“Hot Paper” Spotlight – Small Effects: The Indispensable Foundation for a Cumulative Psychological Science
Götz, F. M., Gosling, S. D., & Rentfrow, P. J. (2022). Small Effects: The Indispensable Foundation for a Cumulative Psychological Science. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 17(1), 205–215. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691620984483 The Small Effects paper has been listed as “hot paper” on Web of Science: “This hot paper was published in the past two years and received enough citations in March/April […]
Paper Publication Spotlight #4: Regional personality differences predict variation in early COVID-19 infections and mobility patterns indicative of social distancing
Peters, H., Götz, F. M., Ebert, T., Müller, S. R., Rentfrow, P. J., Gosling, S. D., Obschonka, M., Ames, D., Potter, J., & Matz, S. C. (2022). Regional personality differences predict variation in early COVID-19 infections and mobility patterns indicative of social distancing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000439 (first authorship is shared […]
Paper Publication Spotlight #3 – The psychological imprint of inequality: Economic inequality shapes achievement and power values in human life
Du, H., Götz, F. M., King, R. B., & Rentfrow, P. J. (2022). The psychological imprint of inequality: Economic inequality shapes achievement and power values in human life. Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12758 Economic inequality is on the rise, affecting more than two-thirds of the global population (UN News, 2020). Concerns about increasing levels of economic inequality have […]
Publication Spotlight #2 – Effective maps, easily done: Visualizing geo-psychological differences using distance weights
Ebert, T., Mewes, L., Götz, F. M., & Brenner, T. (2022). Effective maps, easily done: Visualizing geo-psychological differences using distance weights. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 5(3), 251524592211018. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459221101816 Psychologists of many subfields are becoming increasingly interested in the geographical distribution of psychological phenomena. An integral part of this new stream of geo-psychological […]