A new study from Primals Project at Positive Psychology shows that certain measures of privilege are far less predictive of positive world beliefs than researchers or laypeople expect. bit.ly/488P1vl

Important new research featured today: In short, most people think that positive views on the world should correspond to objective indicators of privilege (like being rich) and most of us are wrong.

People have difficulty accepting that people they know well (spouses, siblings, etc) change and grow, and old true views are now false. But we do the same for the world. The world you first discovered in childhood may not be the world today.

Are you a clinical psych prof keen on primals? A bright pre-doc (Stanford RA Alia J. Crum, PhD lab) is seeking PhD advisor to create/test a primals-focused CBT option. Its a key application of primals research. Nobody's done it yet. Happy to advise project if desirable. Please reach out.

And we have an exciting new experimental study in the works showing that the this big correlational relationship is, at least partly, causal (i.e., decreasing Hierarchical world belief makes people more politically liberal in general). Stay tuned!!!

Job-Opportunity: We are hiring a research manager to coordinate an exciting new effort at the Penn Primals Project. Please share! wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upe…

Job-Opportunity: We are hiring a research manager to coordinate an exciting new effort at the Penn Primals Project. Please share! wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upe…

FUNDING OPP: $5k honoraria for PhDs/PhD students for lit reviews on self beliefs studied in 8 disciplines: Asian Studies, African Studies, Latin American Studies, Philosophy, Art History, Comparative Religion, Anthropology, and Literature. For details: tinyurl.com/y5e37f33

FUNDING OPP: $5k honoraria for PhDs/PhD students for lit reviews on self beliefs studied in 8 disciplines: Asian Studies, African Studies, Latin American Studies, Philosophy, Art History, Comparative Religion, Anthropology, and Literature. For details: tinyurl.com/y5e37f33

Research finds sick people open to palliative care actually have more hope about the future than others, Jer Clifton explains. Here's why. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/primal…

My most recent piece at Psych Today…

I'll be speaking alongside many colleagues at this upcoming Hope Circuit event. Hope to see you there! institutodebienestarintegral.com/HopeCircuit/en/