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Melanie Tannenbaum
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- December 14, 2011
- 06:43 PM
- 2,945 views
If I Were A Well-Off White Man… I Might Not Understand Other People Very Well.
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
“I thought this was The Onion at first, too. Nope.” “This is a joke, right?” “Speaking of ignorance…” This is just a sampling of comments that I saw on Facebook as people linked to an article that appeared in Forbes … Continue reading →... Read more »
Galinsky AD, Magee JC, Inesi ME, & Gruenfeld DH. (2006) Power and perspectives not taken. Psychological science, 17(12), 1068-74. PMID: 17201789
- August 8, 2011
- 12:28 PM
- 1,290 views
“Anything But Country”: What Factor Analysis Reveals About Our Tastes for Tunes. [Guest Post at Scientific American]
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
When asked to indicate their favorite type of music, plenty of people say they like “anything but country.” Is this really accurate? Why do rock music fans also tend to like punk and heavy metal? And why on earth would … Continue reading →... Read more »
Rentfrow PJ, Goldberg LR, & Levitin DJ. (2011) The structure of musical preferences: a five-factor model. Journal of personality and social psychology, 100(6), 1139-57. PMID: 21299309
- May 20, 2011
- 10:01 AM
- 1,224 views
Who Runs The World? Not Girls.
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
This week, pop superstar Beyonce launched the music video for her newest single: Run The World (Girls). The song itself practically screams Female Empowerment Anthem with its repeating chorus of “Who runs the world? Girls!“ Empowering? Absolutely! Fun song to … Continue reading →... Read more »
Keltner, D., Gruenfeld, D., & Anderson, C. (2003) Power, approach, and inhibition. Psychological Review, 110(2), 265-284. DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.110.2.265
Adler, N. (1993) An International Perspective on the Barriers to the Advancement of Women Managers. Applied Psychology, 42(4), 289-300. DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.1993.tb00745.x
- July 5, 2011
- 08:00 AM
- 1,132 views
America: Land Of The Free, And Home Of The…Discontent?
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
Many Americans celebrated July 4th with fireworks and barbecues. But how much thought did everyone give to the true spirit of Independence Day? Independence is one of those things that America is known for. In fact, “independent” tends to be … Continue reading →... Read more »
Hamedani, M.G., Markus, H.R., & Fu, A.S. (2011) My nation, my self: Divergent framings of America influence American selves. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 350-364. info:/
Markus, H.R., & Kitayama, S. (1991) Culture and self: Implications for cognition, emotion, and motivation. Psychological Review, 224-253. DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.98.2.224
Triandis, H.C. (1989) The self and social behavior in differing cultural contexts. Psychological Review, 506-520. DOI: 10.1037//0033-295X.96.3.506
- May 27, 2011
- 10:01 AM
- 1,131 views
Reality TV: The Soulmate Machine?
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
For those still tuned in after 10 seasons, 7 total judges, and countless sob stories, American Idol ended this week after crowning teenage country crooner Scotty McCreery as its newest addition to the confetti-covered winning lineup. On top of its … Continue reading →... Read more »
Zajonc, R. (1968) Attitudinal effects of mere exposure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 9(2), 1-27. DOI: 10.1037/h0025848
Reber, R., Winkielman, P., & Schwarz, N. (1998) Effects of Perceptual Fluency on Affective Judgments. Psychological Science, 9(1), 45-48. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00008
Huberman, G. (2001) Familiarity Breeds Investment. Review of Financial Studies, 14(3), 659-680. DOI: 10.1093/rfs/14.3.659
- June 26, 2011
- 06:27 PM
- 1,097 views
New York and Same-Sex Marriage: When Politics, Personalities, and Persuasion Tricks Collide.
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
This has been a big weekend for marriage. In a 33-29 vote, the New York State Senate voted to legalize gay marriage on Friday, June 24th, making it the sixth state to do so — and the most populous. In … Continue reading →... Read more »
Jost, J., Glaser, J., Kruglanski, A., & Sulloway, F. (2003) Political conservatism as motivated social cognition. Psychological Bulletin, 129(3), 339-375. DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.129.3.339
Gerber, A., Huber, G., Doherty, D., Dowling, C., & Ha, S. (2010) Personality and Political Attitudes: Relationships across Issue Domains and Political Contexts. American Political Science Review, 104(01), 111. DOI: 10.1017/S0003055410000031
Lord, C., Ross, L., & Lepper, M. (1979) Biased assimilation and attitude polarization: The effects of prior theories on subsequently considered evidence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37(11), 2098-2109. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.37.11.2098
Kunda, Z. (1990) The case for motivated reasoning. Psychological Bulletin, 108(3), 480-498. DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.108.3.480
Petty, R., & Cacioppo, J. (1979) Issue involvement can increase or decrease persuasion by enhancing message-relevant cognitive responses. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37(10), 1915-1926. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.37.10.1915
Cialdini, Robert B., Vincent, Joyce E., Lewis, Stephen K., Catalan, Jose, Wheeler, Diane, & Darby, Betty Lee. (1975) Reciprocal concessions procedure for inducing compliance: The door-in-the-face technique. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31(2), 206-215. DOI: 10.1037/h0076284
- June 28, 2011
- 01:17 PM
- 1,081 views
Fear And Love On A Shaky Bridge.
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
“Imagine being in the jungle, thousands of miles from civilization…” Thus opens the promo for Love In The Wild, the “extreme dating experiment” premiering on NBC this week which promises that its contestants will go on first dates that are … Continue reading →... Read more »
Dutton, D.G., & Aron, A.P. (1974) Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 30(4), 510-517. DOI: 10.1037/h0037031
Schachter, S., & Singer, J.E. (1962) Cognitive, social, and physiological determinants of emotional state. Psychological Review, 69(5), 379-399. DOI: 10.1037/h0046234
- August 15, 2011
- 10:38 AM
- 1,064 views
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by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
Note: I’m in the depths of finishing up some summer projects and studying for my qualifying exams, so this seems like a good time to bring out a post from the archives. This was originally blogged at IonPsych on 2/4/2011…and … Continue reading →... Read more »
Zhong CB, & Devoe SE. (2010) You are how you eat: fast food and impatience. Psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society / APS, 21(5), 619-22. PMID: 20483836
Mazar N, & Zhong CB. (2010) Do green products make us better people?. Psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society / APS, 21(4), 494-8. PMID: 20424089
Fitzsimons, G., Chartrand, T., & Fitzsimons, G. (2008) Automatic Effects of Brand Exposure on Motivated Behavior: How Apple Makes You “Think Different”. Journal of Consumer Research, 35(1), 21-35. DOI: 10.1086/527269
- July 30, 2011
- 10:45 AM
- 1,053 views
With Pets Like These, Who Needs People? [Guest Post at The Thoughtful Animal]
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
This week, I was thrilled to write a guest post for Jason Goldman at The Thoughtful Animal, a blog about animal cognition, animal behavior, and the human-animal relationship hosted on the new Scientific American blog network. The post went up … Continue reading →... Read more »
McConnell, A.R., Brown, C.M., Shoda, T.M., Stayton, L.E., & Martin, C.E. (2011) Friends with benefits: On the positive consequences of pet ownership. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. PMID: 21728449
Epley, N., Akalis, S., Waytz, A., & Cacioppo, J. (2008) Creating Social Connection Through Inferential Reproduction: Loneliness and Perceived Agency in Gadgets, Gods, and Greyhounds. Psychological Science, 19(2), 114-120. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02056.x
- July 22, 2011
- 12:58 PM
- 1,026 views
Sex, Lies, and Power = Lies about Power and Sex.
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
Can we please stop sounding the depressing alarm claiming that all powerful men are destined to be cheating husbands? Yes, in recent history we’ve had Anthony Weiner and Arnold Schwarzenegger. But we’ve also had Barack Obama and Mark Wahlberg. However … Continue reading →... Read more »
Lammers, J., Stoker, J.I., Jordan, J., Pollmann, M., & Stapel, D.A. (2011) Power Increases Infidelity Among Men and Women. Psychological Science. PMID: 21771963
Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1974) Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases. Science, 185(4157), 1124-1131. DOI: 10.1126/science.185.4157.1124
Lichtenstein, S., Slovic, P., Fischhoff, B., Layman, M., & Combs, B. (1978) Judged frequency of lethal events. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 4(6), 551-578. DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.4.6.551
- May 17, 2011
- 05:39 PM
- 980 views
Sex and the Married Neurotic
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
There are few things in this world that I truly loathe. One of those things is the show Everybody Loves Raymond. Why, you might ask? First of all, it’s actually quite hard to really ‘love’ Raymond. From what I’ve seen … Continue reading →... Read more »
Costa, P., & McCrae, R. (1992) Normal personality assessment in clinical practice: The NEO Personality Inventory. Psychological Assessment, 4(1), 5-13. DOI: 10.1037//1040-3590.4.1.5
Karney, B.R., & Bradbury, T.N. (1995) The longitudinal course of marital quality and stability: a review of theory, method, and research. Psychological Bulletin, 118(1), 3-34. PMID: 7644604
Karney, B., & Bradbury, T. (1997) Neuroticism, marital interaction, and the trajectory of marital satisfaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72(5), 1075-1092. DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.72.5.1075
Russell, V. M., & McNulty, J. K. (2011) Frequent sex protects intimates from the negative implications of their neuroticism. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2(2), 220-227. info:/10.1177/1948550610387162
Burleson, M.H., Trevathan, W.R., & Todd, M. (2007) In the mood for love or vice versa? Exploring the relations among sexual activity, physical affection, affect, and stress in the daily lives of mid-aged women. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36(3), 357-68. PMID: 17109236
- July 10, 2011
- 05:00 PM
- 939 views
Casey’s Case: What Psychology Says About Anthony’s Acquittal.
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
In light of Anthony’s recent murder acquittal, plenty of people have wondered (either angrily or with genuine confusion) how a jury could possibly acquit Casey Anthony when her guilt seemed so apparent to the general public. As it turns out, several legal and psychological characteristics that have historically influenced the outcomes of jury trials may be able to clarify this bewilderment.... Read more »
Devine, D., Clayton, L., Dunford, B., Seying, R., & Pryce, J. (2001) Jury decision making: 45 years of empirical research on deliberating groups. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 7(3), 622-727. DOI: 10.1037//1076-8971.7.3.622
Bowers, W. J., Sandys, M., & Steiner, B. (1998) Foreclosed impartiality in capital sentencing: Jurors' predispositions, guilt-trial experience, and premature decision making. Cornell Law Review, 1476-1556. info:/
MacCoun, R. (1990) The emergence of extralegal bias during jury deliberations. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 17(3), 303-314. DOI: 10.1177/0093854890017003005
Myers, M. (1979) Rule departures and making law: Juries and their verdicts. Law , 13(3), 781-797. DOI: 10.2307/3053186
- June 7, 2011
- 06:02 PM
- 906 views
Envying Evolution: What Can The X-Men Teach Us About Stereotypes?
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
This weekend marked the opening of X-Men: First Class, prequel to (and assumed reboot of) the wildly successful X-Men movie franchise. For those who are unfamiliar with the X-Men series, the stories revolve around groups of ‘mutants,’ super-powered beings who … Continue reading →... Read more »
Fiske ST, Cuddy AJ, Glick P, & Xu J. (2002) A model of (often mixed) stereotype content: competence and warmth respectively follow from perceived status and competition. Journal of personality and social psychology, 82(6), 878-902. PMID: 12051578
Cuddy, AJC, Fiske, ST, & Glick, P. (2007) The BIAS Map: Behaviors from intergroup affect and stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 631-648. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.92.4.631
Govorun, O, & Payne, BK. (2006) Ego depletion and prejudice: Separating automatic and controlled components. Social Cognition, 111-136. DOI: 10.1521/soco.2006.24.2.111
Sinclair, L., & Kunda, Z. (2000) Motivated stereotyping of women: She’s fine if she praised me but incompetent if she criticized me. . Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1329-1342. DOI: 10.1177/0146167200263002
- July 2, 2011
- 02:57 PM
- 903 views
Beautiful People, Beautiful Products.
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
Today I’m excited to repost a guest post that I wrote earlier this week for Lovely At Your Side, a lifestyle blog hosted by one of my best friends from high school, Jenny, and her equally-lovely sister Olivia. As their … Continue reading →... Read more »
Van Doorn, J., & Stapel, D.A. (2011) When and how beauty sells: Priming, conditioning, and persuasion processes. Journal of Consumer Research. info:/
- September 9, 2011
- 01:00 PM
- 851 views
Ingroups, Identities, and In-Memoriams: Why We Must Remember Never To Forget
by Melanie T in PsySociety
It has been ten years since September 11th, 2001. When we remember the events of that day, we often tend to focus on how well we remember all of the seemingly-minor details (despite evidence that these memories may not be quite so accurate). What we were wearing. What we ate for breakfast. Where we were sitting while we watched the news coverage.
Our practically-obsessive focus on these memories actually indicates much more than we realize. Despite mankind’s ever-present focus on the wi........ Read more »
Sahdra, B., & Ross, M. (2007) Group Identification and Historical Memory. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33(3), 384-395. DOI: 10.1177/0146167206296103
Baumeister, R. F., & Hastings, S. (1997) Distortions of collective memory: How groups flatter and deceive themselves. In J. W. Pennebaker, D. Paez, , 277-293. info:/
Jost, J., Pelham, B., Sheldon, O., & Ni Sullivan, B. (2003) Social inequality and the reduction of ideological dissonance on behalf of the system: evidence of enhanced system justification among the disadvantaged. European Journal of Social Psychology, 33(1), 13-36. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.127
Milgram, S. (1963) Behavioral Study of obedience. The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67(4), 371-378. DOI: 10.1037/h0040525
- November 24, 2011
- 06:13 PM
- 719 views
The Psychology of Giving Thanks
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
As everyone sits down tonight to feast on turkey, they will be going around the table giving thanks for everyday sources of gratitude, like friendships, relationships, and good health. According to psychological research, there are plenty of reasons why Thanksgiving … Continue reading →... Read more »
Algoe SB, Haidt J, & Gable SL. (2008) Beyond reciprocity: gratitude and relationships in everyday life. Emotion, 8(3), 425-9. PMID: 18540759
Algoe, Sara B., Gable, Shelly L., & Maisel, Natalya C. (2010) It's the little things: Everyday gratitude as a booster shot for romantic relationships. Personal Relationships. info:/
McCullough, M., Tsang, J., & Emmons, R. (2004) Gratitude in Intermediate Affective Terrain: Links of Grateful Moods to Individual Differences and Daily Emotional Experience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86(2), 295-309. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.86.2.295
Grant, A., & Gino, F. (2010) A little thanks goes a long way: Explaining why gratitude expressions motivate prosocial behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98(6), 946-955. DOI: 10.1037/a0017935
- December 8, 2011
- 11:03 PM
- 667 views
Why Jersey Shore Won’t Make You Dumber: The Importance Of Responsible Science Journalism
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
I was browsing my Facebook news feed yesterday when I saw that someone I know from college had linked to this article on the MSNBC website: “Watching ‘Jersey Shore’ might make you dumber, study suggests.” The description underneath the link … Continue reading →... Read more »
Appel, Markus. (2011) A story about a stupid person can make you act stupid (or smart): Behavioral assimilation (and contrast) as narrative impact. Media Psychology. info:/
Dijksterhuis, A., Spears, R., Postmes, T., Stapel, D., Koomen, W., Knippenberg, A., & Scheepers, D. (1998) Seeing one thing and doing another: Contrast effects in automatic behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75(4), 862-871. DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.4.862
Dijksterhuis, A., & van Knippenberg, A. (1998) The relation between perception and behavior, or how to win a game of Trivial Pursuit. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74(4), 865-877. DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.74.4.865
Herr, P. (1986) Consequences of priming: Judgment and behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51(6), 1106-1115. DOI: 10.1037//0022-3514.51.6.1106
- February 2, 2012
- 05:19 PM
- 623 views
SPSP 2012: The Year Of Morality Research
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
SPSP may as well have called this the “Year of Morality,” since there were so many interesting-looking sessions, posters, and talks on morality and injustice! I was able to attend 2 symposia on this topic while at SPSP. One set … Continue reading →... Read more »
Allemand, M. (2008) Age differences in forgivingness: The role of future time perspective. Journal of Research in Personality, 42(5), 1137-1147. DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2008.02.009
Hill, P., Allemand, M., & Burrow, A. (2010) Identity development and forgivingness: Tests of basic relations and mediational pathways. Personality and Individual Differences, 49(5), 497-501. DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.011
- February 3, 2012
- 04:34 PM
- 615 views
SPSP 2012: Political Polarization
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
What’s that? This is some sort of big year for American politics? Ah, yes – it’s 2012. We’re in the middle of the Republican primaries, there’s a presidential election in 9 months, and political psychology was all over this year’s … Continue reading →... Read more »
Krosnick, J. A., Holbrook, A. L., & Visser, P. S. (2000) The impact of the Fall 1997 debate about global warming on American public opinion. Public Understanding of Science. info:/
- November 10, 2011
- 03:27 PM
- 614 views
The Procrastination Post…Two Months In The Making.
by Melanie Tannenbaum in PsySociety
As many people know, I had to take a brief posting hiatus recently as I dealt with an onslaught of work and prepared for my doctoral qualifying exam on September 10th. As anyone with a calendar knows, that exam was … Continue reading →... Read more »
Steel, P. (2007) The nature of procrastination: A meta-analytic and theoretical review of quintessential self-regulatory failure. Psychological Bulletin, 133(1), 65-94. DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.65
Ariely, Dan, & Wertenbroch, Klaus. (2002) Procrastination, Deadlines, and Performance: Self-Control by Precommitment. Psychological Science, 13(3), 219-224. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00441
Fujita, Kentaro. (2011) On conceptualizing self-control as more than the effortful inhibition of impulses. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 15(4), 352-66. PMID: 21685152
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