Travis Lim

Travis Lim

@travislim.bsky.social

🇸🇬 social psychologist at McGill | https://travislim.net/

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Travis Lim
@travislim.bsky.social

There’s so much cool work on environments and we stand on the shoulders of giants. Our hope is that these 4 factors can serve as a shared foundation to systematically compare and connect findings across the many disciplines studying environments.

Travis Lim
@travislim.bsky.social

This is my favorite paper from my dissertation and hopefully it plants the seed for more exciting research in the future! We started doing this because we think features of the environment will guide behavior in those spaces, and we’re working on that right now. Check back in a bit?

Travis Lim
@travislim.bsky.social

We had people describe environments, then had other people rate hundreds of environments on those descriptors. Exploratory factor analyses revealed the 4 factors: density, desirability, light, and temperature. This was consistent in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

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@travislim.bsky.social

These factors were validated on behavioral intentions. In addition, digital manipulation of environment images revealed that our impressions of the environment are rooted in its features. Doesn’t the environment feel a little colder when there’s snow on the ground?

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Eric Hehman
@erichehman.bsky.social

McGill is hiring a faculty lecturer in social psychology, in a (non-adjunct) permanent teaching position. Please consider being my colleague, Montreal is really great: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comFaculty Lecturer - Department of PsychologyPlease refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...

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Katya Kredl
@katyakredl.bsky.social

📄 New paper about single people's dating experiences is out! We found that relationship clarity - the extent to which someone know what they want in a relationship - predicts single young adults' loneliness and well-being as they navigate the dating world. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.comKnowing What You Want: The Role of Relationship Clarity in Single Young Adults' Loneliness and Well‐BeingThe goal of the current study was to explore the role of relationship clarity—the extent to which someone understands what they want in a relationship—in single young adults' dating experiences. We h....

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Lora Park
@lorapark.bsky.social

New paper out from the Self & Motivation Lab on Safety and Threat in the Environment Perceptions (STEP). The STEP scale assesses people's overall, gut-level impressions of any given space and uniquely predicts engagement, interest, & desire to recruit others journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

journals.sagepub.comPerceptions of Safety and Threat in the Environment: The STEP Scale - Lora E. Park, Deborah E. Ward, Kristin Naragon-Gainey, Elizabeth A. Canning, Nicole Koefler, Zaviera A. Panlilio, Valerie Vessels,...The Safety and Threat in Environment Perceptions (STEP) scale assesses perceptions of environments as safe (welcoming, inclusive) or threatening (critical, inti...

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Jordan Axt
@jordanaxt.bsky.social

New lab paper in JESP! What is the association between gender and food portion sizes? And how might such associations impact actual real-world treatment? We used lab and field studies to explore this question 🍽️

Travis Lim
@travislim.bsky.social

A big thank you to everyone who turned up for my talk at #SPSP2025! I had fun discussing research with so many brilliant minds and it’s time to channel that energy into finishing up this manuscript. (Look at my advisor @erichehman.bsky.social capturing the start of my first ever conference talk)

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Travis Lim
@travislim.bsky.social

Across 80 groups, we find that intergroup contact was consistently associated with lower prejudice. Does a group’s properties (e.g., size, permeability, warmth) matter? No. (But we thought they would!) Does the type of intergroup contact matter? No.

Travis Lim
@travislim.bsky.social

Key takeaway: We find broad support for intergroup contact theory—contact is negatively associated with prejudice across groups with a wide array of distinct group properties.

Travis Lim
@travislim.bsky.social

It is well-known that intergroup contact reduces prejudice. However, existing research has largely tested the same type of groups but numerous other types of groups exist and they are not all the same (think: Asian people vs introverts vs people who live in the same neighbourhood).

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Eric Hehman
@erichehman.bsky.social

We have launched the competition. Can still join if interested in participating, but we won't be checking registration page anymore. Instead, can reach out to the lead author @travislim.bsky.social or [email] travis.j.lim@mail.mcgill.ca and we'll get you set up (models due June 13)

Eric Hehman@erichehman.bsky.social

Official launch of our prejudice modeling competition. -We give you some data, you build a model, and we test it on new data -$2k for winning teams, and authorship for all Sign up and more info here: hehmanlab.org/competition Would appreciate sharing widely! #SocialPsyc #PrejudiceResearch

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Lora Park
@lorapark.bsky.social

New paper out in Social and Personality Psychology Compass starting and sustaining fruitful collaborations in psych. Thanks to Lara Aknin, Sarah Gaither, Emily Impett & Ashley Whillans for their valuable contributions. Feel free to share with students, mentees, faculty: dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3...

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Eric Hehman
@erichehman.bsky.social

Relatedly, going to be launching a modeling competition of prej in the next 6 mos. -We give you some data, you build a model, and we test it on hold out. Cash for winner and authorship for all teams. -Just a soft launch announcement for now, but email eric.hehman@mcgill.ca to be included

Eric Hehman@erichehman.bsky.social

The formatted version of our prejudice model is now out in Psych Review. psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-... We review the lit and attempt to derive a formula for prejudice.

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