I’ve got a very funny joke about demand characteristics that will really make you laugh

Postdoc position!

Myself and @jordanaxt.bsky.social are seeking applications for a shared post-doctoral researcher at McGill, beginning Fall 2026.

Topic area broadly centered on intergroup dynamics, prejudice, discrimination

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So if I want to be lazy, I need to… shut my office door so I can’t see how much anyone else is working

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Just talked to my research methods (psychology) class about this. Read the abstract, then jump straight to the methods and look at how the IV and DVs were operationally defined.

The old grey matter ain't what she used to be,
Ain't what she used to be, ain't what she used to be,
The old grey matter ain't what she used to be,
Many long years ago

Nicely done!

This got me thinking, though - when is it appropriate to write "utilized"? Maybe when we're using something in a way it wasn't intended to be used? ("Thinking quickly, he utilized a broken chair leg to club the intruder") When else?

Overall, our findings point to a simpler explanation:
Learning with others may be effective because the human mind treats live social contexts as special, even when interaction is minimal. Interactivity can help, but it may not be the central ingredient to boost learning.

From consecutive replies to your post. Peer review in a nutshell

Agreed. Unfortunately, when we are students we all get used to writing to “show that we know things” rather than “to clearly and efficiently communicate”

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Chaotic Neutral

Which flavour?
Dark chocolate, d=6
Milk chocolate, d=2
White chocolate, d=0.1

It depends.
Tony’s Chocolonely, d=6.
Cadbury’s, d=2.
Hershey’s, d=0.1

Our posting is now up for a Lecturer (Asst prof) in Social Psych at the University of Auckland

Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future

I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks

22 years for me and I still get them before every class of the semester!

Into the afternoon now, Elisabeth Bik makes case that peer review cannot really detect fraud, because researchers don't know how to recognize it. Need professional fraud detectors. Elsevier rep in morning said they see more and more fraudulent submissions. Becoming a stress on system.

For the love of god put the sample size per condition somewhere in the paper

> go west

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We have a new paper on interpreting regional attitudes out in JPSP, led by Jennifer Suliteanu @jensulite.bsky.social

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Few comments

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I have never in my life heard thundersnow, until today. Also, thundersnow is a tremendously satisfying word.

Was waiting for the ad to say "Topic area would broadly be centered on cyborg cognition. "

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Topic area would broadly be centered on intergroup dynamics and prejudice.
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So, the Knobe effect is that side effects that are seen as harmful are viewed as more intentional.
But does it necessarily follow that side effects viewed as intentional are seen as more harmful?