Sydney G Wick
Biographic Data
| ID | 2925957 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sydney G Wick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sydney G |
| FAMILY NAME | Wick |
| SIGNATURE | WICK S G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Mississippi |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3432-9587 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
CyberballOS: An Updated, Easily Implemented, Open-Source Virtual Ball-Toss Game to Study Social Interactions
Researchers continually face challenges finding ways to test the fundamentals of psychology: affect, behavior, and cognition. Since 2000, researchers have used a universal tool called Cyberball to investigate these outcomes. Cyberball is a virtual ball-toss game played with computer-controlled players. We updated the Cyberball paradigm, creating CyberballOS (Open Source), to make it require no special resources, have easy-to-set-up games, and rec…
Examining the impact of brief exposure to happy and sad music on ostracism recovery
Ostracism—being ignored and excluded—is a common experience. Although people often seek to recover from this experience, the effectiveness of brief music listening and whether this activity offers benefit beyond distraction are unknown. Thus, this study investigated the effectiveness of short-term exposure to happy and sad music on ostracism recovery relative to other distracting noise. After being ostracized, participants ( N = 561) were randoml…
What Could Have Been: Predicted and Actual Exclusion by Potential Romantic Partners and Platonic Friends
Romantic partners are instrumental to more goals than friends, and therefore, people have more to lose when denied a romantic relationship than a friendship. We explored people's forecasted and experienced rejection by a potential romantic partner or friend. In Study 1, participants ( N = 1500) reported their lay beliefs about which experience would hurt more. Twice as many people indicated that potential romantic (vs. friend) rejection would be …
Single‐Sided: Associations Between Social Network Opinions and Singlehood Among Heterosexual and Sexually Diverse Individuals
Although romantic relationships are often idealized, many individuals find satisfaction in being single. Evidence shows social networks influence commitment within romantic relationships—with network approval being a boon, and disapproval a detractor—but whether this social network effect extends to commitment to being single remains unclear. This study examined whether perceived approval from parents and friends predicts commitment to singlehood…
Balancing Relationships: What Happens When Your Friends and Romantic Partners Do Not Get Along
Research has extensively examined how social network opinions (approval or disapproval from friends) affect romantic relationships. Friends are not the only ones to have opinions, yet there has been less exploration into whether one's friendship is influenced by opinions of the romantic partner. Balance theory suggests that individuals seek congruent attitudes within triads. Thus, this research (total N = 439) proposes that just as friend opinion…
Single‐Sided: Associations Between Social Network Opinions and Singlehood Among Heterosexual and Sexually Diverse Individuals
Although romantic relationships are often idealized, many individuals find satisfaction in being single. Evidence shows social networks influence commitment within romantic relationships—with network approval being a boon, and disapproval a detractor—but whether this social network effect extends to commitment to being single remains unclear. This study examined whether perceived approval from parents and friends predicts commitment to singlehood…
Balancing Relationships: What Happens When Your Friends and Romantic Partners Do Not Get Along
Research has extensively examined how social network opinions (approval or disapproval from friends) affect romantic relationships. Friends are not the only ones to have opinions, yet there has been less exploration into whether one's friendship is influenced by opinions of the romantic partner. Balance theory suggests that individuals seek congruent attitudes within triads. Thus, this research (total N = 439) proposes that just as friend opinion…
Balancing Relationships: What Happens When Your Friends and Romantic Partners Do Not Get Along
Research has extensively examined how social network opinions (approval or disapproval from friends) affect romantic relationships. Friends are not the only ones to have opinions, yet there has been less exploration into whether one's friendship is influenced by opinions of the romantic partner. Balance theory suggests that individuals seek congruent attitudes within triads. Thus, this research (total N = 439) proposes that just as friend opinion…
CyberballOS: An Updated, Easily Implemented, Open-Source Virtual Ball-Toss Game to Study Social Interactions
Researchers continually face challenges finding ways to test the fundamentals of psychology: affect, behavior, and cognition. Since 2000, researchers have used a universal tool called Cyberball to investigate these outcomes. Cyberball is a virtual ball-toss game played with computer-controlled players. We updated the Cyberball paradigm, creating CyberballOS (Open Source), to make it require no special resources, have easy-to-set-up games, and rec…
Examining the impact of brief exposure to happy and sad music on ostracism recovery
Ostracism—being ignored and excluded—is a common experience. Although people often seek to recover from this experience, the effectiveness of brief music listening and whether this activity offers benefit beyond distraction are unknown. Thus, this study investigated the effectiveness of short-term exposure to happy and sad music on ostracism recovery relative to other distracting noise. After being ostracized, participants ( N = 561) were randoml…
What Could Have Been: Predicted and Actual Exclusion by Potential Romantic Partners and Platonic Friends
Romantic partners are instrumental to more goals than friends, and therefore, people have more to lose when denied a romantic relationship than a friendship. We explored people's forecasted and experienced rejection by a potential romantic partner or friend. In Study 1, participants ( N = 1500) reported their lay beliefs about which experience would hurt more. Twice as many people indicated that potential romantic (vs. friend) rejection would be …
Single‐Sided: Associations Between Social Network Opinions and Singlehood Among Heterosexual and Sexually Diverse Individuals
Although romantic relationships are often idealized, many individuals find satisfaction in being single. Evidence shows social networks influence commitment within romantic relationships—with network approval being a boon, and disapproval a detractor—but whether this social network effect extends to commitment to being single remains unclear. This study examined whether perceived approval from parents and friends predicts commitment to singlehood…
Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (2 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (2 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (2 works) · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (2 works) · Romance (2 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (1 works) · Active listening (1 works) · Affect (linguistics) (1 works) · Association (psychology (1 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (1 works)