Binder et al. (2025) tested whether three types of altruistic behavior (helping others, punishing peers, and showing moral courage) respond differently depending on the social distance within and between groups. 🧵 1/5

⭐ Have you ever disliked something more, the easier it was to recall the terrible day you bought it? Ingendahl et al. (2025) investigated links between evaluative conditioning and ease of memory retrieval across two experiments. 🧵 1/5

We are thrilled to announce that Karolina Dyduch-Hazar has received the Solomon Asch Early Career Prize for her outstanding work, "Feeling Bad About Feeling Good? How Avengers and Observers Evaluate the Hedonic Pleasure of Taking Revenge" (co-author: Mario Gollwitzer). 🏆

📊 Would you rather make risky decisions for yourself or for others? Which one would turn a possible loss into a much bigger issue than potential gains? Mayiwar (2025) tested groups of professional decision-makers, giving them hypothetical risky-choice tasks. spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp... 🧵 1/5

👷 How would it feel to be a woman in a male-dominated vocational school? Blondé et al. (2025) analyzed the role of overall climate in fields of varying degrees of reinforcing dominant #masculinity in shaping students’ experiences of gender discrimination. spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp... 🧵 1/5

Have you ever had to act together with others to challenge unfair decisions made by someone in power? Gordon and Puurtinen (2025) tested how ease of collective action affected decisions made by those with (Proposers) and without power (Responders). spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp... 🧵 1/5

🟡 We are delighted to share that Social Psychological Bulletin has Impact Factor of 2.0! 🏅 Another big milestone for the once small and locally published journal - with more to come in the future. @pspspl.bsky.social @psychopengold.bsky.social

The first batch of PsychOpen GOLD journals has registered with the new PCI Psychology platform @psych.peercommunityin.org. JSPP, METH, PHAIR, RPiO, and @socialpsychbull.bsky.social now accept PCI-recommended preprints via fast track submission! More journals are on their way…

What personality traits are associated with internal (reporting only to the company’s leadership) vs. external (going to the media) whistleblowing decisions? Fischer and Gollwitzer (2025) addressed these issues in a recent paper. [https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/12243] 🧵 1/5

What nonverbal behaviors would make you #trust someone? Does every trust-based profession prioritize the same ones? To find the answer, Montoya & Porter (2025) reviewed 86 textbooks for future professionals across eight disciplines. [https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/12663] 🧵 1/5

🆕 It is finally here – our new Special Topic sheds new (interdisciplinary) light on the inextricably intertwined ways we think about #gender(s) and #language(s). The special topic, guest-edited by C. Cervone, J. Lewendon, & Anne Maass, is openly available: spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp...

Are you able to connect your personal interest to the collective one? What about when you were a teenager? Ingoglia et al. (2025) investigated the relationships between civic competence and engagement in adolescent boys and girls. [https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/13645] 🧵 1/5

Have you ever felt kama muta? It is a complex, positive #emotion typically described as being ‘touched’ or ‘moved’? Koh et al. (2025) investigated how #kamamuta relates to situations of collective threat [https://spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/spb/article/view/13457] 🧵 1/5

🤔What makes you a successful #social #entrepreneur - as in someone who starts an innovative business for the good of #society? 🇧🇦 New study: doi.org/10.32872/spb... from Bosnia and Herzegovina concludes loving your country while keeping a critical eye might be the key. 1/5🧵

1/5🧵 🔥 Not getting matches on #Tinder? You might want to skip the details about not eating meat. 📄 Study in heterosexual meat-eating women & men reports #vegetarians are rated as less attractive. 🔓See: doi.org/10.32872/spb.... #psychology #socialpsyc #veganism

🕒 We are extending the deadline for submissions for our Special Topic on the Role of Physical Threat in Social Phenomena. Save the new date: March 31st! Read more about the call: spb.psychopen.eu/index.php/sp...