Robert D. Mather, Ph.D.

This is a convenient list of blog articles written by Robert D. Mather. All articles are available for free, with instructions on how to access them in the heading of the topic. 

The Conservative Social Psychology Blog Articles (February 2020-Present)


The Land of Confusion, July 5, 2024


Review of “Crisis”, January 19, 2024

 

How the Squishy Neocons Became Progressives, November 18, 2022


Where Have You Gone, Disney? You Struck Out, September 15, 2022


Primary Shenanigans, September 8, 2022


The Economics of Zero Commissions at Online Brokerages, December 9, 2021


Kelly Johnston Interview (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Kelly Johnston, 28th Secretary of the United States Senate, November 2, 2021


Review of "Collapse", July 19, 2021


Review of "Wildfire", July 5, 2021


Social Injustice, July 2, 2021


Review of "The Man Who Killed Kennedy", April 16, 2021


One Year Anniversary of This Blog, February 26, 2021


A View From the Front Line of Welfare, February 24, 2021


Goodbye, Mr. Limbaugh, February 17, 2021


Review of "Indian Country", February 14, 2021


The Latest Informational Operation Against Conservatives, January 10, 2021


Review of "People's Republic", December 20, 2020


Review of “One Vote Away”, December 6, 2020


EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Kurt Schlichter, author of “Crisis”, December 2, 2020


Call Out Media Hypocrisy Every Time You See It, December 1, 2020


Big Tech’s Role in the DNC’s Informational Operation, November 18, 2020


President Trump’s Record on Science, November 6, 2020


What The New York Times and CNN Didn’t Tell You About What I Said, October 30, 2020


Andrew Breitbart’s Legacy: Do Not Accept Defeat, October 25, 2020


Review of “Killing Reagan”, September 27, 2020


EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Kelly Johnston, 28th Secretary of the United States Senate, September 20, 2020


EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Meredith Dake-O’Connor, Journalist, September 18, 2020


Review of “Militant Normals”, September 16, 2020


Review of “Talk Radio’s America”, September 14, 2020


View of a Monster: “Bin Laden’s Hard Drive”, September 12, 2020


EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Olga Khazan, author of “Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World”, August 31, 2020


Analysis of President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union Address, August 23, 2020


EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Kurt Schlichter, author of “The 21 Biggest Lies about Donald Trump (and You!)”, August 15, 2020


Review of the Clarence Thomas Movie “Created Equal”, July 29, 2020


Microbiologists Discuss SARS-CoV-2, May 11, 2020


Vicarious Living: NPR Hidden Brain Podcast, April 8, 2020


The Landscape and Recent History of Conservative Media in the United States, March 22, 2020


COVID-19 and Concepts from Social Psychology: Emotional Contagion, Social Dilemma, and Psychological Reactance, March 16, 2020


The Psychology of Quarantine: Social Media to the Rescue!, March 14, 2020


The Utility of Lying: NPR Hidden Brain Podcast, March 5, 2020


Super Tuesday 2020 NBC Exit Poll Shows Large Differences Between Biden and Sanders Voters, March 4, 2020


Election 2020 and Lessons from 2015, March 1, 2020


Podcast Interview from Spring of 2017, February 28, 2020


Personal Blog Introduction, February 28, 2020

 


Psychology Today Articles (2016-Present)

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The Therapist's Dilemma: Political Neutrality or Disclosure?, August 20, 2021


Political Echo Chambers: Reinforced by Targeted Political Marketing, March 4, 2021


Why Do We Have Fake News? Lies, Mistakes, and Our Psychological Vulnerabilities, December 3, 2020


The Moral Foundations of President Trump’s RNC Speech: Analysis of the Thursday Night Event, August 28, 2020


Conservative Psychologist Wanted: Perceived Unwelcome, Many Conservatives Opt Out of Treatment, July 16, 2020


U. S. Government Mind Control Experiments: Hypnosis, LSD, and the Unabomber, April 26, 2020


Aldous Huxley’s Dystopian Mind Control: Propaganda, Subliminal Projection, and Individual Liberty, April 4, 2020


Democrats May Overestimate Republican Prejudice in Elections: Notes on New Research, March 12, 2020


Oklahoma’s Methamphetamine Addiction: A Model for Targeted Local Research is Needed, February 24, 2020


Impeachment Prejudice: Correcting Bias is Difficult. Even Impeachment Trials are Not Immune, January 22, 2020


Deplorable Toxicity: Cuomo’s Marriage Veto and a Powerful Dissociative Reference Group, January 7, 2020


Economic Inequality, Democracy, and Strong Leaders: Notes on New Research, October 21, 2019


Stuck in a Moment: The Impact of Suicide, September 11, 2019


Teaching Psychology in September 2001: Memoirs from a Second-Year Teacher, September 11, 2019


Psychology in the Life of George W. Bush. Part 3: Social Issues, August 9, 2019


Psychology in the Life of George W. Bush. Part 2: Psychological Principles in the Autobiography of George W. Bush, April 26, 2019


Psychology in the Life of George W. Bush. Memory: Examples of Psychological Principles in the Autobiography of George W., April 1, 2019


The Benevolence of George H. W. Bush: Giving His Way to the Top, December 3, 2018


Economic Mobility and Income Inequality: Marriage and College Degrees as a Path Out of Poverty, November 12, 2018


Dove Baby Parents and the Sunday Night Massacre: Behavioral Observations of Eurasian Collared Doves, October 11, 2018


Authoritarian Liberals and Satisfied Conservatives: New Research Modifies the Landscape of Political Psychology, August 9, 2018


Continued Political Bias in Social Psychology: A Conservative’s Recent Experiences, May 31, 2018


“Make America Great Again,” Like Reagan and Clinton: The Past and Future of the Slogan, February 18, 2018


Differences in Grief Expression: Dismissing Thoughts and Prayers is Not a Good Political Persuasion Tactic, February 15, 2018


State of the Union 2018: Well Done, Mr. President, January 31, 2018


Breaking Hockey’s Color Barrier Sixty Years Ago: Willie O’Ree’s Chance Encounter with Jackie Robinson, January 19, 2018


The Strength of Local Public Schools: Consistent, Caring Teachers Invested in the Community, December 22, 2017


The Ones the Wolves Pull Down: A Rural Mental Health Crisis and Oklahoma Budget Cuts Threaten Farmers, December 16, 2017


The Curious Case of Rick Ankiel: Social Facilitation and the Undoing (and Redemption) of Greatness, November 2, 2017


Gaydar Goes AI and Populism Comes to Science: A New Study Has Stirred a Public Outcry, September 13, 2017


Death, Taxes, and Urination: How the Need to Go Potty Affects Us, August 9, 2017


Looking for Social Behavior? Lift the Log, July 17, 2017


A Message with Broad Appeal: An Analysis of President Trump’s Speech at the Islamic American Summit, May 22, 2017


The United States Navy and The Communist Manifesto: Viewpoint Diversity is Honorable and Necessary, May 5, 2017


Barry Goldwater’s Moral Foundations of Conservatism: The Misunderstanding of the American Conservative, April 21, 2017


Group Polarization and Support for the President: Commentary on CBS Face the Nation data, February 13, 2017


Obama, Trump, and the Executive Order: Alternative Facts of the Executive Order on Immigration and Refugees, February 9, 2017


On Conservatives, Liberals, and Fake News: Political Differences in Negatively-Biased Credulity, February 3, 2017


Implicit Racial Prejudice and Explicit Discrimination: The Overstated Life and Death of the IAT, January 12, 2017


Profile of a Trump Voter’s Decision: The Conservative Social Psychologist Who Voted for Donald Trump, January 1, 2017


God and Man on AM Radio: How Rock and Roll and the Marketplace Helped Conservatives Find a Voice, December 20, 2016


Politics in the Professorate and the Professor Watchlist: Diversity is Not a Way of Life in the Academy, November 27, 2016


An Open Letter to the Oklahoma Pantsuit Nation: The Best of Human Nature, November 10, 2016


Vote Your Own Character: Your Character Matters, November 8, 2016


In Defense of the Value of Football: The Fightin’ Chick and the Naturalist, October 11, 2016


The Limited Influence of Liberal Professors: Fear Ideological Indoctrination in Social Science, Not in Higher Education, September 8, 2016


I Don’t Want to Fade Away: The Physical Deterioration of the American Male, August 17, 2016


An Officer’s Worst Day: The Role of Implicit Racial Attitudes in Policing, July 11, 2016


Psychologists Analyzing Donald Trump from Afar: Notes on Two Published Analyses, June 9, 2016


Fox News and American Politics Since 1994: The Interplay of the Hostile Media Phenomenon and Group Polarization, June 3, 2016


Building a Politically Tolerant Social Psychological Science: Critical Thinking, Bias Correction, and American Conservatism, May 5, 2016


Embracing the Right: American Conservatism Can Save Social Psychology From Irrelevance, April 13, 2016


My Conservative Values: Ideological Diversity Contributes to Theory Development, March 31, 2016


The Ideology of Social Psychology: A Rare Conservative Social Psychologist, March 29, 2016


 

Guest Academic Blog Articles (2015-Present)

 

Understanding unconscious biases from a conservative perspective. Conservative Therapists, March 24, 2021


Oklahoma Academy of Science experts discuss COVID-19 in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Academy of Science Website, April 30, 2019


Why is Donald Trump so insulting in the debates? Great Plains Skeptic, March 4, 2016


Implementing mindfulness in the workplace--What are the implications? Great Plains Skeptic, December 3, 2015


On accepting refugees and comparing Nazis to ISIS. Great Plains Skeptic, November 18, 2015