Saturday, December 31, 2022

Psychology students reported particularly high rates of mental health problems, business students reported the highest rate of drug abuse, while law students reported the highest alcohol misuse

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Variations in psychological disorders, suicidality, and help-seeking behaviour among college students from different academic disciplines. M...

Higher social status benefits women's well-being and relationship quality, until they surpass their male partner

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All is nice and well unless she outshines him: Higher social status benefits women's well-being and relationship quality but not if they...
Friday, December 30, 2022

GPT-3 displayed a surprisingly strong capacity for abstract pattern induction, matching or even surpassing human capabilities in most settings; large language models have acquired an emergent ability to find zero-shot solutions to a broad range of analogy problems

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Emergent Analogical Reasoning in Large Language Models. Taylor Webb, Keith J. Holyoak, Hongjing Lu. Dec 19 2022. https://arxiv.org/abs/2212...

Use time of social media and streaming services was associated with reduced sexist attitudes

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Can hedonic technology use drive sexism in youth? Reconsidering the cultivation and objectification perspectives. Ofir Turel. Behaviour ...

People with social anxiety disorder fear not only negative but also positive evaluation by others, because they are afraid that it will turn against them

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A mixed methods investigation of reasons underlying fear of positive evaluation. Gillian A. Wilson, Bailee L. Malivoire, Stephanie E. Cassin...

Are Progressives in Denial About Progress? Yes, but So Is Almost Everyone Else

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Are Progressives in Denial About Progress? Yes, but So Is Almost Everyone Else. Gregory Mitchell and Philip E. Tetlock. Clinical Psychologic...
Thursday, December 29, 2022

Greedy people generate more household income (not personal one), have more sexual partners, fewer long-term relationships, and less offspring (partly due to the relationaships, partly because of greed), and are less satisfied with life

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Greed: What Is It Good for? Karlijn Hoyer et al. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, December 28, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/014...