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michaeljbernstein.bsky.social
Father; Professor of Social Psychology, Penn State Abington College; studies belonging, social cognition; Political Junkie; StarTrek Nerd; Bleeding Heart Democrat (he/him)
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If you're going to #SPSP2025, please consider coming to our Friday symposium on false political pessimism!

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Join us for our SPSP symposium! We present research on responses to personal, blatant, systemic, and historical racial prejudice. Featuring 3 in-person talks & a recorded session from Keith on Whova. #SPSP2025

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Does smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use? We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time. Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion! 🧵 👇

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

If you attend @spspnews.bsky.social annual convention next week, check out this panel organised by Drs. @jessiesun.bsky.social & Dale Shaffer-Morrison. The panel consists of academics who have worked in at least 2 countries. I'll be there to represent US to UK perspective. Will be candid as usual.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

Pssst.... @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social just accepted its first proposal in 2025 for a Special Issue. I cannot wait to share more details! If YOU are interested in talking about what goes into guest editing a special issue, email me any time! #socialpsyc

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Just found out we can buy a camel through our procurement website and I have so many questions including why, what department needs this, what does a camel eat for regular meals, what kind of treats do they like, and what is the weight capacity for riding a camel cause I don't want to hurt it.

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

@spspnews.bsky.social Are you a relatively newish PhD looking for mentorship and going to be at SPSP2025? Sign-up for mentoring tables here! I am doing one on "Mentoring primarily undergraduate students and involving undergraduate students in research!" www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4EAB...

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

I got to yap about objectification theory for 45 minutes on this podcast. If you’re interested in listening, you an hear more here: open.spotify.com/episode/4opz...

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Oh god... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I...

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 I am the new Associate Editor for Special Issues at @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social and I could not be more excited to be in the role! We're looking for Guest Editors to propose potential special issues! Read all about what that means at the link below! #SocialPsych #PsychSky 1/n

submitted 54 days ago • 5 comments

💡Check our latest SPSP Member Spotlight, featuring @kateratliff.bsky.social of the University of Florida. Dr. Ratliff's research focuses on formation, maintenance, and change in intergroup attitudes. Learn more: ow.ly/FzBf50UpWFq

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

@ryanlei.bsky.social giving a phenomenal talk at Penn State Abington today!

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

Pick a movie, keep one actor - the rest are Muppets Steve Buscemi Armageddon

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🎓 Join SPSP's Reviewer & Editor Network - a new initiative that aims to make pathways to editorial leadership positions more broadly accessible. Help shape psychology journals by adding your expertise to our diverse scholarly community! 🔗: ow.ly/9a5950UlZF6

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

How do people behave after feeling the sting of social exclusion on social media? New #PSPB research suggests users quickly made new posts to reach broad audiences but took longer to engage in direct interactions with specific individuals. Learn more: ow.ly/gmgv50UkUmn

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

What happened when public universities in 🇨🇦 started publicizing faculty salaries? ... ... ... The salary gap between men and women declined by 20-40% as a direct result. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

submitted 94 days ago • 13 comments

We're so excited for this free, online workshop about peer review happening TOMORROW! Join us using the registration link below 👇

submitted 95 days ago • 3 comments

Psychologists, Perspectives has been resurrected and is now accepting submissions again.

submitted 96 days ago • 3 comments

This happens everywhere I assume? Have other schools just solved the problem? PSU has this exact problem (raises are normally not announced until September, sometimes October, and once it happened in January). PSU just put the money we were owed in the next months' paycheck.

submitted 97 days ago • 4 comments

The best turkey is worse than the average of any other meat. Said by someone who still made turkey this year.

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇

submitted 100 days ago • 134 comments

Paging all the smart survey methods people (such as @klauspforr.bsky.social uspforr.bsky.social and @awmercer.bsky.social ): Do we know anything about gender differences in mode effects?

submitted 100 days ago • 3 comments