Yael Ecker

📢 CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS - EASP 2026 Pre-Conference:
"New Directions in Self-Regulation and Goal Striving"
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We accept:
-Perspective talks (bold new frameworks)
-Empirical talks
-Short talks (emerging work)

Equal platform for all career stages. Ideas over hierarchy.

Does “feeling right”—that is, experiencing regulatory fit—lead us to act more in line with our moral preferences?

With @schildchristoph.bsky.social and @stepf.bsky.social, we conducted a series of the first large-scale, independent close replications in the field of regulatory fit.

New direction in self regulation_call.docx CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS New Directions in Self-Regulation and Goal Striving: A Pluralistic Vision for Motivated Behavior EASP 2026 Pre-Conference | June 30, 2026 | Strasbourg, France Co-Chairs: Yael Ec...

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: New Directions in Self-Regulation & Goal Striving | EASP 2026 Pre-Conference | June 30, Strasbourg | Find the full call here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Kitayama argues that Sub-Saharan African cultures exhibit a unique form of interdependence called self-promoting interdependence, where group success is believed to depend on the personal achievements of individual members.

Incredible symposium at #SESP2025!
“New Frontiers in Cultural Psychology” brought together cutting-edge research reshaping how we understand human behavior across cultures, opening with Kitayama challenging East-West paradigms through Sub-Saharan African societies.

Anna Potoczek will talk about how goal success shapes historical narratives, Tal Eyal on down-regulating moral disgust, Yael Ecker (me!) on what goal drives conservatives, and @michaelgilead.bsky.social on mind-independence beliefs and resistance to change

Tomorrow 17:00 at #SESP2025 (Roma II) I'm chairing "Motivated Politics: Goals and Self-Regulation in Contemporary Political Behavior"

Come pick up the best conversation topics right before moving on to relaxing and socializing over a drink!

Should we really call it bias when journalists cast more doubt about reporting from an area where no reporters are let in? Or when they report less individuating information about this area?

PMIG 2025 in Lisbon: best conference experience yet.

Researchers uncover a stubbornly persistent bias for progress-oriented leaders Even when they recognize that stability is the smarter choice, people still prefer leaders who promise change. A series of experiments provides evidence of a widespread progress bias that may shape po...

Psypost covered our new paper!

Researchers uncover a stubbornly persistent bias for progress-oriented leaders www.psypost.org/researchers-...

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (d/w/m; 75% TV-L E13) Am Psychologischen Institut der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Abteilung Sozial- und Rechtspsychologie, ist zum 01.03.2026 (oder 01.04.2026) folgende Stelle befristet für 4 Jahre zu besetzen: W...

🚨Promotionsstelle "Antisemitismus am Arbeitsplatz" - TVL-13 75%, 4 Jahre 🚨

Bitte gerne eifrig weiterleiten: ab März 2026 (vorbehaltlich finaler BMFTR-Zusage) ist in unserem Team eine Stelle im Projekt von @zakfio.bsky.social zu vergeben. Näheres in der Ausschreibung:
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How Goal Psychology Helps Explain American Politics Today How did the political party associated with stability and preservation become so interested in tearing down established institutions?

I wrote a piece about my most recent work with @jorislammers.bsky.social testing how maintenance (vs. protection, progress) language influences policy support among conservatives (vs. liberals) in the US and Europe. greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

Choosing the Wrong Leaders: People prefer Change-Makers When Maintenance and Stability Are Needed This study uncovers a blind spot in how we choose leaders. Across six experiments involving over 3,000 people, researchers found that we consistently pick the wrong type of leader for the situation at...

When asked to give a summary and personal perspective on this paper, here's what I came up with: www.growkudos.com/publications...

With Anne Weitzel and @jorislammers.bsky.social

Hey y'all! Check out our new paper! Why do we choose the wrong leaders? In 6 preregistered studies, we show that people choose progress-oriented leaders even when maintenance leaders are required, when they personally prioritize maintenance and under real financial stakes doi.org/10.1037/xge0...