📈💬💡 Questions beginning with “How can we…?” make the task collaborative & imply that more than one solution is possible. Connect the question to a value the audience already supports. #DataCommunication #SocialPsychology #DecisionMaking

Please direct any questions to the co-chairs:
Katie Garrison ([email protected]) and Blair Saunders ([email protected])
#SPSP2027 #MotivationScience #AcademicTwitter #PsychResearch #SocialPsychology

We Spend Our Whole Lives Trying to Get Invited to Things We Don’t Want to Attend
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#HumanBehavior #SocialPsychology #ModernLife #Relationships

📈💬💡 Describe the specific, observable event or result. Say what happened rather than assigning a broad trait like “unreliable,” “careless,” or “bad at the job" to your audience. #DataCommunication #SocialPsychology #EmotionalIntelligence

📈💬💡 When people may fear judgment, face-to-face questions can suppress honest answers. Anonymous or private surveys can reveal barriers & experiences that routine demographic or outcome data misses. #DataCommunication #SocialPsychology #ResearchCommunication

📈💬💡 Ask your audience: If other people no longer held this view, would they (audience) still hold it? Julia Galef calls this "The Conformity Test." This helps distinguish independent judgment from group influence. #DataCommunication #SocialPsychology #SocialInfluence

📈💬💡 The more strongly people identify with a group, the more emotionally they may react to evidence from (or favoring) an opposing group. Adjust the messenger, setting, & framing when group identity is strong. #DataCommunication #SocialPsychology #SocialIdentity

📈💬💡 Evidence may be resisted when it appears to undermine qualities a group proudly associates with itself. Present the finding without unnecessary insults to the group’s competence, morality, or uniqueness. #DataCommunication #SocialPsychology #SocialIdentity

📈💬💡 People often value groups that make them feel included while also making them feel distinctive. Avoid accompanying data with messages that imply the audience’s group is interchangeable, unimportant, or no longer special. #DataCommunication #SocialPsychology #SocialIdentity