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 […]
Departmental Seminar – Christopher Cohrs
Political Ideology: A Reconceptualization The concept of political ideology has reappeared as a powerful construct in social psychology. Most psychological research on ideology is based on simple unidimensional (bipolar) or two dimensional models that contrast “conservatives” and “liberals” and/or distinguish between a socio-cultural and an economic sphere. Based on insights from political theory, we approach […]
Departmental Seminar – Julia Eberlen
Social network structure and stereotype learning in a simulated population Human beings are constantly in relation with each other, be it in direct contact or via telephone, internet or old-school postal services. These relations can be formally represented as networks on one level, and as the source for social learning on another. Considering that […]
Department Seminar – Klaus Fiedler
Let’s improve our theorizing – Our major developmental task Under this title, I want to make it clear that the quality of science will hardly improve if we only elaborate our test statistics. The major weakness in contemporary behavioral science is theorizing and logic of science. To illustrate, I will consider what I have […]
Department Seminar – Jean Louis Tavani
Parles moi de tes souvenirs, je te dirai qui tu es : Etudes expérimentales de la fonction identitaire de la mémoire collective Après avoir réalisé un bref rappel des liens entre mémoire et pensée sociale, nous nous attacherons à discuter des rapports existants entre ces concepts et l’identité sociale. Nous évoquerons ainsi des éléments […]
Department Seminar – Nicolas Kervyn
Drawing and reading the U.S. cognitive map: Interstate similarity in stereotypic ideology and prosperity predicts interstate liking What are the spontaneous stereotypes that U.S. citizens hold about the U.S.? We complement insights from previous theory-driven approaches to this question with insights from a novel data driven approach. Based on pile sorting (Study 1) / […]
Department Seminar – Brent Strickland
Compensating for human nature: Controlling cognitive biases for the sake of better outcomes Certain cognitive biases are extraordinarily powerful and widespread. It should thus come as no surprise that scientists and experts, like everyone else, are subject to their influence. In this talk I advance the hypothesis that two such cognitive biases are likely […]
Department Seminar – Emanuele Politi
The best way of becoming Swiss: The role of descriptive and prescriptive norms of acculturation on acceptance of naturalized citizens by Politi, E. & Staerklé, C. (University of Lausanne) Naturalization is an increasingly common practice in Switzerland and throughout Europe, with substantial consequences in terms of intergroup power relations. Research has found that naturalized citizens […]
