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Florida Social Cognition and Emotion Lab @ Upcoming SPSP

2/5/2021

 
We are thrilled to announce that the lab will be participating virtually in next week's 2021 annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. A couple of posters will be presented by lab members and affiliates:

Thursday, 3-4 pm:

1. Does nostalgia cause an opposition to social norms/ policies? This study by Abhay Alaukik, Matt Baldwin, and Joris Lammers, shows that it does, and that nostalgic people are more prone to opposing public health policies, such as indoor smoking bans. Here's the poster presented by Abhay Alaukik for more information!

2. Do people direct benevolent and hostile sexism differently towards Black and White women? What about cisgender and transgender women? Our results demonstrate higher levels of benevolent sexism towards Black women compared to White women, but no significant differences between the two groups in hostile sexism. ​Here's the poster presented by Jessica Campbell, in collaboration with Kate Ratliff, on this topic!

Friday, 3:30-4:30 pm:

3. 
Do we need a revised measure of perceived vulnerability to disease? The study presented as a poster by Marjorie Prokosch, in collaboration with Michael Hoerger and Damian Murray, shows that we do need an expanded measure that also captures affective forecasting and sense of control over infection. Here's the poster with additional information and findings!

4. 
Do emotionally intelligent people experience better overall health? In this poster, visiting scholar Gaelle El Helou, presents findings from a study conducted on Lebanese university students in collaboration with Dr. Myriam El Khoury Malhame at the Lebanese American University. This work supports this idea, and suggests that perceived stress explains the link. But is it the same for American students? That's what Study 2 will be about! 

Saturday. 3:30-4:30 pm:

5. What are the roles of emotions and arousal in bedtime procrastination? And if they're involved, do they cause ​it? In this poster, presented by graduate student Yijun Lin, we find that negative affect and high arousal are associated with bedtime procrastination in both Chinese and American populations. 

6. Are hostile and benevolent sexism related to negative attitudes and less warmth towards Tiger King's main female character Carole Baskin? This study suggests that they are,  and illustrates the relationship between sexism and the media. The poster is presented by Samantha Douglas, in collaboration with Jessica Campbell, Colin Smith, and Kate Ratliff. 




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Florida Social Cognition and Emotion Lab @ SSSP

1/25/2021

 
We really enjoyed presenting work from the lab virtually at the 2020 annual conference of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists in October! Two of the lab members and affiliates presented posters at the conference:

​1. Should students move back to school during the pandemic, or should they stay home, and possibly safe? Our study, conducted by grad student Yijun Lin, with the help of lab RA Sarah Michner, and in collaboration with Young Ju Ryu at New York University, shows that most students preferred to move back to school mid-pandemic, and one of the reasons was to engage in social activities! Here's the poster presented by Yijun Lin for more information!

2. Do emotionally intelligent people experience better overall health? In a poster, Gaelle El Helou, visiting scholar at the lab, presents findings from a study conducted on Lebanese university students in collaboration with Dr. Myriam El Khoury Malhame at the Lebanese American University. This work supports this idea, and suggests that perceived stress explains the link. But is it the same for American students? That's what Study 2 will be about! Check the poster out for more details.
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Boredom and Covid-19 (News Round-Up)

4/18/2020

 
Are people bored during the pandemic? Why? A round-up of recent talks and interviews with lab members surrounding boredom and why people might be experiencing it during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Updated 7/7/2020)

Op-Eds/Columns
The Conversation - 6 Things You Can Do To Cope with Boredom at a Time of Social Distancing (March 27, 2020)
Education Week - What Students Truly Mean When They Say They're Bored (And What To Do About It) (September 9, 2020)
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News Articles
The Washington Post - These are Boom Times for Boredom and the Researchers Who Study It (March 28, 2020)
WIRED - This Pandemic is Perilously Boring (March 31, 2020)
Gainesville Sun - Alachua County copes with virus' spread, tribulations (March 28, 2020)
The Times - Coronavirus Lockdown: Bored Yet? Good (April 5, 2020)
The Hill - Booze, Peanut Butter, & Guns: Why Americans' Shopping Lists Changed During Coronavirus (April 5, 2020)
Financial Times - How to tap into creativity during lockdown (April 22, 2020)
Voice of America - People flock to US hardware stores during Coronavirus pandemic (April 23, 2020)
New York Times Op-Ed (Syon Bhanot) - You're Stronger Than Your Quarantine Fatigue (May 5, 2020)​
CNN - Boredom may have some benefits...if you do it right (May 7, 2020)
The Boston Globe - The Difficulty of Doing Nothing (May 31, 2020)
The New Yorker - What Does Boredom Do To Us - And For Us? (August 20, 2020)

Podcasts
99% Invisible -Interview; The Natural Experiment  (May 5, 2020)
APA Speaking of Psychology - Interview; The Most Boring Podcast Ever (April 16, 2020)
Inside the Chrysalis - King Lear or Existential Crisis? Boredom and Covid (May 29, 2020)
Vox, Today Explained - Why Boredom Can Be Good For You (August 15, 2020)

Television
WCBJ (Gainesville ABC local news) - UF Professor Discusses How to Fight Boredom While Stuck at Home (April 3, 2020)
KZTV (Corpus Christi CBS "Costal Living" Feature) - Tackling the Boredom Blues (July 2020)

And 
​check out our Reddit AMA!

Florida Social Cognition and Emotion Lab @ SPSP!

3/26/2020

 
We had a blast presenting work from the lab at the 2020 annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in New Orleans last month! In all, lab members and affiliates presented work in two posters, a preconference talk, and a professional development session. Here's a short rundown:
  1. What happens when we find out that art we like was created by, well...a bad person? In collaboration with Seulbee Lee and Lisa Libby at the Ohio State University, we find that we feel, well, mixed! But when we find out that information matters: we're less bothered if we already saw (and liked) it OR we knew the artist was bad all along. See the poster for more!
  2. What do birdwatching, stamp collecting, and seashells have in common? They're all hobbies centered around the cognitive act of collecting and categorizing. Recent work in the lab suggests that the mere act of categorization may be rewarding, because it helps us make sense of the world around us. Check out the poster with UF graduate student Joy Losee, designed by lab RA Emily Swenson . 
  3. Is boredom bad? In a short talk at the Emotion preconference, Erin Westgate presented data suggesting that boredom isn't good or bad; it's our choices that determine that. But our choices, it turns out, are limited by the environments around us. 
  4. How do I land a job as a faculty member in social psychology? Erin Westgate and Matt Baldwin, from the UF social area, team up with another recent hire (Allie Farrel) and longtime leader in the field (Monica Biernat) to talk shop on the faculty job interview process. Slides here!
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Incoming graduate student Yijun Lin!

3/10/2020

 
We are thrilled to announce that Yijun Lin will be joining the lab as our first graduate student in the fall of 2020! Yijun currently lives in NYC where she works as an RA in Gabrielle Oettingen's lab. She received her M.S. in Integrated Marketing from New York University and her B.S. in Psychology from Beijing Normal University. Yijun has broad interests in self-concept, self-regulation, and emotions. Her primary work focuses on procrastination. Specifically, what are the emotional mechanisms of procrastination and how to promote goal striving when procrastinating?

Welcome to the lab, Yijun!!!
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