John Guilaran

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clinical and disaster psychologist
OrganisationUniversity of the Philippines Visayas
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websitehttps://JohnGuilaran.com
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Yesterday, the Social Interactions Lab gave a panel presentation at the 2023 Philippine Population Association (PPA) Scientific Conference in Iloilo City. We presented initial findings of the Social Support Satisfaction Scale Development Project. Huge thanks to the PPA for giving us space to disseminate our work.
Platt, 1964, The Question: What would disprove your hypothesis?
One of these isn’t a book 😅.
Today’s office. Reviewed student papers with this view.

Can you increase donations by depicting needy *individuals* (rather than needy groups or #statistics thereabout)?

In 2007, some in #DecisionScience suggested so.

In 2016, a meta-analysis suggested this #identifiableVictimEffect was very small.

More recently, people like me have wondered if the effect is practically nil.

Hajdi Moche reports that 6 of 7 well-powered studies didn't find the effect.

Explanation in this free volume (see page 58): https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1710912&dswid=7135

#xPhi #SocialPsychology

Unequal Valuations of Lives and What to Do About It: The Role of Identifiability, Numbers, and Age in Charitable Giving

DiVA portal is a finding tool for research publications and student theses written at the following 50 universities and research institutions.

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Folks, introducing my coffee mug
A beginner's guide to Mastodon (and a nice intro to the fediverse) for noobs like me https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/08/what-is-mastodon/
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And of course, typos are the death of me. 🤦‍♂️