Chris Martin
@chrismartin76
Psychology. Education. Happiness. Piano. PhD (sociology) @ Emory. Masters (HCI; psychology) @ William and Mary + Georgia Tech. BA (psychology; music) @ Davidson College.
Social and Personality Psych Folks: save the date for the 2026 SSSP Annual Meeting
Carolina Beach, NC. Been to the mountains of NC many times but first time on the coast
Based on Pew data, this is a majority opinion in the US. So "middle" is fair here.
Traffic around campus: surprisingly normal considering the World Cup game is just 2 miles away.
Do you study racial inequality? This new article is relevant: www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc... **Why are some racial disparities harder to interpret than others?**
"Echo Chambers Are Defined by Conflict, Not Isolation" #sociology May shed light on why platforms where people block others rather than engage in conflict feel like echo chambers. sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...
LeBron left us this meme when he left the Cavs. What about the Lakers? www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVgN...
The scene in Episode IX is of course even worse because movie is a black hole. How long have these star destroyers been underwater? Just think of the smell.
The reflecting pool discourse brings me back to these Star Wars scenes. Are you telling me there’s no algae in that ship?
I don't think free will can really count as a scientific explanation here. Both men and women are shaped by their environments, and both are afraid of social sanctions if they don't conform to expectations. However, there are some items on which women are higher than men (top right).
New environmental psych research from Hannah Uren (Curtis Univ.) shows that a milk -- manliness association is prevalent.
Ian Hansen had a couple of interesting SPSP presentations about this in 2012 and 2013. Unfortunately, he never published it as a paper.