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The 48th Annual National Institute

Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Sep 2

Are you going to NITOP 2026? We still have room for more Demo Demo and Teaching Slam proposals! We’ve received some excellent proposals but still have an opening or two in both the Teaching Slam and Demo Demo presentations.

NITOP - Home

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Social anxiety and loneliness over time (cross-lag design)

Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Aug 29

The NITOP deadline for Demo Demo and Teaching Slam proposals is coming up: September 1!
I bet you have something amazing to share!
nitop.org/Proposals

NITOP - Proposals

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Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Aug 19

New cross-lag example! Great if you are teaching Chapter 9! www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/08/soci...

The study used a cross-lag panel design to establish temporal precedence. Photo: Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock People who are socially anxious are often lonely, too. But which comes first? Loneliness ...

Accepting 1-2 new students this cycle! ☝️/✌️

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Matt Southward @mattsouthward.bsky.social · Aug 6

Potential grad applicants: I'm hoping to take 1-2 new students this cycle!

There's no need to email me in advance unless you have specific questions that aren't answered on the lab or psych department's website - everyone's applications will be considered equally.

u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025...

https://u.osu.edu/mattlab/2025/08/06/accepting-1-2-new-students-this-cycle-☝%EF%B8%8F-✌%EF%B8%8F/

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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · Aug 3

This site helps people find radio stations hit by the public media funding cuts--in addition to your home outlets, people might consider donating to rural stations as they will be hit much harder than urban public radio
adoptastation.org

Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media

Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.

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Norton Psychology @nortonpsych.bsky.social · Jul 21

Joint blog post by @bmorling.bsky.social and @notawfuljess.bsky.social! Find tips to teach ethics, methods, and self-correction using the story of 19 Black New Orleanians’ skulls stolen in the 1880s for racist pseudoscience
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/07/repa...
#PsychSci #AcademicSky

Repairing past research injustices (a joint post with Jess Hartnett!)

This is a joint blog post by two W.W. Norton & Co. authors (and pals): Beth Morling and Jess Hartnett. We first “met” through our blogs and social media years ago (Beth's blog on teaching RM, which yo...

Repairing past research injustices (a joint post with Jess Hartnett!)

Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Jul 21

Guess what? @notawfuljess.bsky.social and I did a joint blog post 😀 You can use it to teach ethics, scientific self-correction, NHST, human rights violations, & more.
We both hope you find it useful.
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/07/repa...

This is a joint blog post by two W.W. Norton & Co. authors (and pals): Beth Morling and Jess Hartnett. We first “met” through our blogs and social media years ago (Beth's blog on teaching RM, which yo...

Cornell University, Department of Communication

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Jul 15

We're hiring!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30219

The Cornell Department of Communication is hiring an Assistant Professor in Science, Environment, and Risk Communication!

Applications received by September 15, 2025, will be given full consideration.

Job #AJO30219, WDR-00053939 Assistant Professor in Science, Environment, and Risk Communication, Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US

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Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thanks to Steve Chew (@schewpsych.bsky.social) for sharing the best examples. This story--on the link between smartphone use and hemorrhoids--can help you teach Ch 8 or 9 (bivariate and multivariate correlation) or even Ch 14 (potential p-hacking):
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/07/clai...

Claim: Using smartphones on the toilet increases hemorrhoid risk

The study found that people who use their smartphone on the toilet are more likely to have hemorrhoids. How strong is their evidence? Photo: Svitlana Hulko/Shutterstock Is there any relationship betwe...

Placebo controls: When are they necessary? When are they ethical?

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Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Jul 1

The latest US national news on placebo-controlled studies provides an excellent opportunity to talk about both placebos and ethics in your RM class. Here are some ideas to frame that discussion:
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/06/the-...

Many public health officials raise ethical concerns about requiring placebo controlled tests of slight revisions to existing vaccines. PPhoto: PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock Placebo effects ha...

University of California, Riverside - Jobs

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Tabea Springstein @tabeaspringstein.bsky.social · Jun 4

I'm looking for a new Lab Manager to join me, my amazing incoming PhD students @isabellafavalos.bsky.social and @maceygrisso.bsky.social, and our fantastic undergraduate RAs in the Emotional Lives Lab at UC Riverside.
Sharing would be much appreciated!
jobsportal.ucr.edu/jobs/35754189

UCR is hiring for this great opportunity!

jobsportal.ucr.edu

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Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Jun 11

Auto manufacturers are going back to using some buttons and dials (rather than all-touchscreen). This post shows how three concepts from Chapter 6 (surveys, observational studies, focus groups) all helped support this decision.
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/06/touc...

Touchscreens, buttons, and dials: What's best for drivers?

Survey, observational, and qualitative research can all support carmakers' decisions about how to design a dashboard. Photo: insta_photos/Shutterstock Here's a story about automobile dashboards! After...

The article reported three evidence-based techniques for changing people's minds. Photo: Caftor/Shutterstock In our era of extreme political polarization, people's attitudes seem entrenched. However, ...

Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Jun 3

Both curiosity and personal connection can help us change minds.

www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/05/chan...

Changing minds

Emoji use predicts narcissism

Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Jun 3

Here's an easy-to-understand example for teaching correlational research:
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/05/emoj...

Were all the variables in this study measured? Were any manipulated? Photo: Caftor/Shutterstock Psychology Today columnist Sebastian Ocklenburg summarized a recent study under the headline, The Dark S...

Culture is Bound to Shape Motor Development

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · May 13

A new Teaching Current Directions introduces students to the concept of developmental cascades with a lesson plan about gahvoras, wooden baby cradles used in homes in Tajikistan. @bmorling.bsky.social #Teaching #Psychology

Teaching: Introduce students to the concept of developmental cascades with this lesson plan about gahvoras, wooden baby cradles used in homes in Tajikistan.

www.psychologicalscience.org

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Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · May 12

To review and apply reasoning in a RM course, students can read about experimentally-tested ways to change people's minds. (Maybe it will make the world a better place....)

www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/05/chan...

Changing minds

The article reported three evidence-based techniques for changing people's minds. Photo: Caftor/Shutterstock In our era of extreme political polarization, people's attitudes seem entrenched. However, ...

"The problem with optimism"

Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Apr 24

This article offers a simple experiment for teaching RM, with the secret feature of introducing students to a powerful theory of motivation in psychology. It improve students' ability to acheive their goals, and make a difference!

www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/04/the-...

Although optimism feels good, it's more effective to also anticipate what might go wrong. Photo: Jacob Lund/Shutterstock This article, entitled "the problem with optimism," discusses one of my favorit...

Childhood physical activity and teen depression

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Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Apr 17

Here's a nice new example if you're teaching multiple regression (Ch 9)!

www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/04/chil...

The study found that kids who spent more time in physical activity during ages 6-9 were less likely to be depressed at age 15. Photo: PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock The online magazine Study F...

Replication update: Mueller-Lyer Illusion (Ch 14)

Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Apr 17

I've posted a replication update about Chapter 14's example of the Muller-Lyer illusion: www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/04/repl...

Thanks to @hilarybarth.bsky.social for the heads-up!

Turns out this illusion is probably universal--not only in humans, but also in other species. Photo: Dr. Dorsa Amir One of the examples in Chapter 14 is about the Mueller-Lyer Illusion (pictured), spe...

The Podcast of Magical Thinking

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Erik Nook 🏳️‍🌈 @eriknook.bsky.social · Apr 9

Kristina Olson and I have a truly incredible advisee who won an NSF but had no luck on clinical psych PhD applications this round. Anyone able to consider another candidate this late in the process? Trust me, you won't regret it!

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Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Mar 13

Facilitated Communication is not dead. In fact, in the popular podcast "the telepathy tapes," FC's major flaw is actually being interpreted as telepathy. Use this episode to introduce the difference between science and intuition when you teach Research Methods:
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

Don’t fall for The Telepathy Tapes.

www.theatlantic.com

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Beth Morling @bmorling.bsky.social · Feb 21

Do you teach research methods? Here's an example you can use to teach a repeated measures design:
www.everydayresearchmethods.com/2025/02/the-...

Prick up your ears! (Oh, I forgot...you can't!)

Most humans have only vestigal muscles that could help them prick up their ears like this cute pooch. Photo: Mary Swift/Shutterstock The adorable dog in the photo is paying attention. "Lifting the ear...