A5031295007- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Media Influence and Health
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Social Media and Politics
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Spam and Phishing Detection
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Computational and Text Analysis Methods
- Community Health and Development
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
BI Norwegian Business School
2022-2024
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
2022-2024
Yale University
2016-2022
New York University
2011-2013
Numerous polls suggest that COVID-19 is a profoundly partisan issue in the United States. Using geotracking data of 15 million smartphones per day, we found US counties voted for Donald Trump (Republican) over Hillary Clinton (Democrat) 2016 presidential election exhibited 14% less physical distancing between March and May 2020. Partisanship was more strongly associated with than numerous other factors, including counties' cases, population density, median income, racial age demographics....
The current intervention tested whether a metacognitive self-regulatory strategy of goal pursuit can help economically disadvantaged children convert positive thoughts and images about their future into effective action. Mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII) entails mental desired relevant obstacles reality forming (if–then plans) specifying when where to overcome those obstacles. Seventy-seven 5th graders from an urban middle school were randomly assigned learn either...
Numerous polls suggest that COVID-19 is a profoundly partisan issue in the U.S. Using geotracking data of 15 million smartphones per day, we found counties voted for Donald Trump (Republican) over Hillary Clinton (Democrat) 2016 presidential election exhibited 14% less physical distancing between March and May 2020. Partisanship was more strongly associated with than numerous factors, including counties’ median income, cases, population density, racial age demographics. Contrary to our...
In an effort to combat COVID-19 and future pandemics, researchers have attempted identify the factors underlying social distancing. Yet, much of this research relies on self-report measures. two studies, we examine whether self-reported distancing predicts objective behavior. Study 1, individuals’ predicted decreased mobility (assessed via smartphone step-counts) during pandemic. While participants high in (+1 SD) exhibited a 33% reduction daily step-count, those low (-1 only 3% reduction. 2...
In an effort to combat COVID-19 and future pandemics, researchers have attempted identify the factors underlying social distancing. Yet, much of this research relies on self-report measures. two studies, we examine whether self-reported distancing predicts objective behavior. Study 1, individuals’ predicted decreased mobility (assessed via smartphone step counts) during pandemic. While participants high in (+1 SD) exhibited a 33% reduction daily counts, those low (−1 only 3% reduction. 2...
Examining the epistemic and social-cognitive structures underlying fanaticism, radicalization, extremism should shed light on how these harmful phenomena develop can be prevented. In nine studies (N = 3,277), we examined whether discordant knowing-felt knowledge about something that one perceives as opposed by most others-underlies fanaticism. Across multifaceted approaches, experimentally manipulating participants' views to fall under this framework (e.g., "I am certain X, but other people...
Social-cognitive skills can take different forms, from accurately predicting individuals’ intentions, emotions, and thoughts (person perception or folk psychology) to social phenomena more generally. Past research has linked autism spectrum (AS) traits person deficits in the general population. We tested whether AS also predict poor accuracy terms of generalized phenomena, assessed via participants’ at psychological (e.g., loafing, projection, group think). found opposite. In a sample ∼6,500...
Social distancing, handwashing, and mask wearing are key to preventing the spread of COVID-19. However, people vary in degree which they follow these practices. Previous findings have indicated that women adhere more preventive health practices than men do. We examined whether this pattern held true for COVID-19 pandemic by comparing three studies. In Study 1, reported a greater social distancing handwashing. 2, conducted different states northeastern United States, percentage wore masks...
Do children, like most adults, believe that only kin and close others are obligated to help one another? In two studies (total N = 1140), we examined whether children (∼5- ∼10-yos) adults across five different societies consider social relationship when ascribing prosocial obligations. Contrary the view such discriminations a natural default in human reasoning, younger United States (Studies 1 2) cultures (Study generally judged everyone-parents, friends, strangers-as someone need. Older on...
Third-party intervention is a cornerstone of cooperative societies, yet we know little about how children develop an understanding this social behavior. The present work generates cross-cultural and developmental picture 6-, 9-, 12-year-olds (N = 447) across four societies (India, Germany, Uganda, the United States) reason third-party intervention. To do so, measured children’s obligation judgments unstructured descriptions Although some cultural differences emerged, 6-year-olds largely...
The risks of false news—its potential to distort public opinion and erode trust—have driven extensive research on countermeasures. Yet, there has been no comprehensive, comparative, computational investigation news sharing how mitigate it. To address this, we apply a semi-integrative experimental approach that directly compares multiple interventions, examines individual- item-level modifiers intervention efficacy, uses modeling uncover the decision-making processes underlying these effects....
Few things bind disparate groups together like a common obstacle. Yet, numerous polls suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has been subject to deep partisan divide. Using geo-tracking data of over 17 million smartphone users around United States, we examined whether differences predict objective physical-distancing behaviors. U.S. counties voted for Donald Trump Hillary Clinton in 2016 exhibited 16% less physical distancing from March 9 May 8, 2020, as assessed by overall movement and visits...
Nearly five billion people use and receive news through social media there is widespread concern about the negative consequences of misinformation on (e.g., election interference, vaccine hesitancy). Despite a burgeoning body research misinformation, it remains largely unclear who susceptible to why. To address this, we conducted systematic individual participant data meta-analysis covering 256,337 unique choices made by 11,561 US-based participants across 31 experiments. Our reveals impact...
Social distancing and hygiene practices are key to preventing the spread of Coronavirus. However, people vary in degree which they follow these practices. Consistent with previous findings that women adhere more preventative health practices, Study 1, reported engaging regarding COVID-19 (e.g., social distancing, hygiene) so than men. In 2, across three different Northeast U.S. locations, we observed a greater percentage wearing masks public 3, counties exhibited higher reduction movement as...
Considerable debate has focused on whether adults possess an implicit system for representing others' mental states. Some argue that people automatically represent the perspective of others using evidence from altercentric interference—cases in which another agent's affects speed with one can report one's own perspective. Others have argued interference is not always specific to social stimuli and thus may a simpler process such as submentalizing. To distinguish between these positions,...
Social distancing, handwashing, and mask wearing are key to preventing the spread of COVID-19. However, people vary in degree which they follow these practices. Previous findings have indicated that women adhere more preventive health practices than men do. We examined whether this pattern held true for COVID-19 pandemic by comparing three studies. In Study 1, reported a greater social distancing handwashing. 2, conducted different states northeastern United States, percentage wore masks...
Abstract Does political partisanship extend to childhood? To what degree are children, a largely non‐political population, impacted by parents’ and communities’ orientations? We examined children's behaviours attitudes during politically divisive event – the COVID‐19 pandemic. Children (4‐ 12‐year‐olds; N = 313) of liberal (vs. conservative) parents reported greater preventive behaviours, such as mask wearing physical distancing, responded more positively these health behaviours. At...
False news can manipulate public opinion and undermine the credibility of legitimate newssources. Although many studies have examined sharing false news, there has been nocomprehensive, comparative, computational investigation interventions that reducethis harmful behavior. To do so, we introduce apply Dynamic Semi-Integrative Approach(DSIA). DSIA involves testing multiple interventions, individual- item-level effect modifiers,and choice modeling (drift–diffusion modeling) in a single...