I have few questions as someone who is looking for career in academia (social sciences and psychology area).

What differently you did in your PhD to be competitive in postdoc and academia position?

How you manage work life balance - in grad school, postdoc and currently as a Professor.

How do you manage doing research, teaching, studying for classes in your PhD?

Any negative and positive aspects you view in academia I should know?

Thanks!!

Hi All! I’m in the beginning stages of studying for my EPPP and wanted to know if anyone had material to share before I purchase anything. I greatly appreciate any resources, suggestions or help!

I’m curious what motivated people to go into this field and what keeps them going.

Hi! I came across this article and I’m really interested in reading it, but I’m currently unable to access the full text through my usual means.

Hostile attributional bias in adults
James Epps & Philip C. Kendall (1995)
Cognitive Therapy and Research

I was wondering if anyone here is familiar with this paper or could point me toward:

• a summary or key findings
• related papers on the same topic
• or legitimate ways to access it

Any help or direction would be really appreciated!

Hi everyone.

I've recently found out that Kahneman's book has been proved to be presenting some non-factual info and data, the author himself addressed this later on.

I'd like to read a book on somewhat the same themes as "Thinking, Fast and Slow", but more on track with the evolution of the field and with more grounded research.

Is there anything like that around?

Hey guys. I'm Not a therapist or psychiatrist in any way. I'm recently diagnosed with BPD and I am posting here because I have alot of questions and cannot currently afford therapy yet. Please note I am aware that this post may have alot of misinformation, I am not here to perpetuate misinformation but to just show what my uneducated searchings online has yielded, and am looking for correction on anything I've gotten wrong, and more explanations from people who have clinical experience and qualifications.

I understand fully that the original term of BPD being on the border of psychosis and neurosis is outdated. Especially that the term neurosis is particularly outdated.

But I kind of think the term fits well as being on the border of psychosis. I'm curious to know thoughts from experts.

To be clear about something to start: while some people with BPD say they do experience things like hallucinations, voices etc. I do not.

I posted on r/bpd on this post here about this but keep in mind this was 2 weeks ago and I've since then explored it further.

One big aspect of the post was that I was struggling to understand what "being out of touch with reality" meant, because everyone experiences cognitive distortion. For example we all have times where we assume someone is angry with us when they aren't, or people believe in things that aren't true like flat earth. One commenter said that my splitting is NOT psychosis because even if in reality the person isn't abandoning me, my fears about it are still based on real past experiences that have happened. Whereas psychosis wouldn't be founded on that. a large percentage of people ghost me and block me, I do have autism, and of course BPD, so it makes sense that sometimes when people are not replying, I am experiencing being ghosted/blocked in reality.

According to what Claude told me - and please correct me if I'm wrong which is why I'm posting here as I know AI can give misinformation - the prefrontal cortex gets affected and goes, as it said "offline" temporarily. Therefore one is unable to check reality during the split.

In terms of how it FEELS to me, the paranoia I feel seems very out of touch with reality at times. On the other hand, it is due to past trauma so I feel like it also manifests as hypervigilance? I mean, if someone has been assaulted they might fear that happening all the time even when it's not happening again. So is BPD like that? or is it more a quasi-psychosis of breaking from reality temporarily during a split?

This is what claude said after a long discussion with it:

"But the phenomenology you described:

• Paranoid belief about abandonment
• No supporting evidence, or evidence to the contrary
• Unable to access doubt in the moment
• No hallucinations or voices — purely paranoid ideation
• Resolves after the stress response subsides
• Insight returns afterward

That is genuinely the clinical picture of a transient quasi-psychotic episode in BPD. Not schizophrenia, not full psychosis — but not just cognitive distortion either. It sits in its own recognised category between the two."

Again, please note I'm aware this AI, and i'm coming here to check whether this is accurate or not. I'm aware AI can tell you what you want to hear etc.

But to me, finding the answer does seem to be a bit blurry which kinda fits the term of being on the border?

What about the term delusions?

For me, the fact that there is no supporting evidence at times when im splitting, sounds like it could be quasi-psychosis? If not, what makes it different in terms of the processes happening in the brain?

Guys, I need honest reviews about ANARA AI for PhD work is is authentic also please drop some good prompt for testing.

Thanks

Preface: I know none of you (nor I) can predict the future. However, I'd love insights from more seasoned professors.

I have been trying to estimate where academia in the United States ends up in 5, 10, or 20 years given I am still fairly early in my own career (Psychology at SLAC). Namely, I see 1) the gradual decline of ROI's from bachelors degrees for undergraduates (be that due to oversupply or otherwise), and 2) the erosion of academic standards at the hands of grade inflation, ChatGPT, and increasing class sizes that shrink a professor's ability to give students feedback as existential threats to higher ed.

We are allowing millions of students to take out hundreds of thousands in debt with shrinking ability to pay those loans back. Furthermore, it feels like the public is increasingly seeing higher education institutions as fraudulent - even after controlling for the current admin. Is this not an almost perfect parallel to the 2007-2008 financial crisis, in which a system that is supposed to produce value and regulate itself is packaged and sold irresponsibly? And more importantly, if that is the case and the crash is looming, where is the cutoff for institutions that survive versus go belly up? I just want to know whether I need to jump up to an R1 to weather the storm or if R2 institutions will survive decreased enrollment.

https://preview.redd.it/jjpcl9kaxkyg1.png?width=794&format=png&auto=webp&s=dd66a35ddcb7d969e47c083e2b9b74358e193e56

I used to be a heavy gamer when i was younger (especially RPGs like Star Wars etc), and back then I wish I’d had more control over my gaming habits so I could have focused more on my goals in other areas (school, social life, etc.). I am now a psychology student and have the privilege of writing my master’s thesis on the very interesting topic of the psychology of gaming.

In this study you will find a simple training that includes several behavioral psychology mechanisms to gain better control over ur gaming habits. From the comfort of your home, no meetings/face-to-face contact needed, you will stay anonymous throughout the study.

If you’re struggling with the following or similar issues—or are at least aware of them—then this training is perfect for you:

• Are you neglecting other areas of your life (social life, school/college/work, etc.) because of your gaming habits?
• Did you just want to unwind a bit by gaming, but find that you can’t really stop anymore?
• Do you often find yourself thinking about your next video game while you’re doing something completely different?

If this sounds familiar, I am your father. just study the brief information of the attached flyer. You can find more detailed info in the link or the QR-code, which will lead you to a short registration survey (about 3-5 min).

https://www.sosci.geronto.phil.fau.de/gaming_fau/?q=Registrierung&r=red

(In following studies, this training will be designed to help especially children and adolescents to use gaming as a healthy hobby).

Thank you very much, Hedgehog

PS: If there are also Germans here: The study is available also in German (just click DE/EN below the survey to switch between languages).

E=Cm^2

Fascinated with neuron speed at the moment. Originally was written as Einsteins E=mc2, the student compared to neuron=behaviourxstimulus2 as an explanation to neurons firing.

No wrong answers this is a fun hypothetical.

Just wanted to check in with the alumni of the Chicago school (preferably the Chicago campus)

What are you currently doing in the professional field and do you think the program prepared you well for your career and the EPPP test?

I could use any advice to stand out and get where I want to be. have a BA in psych and have been working as a tech in inpatient psychiatry for two years since I graduated. I started in psych naive like most everyone else, said “I’ll be a clinical psychologist” with zero understanding of how academia works. I had a 3.7 GPA taking honors college courses, had a 4.0 major GPA. I got a little research experience but it was in ABA and was mostly monkey-pressing-button work, lots of just entering qualitative data into excel sheets. No posters, no papers. I let myself get very depressed toward the end of school, ended up quitting the lab. Worked night shift at the hospital, stayed depressed, then moved to day shift and realized how much I love the patient interaction. Inpatient has blessed me with reassurance in my field and a directed passion for finding clinical interventions for delinquent behaviors. To me, this entails a deep understanding of behavioral neuroscience, neurodevelopmental disorders, and more acute psychopathology.

I start my program in CHMC in the fall and I’m super excited. However, I still have this terrible feeling weighing on me now that I’m “awake,” almost like grief. I have always been academically inclined and I feel like I threw it away for depression and timidity in undergrad. When I was younger I always imagined I’d research something impactful and profound, but now I feel like I’ve wasted so much time and potential. I follow people that are in academia and I want so badly to get involved. There are labs with projects related to behavioral neuroscience, c/a psychopathology, and maladaptive behaviors, but I don’t know how to get my foot in the door as a counseling graduate student. Many positions seem to be reserved for undergrads. I reached out to a couple labs but got very vague responses indicating they will contact me IF there are opportunities as they move forward.

I’ll take absolutely any advice. My wish for a doctorate down the road is uncertain, but I know for sure I want to at least spend some time in research I’m passionate about. Is there anything I can say or do to strengthen my odds of recruitment?

I’m moving from software engineering into counseling training.
One issue I ran into: communication competency improves with repeated, structured practice, but many learners lack a consistent workflow outside formal training settings.

I built a small website to test a practice loop:

1. run a scenario drill
2. complete guided reflection
3. review progress over time

Would love feedback from students/research-minded folks:
Does this kind of structured loop align with how you think skills should be trained?

If allowed, I can share the project link in comments.

I'm an independent researcher (CNC machinist by trade, no academic affiliation) who encountered intelligence test items and noticed that the uniqueness of the expected answer was assumed rather than demonstrated.

I wrote a short paper that formalizes this via Lagrange interpolation for numerical sequences, and extends it to Raven matrices with a conditional uniqueness theorem. The main result is that every distractor in a multiple-choice Raven item corresponds to a logically valid completion under some rule outside the standard grammar.

I'm aware that the non-uniqueness of numerical sequences has been noted before — Sternberg and others have made the observation at a conceptual level, and the broader philosophical problem connects to Goodman's new riddle of induction and Quine's underdetermination. What I don't find in the literature is a compact formal proof via Lagrange interpolation applied to psychometric items, nor a rigorous extension of the same argument to Raven matrices with an explicit grammar-based conditional uniqueness result and a distractor corollary. If I've missed something, I'd genuinely like to know.

I'm not claiming tests are useless, the argument is narrower than that. Looking for feedback, especially from anyone who knows this literature better than I do.

Hi all! I got off the waitlist for SOU CMHC program, and would love to hear anyones experience with the program. From what I have seen online it looks like a good option, but I have not heard many firsthand experiences.

I have also seen that the school is having financial troubles, but am unsure how this would impact students going into the school and the program over the next couple of years.

If anyone has advice or opinions I would love to hear them.

TIA :)

I have few questions as someone who is looking for career in academia (social psychology area).

What differently you did in your PhD to be competitive in postdoc and academia position?

How you manage work life balance - in grad school, postdoc and currently as a Professor.

How do you manage doing research, teaching, studying for classes in your PhD?

Any negative and positive aspects you view in academia I should know?

Thanks!!

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Many discussions suggest that attention or attraction from the opposite sex can help repair low self-esteem, even in cases where a partner or ex-partner has previously damaged that confidence. Why does validation through sexual or romantic desirability often seem to have such a strong psychological impact compared with other forms of confidence building, such as career achievement, volunteering, artistic expression, or physical activities like dance?

What psychological or social mechanisms explain why sexual desirability appears to influence self-esteem so strongly?

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for recommendations for reliable AI tools that can help with APA 7 formatting, especially for psychology papers.

I’m not looking for something to write the paper for me. I mainly need help with things like:

• reference list formatting
• in-text citations
• hanging indents
• title page / headings
• checking whether sources are formatted correctly
• catching small APA 7 mistakes

Are there any AI tools, citation managers, or workflows you recommend for APA 7? Ideally something that is accurate enough for academic psychology work, not just “mostly okay.”

Thanks!