Shane O'Mara

shanewriter.bsky.social

06 January 2025 02:57

& another Confirmation Bias Concept: People favor information that confirms their existing beliefs and ignore contradictory evidence. Advice: Apply Darwin’s Golden Rule: ‘I had, also, during many years, followed a golden rule, namely,

Larisa Heiphetz Solomon

drlarisa.bsky.social

06 January 2025 02:57

1. New year, new paper! Work on redemption - i.e., moral improvement - first-authored by @dymoral.bsky.social now in press at Dev Review. More info in thread, full text here: columbiasamclab.weebly.com/uploads/5/9/.... #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc #DevPsyc @socphilpsych.bsky.social 🧪

Joel Le Forestier

joelleforestier.bsky.social

06 January 2025 02:57

What are people's favorite things for participants to do/tasks for participants to complete in pairs/small groups *other than* the fast friends procedure? I'm looking for tasks that could take up 10-20 minutes of a dyadic interaction, ideally. #socpsyc #PsychSciSky

Shane O'Mara

shanewriter.bsky.social

06 January 2025 02:57

& another Availability Heuristic Concept: People judge the likelihood of events based on how easily examples come to mind. Advice: Base decisions on statistical evidence rather than vivid but anecdotal memories. #baserates #decision-making #statistics #data #cognitivescience #psychscisky

Michelle Greene

mgreenephd.bsky.social

06 January 2025 02:57

🚨New paper alert! What would you call this object? Most folks would say "guitar". You could be less specific ("musical instrument") or more ("Fender Stratocaster"), but we tend to use the mid-level (the "basic level" coined by Eleanor Rosch). Why? 1/ #neuroskyence #visionscience