Departmental Seminar – Mark Brandt
Belief System Networks What is the basic structure of belief systems? Clear answers to this fundamental question are not forthcoming. This is because we typically treat a belief system as a theoretical latent variable that causes people’s responses on attitudes and values relevant to the belief system. This approach cannot assess a system of […]
Departmental Seminar – Maartje Mulders
The role of nutritional involvement in the effect of nutrition claims on vegetable-related judgments To reverse the current obesity epidemic, one of the many efforts that should be made, is focusing on the consumption of healthy foods and active living. Many different steps can be taken in order to provide the community with […]
Departmental Seminar – Sylvain Delouvée
Formation à la prévention de la radicalisation : Enjeux, perspectives et retours d’expériences En France, dans le cadre de la compréhension, de la prévention et de la lutte contre la radicalisation tous les acteurs de l’Etat sont mobilisés. Les actions de (in)formation se multiplient à l’initiative des Préfectures, de la Protection Judiciaire de la Jeunesse […]
Departmental Seminar – Michael Bender
The smells of Christmas past and bouncing back from threat Our ability to recall autobiographical memories is a building block of how we see ourselves, how we communicate with others, and how we solve problems. Personal memories are an important toolbox for a variety of psychological functions, and have been increasingly investigated for more […]
Departmental Seminar – Betty Chang
Does changing how people think influence their eating behaviour? Many people aspire to eat more healthily, although there are various psychological obstacles that prevent them from doing so. We examined whether changing how people think might influence them to eat differently. In one set of studies we manipulated whether people thought about the present […]
Departmental Seminar – Matthias De Wilde
Auto-objectification sexuelle de la femme: Nouvelles perspectives L’objectification sexuelle se définit généralement comme le fait de traiter un être humain comme un objet (pour une discussion voir Papadaki, 2010). En psychologie sociale, la théorie de l’objectification de Fredrickson et Robert (1997) propose que les femmes internalisent la perspective objectifiante que leur renvoie les médias, […]
Departmental Seminar – Charlie Stone
Social aspects of memory (and decision-making) In this seminar I will discuss my five main areas of research. First, I will talk about my research examining socially shared retrieval-induced forgetting (SS-RIF). SS-RIF is the phenomenon by which the selective retrieval on the part of a speaker, in the course of a conversation, can induce both […]
Departmental Seminar – Gemma Saez
Sexual Objectification among abusive and non-abusive romantic relationship context Sexual objectification is one of the most common manifestations of female discrimination in western society. However, few studies have examined sexual objectification in the context of general romantic relationships and specifically among those romantic relationships where intimate partner violence (IPV) exists. This presentation will focus […]
