Michael J. Bernstein
Father; Professor of Social Psychology, Penn State Abington College; studies belonging, social cognition; Political Junkie; StarTrek Nerd; Bleeding Heart Democrat (he/him)
- I also have never heard or seen that word before.
- Imagine a repository for documents that faculty in social/personality psychology might benefit from accessing with the goal of being a place where people could volunteer to share examples of documents and other people could come to see such examples. 1/n #AcademicSky #Psychology #SocialPsychology
- Reposted by Michael J. BernsteinThanks to everyone who joined us on our @spspnews.bsky.social free form session! The recording will be up on SPSP soon. @michaeljbernstein.bsky.social would love to hear from anyone interested in submitting an idea for a special issue! Hooray for science!

- Reposted by Michael J. BernsteinJoin us!!!! We want your science!! 📝📝📝
- 🤔Ever wondered what goes into creating and submitting a successful special issue at the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology? Join a Free-Form Friday session with JESP editors to learn more! 📆November 7, 2-3 PM ET ✍️RSVP here: ow.ly/lhTL50XjMaX
- Hi all! I could not be more excited to be part of the hosting for this. If you have ANY interest in potentially guiding a special issue one day, come to this to learn all about the process! @spspnews.bsky.social #PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #SocialPsychology @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social
- 🤔Ever wondered what goes into creating and submitting a successful special issue at the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology? Join a Free-Form Friday session with JESP editors to learn more! 📆November 7, 2-3 PM ET ✍️RSVP here: ow.ly/lhTL50XjMaX
- Reposted by Michael J. BernsteinPlease apply to postdoc with us at Northwestern/Kellogg. This position in the Dispute Resolution Research Center is a terrific opportunity.
- Apply for the @drrc-kellogg.bsky.social Dispute Resolution Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship at @kelloggschoolnu.bsky.social Northwestern Kellogg! Advance research on conflict & cooperation with top scholars and join a powerful alumni network. Deadline soon: Nov 1 🔗 tinyurl.com/drrcpostdoc2...
- I am on my first ever sabbatical (I kept pushing my first back for service related reasons & I have no regrets but it got pushed back so far that I'm now one year past when I could have taken my second sabbatical). I have written more in the past 6 weeks than I have in the prior two years. 😁
- Reposted by Michael J. BernsteinShould you text or meet face-to-face to have a conversation? Our research shows greater benefits when talking in-person. If it is necessary to text, have more intimate conversation when possible. New paper lead by @cmleckfor.bsky.social is out in @josoperrel.bsky.social now: doi.org/10.1177/0265...
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- I have the vaguest of memories that someone (perhaps associated with SPSP) gathered a collection of job materials from people on the job market which could be shared with people going on the market? Am I crazy? Any ideas on where these might be? @spspnews.bsky.social, #SocialPsych
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- Reposted by Michael J. BernsteinEver wonder if people can change? New work by Jinseok Chun & Michael North show moral fixedness (beliefs that moral traits change less than competence or warmth) really is fixed! We assume morality reflects a person's core more than other traits!

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- Reposted by Michael J. BernsteinU of Michigan @umich.edu set aside funds from central to support researchers with unexpected disruption in federal funding for up to 6 months. Are any other institutions doing this? Seems like a good move. #Medsky #NIH #federalfunding #researchfunding 🧪 record.umich.edu/articles/uni...
- #SocialPsych #PsychSky (cause I forgot to include these on the initial post).
- @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social is happy to announce its first Call for Papers for the Special Issue entitled, "Current Directions in Social Dilemmas Research!" You can read all about it at the link below. Submissions are due Nov 30th. Please share with your networks! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
- @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social is happy to announce its first Call for Papers for the Special Issue entitled, "Current Directions in Social Dilemmas Research!" You can read all about it at the link below. Submissions are due Nov 30th. Please share with your networks! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
- Reposted by Michael J. BernsteinIf you're going to #SPSP2025, please consider coming to our Friday symposium on false political pessimism!
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- Reposted by Michael J. BernsteinDoes smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use? We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time. Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion! 🧵 👇
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- Pssst.... @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social just accepted its first proposal in 2025 for a Special Issue. I cannot wait to share more details! If YOU are interested in talking about what goes into guest editing a special issue, email me any time! #socialpsyc
- Just found out we can buy a camel through our procurement website and I have so many questions including why, what department needs this, what does a camel eat for regular meals, what kind of treats do they like, and what is the weight capacity for riding a camel cause I don't want to hurt it.
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- Reposted by Michael J. BernsteinGiving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
- @spspnews.bsky.social Are you a relatively newish PhD looking for mentorship and going to be at SPSP2025? Sign-up for mentoring tables here! I am doing one on "Mentoring primarily undergraduate students and involving undergraduate students in research!" www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4EAB...
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- Oh god... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I...
- 🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 I am the new Associate Editor for Special Issues at @jexpsocpsych.bsky.social and I could not be more excited to be in the role! We're looking for Guest Editors to propose potential special issues! Read all about what that means at the link below! #SocialPsych #PsychSky 1/n
- www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... My job is to help potential guest editors craft their proposals & then walk them through the entire process should theirs be selected. We hope to have multiple special issues each year in the coming years so please consider reaching out! 2/2
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- @ryanlei.bsky.social giving a phenomenal talk at Penn State Abington today!
- Pick a movie, keep one actor - the rest are Muppets Steve Buscemi Armageddon
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- Reposted by Michael J. BernsteinWhat happened when public universities in 🇨🇦 started publicizing faculty salaries? ... ... ... The salary gap between men and women declined by 20-40% as a direct result. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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- Reposted by Michael J. BernsteinPsychologists, Perspectives has been resurrected and is now accepting submissions again.
- This happens everywhere I assume? Have other schools just solved the problem? PSU has this exact problem (raises are normally not announced until September, sometimes October, and once it happened in January). PSU just put the money we were owed in the next months' paycheck.
- The best turkey is worse than the average of any other meat. Said by someone who still made turkey this year.
- Reposted by Michael J. BernsteinNew paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇
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