Friday, August 20, 2021

What narrative strategies durably reduce prejudice? Omitting analogic perspective-taking and vicarious perspective-giving does not diminish effects; conversations employing only perspective-getting narratives work

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Kalla, Joshua, and David Broockman. 2020. “Which Narrative Strategies Durably Reduce Prejudice? Evidence from Field and Survey Experiments S...

Psychopathy & personality disorder were not found to be associated with membership in the mafia for either gender; seems more of a mentality characterized by beliefs & practices determined by a deviant culture rather than psychopathology

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Women and men of mafia between traditional cultural contexts and new social roles. Felice Carabellese, Alan R. Felthous, Harry G. Kennedy, D...

Does testosterone affect men’s willingness to compete, confidence, and risk-taking—dimensions of economic behavior that are theoretically linked to the Challenge Hypothesis? Effects are small and inconsistent

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Nave, Gideon, Amos Nadler, Colin Camerer, and Matthias Wibral. 2021. “Does Testosterone Administration Increase Competitiveness, Confidence ...

Following the 2020 presidential race, many pundits and academics were quick to claim that the pandemic might have altered the outcome of the election; these authors disagree

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Did exposure to COVID-19 affect vote choice in the 2020 presidential election? Marco Mendoza Aviña, Semra Sevi. Research & Politics, Aug...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

Different names for “natural gas” influence public perception of it: They associate natural gas with “clean” and methane gas with “pollution.”

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Different names for “natural gas” influence public perception of it. Karine Lacroix et al. Journal of Environmental Psychology, August 18 20...

Too Good to be Liked? When and How Prosocial Others are Disliked

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Too Good to be Liked? When and How Prosocial Others are Disliked. Lucia L.-A. Boileau, David J. Grüning and Herbert Bless. Front. Psychol., ...

The warm glow of recycling can make us more wasteful; such potential ‘wasteful contribution’ effects need to be considered in assessing the benefits of certain recycling initiatives

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The warm glow of recycling can make us more wasteful. Jenny van Doorn, Tim Kurz. Journal of Environmental Psychology, August 19 2021, 101672...

Women were substantially more likely to wear painful, restricting or distracting clothing than men, clothing that requires ongoing monitoring or adjusting

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These Boots Weren’t Made for Walking: Gendered Discrepancies in Wearing Painful, Restricting, or Distracting Clothing. Renee Engeln & An...

Paradoxical intention has been considered an evidence-based treatment for insomnia since the 1990s; it seems to result in great reductions in sleep-related performance anxiety & marked clinical improvements

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Paradoxical intention for insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Markus Jansson-Fröjmark, Sven Alfonsson, Benjamin Bohman, Alexand...