Yanna Weisberg
Personality psychologist studying interpersonal behavior and then some. Mom, powerlifter, daydreamer, and sometimes banjo player.
- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergThanks to @sargeinpolipsych.bsky.social for having me and Eric McDaniel on his Circumscription podcast, where we talked about background leading up to this moment in U.S. history, what it might take for change to occur, and what social science can tell us about all of that. Check it out here:
- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergHeartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department. One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone. When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
- It's over. Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut. www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
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- Back in grad school, I had a hallway conversation with @chrispps.bsky.social about residualized variables and what the heck they actually are so maybe it could be figured out how to properly interpret them. Nice to see work like this!
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- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergAcademic accommodations in college more than doubled between 2011 and 2024 (4% -> 10%) and is driven by students getting accommodations for mental health conditions - job market paper by @alvinchristian.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergI am realistic enough to understand the demand-side issues, but I am also old skool about stuff like this and I really wonder how you can have a fully-realized university if you are just continually dropping coverage of significant areas of knowledge like this
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- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergWe’ve just published another video on HiTOP that tries to flesh out a bit more how the framework can be helpful in research: youtu.be/q0jOi_Nl1yo We hope it’s useful, and are keen to hear any feedback Thanks again so much to @tashtc.bsky.social for all of her hard work creating this video series ✨
- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergWrote for @psyche.co about disinhibition – the trait that brings chaos and frustration, but can also (sometimes) spark charm and boldness. Check it out!
- The trait that makes some people so frustrating – and alluring psyche.co/ideas/the-tr... By @jananmost.bsky.social for @psyche.co Conscientiousness is constantly touted as a virtue, so what’s life like for people with the opposite trait – disinhibition?
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- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergI'm reviewing applications for the University of Washington's PhD program this fall. Applicants interested in the Clinical Psychology, Social-Personality (emphasis on personality), or Quantitative programs are welcome to apply. More information here: sites.google.com/uw.edu/radla...
- Reposted by Yanna Weisberg@pci-regreports.bsky.social -- look at us go!
- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergPublic universities are a gift from the American people to the American people. We're dedicated to educating our citizens and making our states and thus our country a better place for all of us.
- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergWe’ve just launched the HiTOP Teaching Hub—a space to collect and share materials for teaching dimensional models. If you have anything you're willing to share, please contact @kathleenwreardon.bsky.social or @miriforbes.bsky.social Here's what we have so far: www.hitop-system.org/hitop-teachi...
- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergI'm an Associate Editor at Current Directions in Psychological Science and I have a new Special Issue call on Intergroup Allyship. Proposal submissions are due by July 18. Please share widely! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergIf you teach cognitive psychology or related topics & are willing to share your favorite teaching resources (e.g., demos, videos), please reply to/quote this post, tag me in a new post, or send me email. I'll compile them, share the list, & keep updating it this summer. Let's inspire each other!
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- It's time to make that video of Mister Rogers testifying go viral again, isn't it?
- Reposted by Yanna Weisberg😂Every once in a while, I get a student who says Beefaroni instead of Bonferroni on an assignment and it never fails to make my entire week so much better #teachstats #PsychSciSky
- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergWant to support organized peer review of preprints in psychology? Sign up to become a reviewer or recommender (associate editor) of PCI Psychology here: psych.peercommunityin.org/default/user...
- The PCI Psychology website is live! psych.peercommunityin.org We're working hard to be ready for launch (planned May 2025) but there's plenty you can do in the meantime to help it along. Go check it out! #psychscisky #scipub
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- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergI really dislike the trend on this site where people mock Hegseth for having a drinking problem. It is stigmatizing. We can be scornful of fascists without also stigmatizing problems that lots of people struggle with. We should mock him for being an incompetent bootlicker. Isn't that enough?
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- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergNew paper on misperceptions out in PNAS @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Why do people overestimate the size of politically relevant groups (immigrant, LGBTQ, Jewish) and quantities (% of budget spent on foreign aid, % of refugees that are criminals)?🧵👇
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- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergWhat is the most creative and inspiring personality research paper from the last few years that I could recommend to students to show how breakthroughs happen?
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- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergThis feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting. The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.
- Harming veterans? Despicable.
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I just can't remember the story of Charles Darwin writing On the origin of species being that he sliced it into 40 papers while supervising four PhD students, answering 70 emails and attending 4 Microsoft Teams meetings a day while completing an e-Learning course about fire safety in the background - Reposted by Yanna Weisberg[Not loaded yet]
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- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergIn this commentary, I argue that student-based teaching evaluations are problematic bc ✳️ systematic biases (e.g., racism, sexism) ✳️ poor construct validity ✳️ undermine standards and learning We should evaluate teaching as seriously as we do research. Or don't do teaching evaluations.
- It is time to abandon student evaluations of teaching Comment by Gordon Hodson (@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social) Web: go.nature.com/4jfAzXo PDF: rdcu.be/ef9y5
- Reposted by Yanna Weisbergme to the united states: this could be us but you playin’
- A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergHave you every found yourself wondering whether the most widely used measures of social cognitive ability measure what they are supposed to measure?
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- Fantastic piece! It includes useful strategies for talking to your kid and example questions to ask, so very helpful for any parent!
- I wrote a piece for @sciam.bsky.social about why White parents should be talking to their kids about race and racism. It was so great to work with @megha.bsky.social on this piece! Please share! www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
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- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergI didn't think I'd have to say this, but as someone who's spent years studying and treating "addictions" there is no such thing as "dopamine addiction," no matter what Insta/ TikTok tell you, and anything using that phrase is a gutter trash scam. You cannot be addicted to your own neurotransmitters.
- Reposted by Yanna WeisbergLearn about the new HiTOP Self-Report measure here: www.hitop-system.org/measurement-... We also have a number of adaptations underway to translate the HiTOP-SR into a variety of languages: www.hitop-system.org/hitop-sr-ada...
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