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Anna Weinberg @annaweinberg.bsky.social · 15d

Delighted to share that we are currently hiring for a tenure-track position (open rank) in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at McGill University. Come join a great department! Link to apply: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill....

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

For sure, I think there is a "physiological" component here that contributes to differences in *desired* portion sizes. Though there are also societal factors in terms of bodily expectations. Paper finds that explicit gender-portion beliefs do correlate with things like support for beauty ideals.

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

Though also interesting that many people seem to believe in a gender effect. Check out the 500k likes on this video, for example: www.tiktok.com/@travelintho...

Your husband orders your chipotle order… when he orders it for me, I get wayyyy more food #chipotle #chipotlehacks #foodie #mexicanfood #burritobowl #rvlife #fulltimetraveler #husbandgoals

TikTok video by Fulltime Travel| Libby & Alex

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

Yeah, I think that's right. There is certainly variance in portion sizes given at these restos -- here is a fun demonstration of that:
www.cnn.com/chipotle-por...
But that variance does not seem related to customer gender alone. Could also be as you note that men are more into order 'hacks'

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

Read much more about this (open access) work, led by lab members Elisabeth Irvine and William Li, here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

This field study finding was far from obvious, though – a majority of both a laypeople and social psychologist sample predicted that men would receive larger portions than women in our field study.

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

Perhaps surprisingly, the field study showed no significant difference in portion sizes given to men vs. women. Hard to know exactly why this occurred, but one possibility is that standardization in serving practices at such restaurants may have limited the impact of gender on portion decisions.

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

But my favorite (and most expensive) part is the field study, where we sent 91 pairs of men and women – matched on BMI -- to fast-casual restaurants where they ordered the exact same meal from the same server separated by a few minutes. We then weighed their portions outside the restaurant.

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

Another study showed that these stereotypes impact memory. Using a “Who ordered what?” paradigm found that people remembered counter-stereotypical pairings (women with large portions, men with small portions) better than stereotype-consistent ones!

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

First, studies using both direct and indirect measures found that gender-portion stereotypes exist -- people consistently associate men with larger food portions and women with smaller portions, even when using the exact same foods but just showing different amounts.

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

New lab paper in JESP! What is the association between gender and food portion sizes? And how might such associations impact actual real-world treatment? We used lab and field studies to explore this question 🍽️

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

Read much more about this (open access) work, led by lab members Elisabeth Irvine and William Li, here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

This field study finding was far from obvious, though – a majority of both a laypeople and social psychologist sample predicted that men would receive larger portions than women in our field study.

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

Perhaps surprisingly, the field study showed no significant difference in portion sizes given to men vs. women. Hard to know exactly why this occurred, but one possibility is that standardization in serving practices at such restaurants may have limited the impact of gender on portion decisions.

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · May 13

First, studies using both direct and indirect measures found that gender-portion stereotypes exist -- people consistently associate men with larger food portions and women with smaller portions, even when using the exact same foods but just showing different amounts.

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John Hendrickson @johnhendrickson.bsky.social · Apr 22

Happy pub day, @dgraham.bsky.social ! From all of your friends and also extremely on brand Ben Affleck

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Eric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · Apr 18

Reupping, we start looking next week

Eric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · Apr 1

Postdoctoral Position, full ad here: hehmanlab.org/ad

Drs. Jordan Axt and Eric Hehman are seeking applications for a jointly funded Post-Doctoral Researcher, beginning Fall 2025.

Topic area would broadly be centered on intergroup dynamics and prejudice.
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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Apr 1

Please RT and share! Eric Hehman and I are looking for a shared postdoc to join us (in Canada) starting next year! And no April Fools here, outside of Eric and myself. Applications due April 24th. See link for full ad: hehmanlab.org/ad

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Feb 7

Strong teak?

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Project Implicit @projectimplicit.bsky.social · Feb 6

The 2024 data for all of the Project Implicit Demonstration tasks are on the OSF: osf.io/y9hiq/

Thank you to the Scientific Advisory Board for their work in making it available.

Project Implicit Demo Website Datasets

14 PI Demo site IAT study data from 2002 to current Hosted on the Open Science Framework

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Jan 21

In basketball you can do 2009 UNC / 2010 Duke.

Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 11

2024 was the first year I kept track of every book I read, so for no reason here is what I read - in order - over the year. Top 5 in bold.

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 5

Yes, we do! OSF page should have RT information for each trial. osf.io/m2a9w

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Dec 5

So happy for @elianeroy.bsky.social that this is out! All props to her for seeing through this giant project. See below for details on our 'contest' study comparing interventions to reduce attractiveness-based discrimination...

Eliane Roy @elianeroy.bsky.social · Dec 5

New JPSP article is out, with @jordanaxt.bsky.social, @calvinklai.bsky.social, and many collaborators! We organised a contest study with an open call for interested researchers to submit their discrimination-reduction intervention ideas. doi.org/10.1037/pspa...

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Jordan Axt @jordanaxt.bsky.social · Nov 22

Big props to Neil and @erichehman.bsky.social! Also Eric is now officially half-way to the social psychology EGOT of prizes (Gordon Allport, ISCON, Cialdini, Wegner).

Jackie Chen @jackiemchen.bsky.social · Nov 21

ISCON is excited to announce that the 2023 Best Social Cognition Paper Award goes to Hester, N., & Hehman, E. (2023). Dress is a fundamental component of person perception. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 27(4), 414-433! Congrats @neilrhester.bsky.social and @erichehman.bsky.social!

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