Psychology

Mon, Mar 11, 2024

Dr. Charles Abramson, Oklahoma State University Department of Psychology Regents Professor, was published in American Scientist magazine’s January-February issue for “A Hidden Life of Research,” an article highlighting the life and accomplishments of African American comparative psychologist Charles Henry Turner.

Fri, Oct 27, 2023

The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association named 18 College of Arts and Sciences students as 2023-24 Seniors of Significance.

Mon, Sep 18, 2023

Oklahoma State University claimed the top spot in Oklahoma for a public university in the category of Best Value schools, ranking of 172, improving six spots from the previous year (No. 178) in the latest “U.S News and World Report’s” Best College Rankings list released this week.

Mon, Apr 24, 2023

No matter where a student finds themself in their academic career at Oklahoma State University, they can take part in groundbreaking research. For undergraduates, that research was on display this week at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Fri, Nov 11, 2022

A new study by Oklahoma State University’s Dr. Sarah Kucker and the University of Miami’s Dr. Lynn Perry examined how socially taboo words change how we say new words. In the study, participants read aloud made-up words that were spelled to either rhyme with a swear word, such as “kuck,” or rhyme with a neutral word, like “wug” rhyming with “rug”.

Thu, Oct 27, 2022

Dr. Daniel Sznycer, an assistant professor in Oklahoma State University’s Department of Psychology, recently published research on moral judgment in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. “This paper shows the first proof that dilemmas trigger a well-designed cognitive system for making tradeoffs between conflicting moral values,” Sznycer said.

Mon, Oct 17, 2022

Throughout human history, social interaction has made the world go around, whether it was for advancement through invention or tragedy through war. The current global landscape is more interconnected but also more divided than ever. A team of Oklahoma State University researchers is using evolutionary psychological science to look to the past for answers that could help us understand each other today. The Oklahoma Center for Evolutionary ANalysis (OCEAN) is one of the top institutions in the world in this rapidly growing area.