5th: @skowroneksam.bsky.social from @uclaanderson.bsky.social will finish off the symposium with his work on the unintended consequences of how you frame tasks for students. Turns out, labeling tasks as “easy” can undermine resilience and learning when challenges arise!

Hope to see y'all there 🎉

4th: @mikeyeomans.bsky.social from @imperialbusiness.bsky.social will examine gaps in people’s ability to accurately detect others’ conversational topic preferences, highlighting how limited perspective-taking skills affect conversational enjoyment.

3rd: @ibitayof.bsky.social from @chicagobooth.bsky.social will discuss advising in career decisions, demonstrating how advisors may unintentionally deprioritize prestige in favor of identity-relevant attributes for marginalized individuals.

2nd: @yenakim.bsky.social from @chicagobooth.bsky.social will examine how people think about moral responsibility toward friends across domains and cultures, highlighting a unique antecedent to giving critical feedback.

1st: @danielchiacchia.bsky.social from
@rotmanschool.bsky.social will introduce the concept of experiential authority, revealing people’s strong preference for advisors with firsthand experience of hardships—delaying effective support.

We wanna be there for our loved ones, but psychological barriers can hinder our ability to give effective social support. This symposium presents the latest research on the nature and consequences of these barriers across five talks.