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View article: Is trust a zero-sum game? What happens when institutional sources get it wrong
Is trust a zero-sum game? What happens when institutional sources get it wrong Open
Trust in mainstream institutions is declining while people are increasingly turning to alternative media and conspiracy theories. Previous research has suggested that these trends may be linked, but the dynamics of trust across multiple so…
View article: Barriers and Bootstraps? The Role of Attributions for Social Mobility Success and Failure in Policy Support and Faith in the American Dream
Barriers and Bootstraps? The Role of Attributions for Social Mobility Success and Failure in Policy Support and Faith in the American Dream Open
Despite rising inequality making upward social mobility difficult, faith in the American Dream persists. Americans are often exposed to narratives where hard work leads to upward social mobility but are less likely to hear about the numero…
View article: Is Trust a Zero-Sum Game? What Happens When Institutional Sources Get It Wrong
Is Trust a Zero-Sum Game? What Happens When Institutional Sources Get It Wrong Open
Trust in mainstream institutions is declining while people are increasingly turning to alternative media and conspiracy theories. Previous research has suggested that these trends may be linked, but the dynamics of trust across multiple so…
View article: Cancelled or Renewed?
Cancelled or Renewed? Open
In an increasingly digital world, people’s past wrongdoings sometimes re-emerge publiclyonline, eliciting renewed moral condemnation. What factors do observers consider in judgmentsof redemption or condemnation? We expected greater redempt…
View article: Reply to Darlow and Gray: Censorship is exclusion
Reply to Darlow and Gray: Censorship is exclusion Open
Emotions coordinate our behavior and physiological states during survival-salient events and pleasurable interactions. Even though we are often consciously aware of our current emotional state, such as anger or happiness, the mechanisms gi…
View article: Alluring or Alarming? The Polarizing Effect of Forbidden Knowledge in Political Discourse
Alluring or Alarming? The Polarizing Effect of Forbidden Knowledge in Political Discourse Open
“Forbidden knowledge” claims are central to conspiracy theories, yet have received little systematic study. Forbidden knowledge claims imply that information is censored or suppressed. Theoretically, forbidden knowledge could be alluring o…
View article: A Tale of Two Tweets: What Factors Predict Forgiveness of Past Transgressions on Social Media?
A Tale of Two Tweets: What Factors Predict Forgiveness of Past Transgressions on Social Media? Open
As more of our lives take place online, it is increasingly common for public figures to have their current image tarnished by their mistakes and transgressions in what is often the distant past. Three experiments ( N = 2,296) found that ju…
View article: Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda
Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda Open
Science is among humanity’s greatest achievements, yet scientific censorship is rarely studied empirically. We explore the social, psychological, and institutional causes and consequences of scientific censorship (defined as actions aimed …
View article: Stuck in Time and Freed by Time: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Subjective Time, Mental Time Travel, and Well-Being on the First and Second Anniversaries of the COVID 19 Pandemic
Stuck in Time and Freed by Time: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Subjective Time, Mental Time Travel, and Well-Being on the First and Second Anniversaries of the COVID 19 Pandemic Open
The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to health and subjective well-being (SWB) and disruptions to routine that contributed, for many, to a distorted sense of time. In two cross-sectional surveys (N = 2133) collected on the …
View article: Barriers and Bootstraps? The role of attributions for social mobility success and failure in policy support and faith in the American Dream
Barriers and Bootstraps? The role of attributions for social mobility success and failure in policy support and faith in the American Dream Open
Despite rising inequality making upward social mobility difficult, faith in the American Dream persists. Americans are often exposed to narratives where hard work leads to upward social mobility but are less likely to hear about the numero…
View article: Does partisan media make a pawn of mistrust? Institutional trust and preventive COVID‐19 health behaviors in a polarized pandemic
Does partisan media make a pawn of mistrust? Institutional trust and preventive COVID‐19 health behaviors in a polarized pandemic Open
In a rapidly developing crisis such as the COVID‐19 pandemic, people are often faced with contradictory or changing information and must determine what sources to trust. Across five time points ( N = 5902) we examine how trust in various s…
View article: A Tale of Two Tweets: What Factors Predict Forgiveness of Past Transgressions on Social Media?
A Tale of Two Tweets: What Factors Predict Forgiveness of Past Transgressions on Social Media? Open
As more of our lives take place online, it is increasingly common for public figures to have their current image tarnished by their mistakes and transgressions in what is often the distant past. Three experiments (N = 2,296) found that jud…
View article: Does partisan media make a pawn of mistrust? Institutional trust and preventive COVID-19 health behaviors in a polarized pandemic
Does partisan media make a pawn of mistrust? Institutional trust and preventive COVID-19 health behaviors in a polarized pandemic Open
In a rapidly developing crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, people are often faced with contradictory or changing information and must determine what sources to trust. Across five time points (N = 5,902) we examine how trust in various s…
View article: Far away or yesterday? Shifting perceptions of time for political ends
Far away or yesterday? Shifting perceptions of time for political ends Open
Voters evaluate political candidates not only based on their recent record but their history, often faced with weighing the relevance of long-past misdeeds in current appraisal. How should a distant transgression be taken to reflect on the…
View article: In my grasp or out of my hands? Belief about where life satisfaction comes from predicts motivation to seek it
In my grasp or out of my hands? Belief about where life satisfaction comes from predicts motivation to seek it Open
People often expect a future brighter than the present. However, expectations of steep improvement have been linked to worse psychological functioning, perhaps because rosy predictions often do not come to pass. Should we conclude that exp…
View article: How political partisanship can shape memories and perceptions of identical protest events
How political partisanship can shape memories and perceptions of identical protest events Open
It is well-recognized that increasingly polarized American partisans subscribe to sharply diverging worldviews. Can partisanship influence Americans to view the world around them differently from one another? In the current research, we ex…
View article: The FOE Effect: Overestimated Prevalence of Opponent Extremists, and Miscalibrated Political Contempt
The FOE Effect: Overestimated Prevalence of Opponent Extremists, and Miscalibrated Political Contempt Open
Americans’ hostility toward political opponents has intensified to a degree not explained by actual ideological polarization. We propose that political animosity is particularly driven by partisans’ overestimation of the prevalence of extr…
View article: Temporal distancing during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Letter writing with future self can mitigate negative affect
Temporal distancing during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Letter writing with future self can mitigate negative affect Open
Novel coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) is spreading across the world, threatening not only physical health but also psychological well‐being. We reasoned that a broadened temporal perspective may attenuate current mental distress and tested …
View article: Temporal Distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Letter Writing with Future Self can Mitigate Negative Affect
Temporal Distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Letter Writing with Future Self can Mitigate Negative Affect Open
Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is spreading across the world, threatening not only physical health but also psychological well-being. We reasoned that a broadened temporal perspective may attenuate current mental distress and tested …
View article: Temporal Distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Letter Writing with Future Self can Mitigate Negative Affect
Temporal Distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Letter Writing with Future Self can Mitigate Negative Affect Open
Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is spreading across the world, threatening not only physical health but also psychological well-being. We reasoned that a broadened temporal perspective may attenuate current mental distress and tested …
View article: Polarization in the contemporary political and media landscape
Polarization in the contemporary political and media landscape Open
Political polarization is on the rise in America. Although social psychologists frequently study the intergroup underpinnings of polarization, they have traditionally had less to say about macro societal processes that contribute to its ri…
View article: Polarization in the Contemporary Political and Media Landscape
Polarization in the Contemporary Political and Media Landscape Open
Political polarization is on the rise in America. Although social psychologists frequently study the intergroup underpinnings of polarization, they have traditionally had less to say about macro societal processes that contribute to its ri…
View article: Reducing the risks of extreme heat for seniors: communicating risks and building resilience
Reducing the risks of extreme heat for seniors: communicating risks and building resilience Open
Introduction As the global climate changes, heat waves are having a disproportionate impact on seniors and other socially vulnerable groups. In order to mitigate the threats of extreme heat, it is critical to develop and promote resources…
View article: Diverse perspectives on interdisciplinarity from Members of the College of the Royal Society of Canada
Diverse perspectives on interdisciplinarity from Members of the College of the Royal Society of Canada Open
Various multiple-disciplinary terms and concepts (although most commonly “interdisciplinarity,” which is used herein) are used to frame education, scholarship, research, and interactions within and outside academia. In principle, the premi…
View article: Failure to Respond to Rising Income Inequality: Processes That Legitimize Growing Disparities
Failure to Respond to Rising Income Inequality: Processes That Legitimize Growing Disparities Open
Why is there not more public outcry in the face of rising income inequality? Although public choice models predict that rising inequality will spur public demand for redistribution, evidence often fails to support this view. We explain thi…
View article: Wrinkles in Time and Drops in the Bucket: Circumventing Temporal and Social Barriers to Pro-Environmental Behavior
Wrinkles in Time and Drops in the Bucket: Circumventing Temporal and Social Barriers to Pro-Environmental Behavior Open
Human engagement in pro-environmental action is necessary for mitigating the effects of climate change. However, psychological barriers, such as feeling that the problem is distant in time and that any personal actions would only be a “dro…
View article: For better or for worse? Investigating the meaning of change
For better or for worse? Investigating the meaning of change Open
For most, change makes a regular appearance in everyday life and has the capacity to usher in excitement, growth, and chaos. Due to the variable nature of change, people may hold subjective definitions of what “change” typically means. Acr…
View article: Relationship satisfaction and the subjective distance of past relational events
Relationship satisfaction and the subjective distance of past relational events Open
The present research examines how the subjective time of relational memories is linked to present relationship satisfaction. We tested the hypothesis that satisfied (but not dissatisfied) partners would keep happy relational events subject…