Hacker News with Generative AI: Social Psychology

Conservative Americans consistently distrust science (eurekalert.org)
Conservative people in America appear to distrust science more broadly than previously thought. Not only do they distrust science that does not correspond to their worldview. Compared to liberal Americans, their trust is also lower in fields that contribute to economic growth and productivity. Short interventions aimed at strengthening trust have little effect. This is apparent from new research by social psychologists at the University of Amsterdam, which has now been published in Nature Human Behaviour.

Political Science, Social Psychology, Science, United States

15 points by nabla9 10 days ago | 3 comments

“Our kids are the least flourishing generation we know of” (nytimes.com)
The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses the “parents’ revolution” on smartphones that his book “The Anxious Generation” has ignited.

Generational Issues, Parenting, Mental Health, Social Psychology, Technology

5 points by dr_dshiv 24 days ago | 5 comments

Empathy Gap (wikipedia.org)
An empathy gap, sometimes referred to as an empathy bias, is a breakdown or reduction in empathy (the ability to recognize, understand, and share another's thoughts and feelings) where it might otherwise be expected to occur.

Psychology, Cognitive Bias, Social Psychology

5 points by yamrzou 45 days ago | 0 comments

Study finds bullies have more children than non-bullies (phys.org)
A bully asserting their dominance on the playground or in the high school halls is likely to have more children in adulthood than their peers, new Brock University research has shown.

Social Psychology, Bullying, Parenting, Research, Education

71 points by PaulHoule 46 days ago | 91 comments

System Justification Theory (wikipedia.org)
System justification theory is a theory within social psychology that system-justifying beliefs serve a psychologically palliative function.

Social Psychology, Psychology, Theory

4 points by yamrzou 52 days ago | 0 comments

My Status Circles (overcomingbias.com)
Most of us have circles of concern, where we care more about folks from our inner circles than our outer circles. And relative to conservatives, liberals care more about their outer circle folks.

Social Psychology, Political Science, Bias

26 points by galfarragem 80 days ago | 12 comments

Information Cascading – Herd mentality meets game theory (substack.com)

Information Cascades, Game Theory, Social Psychology

4 points by sidhantbansal 92 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: Demo of my web game about social persuasion (talktomehuman.com)

Web Games, Social Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction

144 points by mbforbes 125 days ago | 53 comments

Why the powerful may be more likely to cheat (phys.org)
Being a captain of industry, a politician, or a celebrity won't automatically make you a cheat. But chances of infidelity are significantly higher among the more powerful, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Sex Research.

Social Psychology, Relationships, Power, Infidelity

18 points by PaulHoule 137 days ago | 12 comments

The Language of Faces (domofutu.substack.com)
Facial expressions and accents are like universal cues that connect us, allowing emotions to cross cultural boundaries. But it turns out even these instinctual ways of communicating carry subtle accents influenced by culture, social background, and the context around us. Just like spoken language varies across regions, our facial expressions reflect layers of identity, cultural norms, and social expectations.

Body Language, Communication, Culture, Social Psychology

40 points by domofutu 174 days ago | 15 comments

Why trolls, extremists, and others spread conspiracy theories they don't believe (theconversation.com)
There has been a lot of research on the types of people who believe conspiracy theories, and their reasons for doing so. But there’s a wrinkle: My colleagues and I have found that there are a number of people sharing conspiracies online who don’t believe their own content.

Social Psychology, Misinformation, Online Behavior, Conspiracy Theories

14 points by thunderbong 201 days ago | 3 comments

Decoding the Language of Othering by Russia-Ukraine War Bloggers (arxiv.org)
Othering, the act of portraying outgroups as fundamentally different from the ingroup, often escalates into framing them as existential threats--fueling intergroup conflict and justifying exclusion and violence.

Russia-Ukraine War, Social Psychology, Discourse Analysis, Political Communication

45 points by PaulHoule 203 days ago | 111 comments

How We Sort the World (mitpress.mit.edu)
Despite the vast diversity and individuality in every life, we seek patterns, organization, and control. Or, as cognitive psychologist Gregory Murphy puts it: “We put an awful lot of effort into trying to figure out and convince others of just what kind of person someone is, what kind of action something was, and even what kind of object something is.”

Psychology, Cognitive Science, Categorization, Social Psychology, Human Behavior

43 points by r721 216 days ago | 19 comments

Self-Verification Theory (wikipedia.org)
Self-verification is a social psychological theory that asserts people want to be known and understood by others according to their firmly held beliefs and feelings about themselves,[1] that is self-views (including self-concepts and self-esteem).

Social Psychology, Self-Esteem, Social Cognition

10 points by yamrzou 224 days ago | 0 comments

The Vast Emptiness of Social Psychology (cremieux.xyz)

Social Psychology, Academia, Criticism

8 points by carderne 265 days ago | 3 comments

Social Trap (wikipedia.org)

Social Psychology, Game Theory, Economics

6 points by yamrzou 269 days ago | 0 comments

Friendship and Social Fitness (robkhenderson.com)

Friendship, Social Psychology, Personal Development

81 points by paulpauper 278 days ago | 26 comments

The nasty neighbor effect in humans (science.org)

Social Psychology, Human Behavior, Science

18 points by PaulHoule 291 days ago | 8 comments

Study Finds Today's Adolescents Are More Satisfied with Being Single (sagepub.com)