Department Seminar – Claudia Toma
My accent is leaking out: Illusion of transparency in intergroup relations Everyday interaction requires that people anticipate how others see them. Those appraisals tend to be egocentrically biased, because people are focused on their own internal states and overestimate how salient they are to others. This phenomenon, called illusion of transparency, can drastically impair the […]
Department Seminar – Jolanda Van der Noll
Differentiated perspectives on attitudes towards Muslims and Islam In this presentation I will focus on two streams of research, in which we try to obtain a differentiated perspective on attitudes towards Muslims and Islam. The first line of studies deals with the liberal opposition towards Muslims and Islam. Focusing on attitudes towards the Muslim […]
Department Seminar – Betty Chang
How can we prime people to eat healthily? People often feel that they should eat healthily, but they don’t always follow through on this thought. In this talk I discuss a couple of ways that we can encourage people to eat healthily. This involves: a) exposing them to obese or thin models, and b) […]
Department Seminar – Valérie Haas & Brice Douffet // CANCELLED
** Update: This seminar has been cancelled ** Mémoires de guerre(s) Mémoires et oublis collectifs à travers la transmission par l’image ABSTRACT: L’objectif de notre intervention à deux voix sera de réfléchir à la manière dont la psychologie sociale traite -grâce à différents outils méthodologiques- la question de la mémoire sociale et collective. Plus […]
Department Seminar – Pia Lamberty
Fight the power? How conspiracy mentality affects people’s judgments ABSTRACT: Not only nowadays, conspiracy theories are widespread in (Western) societies. People believe that the lunar landing was a hoax and was staged in a movie set. Or they think that AIDS was created by the CIA and deliberately spread by the WHO via polio inoculations […]
Department Seminar – Almudena Claassen
Poverty & Obesity: How poverty and hunger influence food choices ABSTRACT: Although levels of overweight and obesity are increasing throughout the entire world, they tend to be higher among individuals from low socioeconomic status (SES) and those experiencing food insecurity. Previous research has shown that cues that indicate poverty make people eat more calories. The present research examines what […]
Department Seminar – Peter Hegarty
“Do you need a vagina for medical reasons?” How health professionals draw the line between ‘medically necessary’ and ‘cosmetic’ interventions in response to atypical sexed embodiment Medical interventions on the bodies of people who have atypically sexed bodies – that have been called both ‘intersex’ and ‘disorders of sex development’ have been controversial […]
Department Seminar – Laetitia Renier
Me voyez-vous tel que je me vois ? L’impact du narcissisme sur la méta-perception Notre société valorise les tendances narcissiques et celles-ci sont amplifiées par l’usage des médias sociaux. Les narcissiques développent de bonnes relations surtout à court terme, mais sont égocentriques et très préoccupés par l’image qu’ils donnent aux autres. Comprendre les difficultés relationnelles […]
