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Harriet Tenenbaum

@harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social
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Professor of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Surrey. Researches children and social justice, emotion development, and teaching and learning throughout the lifespan. Co-Editor, Social Development bsky.app/profile/socialdevelopment

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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
When developing mentoring programmes, we need to remember that people prefer mentors who share their values for agency and communion: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @fabiofas.bsky.social @socialpsychology.bsky.social
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Mentoring Preferences: The Role of Agency and Communion in Deep‐Level Similarity and Perceived Workplace Norms
Mentorship plays a significant role in shaping an individual's career in the workplace. Agency and communion are key dimensions that reflect personal values and workplace norms, both of which strongl...
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Please consider submitting to our special issue @socialdevelopment.bsky.social on Political Engagement in Childhood and Adolescence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Social Development
We are upgrading Wiley Online Library over the weekend of May 17th–18th. All content will continue to be available, but some functionality may not work as expected. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Social Psychology Surrey @socialpsychology.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This new study explores how listeners integrate vocal cues—specifically whether a male voice sounds gay or straight—with stereotypical sentence content during real-time sentence processing. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) Does sounding 'Gay' or 'Straight' affect how we understand language? Sentence comprehension is regulated by the speaker's perceived sexual orientation
PDF | Social interactions are shaped by the way individuals communicate. Listeners form impressions based on how someone sounds, and the message... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Starting university doesn’t mean students already know how to use academic language. Our new blog explores why learning discipline-specific academic language is vital for student success and a healthy democracy. srheblog.com
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SRHE Blog
The Society for Research into Higher Education
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Social Psychology Surrey @socialpsychology.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
What I have learnt from my psychology research assistant placement!
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Our new paper finds that knowledge and comfort predict greater teaching about sexism: link.springer.com/article/10.1..., which is why we created a website with resources for teachers: www.teachgenderequality.org. Please share our resources! @surreypsychology.bsky.social @socialpsychology.bsky.social
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Knowledge and comfort predict teaching about sexism in school teachers - Social Psychology of Education
Although lessons about sexism can increase gender egalitarianism in children, teachers often shy away from discussing sensitive topics, such as sexism, in classrooms. We conducted two studies to exami...
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Social Development @socialdevelopment.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Check out this paper by Planalp and colleagues who show that empathy, while essential in human relationships, can be a risky strength, as it may lead to personal distress and higher depressive risk. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Empathy as a Risky Strength: Associations With Parent and Child Depressive Symptoms in Middle Childhood
Healthy human relationships incorporate empathy; yet empathy may sometimes be a risky strength. Here we examine whether links between parent and child depressive symptoms are moderated by child empat...
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Social Psychology Surrey @socialpsychology.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
What have I learned from being a placement student at University of Surrey!
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
I am delighted to announce that we will be hiring a social psychologist: jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Please contact me with any questions!
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Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Lecturer in Social Psychology
Exciting Opportunity in Social Psychology in the School of Psychology, University of Surrey!Join a Top-20 UK University with Ground-breaking Research.We're seeking outstanding Lecturers (and, in excep...
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
English children perceived it as more unfair when a working-class child, rather than an upper-class child, faced negative treatment. Children (aged 9-11) were more likely to see teacher decisions as unfair and attribute them to discrimination than 6-8s. doi.org/10.1111/bjdp...
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British Journal of Developmental Psychology | Wiley Online Library
The present study examined 6 to 11-year-old British children's ability to identify and reason about the causes of a teacher's and mother's differential treatment based on a story character's class ba...
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Witnessing class/race privelege on the train. Bunch of Guildford High students with feet on the seats loudly playing music and shouting (to the point they can be heard in the next carriage) and the guard does nothing. Imagine if they were Black British students attending a state school...
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fabiofas.bsky.social @fabiofas.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Do you want to know more about barriers underrepresented researchers face in writing grant applications? Find out here the results of our project doi.org/10.15126/901... @edicaucus.bsky.social @dorassessment.bsky.social @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
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Research Portal
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Jenna Watling Neal @jennawneal.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I’m excited that @socialdevelopment.bsky.social (edited by @doctinak.bsky.social, @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social, & me) is now on Bluesky! Follow us for current news about the journal and our latest published research.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Reality check. Thank you, Financial Times.
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Steve Most @sbmost.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Seriously! Why do so many scientific, educational, and media outlets still include an X/Twitter "share" button with no corresponding one for Bluesky? Read the room, folks.
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This is an important and sobering piece for those interested in equality in academia. I was turned down more than once before promotion: anesaresearch.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/w...
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Women Professors in UK Academia
Recently, I applied for a Professorship (spoiler alert: I didn’t get it) and as part of that application, I wondered what was the likelihood of attaining a Professorship as a woman. So, I did…
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
listened to a brilliant talk by @idoshal.bsky.social on uneven affective and cognitive empathy in neurodiverse populations @surreypsychology.bsky.social
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
A new UK group is suggesting a five-point manifesto to address the rise of SUVs www.suv-alliance.org.uk
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SUV Alliance
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Without an NICHD postdoctoral fellowship, I would not have been able to secure an academic position. I have no words for those just starting out except I am so sorry. www.statnews.com/2025/01/22/t...
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Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of scientific meetings prompts confusion, concern
A flurry of scientific gatherings and panels across federal science agencies were canceled on Wednesday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about how the
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
as someone who researches social justice in children, news like this makes me pleased to have left the USA, but also concerned for colleagues who do amazing research: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump moves to make 'two genders' and anti-DEI policy official
The president has vowed to use his post to fight elements of what conservatives have decried as
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... @profkeonwest.bsky.social expertly uses the psychological literature to demonstrate why colourblind ideology is harmful. Super excited to be invited to his book launch this week with @fabiofas.bsky.social
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Keon West: ‘You can’t tell that racism is or isn’t happening because you know a Black person who earns a lot of money’
The author and academic on mistaking feelings for facts, the importance of education and why Kemi Badenoch will do nothing to help ethnic minorities
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Another reason to advocate for the end of private schools: www.theguardian.com/education/20... (plus this one 'educated' Farage)
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Private school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollution
Campaigners say pollution levels in street in Herne Hill were far higher when private schools were open
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w... - brilliant 😅
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I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes
I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a jam. A series of natural disasters is barreling towards my home, and there is a severe shortage of resources and...
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Does anyone know how to conduct a power analysis for a binary logistic regression with four factors? Neither G*Power or pwrss.shinyapps.io/index/ is able to do this. Please help!
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
WFH Challenge: Family thinks my green trousers, purple welly socks, and orange fingerless gloves make me look like I am a lollipop lady at a clown convention.
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Feminists do not hate men. For empirical proof, read:
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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/12/finl... re @zbmed.bsky.social new contract
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Finland vs. Germany: the case of MDPI
It's been an odd week for the academic publisher MDPI. On 16th December, Finland's Publication Forum (known as JUFO) announced that from J...
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Young people who felt more support and emotional connection to their community during the first Italian lockdown felt less anxiety after the lockdown: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Research published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology by Hainsworth et al., indicates that the COVID-19 lockdown had positive impacts on gender identity development in trans and gender diverse youth. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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British Journal of Developmental Psychology | Wiley Online Library
During the COVID-19 pandemic, closure of schools and other public places changed the circumstances under which young people engaged in identity development. This qualitative study examines the impact...
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Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
A plea on behalf of journal editors everywhere.. When you receive a request to review, answer it. Declining is (from everyone's perspective) far preferable to not answering at all, which just leaves everyone - not least the author - in limbo. You wouldn't your paper delayed. Don't delay others'.
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Sylvia Perry @sylviapperry.bsky.social · 22/02/2024
I am thrilled that our paper is finally online at Dev Psychology: White parents’ racial socialization during a guided discussion predicts declines in white children’s pro-white biases. psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-... A thread! 1/N
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Scott Urban @urbanturbo.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Motornormativity means that loads of people who don't drive believe that drivers should be prioritised. #carbrain @ianwalker.bsky.social @holybollards.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2023/j...
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‘Motonormativity’: Britons more accepting of driving-related risk
Allowance made for dangers that would not be accepted in other parts of life, finds study with potentially major policy implications
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
‪is delighted to announce that as of 1 Jan, I will be a Co-Editor of Social Development (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467...) a journal whose work I have always loved along with the brilliant @jennawneal.bsky.social and @doctinak.bsky.social
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Excited to listen to talks at the cospecs.unime.it/it/eventi/me.... With @patrice-rusconi.bsky.social
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Mediterranean Meeting on the Psychology of Social Change
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Harriet Tenenbaum @harriet-tenenbaum.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Our project on how to improve outcomes for disadvantaged students: www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/educ...
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Educational dialogue for improving Foundation Year student outcomes - Nuffield Foundation
This project aims to improve Foundation Year students’ oral language skills to increase learning outcomes, retention and progression.
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