Society for Personality and Social Psychology

10/22/2026

📝Editorial Opportunity: Want to join a supportive, collaborative editorial team? Apply for the Editorial Fellowship role with the journal Personality and Social Psychology Review!

The program enhances our capacity to evaluate research that challenges Western-centric assumptions, employs diverse methodologies, and reflects varied cultural contexts.

Learn more and apply here before November 1: https://ow.ly/mOxJ51008im

10/22/2026

Are you an SPSP member working at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI)? Consider volunteering with SPSP! Your expertise in teaching, mentoring, and research enriches our community and ensures that SPSP services members across all institutional types.

We are particularly interested in members at PUI's to join the Awards & Grants Committee, Convention Committee, Career Advancement Committee, and the PUI Member Network Committee. By joining one of these groups, you'll strengthen your professional network and service record for promotion while serving as a voice for the needs of PUI faculty and students.

Learn more + apply before November 15: https://ow.ly/jjya510077G

10/22/2026

"In the current study, it appears both are true. A forced smile can help in a bad moment, but in a good moment, when the feeling is already there, the performative smile adds effort and hurts overall mood." https://ow.ly/4XpG50ZZSk5

10/21/2026

"Students who entered college with greater suspicion did not simply become less healthy over time. Instead, their level of suspicion appeared to shape how they experienced college." - Elizabeth Quinn-Jensen https://ow.ly/RCiv50ZZNJh

10/21/2026

"With no consequences, people tended to mimic, or even surpass, deviant behavior"

People are more likely to mimic — or even surpass — rule breakers than rule followers, a study finds. But real-world consequences may keep people in line.

10/21/2026

Psychology students: Don't forget to apply for the 2027 Summer Institute for Social and Personality Psychology! This immersive experience, which will be hosted from July 11-22 at UC Berkeley, is a unique opportunity for education and connection.

Apply here: https://ow.ly/J3gz50ZZMVM

10/21/2026

Oct. 23, 3-4 PM ET: Join us this week as Urooj Raja leads a virtual discussion about the role and limitations of AI in psychology research, with a focus on research validity. Attendees are welcome to share their experiences and best practices!

Register for this Free-Form Friday here: https://ow.ly/5hTn50ZZMwB

10/21/2026

New research: People who own fewer possessions are perceived as more competent than people who own more. Why? Researchers say the person with less is thought to rely more on reason than feelings in decision-making.

This research offers valuable insights on the benefits of having less from an interpersonal perspective and identifies possession quantity as a new cue for perceived competence.

Read more in : https://ow.ly/XX3u50ZZMgK

10/21/2026

New : When Positive Interactions Aren't So Simple by Elizabeth Quinn-Jensen https://ow.ly/bgoC50ZZI9A

10/21/2026

“Overall people preferred private rewards to public rewards… Narcissists like private rewards as well, but they also like public rewards, and they like them a lot more than non-narcissists do"

All employees like private rewards – a quiet salary increase or glowing performance review – but narcissists also want to have rewards made public for their colleagues to see.