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Society for Personality and Social Psychology
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SPSP strives to advance the study, teaching, and application of social and personality psychology. Links, RTs ≠ endorsement. Monitored 9am ET - 5pm ET, Mon-Fri.
Washington, DC
Joined January 2012
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    Congratulations again to @edyong209, winner of the Excellence in Science Journalism Award. More about the award: ow.ly/surn30iqDLE
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    Thank you for raising this. We have removed this poster from our presentation schedule and it has been removed from Whova. We will be evaluating our review processes.
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    #Flourish- a post-SPSP retreat for pre-tenure social/personality psychologists of color- kicks off today!! We'll be taking over the @SPSPnews account for the next few hours. First up: a mentoring lunch with distinguished guest @siminevazire
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    #BlaSPR - Black Social and Personality Psychologists Retreat - building community among SPSP's Black Membership. A space where young Black scholars come together in professional development, fellowship, and fun. When one scholar wins, we all do. #BlackScholarsMatter
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    Good morning! Today, #BlaSPR will be posting on SPSP’s Twitter! The Black Social/Personality Psychologists Retreat was created 3 years ago to connect the field’s next Black social psychologists for two days of resource sharing, workshops, and panels. Follow along with us!
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    In a new #openaccess study, researchers investigate how the complexity of the social environment (more vs. less groups) influences attitude formation. Read more in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin: ow.ly/EKu850R5100
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    And that’s a wrap on #SPSP2023! Thank you to all of the presenters, attendees, volunteers, and staff members who made this year’s Annual Convention possible. We can’t wait to see you for #SPSP2024 in San Diego!
    GIF
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    "He found that from 45 empirical articles, only four went beyond participants answering questions or filling in surveys; overall, only 6 per cent of the analysed studies measured actual behaviour." bit.ly/2umqGQy via @ResearchDigest
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    How can behavioral science boost #COVID19 vaccine uptake? SPSP members @NeilLewisJr, @RobbWiller, @jayvanbavel, and @katy_milkman tackled this challenge during a @WhiteHouse briefing in March: ow.ly/VpMS50F31D7
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    "married people…who said they had at least two close friends—meaning at least one besides their spouse—had higher levels of life satisfaction and self-esteem and lower levels of depression than spouses who did not have close friends outside their marriage
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    Please join us in congratulating @Dr_DSanchez of @RutgersU, who has been elected 2025 president of SPSP! She will serve as president-elect in 2024, president in 2025, and past president in 2026. Learn more: ow.ly/pkGZ50OEa2O
    "I will do my best to ensure that SPSP is meeting the needs of its members, including our collective goals to increase the societal impact of our science." - Diana Sanchez, PhD, 2025 SPSP President
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    Each year at #BlaSPR, we do a data blitz. This serves as a space for us to receive feedback on our current projects and share our research with other graduate students of color who have similar interests. Many collaborations have began from these data blitzes in the past!
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    The #BlaSPR x #Flourish2020 dinner connected pre-tenure professors of color with graduate students and postdocs of color. We discussed different paths to the professoriate and issues like parenting, debt, relationships, teaching, and more!
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    Congratulations to the recipients of this year's SAGE Early Career Trajectory Award - @CydneyDupree, @JimACEverett, #ErikaHall, @mmuthukrishna, and @Ivuoma! Learn more: ow.ly/W0lb50H1XEK