What are the relative roles of passive and active processes when people choose a preselected option? Using a novel process dissociation procedure, @moritzingendahl.bsky.social and Tobias Vogel were surprised by what they found doi.org/10.1525/coll...

We’re hiring a PhD! 🚀

The Applied Cognitive Psychology Group at TU Darmstadt is looking for a PhD candidate. Join us to explore exciting questions in cognition and especially metacognition in a supportive, collaborative team.

Apply by 20.04 🗓️: www.career.tu-darmstadt.de/tu-darmstadt...

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Application Form Senior Editor Clinical/Associate Editor Social Section Collabra: Psychology Starting from 1 July 2026, Collabra: Psychology is on the look-out for a new senior editor for the clinical section as well as several new associate editors for the social section. If you are interest...

Collabra: Psychology is seeking a new senior editor for the clinical section and new associate editors for the social section. If you are interested in either of these positions and you believe you are qualified, please fill out the application form before 30 April 2026! forms.gle/DgM3484SuLVD...

Einsamkeit - Prof. Dr. Maike Luhmann | S. Fischer Verlage Sind wir heute einsamer denn je - oder sprechen wir nur endlich mehr darüber? Wann machen unsere modernen Lebensumstände uns einsam und wann bewahren sie uns...

Mein Buch #Einsamkeit erscheint am 25. März! Die ersten Termine für Lesungen stehen bereits fest. (Details im Thread)

📅 17.03.2026 📍München

📅 18.03.2026 📍Berlin

📅 19.03.2026 📍Leipzig

📅 20.03.2026 📍Leipzig

📅 26.03.2026 📍Hannover

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#Lesereise #Sachbuch

Figure 1. Exemplary Stimulus Set for Studies 1a and 1b. Note. Each alien had two majority attributes (here: left alien: antennae and blue [light gray] skin; middle alien: antennae and no tail; right alien: blue [light gray] skin and no tail) and one minority attribute (left alien: tail; middle alien: red [dark gray] skin; right alien: no antennae).

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky

New paper interesting (minority labels over-represented in both positive & negative news)

But I give special hats off to this cute, but very meaningful, intergroup image ❤️

Each alien had two majority attributes, & one minority.

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Slightly tired but super happy on the way back from the #FGSP2025 which we hosted this year in Bochum. These were three intensive but extremely joyful days!

Welcome to Bochum everyone! 🩷 We’re thrilled to see so many of you at the 19th conference of the Social Psychology Section — ready to share ideas, connect, and maybe even fall in love with a little brutalist concrete charm 🧱✨ #FGSP2025

Doctoral Researcher (m,f,x)

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
The Social&Environmental Psychology Group @ruhr-uni-bochum.de is recruiting 2 PhDs and 1 Postdoc
as part of the ERC-funded SUSCON project on sustainable consumption.

Details here:

PhDs:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/7...

Postdoc:👉 jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...

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"'Stop the Count!' - How Reporting Partial Election Results Fuels Beliefs in Election Fraud"

Why are people taken in by election conspiracies? It is down to cumulative redundancy bias (CRB), which makes it difficult to ignore projections/hype not matched by poll results.

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New paper in PsychScience: Partial election results fuel fraud beliefs via cumulative redundancy bias. Early leaders are favored; late flips spark suspicion. 7 studies, including 2020 GA data, show this persists despite explanations. @moritzingendahl.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New paper @moritzingendahl.bsky.social @johannawoitzel.bsky.social & @hansalves.bsky.social ) #EJSP

Smaller groups (numerical minorities) viewed more negatively, even controlling for group membership status!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#PrejudiceResearch

New in personality psychology: How Greedy People Respond to Missing Discounts: Insatiability and Inaction Inertia, from Vanessa Rettkowski, @moritzingendahl.bsky.social, and Marcel Zeelenberg doi.org/10.1525/coll...

🚨 Job alert - please share!

I'm looking for a doctoral researcher (3 years, 75%) to join my #ERC project #Loneliness across time and space (LOTIS) at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de, starting June 1 or later.

Details in thread 👇

#PsychSciSky

Are Stereotypes About Minorities More Negative? Various theories on intergroup bias predict that stereotypes about minorities are more negative than those about majorities. Although there is clear evidence that specific minorities are often subjec...

Are stereotypes about minorities more negative?
The short answer: Yes. @johannawoitzel.bsky.social @hansalves.bsky.social
More details in our new paper at EJSP:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Holz-hacking & p-hacking

We’re hiring a Team Lead at the GESIS Computational Social Science department 🌐
Passionate about open science & innovative methods for digital behavioral data? Join us to shape the future of CSS! 💻📊

❓ Questions? Contact me via DM or mail
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3-year PhD position (75%) in Social Cognition

Come join us for a three year PhD position on Evaluative Conditioning in our group at the Ruhr Uni Bochum.
Primary advisor is @moritzingendahl.bsky.social

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/e...