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Wendy Wood

Washington, D.C.
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Professor Psychology & Business @USC Author of GOOD HABITS, BAD HABITS I research how #habits guide #behavior #scienceofhabits
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Your social media ‘addiction’ is overrated

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By Ian Anderson, Wendy Wood
| Washington Post Opinions
Your social media ‘addiction’ is overrated (washingtonpost.com) Your social media ‘addiction’ is overrated By Ian Anderson; Wendy Wood 2026030811311000 You're probably online, and you've probably got a problem, but it isn't your fault. That's the thrust of recent lawsuits against social media companies, arguing that such platforms are deliberately designed to hook young Americans.
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Overestimates of social media addiction are common but costly - Scientific Reports

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By Ian Anderson, Wendy Wood
| Nature
Abstract Overuse of social media is commonly termed a behavioral addiction. However, there is reason to believe that users overestimate their addiction; instead, frequent use largely builds habits to automatically activate, scroll, post, and react on social media. The present research (N = 1204) explored the implications of overusing the addiction label.
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Papers Involved in the December 2022 APS Vote of No Confidence in the Editor-in-Chief of Perspectives on Psychological Science

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By Wendy Wood, Randi Martin, Alison Gopnik, Robert Gropp
| SAGE Publishing
In December 2022, the Board of Directors of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) became aware of specific concerns about the editorial practices of Klaus Fiedler, then the editor-in-chief (EIC) of the APS journal Perspectives on Psychological Science. These concerns were not reported directly to APS; rather, a manuscript detailing these issues was publicly disseminated by its author, Steven O. Roberts, including correspondence with the editor.
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