Elizabeth Canning
@canning.bsky.social
Social Psychologist. Associate Professor of Psychology at Washington State University in Pullman, WA. Researches motivation and social-psych interventions to reduce inequality. On sabbatical in Berlin as a Fellow of the @wiko-berlin.bsky.social
My new office for the year! I’ll be spending my sabbatical in Berlin as a Fellow of the @wiko-berlin.bsky.social
Excited to read, write, learn, and meet some amazing new people.
Excited to read, write, learn, and meet some amazing new people.
August 13, 2025 at 5:31 AM
My new office for the year! I’ll be spending my sabbatical in Berlin as a Fellow of the @wiko-berlin.bsky.social
Excited to read, write, learn, and meet some amazing new people.
Excited to read, write, learn, and meet some amazing new people.
Highly recommend playing before an election! It is very helpful in starting a dialogue about privilege, oppression, structural inequality, and the social psychology behind meritocracy and voting--and it's really fun to play!
(Candidate A won in the mock election!)
(Candidate A won in the mock election!)
October 29, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Highly recommend playing before an election! It is very helpful in starting a dialogue about privilege, oppression, structural inequality, and the social psychology behind meritocracy and voting--and it's really fun to play!
(Candidate A won in the mock election!)
(Candidate A won in the mock election!)
Today in my Social Psych class we played the Game of Social Life by Bramesfeld (2015). Everyone gets a character profile with different identities & privileges and makes decisions about money, housing, healthcare, education, voting, etc.
tinyurl.com/ym9nkr4e
tinyurl.com/ym9nkr4e
October 29, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Today in my Social Psych class we played the Game of Social Life by Bramesfeld (2015). Everyone gets a character profile with different identities & privileges and makes decisions about money, housing, healthcare, education, voting, etc.
tinyurl.com/ym9nkr4e
tinyurl.com/ym9nkr4e
I got tenure at WSU! We had such a fun night celebrating everyone’s accomplishments at the Faculty Showcase Banquet. I’m so thankful for incredible mentors and the support of many collaborators and students I’ve worked with over the years!
March 30, 2024 at 4:53 PM
I got tenure at WSU! We had such a fun night celebrating everyone’s accomplishments at the Faculty Showcase Banquet. I’m so thankful for incredible mentors and the support of many collaborators and students I’ve worked with over the years!
This suggests that communicating a growth mindset can offset the negative effects of being unfriendly, but being friendly cannot offset the negative effects of a fixed mindset --->The message is more important than the way in which you communicate that message.
March 7, 2024 at 11:09 PM
This suggests that communicating a growth mindset can offset the negative effects of being unfriendly, but being friendly cannot offset the negative effects of a fixed mindset --->The message is more important than the way in which you communicate that message.
We found that when the instructor had a growth mindset, students expected to have the best experience, to put in the most effort, and to earn the highest grades, even when the instructor was cold or unfriendly.
March 7, 2024 at 11:09 PM
We found that when the instructor had a growth mindset, students expected to have the best experience, to put in the most effort, and to earn the highest grades, even when the instructor was cold or unfriendly.
Delighted to share a new paper published in Motivation Science!
Instructors with a growth mindset tend to be friendlier than instructors with a fixed mindset, so we conducted an experiment to disentangle mindset from their demeanor.
Instructors with a growth mindset tend to be friendlier than instructors with a fixed mindset, so we conducted an experiment to disentangle mindset from their demeanor.
March 7, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Delighted to share a new paper published in Motivation Science!
Instructors with a growth mindset tend to be friendlier than instructors with a fixed mindset, so we conducted an experiment to disentangle mindset from their demeanor.
Instructors with a growth mindset tend to be friendlier than instructors with a fixed mindset, so we conducted an experiment to disentangle mindset from their demeanor.