Friday Fun: One Researcher's P-Curve Analysis

It's Me! Two weeks ago when PYM was at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology , I went to a symposiu...

Friday Fun: A few simple tricks for healthier eating

Who could resist? Confession: Today I ate three cookies. Not because I particularly wanted them, but because they were there. I could be a c...

SPSP 2012: Poster Highlights

Not actually SPSP but the closest I could find As Amie said in a previous post, SPSP poster sessions are like your " elementary school ...

SPSP 2012: Social Relationships Round-up

Here at SPSP 2012 I’ve been enjoying the sunny, warm weather, eating more than I should and sleeping less, and gathering interesting tidbits...

SPSP 2012: How does culture change over time?

Today's "Cultural Change Over Time" symposium was a perfect example of why I enjoy SPSP so much: The talks involved (1) compel...

SPSP 2012: Watchdogs, Witch-hunts, and What to do about False-Positive Findings

In a recent trend, the field of social-personality psychology has become sensitive to the data reporting and analytic strategies that go int...

SPSP 2012: Oxytocin, Threat, and the “Mama Bear Effect”

“Oxytocin may be critically involved in both ethnocentrism and parochial altruism.” -Carsten de Dreu, University of Amsterdam Long called th...

SPSP Conference: Where social and personality psychologists come to gather

Sunny San Diego In just a few days Anna, Juli, Michael and I, as well as thousands of other social and personality psychologists, will desce...