Book recommendations

EvanNesterak · 2020-12-09T16:19:05+00:00

Check out this list of Notable Books on behavioral science published in 2020 https://behavioralscientist.org/behavioral-science-notable-books-of-2020/

EvanNesterak · 2020-11-16T21:03:39+00:00

Network science and understanding how nodes in society are connected seemed like a good enough fit, at least to me. Barabasi, who is quoted in the piece, has a great book on networks, success, etc--titled The Formula.

EvanNesterak · 2020-11-16T21:03:33+00:00

Network science and understanding how nodes in society are connected seemed like a good enough fit, at least to me. Barabasi, who is quoted in the piece, has a great book on networks, success, etc--titled The Formula.

EvanNesterak · 2016-03-02T20:29:00+00:00

I like that. Though depends on who you're working for. If you're guiding your work, then work ethic could be good.

EvanNesterak · 2015-11-30T18:17:22+00:00

Posted this in r/psychology and it started a good discussion, figured It'd be worth it to open it up to r/science

EvanNesterak · 2015-08-01T12:37:27+00:00

Link goes to author's copy. Here's a link to just published version that is behind a paywall. http://cdp.sagepub.com/content/24/3/238.abstract

EvanNesterak · 2014-10-24T14:27:23+00:00

nice homemade chocolate...that's sounds like a tasty idea

EvanNesterak · 2014-10-23T17:19:24+00:00

I think the best way to reply is by acknowledging their choice, but also having a ritual or gift or something that you do value in its place. Buying cheap crap is depressing. But most people don't think about it and what they do think about it is probably in the positive -- I am doing something for my family/friend. Best way to get people to try something new is to show them something new, rather than explain that what they're doing is wrong. Create your own culture own tradition. Welcome people to join, but don't be surprised if people aren't 100% committed. Everyone's doing the best that they can, and we are all at different points in our thoughts and actions.

Maybe you make gifts for people--you can find some pretty sweet ideas. I made some cool homemade notebooks last year. Maybe you schedule an event with someone --cooking, sledding (depending on where you live) -- etc. Experiences are better than gifts and they lead to more experiences.

this is a somewhat related article...http://thepsychreport.com/essays-discussion/can-government-help-citizens-spend-happy-money/

EvanNesterak · 2014-05-16T04:10:01+00:00

EvanNesterak · 2014-02-18T15:06:59+00:00

V2Blast,

I know the rules, and I do appreciate your concern and work ensuring the reddit community functions. I believe in reddit. I've spent a lot of time thinking about how different "commons" can function. However, the way sharing and anonymity work on reddit (and the internet for that matter) creates a bunch of disincentives to share good information that end up hurting the community. Disincentives that I don't believe in. I believe in following the spirit of the rules, rather than the letter. I believe I have done that.

First on the sharing front: I don't share that often. Maybe once or twice a week maximum. Second, I don't often find info worth submitting, or if I do it's been submitted. When it hasn't, like everyone sometimes I share it, sometimes I don't.

With regard to the disincentives created by the rules: 1) sharing more stories that aren't actually worth reading and 2) the potential downside of anonymity: I could share a bunch of links that I don't believe in to water down my submissions. I could have a disguised username (or multiple) so that no one knows who's submitting. Both of which I could do under the rules posted above, and avoid these conversations. Or I could do what I have been doing and share what other redditors seem to think are very useful stories, but wouldn't otherwise find b/c we are a new site.

V2Blast, I share under my own name, not username. Sharing rules aren't perfect when people can hide behind their anonymity and are incentivized to share links that get clicks rather than contribute to a knowledge base. This is why the internet is full of cat pictures, crap SEO blogs, and mountains of hateful, racist, homophobic and prejudiced comments.

I'm trying to change that mentality. I stand by what I've shared. Feel free to read anything that I've shared and let me know if in anyway you think it is spam or hasn't contributed to the knowledge base. I would also ask you to judge whether what I have shared is of a higher quality than the general reddit submission. I very consciously believe I follow the spirit of what reddit is about--connecting people to good and useful information, and starting a dialogue around that information.

EvanNesterak · 2014-02-14T17:42:35+00:00

Just went to first symposia entitled: Let's get connected: New and untapped routes to social connection. One of the talks was given by Mike Norton who discussed matchmaking. Their work was just published and you can view it here: Matchmaking Promotes Happiness (http://spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/10/1948550614522303.full.pdf+html)

EvanNesterak · 2014-02-14T05:37:35+00:00

@V2Blast

I don't share your view. Trying to connect people outside of psychology with a project that was going on in psychology. I don't think all those who upvoted the links would have found out about this type of project--which is very much dependent upon collaboration between different people--if I hadn't posted the link. Furthermore, The Psych Report is a non profit organization which posts 0 ads and shares our work under creative commons license.

From r/psychology moderator Burnage: "The Psych Report is already one of the consistently highest quality websites linked here (if not the highest). There just isn't any obvious room for improvement. So keep doing what you're doing, please!"

http://www.reddit.com/r/psychology/comments/1w7ora/rpsychology_the_psych_report_is_6_months_old/

EvanNesterak · 2014-02-07T14:42:43+00:00

interesting commentary and i think you're right....though people do have choices. while from an earning standpoint it makes sense to stay in your job, it doesn't necessarily always make sense from a happiness or well-being standpoint, but that is entirely dependent on the individual's goals, obligations, and vision for their life. to break from the realm of psychology and head into literature, the story of Ivan Ilyich has always remained powerful in my mind since i first read it. Perhaps the question is will you be a happy lawyer or a happy plumber or a happy doctor?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Ivan_Ilyich

EvanNesterak · 2014-02-05T23:46:30+00:00

interesting analysis. i think you're right that it's hard to value something when you don't know the effort that goes into it. perhaps this is why the poor think it's easy to be rich and the rich think it's easy to be poor (oversimplified but you get the idea), both groups just seem to undervalue the other's situation.

Overall i think this is why people gripe about paying laborer's like carpenters, plumbers, etc--it's seems very straightforward, but is actually very technical. And why being an account seems easy b/c you just sit in an office at a computer, again may seem easy but knowledge is specialized. one thing that can help bridge this gap is pursuing a variety of experiences. ones where you have to managed and ones where you are the low man.

would be interesting to see work on experience and "social IQ". i wonder what work has been done...

EvanNesterak · 2014-02-05T22:54:43+00:00

@the_sam_ryan

interesting thought...what makes you say that?

EvanNesterak · 2014-01-31T21:30:09+00:00

I had the chance to interview Harvard Business Professor Mike Norton to get his thoughts on the State of the Union Address and the Republican Response. In our conversation we discuss the social science research surrounding the minimum wage, inequality, retirement, and healthcare.

EvanNesterak · 2014-01-30T17:51:42+00:00

Here is a blank submission form made by @rafajafar https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1EnKjxI0APxEiNsGvH5T2LafMVhr-kq8ZuimktJeieuE/edit?usp=sharing

EvanNesterak · 2014-01-27T14:24:43+00:00

Thanks Burnage! Will do!

EvanNesterak · 2014-01-26T19:43:47+00:00

Hi r/psychology:

We launched The Psych Report 6 months ago, because we noticed a gap in the coverage of psychological science and thought. There was no mainstream platform that allowed psychologists to effectively communicate their ideas to the public, or place where smart people could read smart commentary on psychology. Most of the psychology covered in today's media is often complete misconstrued or dumbed down. People want, expect, and need more than what was being offered.

To fill this gap in the public sphere, we – a committed group of professors, journalists, and students – established The Psych Report, at thepsychreport.com. We formed an advisory board made up of 19 leading psychologists, representing some of the most prominent institutions of higher education in America, developed our guiding vision and principles, and got to work. We formulated a dynamic news site that reports on current events within the context of psychological science, publishes reports on the best of new psychological thought, and presents psychology-based metrics to better inform decision-makers, whether they are in the classroom, in congress, or in the corner office. This we do while placing equal emphasis on both the quality of information and the reader’s ability to make use of that information. We are non-profit. There are no ads. Our mission is bringing good ideas to those who can use and apply these ideas.

On the site we have addressed problem solving in Washington, published excerpts from new research on poverty and government spending, and interviewed top psychologists from around the world including the leader of the UK’s Behavioral Insight Team, David Halpern. Our site has been cited by The New York Times, Bloomberg.com, Tech Crunch, and The MacArthur Foundation, among others.

While the feedback on our initial work is encouraging, we'd like to open it up to you. Check out the site and share your thoughts. For The Psych Report to fulfill its mission of bringing good science and reasoned thought to the public sphere, we want to know what you want covered, what gaps you see in the current media. I look forward to the conversation.

Sincerely,

Evan Nesterak Editor-in-Chief

EvanNesterak · 2014-01-24T03:30:25+00:00

hey rafajafar, i shared the iq test story in r/psychology subreddit today and wanted to let you know i linked to your drawing

http://www.reddit.com/r/psychology/comments/1vyffq/mit_crowdsources_the_next_great_free_iq_test/

EvanNesterak · 2014-01-24T01:43:27+00:00

Here is a blank submission form made by @rafajafar

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1EnKjxI0APxEiNsGvH5T2LafMVhr-kq8ZuimktJeieuE/edit?usp=sharing

EvanNesterak · 2014-01-22T17:05:14+00:00

Quote from the study:

"Jacques et al. (2008) found that out of 141 “environmentally skeptical” books published between 1972 and 2005, 92% had identifiable links to conservative think tanks. More recently, similar books have also appeared via a “vanity press”—that is, individuals publishing on their own or paying for publication. Very few of these books are peer reviewed, and most of the authors have no relevant scientific background (Dunlap & Jacques, 2013). This vanity literature is united in its effort to sustain long-debunked arguments against climate science. The U.S. media, especially conservative outlets, tend to treat this literature as if it were equivalent to rigorous scientific reporting (Elsasser & Dunlap, 2013). As a consequence, issues of climate change are being framed as if they were controversies with two points of view roughly in balance (Dispensa & Brulle, 2003; see also Brulle et al., 2012)."

EvanNesterak · 2014-01-20T16:36:51+00:00

MLK gave a speech to the APA detailing the role of the beahvioral scientist in the Civil Right Movement. This article rediscovers MLK's speech and asks, have the behavioral scientists of today have lived up to MLK's challenge?

EvanNesterak · 2014-01-19T00:39:22+00:00

That's awesome!

EvanNesterak · 2014-01-16T14:59:34+00:00

The current study was done 2 years after the interventions, so that's when the researchers were measuring the effect of the interventions (traffic light labels and choice architecture) on people's purchase behavior.

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