"Here we focus on pseudo-profound bullshit, which consists of seemingly impressive assertions that are presented as true and meaningful but are actually vacuous"
Latest papers: Andrea Albertsen, Bjørn G. Hallsson, Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, and Viki M. L. Pedersen present a vignette-based experiment to test empirically what people think makes discrimination wrong. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2023.2289451@psychology
Recording the APA Division 15 podcast on Emerging Research in Educational Psychology is just so much darn fun. Here’s a wonderful one with Drs. Ji Hong and Dionne Cross Francis on using qualitative methods to better understand teacher identity. https://soundcloud.com/user-883650452/dr-ji-hong-dr-dionne-cross-francis-stereo
Trending papers: Pärttyli Rinne, Mikke Tavast, Enrico Glerean, and Mikko Sams study embodied experiences associated with different types of love in their open access paper https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2023.2252464@psychology
"Decades after the scientific debate about the anthropogenic causes of climate change was settled, climate disinformation still challenges the scientific evidence in public discourse. Here we present a comprehensive theoretical framework of (anti)science belief formation and updating to account for the psychological factors that influence the acceptance or rejection of scientific messages."
"Our findings demonstrate a dampening effect on perceptual, emotional, and evaluative processing of presumed deepfake smiles, but not angry expressions, adding new specificity to the debate on the societal impact of AI-generated content."
Yes, we can help students develop positive motivation for learning. Dr. Emily Rosenzweig explains how, and what future research in this area is needed, in this podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-883650452/emily-q-rosenzweig