Wondering if the people who are really into AI now were the kids who were really into the PBS show Ghostwriter back in the 90s...
...and whether or not AI is currently helping a group of kids solve mysteries
Thanks to @sargeinpolipsych.bsky.social for having me and Eric McDaniel on his Circumscription podcast, where we talked about background leading up to this moment in U.S. history, what it might take for change to occur, and what social science can tell us about all of that. Check it out here:
Do any nearby higher ed institutions have scantron machines? Otherwise yeah, taking a hole punch to a scantron sheet to make a key might be the way...
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
Six ways live music could help combat the loneliness epidemic
theconversation.com/6-ways-live-...
Back in grad school, I had a hallway conversation with @chrispps.bsky.social about residualized variables and what the heck they actually are so maybe it could be figured out how to properly interpret them. Nice to see work like this!
this is great! i had similar thoughts reading the Penn group's bi-factor imaging studies *after* i realized how bifactor mangles the narrow facets. likewise, in work w/ Chris Conway: if you incl all 3 BFI-2 N/NE facets in a simult. INT pred model, ANX & DEP are n.s. why? too colinear. little left.
Academic accommodations in college more than doubled between 2011 and 2024 (4% -> 10%) and is driven by students getting accommodations for mental health conditions - job market paper by @alvinchristian.bsky.social
“One person is an autocratic president of the university for decades” certainly wasn’t a flawless system but it’s clear that “admins hop from job to job scaling the career ladder by filling their CV with ‘accomplishments’ that are expensive burdens to the schools they leave behind” is even worse.
I am realistic enough to understand the demand-side issues, but I am also old skool about stuff like this and I really wonder how you can have a fully-realized university if you are just continually dropping coverage of significant areas of knowledge like this
I DON'T NEED TO SAVE TIME.
I AM HERE SPECIFICALLY TO READ THE LONG DOCUMENT.
STOP OPTIMIZING ME.
We’ve just published another video on HiTOP that tries to flesh out a bit more how the framework can be helpful in research: youtu.be/q0jOi_Nl1yo
We hope it’s useful, and are keen to hear any feedback
Thanks again so much to @tashtc.bsky.social for all of her hard work creating this video series ✨
Wrote for @psyche.co about disinhibition – the trait that brings chaos and frustration, but can also (sometimes) spark charm and boldness. Check it out!
It's actually sweet All the time you've spent on me It's honestly wild All the effort you've put in It's actually romantic Stop talking dirty to me It sounded nasty, but it Feels like you're flirting with me
Taylor Swift singing about peer review
I love this so much. Well done Fred. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
As an aside, "Excellence" must be the single-most overused, empty, boilerplate word used in academic bureaucracy and it's typically a stand-in for "We don't know what we want so you should do everything".
I'm reviewing applications for the University of Washington's PhD program this fall.
Applicants interested in the Clinical Psychology, Social-Personality (emphasis on personality), or Quantitative programs are welcome to apply.
More information here: sites.google.com/uw.edu/radla...
@pci-regreports.bsky.social -- look at us go!
Public universities are a gift from the American people to the American people. We're dedicated to educating our citizens and making our states and thus our country a better place for all of us.
Woohoo, congratulations!!
We’ve just launched the HiTOP Teaching Hub—a space to collect and share materials for teaching dimensional models.
If you have anything you're willing to share, please contact @kathleenwreardon.bsky.social or @miriforbes.bsky.social
Here's what we have so far: www.hitop-system.org/hitop-teachi...
I'm an Associate Editor at Current Directions in Psychological Science and I have a new Special Issue call on Intergroup Allyship. Proposal submissions are due by July 18. Please share widely!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
If you teach cognitive psychology or related topics & are willing to share your favorite teaching resources (e.g., demos, videos), please reply to/quote this post, tag me in a new post, or send me email. I'll compile them, share the list, & keep updating it this summer. Let's inspire each other!
Bridging ideas from disparate areas is challenging. This paper has been through the multi-round peer review wringer unsuccessfully for a couple of years at several outlets now, and we are starting to think it may never be officially published.
But we like the ideas here, and maybe you might too..
I have four brothers, only four of us have kids, a total of six girls and one boy 😀
I assume each prospective pope had to submit a preaching statement, leadership statement, cover letter, CV, recommendation letters from three different bishops...
This let-them-fail approach just grades students on their knowledge of academia's hidden curriculum. And risks perpetuating inequities.
Instead I'd say: spend time in *every* course teaching students to write effectively in that field and give them opportunities for low-stakes practice and feedback
It's time to make that video of Mister Rogers testifying go viral again, isn't it?
😂Every once in a while, I get a student who says Beefaroni instead of Bonferroni on an assignment and it never fails to make my entire week so much better #teachstats #PsychSciSky
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