Yi Zhang
yizhang96.bsky.social
Yi Zhang
@yizhang96.bsky.social
Social psychology PhD student @USC studying social cognition, moral psychology, and social networks 🧠☁️

yizhang96.github.io
New paper out in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology! 🎉

How do we figure out who will accept or reject us in a new group?

We show that people generalize relational value across friendship ties—forming a network gradient of approach & avoidance.

authors.elsevier.com/a/1lq3x51f8w...
September 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
🥳Excited to share that our new paper is live at Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social! We show that Pavlovian learning can grow empathy for another person. 🧵👇
July 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM