Expressing lower emotion on 911 calls is associated with greater suspicion that the caller is involved in the crime they are reporting,. Five studies used both real and simulated 911 calls with both police and laypeople as participants.

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#911Calls #CrimeReporting #EmotionalExpression #PublicPerception #LawEnforcement

Study: The public’s perception of primary care spending is over ten times greater than actual expenditures

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#PrimaryCare #HealthcareSpending #PublicPerception #HealthEconomics #CostAwareness

Ordinary people's views on housing are out of step with the economics literature. People do not believe that more housing supply would reduce housing prices. Instead they attribute high housing prices to putative bad actors (landlords, developers) and support price controls and demand subsidies. 🏠💰📉

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#HousingMarket #EconomicsLiterature #HousingSupply #PriceControls #PublicPerception

A New Study of US Adults Found That Overall Trust in Scientists Was High (86%) but Significantly Lower Among Individuals with More Conservative Political Views 📊🔬. Estimated Probabilities of High Trust Ranged from 93.7% Among Liberal Respondents to 70.5% Among Very Conservative Respondents.

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#TrustInScience #PoliticalViews #PublicPerception #ScienceCommunication #ConservativeLiberals

A research reveals that people take a dim view of others' professed neutrality on controversial issues, rating them just as morally suspect as those expressing an opposing viewpoint. However, participants overwhelmingly opted to be publicly neutral when faced with a controversial issue themselves. 🤔⚖️🗣️

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#NeutralityDebate #MoralJudgment #ControversialIssues #PublicPerception #SocialPsychology

Americans generally like wolves 🐺 − but when their political affiliation is activated 🇺🇸, there are significant shifts in perceptions compared to a neutral control ⚖️.

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#Wolves #PoliticalAffiliation #PublicPerception #AnimalConservation #SocialPsychology

💡 Childfree by choice individuals are perceived as less warm than adoptive parents, childless people, and parents, but higher in competence compared to parents and childless individuals, according to three studies published in the Journal of Social Psychology.

👩‍💼 Childfree women were rated lower in warmth than childfree men in the studies.

🌍 Motivations for being childfree by choice include personal/lifestyle reasons, economic considerations, psychological/relational factors, ethical/environmental concerns, and health considerations.

📊 The proportion of childfree people is increasing, especially in high-income countries and urban areas, linked to factors like later partnership formation and expanded educational opportunities.

#Childfree #Sociology #PublicPerception

“We are living in a culture awash in apocalyptic imagery” — About 1 in 3 Americans now believe the world will end within their lifetime, according to new research that says apocalyptic thinking is no longer fringe.

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#ApocalypticCulture #EndOfTheWorldBeliefs #ImageryInMedia #LifetimeEndTimes #PublicPerception

Public perceptions of lawyers’ personalities have shifted significantly over the past 120 years. By analyzing millions of books, researchers found that society tends to view lawyers as highly conscientious and open to new experiences, but increasingly lacking in warmth.

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New study sheds light on how going braless alters public perceptions of a woman. Scientists found that while going braless tends to be viewed as highly attractive by both men and women, it also provides evidence of being perceived as a sign of sexual availability.

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