Justin David Hackett

Is traveling and meeting people from other cultures connected to identification with all humanity? What about other multicultural experiences? Find out in a new paper from our lab doi.org/10.1016/j.ijin…

Please take the time to listen to my colleague and friend Dr. Rueben Brock.

Call for Papers in Special Issue of GPIR, “We don't believe you”: A group processes approach to anti-science beliefs and endorsement of alternative facts; Submission deadline: May 2020 @GPIR_SAGE easp.eu/news/itm/-1048…

Increasingly, scholars are facing the consequences of right-wing populism. Polish president has withheld his signature on paperwork needed to name colleague, collaborator, EJSP editor, & friend @Michal_Bilewicz a professor! @easpinfo @PolPsyISPP @SPSSI timesofisrael.com/polish-preside…

Interesting

"studies have found that by the time we turn 33, most of us have stopped listening to new music. Meanwhile, popular songs released when you’re in your early teens are likely to remain quite popular among your age group for the rest of your life" ow.ly/V8ph50wEE1A

"economic inequality perceptions enhance the feeling that society is breaking down ... fueling a desire for a leader who will restore order (by whatever means necessary)" ow.ly/Opf450wyu1R via @physorg_com

Thursday night office

"More than 80% of the [five- to nine-month-old infant] participants chose the figure that had shown distress, thus showing empathic preference towards the bullied figure" ow.ly/ZGzF50vgUS6 via @medical_xpress

What happens when white nationalists take DNA tests and learn they're not as white as they'd hoped? 2 researchers investigated. nyti.ms/32lWXaV

“Trump approval is best explained by a disdain for the Democratic groups he so often attacks. Republican Party approval is best explained by affection towards the groups who actually vote for Republican candidates.”

** New Research Article ** by Sinan Alper, Onurcan Yilmaz — Does an Abstract Mind-Set Increase the Internal Consistency of Moral Attitudes and Strengthen Individualizing Foundations? @SinanAlper_ @_onurcanyilmaz # spps_journal @SAGEpsychology journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Our new Current Directions paper is online, highlighting that ethnic diversity is not good or bad in itself, though it does trigger anti-immigration and anti-establishment sentiments in authoritarians, which pushes them towards populist political parties: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117….

An exhaustive list of cognitive #biases—with a summmary of the core psychological issues associated with each set of biases.

Susan Henney and I have a new book available! #communityengagement The Development of Community Engagement from Infancy to Adulthood amazon.com/dp/1138565113/…

Social psych students - very interesting episode of Hidden Brain podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hid…

Learn about my study abroad to Europe: rsvp.efcollegestudytours.com/h9z3yf7