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Gordon Hodson
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BIAS Lab director studying prejudice, discrimination, dehumanization, speciesism, intergroup contact, generalized prejudice. Confirmed Boffin. #PrejudiceResearch #WhyWeLoveAndExploitAnimals (does not online-bicker).
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First reaction to the decision letter.

(take a deep breath)
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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In 2022 book Pillars of Social Psychology, Miles Hewstone contributed

Title?

"Meetings with Remarkable Men: A Fortunate Journey in Social Psychology"

Also: praises Tajfel (ahem).

No mention of Tajfel's treatment of women.
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Leave me alone for a few days.

Busy with the latest by #LauraBates
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Giving a talk at a conference
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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There's a TON I disagree with re this paper.

I especially balk at this assertion (below). Show me the receipts, please.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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My students must wear their HODSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING hats at home.

Because I never see them wearing them at the university.
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I feel like we've jumped the shark when we introduce plant-based rice

Say what?
November 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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If you're a Christian American, and you feel "surrounded" by Muslims (or Jews), take a deep breath.

This graphic helps you to identify which group is actually surrounded.
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Liberal (vs conservative) state policies predict less dementia

Longitudinal, nationally representative data

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Time to tackle those manuscript revisions
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
translated into Canadian:
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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How we keep going. And going.
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Why we need control conditions
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Modern humanity in a nutshell
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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We were talking in class about socialization effects in prejudice.

Student shared this provocative image:
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Yeah, the stuff they teach you in school is useless. You know best, right??
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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When your PhD advisor suggests adding Experiment 17 to truly nail down that already-nailed-down effect
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Reviewer #2 at his day job
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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New study out on values & cognitive biases (self-serving biases; halo effects)

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"But if I'm UNPLUGGED, I might miss something"
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Yesterday in class, I talked about HARKING (hypothesizing after results are known).

Next....

I brought a little dollar-store bow and arrow (suction cups), to do a demonstration of this idea 👇
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Something tells me Calvin's dad works for an academic publisher
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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NEVER name your file "final.doc".

It angers the gods; they then seek to teach you a lesson
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM