Reposted by Brian GuayDan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Surveys like this always alarm people Fortunately, recent research from cognitive psychology shows that the reason people are so wildly wrong when estimating the size of minority groups is largely NOT because of prejudice — but rather how humans think about unknown proportions of any kind 111543
Brian Guay @brianguay.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Published a political psychology book this year? @erincassese.bsky.social, @lchristensen.bsky.social, and I are on the Robert E. Lane Award committee for the best book in political psych published in the past year Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2026. Details below apsanet.org/membership/o...apsanet.orgSection28 - American Political Science Association (APSA)Political Psychology (Section 28) The purpose of this section to facilitate communication across subfields and disciplinary boundaries among individuals 072
Brian Guay @brianguay.bsky.social · 24/09/2025UNC Political Science is hiring in methods! UNC has an amazing department and the triangle is a great place to live. Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Methods (Deadline Oct 24) link to the posting👇 unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307... #polisky #psjobs #poliscijobsunc.peopleadmin.com 11413
Reposted by Brian GuayWill Lowe @conjugateprior.org · 18/09/2025Every time this worry comes up (www.ft.com/content/d419...) I post some Landy et al. (2018). People just answer questions about proportions (of anything) in a rather particular way. So I think it's unlikely that what they are being asked about is as important as you might expect it should be. 42211
Reposted by Brian GuayBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Zaller remains undefeated 14410
Brian Guay @brianguay.bsky.social · 07/04/2025New paper on misperceptions out in PNAS @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Why do people overestimate the size of politically relevant groups (immigrant, LGBTQ, Jewish) and quantities (% of budget spent on foreign aid, % of refugees that are criminals)?🧵👇 1226896
Reposted by Brian GuayMike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social · 03/02/2025This is not a time for passive citizenship. Silence means approval. So what to do? 4251972
Brian Guay @brianguay.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I'm very happy to share that I'll be joining the Department of Political Science at UNC Chapel Hill as an Assistant Professor this fall. I'm excited for this next chapter and will always be incredibly grateful for my amazing experience at Stony Brook. 2250
Brian Guay @brianguay.bsky.social · 13/12/2024I haven't been on bsky for almost a year. It's nice over here! 020
Brian Guay @brianguay.bsky.social · 29/03/2024*Less than half* of misinformation studies expose people to both false and true info, and ONLY 7% measure discernment (the difference between believing/sharing true and false info)!! misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/what... Short 🧵 on why you should be measuring discernment👇 33924
Brian Guay @brianguay.bsky.social · 07/02/2024Headed to SPSP2024 in San Diego to talk about how we should measure whether misinformation interventions work! Let me know if you're gonna be there (DM/email/text). 020
Reposted by Brian GuayLisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 02/02/2024Less then a week until the 2nd Misinformation and Belief Science preconference at SPSP!! Really excited for the lineup Rakoen Maertens and I have put together. We've got ... 151
Reposted by Brian GuayAPSA @apsa.bsky.social · 27/11/2023Please share and apply to the APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, an annual, intensive 5-wk program designed to introduce the world of doctoral study in political science to undergrad students from under-represented racial and ethnic groups. Deadline: Jan. 22 politicalsciencenow.com/call-for-app... 03355
Reposted by Brian GuayRafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 31/10/2023Apparently ~40% of crowdsource workers use LLMs when completing surveys Relatively simple fix for text responses: Add Javascript to Qs to prevent pasting Credit to Jiabi Wang for idea + Kaushal Addanki for code below github.com/rafmbatista/... 107738
Brian Guay @brianguay.bsky.social · 03/10/2023The last time there was a "presidental alert" Jesse Lopez & I wrote a POQ paper (doi.org/10.1093/poq/...) about it. Back then I thought it was crazy that this was being framed as such a polarizing issue. Enter 2023... 010
Reposted by Brian GuayReed Orchinik @rorchinik.bsky.social · 26/09/2023Very happy to share a new working paper with some great coauthors! 97% of climate scientists agree that human-caused climate change is occurring. But how do people interpret this consensus? Is it a testament to expertise or a signal of bias? psyarxiv.com/ezua5/ 13720
Brian Guay @brianguay.bsky.social · 25/09/2023In addition to the junior line in American Politics, we have a senior line in political psychology at Stony Brook! apply.interfolio.com/131893 polisky psjminfoapply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 010
Brian Guay @brianguay.bsky.social · 25/09/2023Job alert! We're hiring an assistant professor (American Politics) in the Department of Political Science at Stony Brook! Drew Englehardt and I started this semester and it's been great! apply.interfolio.com/130609 10/13 deadline polisky psjminfo poliSciJobsapply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 01913
Reposted by Brian GuayBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 24/09/2023Kids: Study statistics 1192