next truck! See the next graphic for how to collect and send aid. Donate link: distributeaid.org/la-fires The Distribute Aid Logo A flier explaining how Distribute Aid’s LA Fires response works. Title: Fight the Fires, Know the Needs, Fill the Trucks Distribute Aid is delivering a weekly shipment to LA mutual aid groups. 1. Collect Aid - please contact [donate-aid@distributeaid.org](mailto:donate-aid@distributeaid.org) to get a list of the latest needs and coordinate with us before starting your collection. We will work with your team to target specific needs, and reserve space at the staging hub and on the truck to LA for you. 2. Shipment Staging - our partners, Lifting Hands International, are staging aid at their warehousing hub in Salt Lake City from the surrounding region to support the LA Fires. They can accept deliveries, and our logistics team has the capacity to pickup 12 pallets from one surrounding state each week. 3. Delivery & Distribution - The Distribute Aid logistics team is coordinating a weekly delivery of a full truck of 26 pallets from Salt Lake City to LA hubs each week (2x per week surge capacity). The aid is delivered to Community Solidarity Project’s hub in LA, where they and Mutual Aid Disaster Relief are able to resupply frontline grassroots organizations for the duration of the crisis. Email [hello@distributeaid.org](mailto:hello@distributeaid.org) if you’d like to fundraise to send the next truck! Donate link: distributeaid.org/la-fires The Distribute Aid Logo A flier explaining the needs in LA. Title: Fight the Fires, Know the Needs, Fill the Trucks Distribute Aid is delivering a weekly shipment to LA mutual aid groups. Priority needs: - First Aid Kits x 1,000 - N95 Masks x 100,000 - P100 Respirators x 5,000 Emerging needs: - Boxes x 10,000 - Phone Charging Cords - Feminine Hygiene Products See the latest needs here: distributeaid.org/la-fires/needs Email [hello@distributeaid.org](mailto:hello@distributeaid.org) if you’d like to fundraise to send the next truck! Donate link: distributeaid.org/la-fires The Distribute Aid Logo A flier explaining how to donate to Distribute Aid’s LA Fires response. Title: Fight the Fires, Know the Needs, Fill the Trucks The situation is rapidly evolving and we will try to target each shipment to address emerging needs. We’ve secured free trucking, which means your donation goes 3x as far! - $25 sends 10 boxes - $50 ships 1 pallet of aid - $100 covers forklift / box truck rentals - $1,000 delivers a full truck load Your donation will support our field coordinator in LA, reimburse our volunteer semi-truck drivers for gas, and contribute towards packaging and other operational costs. Donate today: distributeaid.org/la-fires Logos of our partners on this response: - Distribute Aid - Community Solidarity Project - Lifting Hands International - Mutual Aid Disaster Relief
January 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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jackiemchen.bsky.social
Social cognition ppl: Is there a review/chapter on automatic social cognition that summarizes the current state of knowledge, correcting for findings that don’t replicate?
January 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
pdurkee.bsky.social
Anyone like open educational resources? 😅
pdurkee.bsky.social Patrick Durkee @pdurkee.bsky.social · Jan 14
I’m working on OER chapters for my personality psych class at CSU Fresno. This semester, I'm planning to post a new chapter to Merlot each week as the class progresses. I'd really appreciate any ideas for improving them!

Since it's OER, you can remix and reuse as you please.
January 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
pdurkee.bsky.social
I’m working on OER chapters for my personality psych class at CSU Fresno. This semester, I'm planning to post a new chapter to Merlot each week as the class progresses. I'd really appreciate any ideas for improving them!

Since it's OER, you can remix and reuse as you please.
January 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
pdurkee.bsky.social
Decided it might be time to stop just lurking and engage a little more this year...

So, hey Bluesky! Looking forward to hearing and sharing thoughts about evolutionary human sciences, status hierarchies, personality, causal inference, formal theory development in psychology, teaching, and R here.
January 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM