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50 Years Later: Predicting Career Success with Cognitive Abilities

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Recent research suggests that measures of specific cognitive abilities can predict a person’s future job success—and over a very long period.

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People’s Jobs Influence How Their Personalities Develop and Change throughout Life

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If you want to know the kind of person someone will become in the future, look at the jobs they do now.

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You’re Finally a Faculty Member! Now What?

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“You made it!” Applause spread across the room to congratulate the people who had recently accepted their first faculty position at a university. To shed some light on what comes next for these soon-to-be junior faculty members, a diverse panel of early career professors spoke about their pre-tenure experiences. Drs. Shantal Marshall, Lindsey Rodriguez, Justin Troisi, and Jackie Chen represented schools that vary in size, demographics, location, and expectations. They shared how teaching, service, and research each have played a role in their progress toward tenure.

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Writing Like Your Life Depends on It

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Despite the fact that most academics’ careers (or professional lives) depend on writing and publishing prolifically, many new faculty would rather do almost anything but write. Natalie Sabik, who researches social identity and health, and has created a writing accountability group, jokes that some days she would rather fold laundry than start writing.

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Does biology explain why men outnumber women in tech?

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It’s no secret that Silicon Valley employs many more men than women in tech jobs. What’s much harder to agree on is why.

The recent anti-diversity memo by a now former Google engineer has pushed this topic into the spotlight. The writer argued there are ways to explain the gender gap in tech that don’t rely on bias and discrimination – specifically, biological sex differences. Setting aside how this assertion would affect questions about how to move toward greater equity in tech fields, how well does his wrap-up represent what researchers know about the science of sex and gender?

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI September 14, 2018

This week saw the passing of two greats in the field: John Darley and Walter Mischel. See what else you may have missed online.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI June 1, 2018

This week's roundup features the latest on the Starbucks training, cultivating humility, modern marriage, and ageing. Recently in the news, written a post, or have selections you'd like us to consider? Email us, use the hashtag #SPSPblog, or tweet us directly @spspnews.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI March 9, 2017

We're here with another weekly roundup. Recently in the news, written a post, or have selections you'd like us to consider? Email us, use the hashtag #SPSPblog, or tweet us directly @spspnews.

Remembering John Cacioppo, 1951-2018 via APS Monitor

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