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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Aug 13

New year, new tote?

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Aug 13

Life is short. Get the sticker.

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · May 1

Sharing inspiration today: this is a beautiful promo of the work that my students Daria, Kaya and Jordhan started in the Psych of Serious Games class last semester. Excited to continue working with Daria on this project! youtu.be/PtsiLhEU0tA

They Made a Board Game to Fight Disability Bias, and It Works

YouTube video by Pacific University

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Mar 8

On #InternationalWomensDay, I’d like to share some “everyday” things I suggest to my students, that they can do to push back against implicit sexism and gender bias. How do you help #AccelerateAction ?

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy #Internationalwomensday. If I were to make a second poster like this, who else should I feature? Name your fav Female Psych-Sci Scholar ☺️

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Mar 8

Tomorrow is #IWD2025. Do you do anything in the spirit of the day? Thought I'd share a little of what I've been doing lately in the hopes that I can help #accelerateaction. ericakleinknechtoshea.substack.com/p/do-you-do-...

Do you do anything for International Women's Day?

My class activity today was brilliant. And super simple.

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Jan 19

Looking for a distraction from the world at large? I know I am! Today I escaped by gathering my thoughts on P L A Y. What does play look like for you? Love to hear your take on the matter and whether my latest newsletter offered you a new point of view.
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Some thoughts on PLAY

A Wildcard newsletter, where I play a little with both ideas and approach

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Jan 8

This is such a fun idea! I will try to follow along too and perhaps join in as well! Don’t think I can commit to multiple weekly posts … but monthly may be doable?

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · Dec 23

Can exposure therapy help more people conquer their fears? Researchers are exploring how it works and how it could benefit a wider range of patients. #MentalHealth #ClinicalPsychology

Exposure Therapy Challenges Patient Expectations

Exposure therapy can help patients conquer their fears, but it isn’t effective for everyone. Researchers are exploring how this powerful intervention works and how it could benefit a wider range of pa...

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Dec 23

As I teach the reality of emotion and memory relations and dismantle the clinical lore around repression I have students who are also taking social work classes where VdK’s book is required reading. Terrible that students then have to “take sides” and perform for both classes.

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Dec 23

Sad that degree/credentials aren’t enough to guarantee validity of content. Unraveling truth from fiction in the trade-book trauma literature is a daunting and uphill battle.

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Dec 23

Of course he has (insert eye roll here). Def worth talking about authority markers more! My students minds are blown when we discuss publishing: they do not realize that trade books like VdK’s are rarely peer reviewed. They assume publishers fact-check.

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Dec 19

An important and cogent counter-narrative here worth the read! While the peer review system isn’t flawless it does still serve a vital function of fact-checking and VdK has side-stepped it for many years with this book.

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Emi Nietfeld @eminietfeld.bsky.social · Dec 18

“The Body Keeps the Score stigmatizes survivors, blames victims, and depoliticizes violence. While masquerading as care for survivors, it creates a hierarchy where marginalized victims are even more marginalized.” My latest, for @motherjones.

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What the most famous book about trauma gets wrong

People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Dec 19

Important to keep a counter narrative in circulation! In addition to the summary critiques, the memory science that VdK’s premise rests on is flawed and has been criticized by both clinical and memory scientists for many years. By publishing in the popular press VdK sidesteps critical peer review

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Dec 19

Thanks @timreha.bsky.social for the airtime! It was so much fun talking with you about our projects!

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Dec 19

So proud of my students representing our work for 8 hours on the expo floor at the @seattleindies.bsky.social Game-Education Industry Collider last month. Amazing what can happen in just one semester when we harness our creative energy for good! #psychology #games

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Daria Tsybina and Adhya Gowda, Pacific University OR, Seattle Indies & EdTech Games & EDU Collider

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Dec 5

After many moments like you are having I created a fill-in-the-blanks template for their first go. After that I progressively pulled back the support. They tend to be so intimidated by the stats that they don’t see the template/script of it.

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Dec 5

Agree! Was a definite highlight for us, talking with you!!

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Dec 5

Shout-out to my fantastic course-design collaborator @jackiemchen.bsky.social too <3

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Dec 5

I get to do some pretty cool things in the name of "work" from time to time, and the @seattleindies.bsky.social event last month was one of them! Thanks @timreha.bsky.social for capturing the buzz with this fantastic video.
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Tim Reha on LinkedIn: #game #education #industry #collider #about #none #game #designers

Great to have Dr. Erica Kleinknecht O'Shea, Professor at Pacific University Oregon, Portland, OR on the Seattle Indies #Game & #Education #Industry #Collider…

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Nov 24

Shout-out to my students who completely rocked the expo floor at the @seattleindies.bsky.social Games-Education-Industry-Collider last weekend. We displayed our serious game prototypes and our table buzzed for 8 consecutive hours! Lots of learning and connections made: 10 / 10, highly recommend.

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Nov 24

We absolutely must keep our eyes — and politics— on AI and untested ED-tech creep. 💯 agree that the issue is more pressing for schools than HE.

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Nov 24

Indeed— lots to think about in your report here. That’s a chilling vision you paint of AI-tech enabled edu in the UK. I don’t know a single teacher who wld be on board with that kind of new world order and the research I allude to in my post does not point to a vision like that either.

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Erica Kleinknecht @psychsoundbites.bsky.social · Nov 24

Totally agree with you that right now is the time to started establishing parameters on the value of human and AI interactions in educational settings. I know that this conversation is about higher ed, but there's great research happening on AI and Kids too, that can already inform decisions

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