Ryan Boyd
RIP #3: The Big Five and Life Outcomes
Note: This post is part of the “classic” RIP series, which is described in this initial post for context. (Originally posted August 30, 2023) What’s that you say? You’re ready for another RIP? Well, let’s do it! For RIP #3,…
RIP #2: Clark and Watson (1995)
Note: This post is part of the “classic” RIP series, which is described in this initial post for context. (Original posted July 31, 2023) As an early graduate student, most (perhaps all) of my research involved mapping some type of…
Oh Coney Dogs, My Coney Dogs
Anthony Bourdain regularly observed that virtually all cultures have their own spin on “meat in tube form” — hot dogs, all kinds of sausages, bratwurst, and so on — all cherished for their deliciousness. Today, let’s celebrate one particular variation:…
RIP #1: The Beginning
Note: This post is part of the “classic” RIP series, which is described in this initial post for context. (Originally Posted on July 17, 2023) Hey gang! I’d like to bring to life a fuzzy thought that has been bouncing…
Ryan’s Important Papers (RIPs) — A Prelude
There’s the old adage of “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” I don’t think that that’s true, exactly, but I appreciate the spirit of the idea. I love science, and I love…
The Disgust Response
When it comes to food, I don’t use the word “disgusting” very much. People like what they like — you might personally dislike something, but like… that doesn’t mean that it’s objectively gross or weird. It just isn’t your preference. But there…
Laughter
“Comedy is a very powerful component of life. It has the most to say about the human condition because if you laugh you can get by. You can struggle when things are bad if you have a sense of humor.…
The Bedrock of Human Experience
“Although these points of view do reflect the prevailing empirical climate of our times, they fail to express more than a small part of the value of personal documents for social science. Properly used, such documents anchor a discipline in…
On Being a Peer Reviewer, and on Being a Semi-sentient Potato-like Creature from the 6th Dimension
In science, we virtually never deal in absolutes. Especially in Psychology and the social sciences, we are exceedingly careful to acknowledge that virtually every aspect of the mind, mental life, and the human condition is insanely multi-determined, and there is…