Andrei Cimpian

How does self-esteem impact children in the classroom?

BOLD sat down with Eddie Brummelman, Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, to find out.

@kidlab.bsky.social

Judy DeLoache passed away yesterday. She was a brilliant scientist and giant in the field of developmental psychology. She will be missed dearly.

#AcademicSky #PrejudiceResearch #PsychSciSky

Our new paper out in American Psychologist.

Led by Meleady, with @debshulman.bsky.social, Kotzur, & Crisp.

Contact "ruptures" (going to university; studying abroad) ==> changes in outgroup attitudes longitudinally

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Congrats, Benedek! I chuckled at the backronym 💯

Implicit bias education has gotten a bad rap recently (and for some very good reasons), but in this paper (newly out in PIBSS) I argue that it could have value if done differently: doi.org/10.1177/2372... (Still also available as a preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...)

Same here!

More information about the benefits packages at NYU Abu Dhabi: drive.google.com/file/d/1myMH...

Questions? Feel free to reach out to @avial.bsky.social @jsskeffington.bsky.social

🚨 Our colleagues in Abu Dhabi are hiring! Looking for someone to bridge social and developmental perspectives to study topics related to social cognition, attitudes, stereotypes, political psychology. Not-to-be missed opportunity to join an excellent group! Apply: apply.interfolio.com/175417

TEN DAYS left to submit your work to the Origins of the Social Mind Preconference at #SPSP2026! 👶🐒🌍

This year, our morning timeslot is compatible with a variety of fantastic afternoon preconferences (e.g., Social Cognition, Gender, Economic Inequality). See you there!

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Looking forward! 🤗

SPSP Economic Inequality & Social Class Preconference is back! Speakers include:
@mwkraus.bsky.social @andreicimpian.bsky.social @frederiqueautin.bsky.social @celbaek.bsky.social
Submit flash talk: tinyurl.com/2r79dwrr
With @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, Bruno Gabriel S Casara, Ivan Cano, Paul Piff

New to Ed Psych or AERA? Come say hi!
Join our MotSIG GSC for a relaxed virtual meet and greet —a chance to learn about opportunities, connect with peers, and meet others who share your interest in motivation research.
Date: October 17, 3–4 PM EST
Location: Zoom
Register here: tinyurl.com/MotSIGreet

Your Genes Are Simply Not Enough to Explain How Smart You Are Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.

In 2018, Charles Murray challenged me to a bet: "We will understand IQ genetically—I think most of the picture will have been filled in by 2025—there will still be blanks—but we’ll know basically what’s going on." It's now 2025, and I claim a win. I write about it in The Atlantic.

Historical and experimental evidence that inherent properties are overweighted in early scientific explanation | PNAS Scientific explanation is one of the most sophisticated forms of human reasoning. Nevertheless, here we hypothesize that scientific explanation is ...

Historical and experimental evidence that inherent properties are overweighted in early scientific explanation

🌟From Zachary Horne, Mert Kobaş & Andrei Cimpian

Excited to announce DID lab's first paper!

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We find that children as young as 6 show political ingroup preference!

First paper of very talented @annie-schw.bsky.social!

In JEP: General's special issue on political development (1/3)

I'm recruiting grad students!! 🎓

The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠

Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏

Hostile and benevolent sexism are both on the decline in 1,097 studies, N = 339,740 since 1996.

Note that "3" on these scales is already a neutral response. Even bigger progress in countries with more hostile sexism.

From Matthew D. Hammond

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#phdsky #psych

Gender Bias Against Women and Girls in Brilliance-Required Contexts: Evidence from Korean Adults - Sex Roles The present research aimed to investigate whether adults’ gender bias against women in brilliance-requiring contexts extends to non-Western cultures, and whether this bias also applies to young girls. In Experiment 1 (N = 354), Korean adults were asked to refer an acquaintance for a job requiring either exceptional intelligence (brilliance condition) or a high level of dedication (control condition). A Bayesian mixed-effects logistic regression indicated that the odds of referring a woman were 25.16% lower in the brilliance condition than in the control condition, indicating a significant gender bias. Experiment 2 (N = 362) examined whether this gender bias extends to children. Korean adults selected elementary school-aged children for a program requiring either exceptional intelligence (brilliance condition) or a high level of dedication (control condition). The odds of selecting a girl in the brilliance condition dropped by 30.83% compared to the control condition. These results suggest that gender bias against women in intellectually demanding contexts is not limited to Western cultures and, more importantly, extends to young children, which may have cumulative consequences for gender gaps in academic and career outcomes. Together, these results underscore the need to approach how opportunities are framed and how abilities are conceptualized in educational and professional settings, to combat biases limiting opportunities for girls and women in intellectually demanding fields.

2025. Gender Bias Against Women and Girls in Brilliance-Required Contexts: Evidence from Korean Adults link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Yes, the correspondence bias is (in my view) a particular instantiation of this same heuristic, as applied to human behavior. We discuss this in the paper. Hope it seems plausible to you!

Free pdf: drive.google.com/file/d/1D9GJ...

Scientific explanation is one of the most sophisticated forms of human reasoning. Nevertheless, here we hypothesize that scientific explanation is susceptible to some of the same biases that influence everyday thinking—particularly during the initial stages of theory building, when scientists are first grappling with complex phenomena and are thus more likely to rely on explanatory “guesses.” Specifically, we investigated whether scientific explanation exhibits an inherence bias—a tendency to explain phenomena through inherent or intrinsic features rather than extrinsic factors such as context or relations. Consistent with this hypothesis, a comprehensive analysis of major explanatory transitions across the history of Western science revealed that initial scientific explanations systematically favored inherent properties, while subsequent explanations incorporated extrinsic factors more consistently. Seven experiments with lay participants (both adults and children; N 1,673) and two experiments with practicing scientists from top departments worldwide (N 275) provided converging evidence for this bias and identified the psychological mechanisms involved. When explaining unfamiliar phenomena, even leading scientists showed a robust tendency to overweight inherent properties and underweight extrinsic factors relative to established scientific understanding. This bias appears rooted in basic cognitive constraints on attention and memory that excessively narrow the space of hypotheses initially considered.

Historical and experimental evidence that inherent properties are overweighted in early scientific explanation

💖This paper has been ~11 years in the making - and probably my favorite project of all time. Thrilled to see it in @pnas.org! I'm so lucky that Zach decided to do a second PhD and join my lab @psychillinois.bsky.social back in 2014 - a fabulous scientist & human being! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Thank you, Steve! 😊

"basic cognitive processes underlying explanatory reasoning give rise to a systematic inherence bias among practicing scientists—a tendency to explain phenomena in terms of their inherent properties rather than external factors"
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Preschool-aged kids whose parents are working class are less likely to be called on when they raise their hand compared to kids with middle/upper class occupations.

Early socialization indeed.
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From @lewisdoyle.bsky.social & @andreicimpian.bsky.social

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First Motivation Monday of the year! We’re kicking things off with a panel on how to run a research lab featuring Drs. @andreicimpian.bsky.social , @nikkilobczowski.bsky.social, Dionne Cross-Francis, and Daeyon Jong. Don’t miss it!

Register here: tinyurl.com/MotMondays25...

The shortcut to close bonds? Asking meaningful questions The right questions can help us connect with strangers – and create closer bonds between parents and children.

BBC article on our work showing that having deep conversations with their parents can make children feel more loved. "Rather than just talking about leisure and work, the parents and kids spoke about topics that really matter."

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Vacature — Student-Assistent (Lab Manager) KiDLAB: Onderzoek naar Zelfbeeld en Ongelijkheid Wil je assisteren in onderzoek naar zelfbeeld en kansenongelijkheid bij kinderen? Dan zoeken wij jou als student-assistent (lab manager) bij KiDLAB (https://kidlab.nl/).

KiDLAB (kidlab.nl) is looking for a new lab manager! Are you a bachelor’s or master’s student in the NL and would you like to work with us? Please apply! You’ll help coordinate and carry out in-person research with children, parents, and teachers in the NL.

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New newsletter alert!🎉

#HelpingKids #MemberSpotlight: Meet Vivian, who has been working with us for the past 2 years and greatly contributed to the Generation Peace Project!👏

If you want to learn more about Vivian, read the newsletter at:
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#SocialPsyc #DevPsy✨

It's been so enjoyable to work on this project with @lewisdoyle.bsky.social, @sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social, and Louise Goupil! 🥰 Thank you!