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Guy Lavender Forsyth retweeted
I wrote a quick letter to The Economist (in response to their recent cover story on IQ). I called my piece 'IQ is Stupid'. They removed my title (of course), but they did publish my letter
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This month, Vanuatu will hold its first ever national referendum
The topic: combatting political instability
Instability is thus a pertinent topic in this Pacific island country which has – just in the last two years – seen four Prime Ministers from four different parties
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My open-access paper, published the other day and co-authored with @DrQueue, provides some historical context for the current political situation
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Follow the link for a story about competing colonial powers, immense cultural diversity, the creation of new shared identities, and the interconnections that exist between instability across different domains: political, religious, cultural, and otherwise
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Unofficial pre-announcement: I will be recruiting a funded PhD student to work with me @PsychUoA on global relationships between music and language. Deadline will likely be late February to start after June 2024, but I encourage you to reach out early if interested!
ALT Screenshot of PhD application requirements
I'm accepting applications for prospective grad students to join my lab at @PsychUoA. Nov 1 is the next deadline to be considered for PhD scholarships starting from March 2024: auckland.ac.nz/en/study/scho…
Please see my lab manual for details: drive.google.com/file/d/1ayB…
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Guy Lavender Forsyth retweeted
Really happy to share this preprint, a collab with the brilliant @scottclaessens & @DrQueue. we use a battery of experiments to explore the most common motivations underpinning punishment decisions. osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/ys…
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Guy Lavender Forsyth retweeted
Final version published: longitudinal study on correlates of growth in political inequality in a small-scale society: doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbeh…
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Guy Lavender Forsyth retweeted
New Research: Validating the dual evolutionary foundations of political values in a US sample #Psychology #Psych frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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Guy Lavender Forsyth retweeted
I have my own opinions on this but I’m curious about how representative they are.
Biological species are:
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real and useful
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real but not useful
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not real but still useful
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neither real nor useful
2,282 votes • Final results
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A new theory-driven scale for studying political ideology!
“Validating the Dual Evolutionary Foundations of Political Values in a US Sample”
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I hope this ‘Dual Foundations Scale’ will be a useful tool for future work. I encourage other researchers to take it up, test it across other population samples, and use it to explore the role values about cooperation and social control play in diverse political contexts.
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Many thanks to my co-authors and supervisors, @DrQueue and @ProfAnanish, for their help and support.
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Guy Lavender Forsyth retweeted
PhD Scholarships available on cognition and culture in New Caledonian Crows. If you're interested, check out the full ad here - auckland.ac.nz/en/study/scho… . Or PM me to discuss other PhD opportunities on cultural diversity, the psychology of politics, religion and climate change.
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Guy Lavender Forsyth retweeted
Following up on my post from yesterday, some examples. I’ll bring the marshmallows.
elevanth.org/blog/2023/06/14…
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