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Harriet Tenenbaum

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Professor of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Surrey. Researches children and social justice, emotion development, and teaching and learning throughout the lifespan. Co-Editor, Social Development https://bsky.app/profile/socialdevelopment .. more

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Jun 24

When developing mentoring programmes, we need to remember that people prefer mentors who share their values for agency and communion: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Mentoring Preferences: The Role of Agency and Communion in Deep‐Level Similarity and Perceived Workplace Norms

Mentorship plays a significant role in shaping an individual's career in the workplace. Agency and communion are key dimensions that reflect personal values and workplace norms, both of which strongl...

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · May 15

No, but that is horribe. Your poor student.

Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · May 15

Please consider submitting to our special issue @socialdevelopment.bsky.social on Political Engagement in Childhood and Adolescence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Social Development

We are upgrading Wiley Online Library over the weekend of May 17th–18th. All content will continue to be available, but some functionality may not work as expected. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Social Psychology Surrey @socialpsychology.bsky.social · May 13

This new study explores how listeners integrate vocal cues—specifically whether a male voice sounds gay or straight—with stereotypical sentence content during real-time sentence processing.

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(PDF) Does sounding 'Gay' or 'Straight' affect how we understand language? Sentence comprehension is regulated by the speaker's perceived sexual orientation

PDF | Social interactions are shaped by the way individuals communicate. Listeners form impressions based on how someone sounds, and the message... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · May 8

Starting university doesn’t mean students already know how to use academic language. Our new blog explores why learning discipline-specific academic language is vital for student success and a healthy democracy. srheblog.com

SRHE Blog

The Society for Research into Higher Education

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · May 6

Placement years are wonderful opportunities for students.

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Social Psychology Surrey @socialpsychology.bsky.social · May 6

What I have learnt from my psychology research assistant placement!

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · May 3

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Apr 29

Our new paper finds that knowledge and comfort predict greater teaching about sexism: link.springer.com/article/10.1..., which is why we created a website with resources for teachers: www.teachgenderequality.org. Please share our resources! @surreypsychology.bsky.social @socialpsychology.bsky.social

Knowledge and comfort predict teaching about sexism in school teachers - Social Psychology of Education

Although lessons about sexism can increase gender egalitarianism in children, teachers often shy away from discussing sensitive topics, such as sexism, in classrooms. We conducted two studies to exami...

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Social Development @socialdevelopment.bsky.social · Apr 26

Check out this paper by Planalp and colleagues who show that empathy, while essential in human relationships, can be a risky strength, as it may lead to personal distress and higher depressive risk.
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Empathy as a Risky Strength: Associations With Parent and Child Depressive Symptoms in Middle Childhood

Healthy human relationships incorporate empathy; yet empathy may sometimes be a risky strength. Here we examine whether links between parent and child depressive symptoms are moderated by child empat...

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Apr 14

This is why placement years are so important! @surreypsychology.bsky.social

Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Apr 13

So true- I've not been to Markey's....

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Apr 9

Sorry, I should have explained that lecturer = assistant professor so we would allocate you research time.

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Social Psychology Surrey @socialpsychology.bsky.social · Apr 7

What have I learned from being a placement student at University of Surrey!

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Apr 6

Of course! Please send me an email with any questions.

Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Apr 4

Please contact me with any questions!

Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Mar 24

English children perceived it as more unfair when a working-class child, rather than an upper-class child, faced negative treatment. Children (aged 9-11) were more likely to see teacher decisions as unfair and attribute them to discrimination than 6-8s. doi.org/10.1111/bjdp...

British Journal of Developmental Psychology | Wiley Online Library

The present study examined 6 to 11-year-old British children's ability to identify and reason about the causes of a teacher's and mother's differential treatment based on a story character's class ba...

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Mar 20

Witnessing class/race privelege on the train. Bunch of Guildford High students with feet on the seats loudly playing music and shouting (to the point they can be heard in the next carriage) and the guard does nothing. Imagine if they were Black British students attending a state school...

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fabiofas.bsky.social @fabiofas.bsky.social · Mar 19

Do you want to know more about barriers underrepresented researchers face in writing grant applications? Find out here the results of our project doi.org/10.15126/901...

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Research Portal

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Jenna Watling Neal @jennawneal.bsky.social · Mar 13

I’m excited that @socialdevelopment.bsky.social (edited by @doctinak.bsky.social, @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social, & me) is now on Bluesky! Follow us for current news about the journal and our latest published research.

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Mar 2

I agree. Move to the UK! I'd love to have you here.

Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Feb 25

You may well wish you had not written this 😂

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · Feb 25

Reality check.
Thank you, Financial Times.

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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · Feb 23

Seriously! Why do so many scientific, educational, and media outlets still include an X/Twitter "share" button with no corresponding one for Bluesky?

Read the room, folks.

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Feb 22

So sorry about your ankle (and the 'King')...

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Feb 20

And Francisco Pons is your Head of Section. He's absolutely lovely!

Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Feb 14

This is an important and sobering piece for those interested in equality in academia. I was turned down more than once before promotion: anesaresearch.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/w...

Women Professors in UK Academia

Recently, I applied for a Professorship (spoiler alert: I didn’t get it) and as part of that application, I wondered what was the likelihood of attaining a Professorship as a woman. So, I did…

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Feb 13

Please post the link when published.

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Feb 11

listened to a brilliant talk by @idoshal.bsky.social on uneven affective and cognitive empathy in neurodiverse populations @surreypsychology.bsky.social

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · Feb 2

Not so great for folk in the US either!

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