Departement Seminar

Jul
01

« Notre grandeur n’est plus ce qu’elle était » : Perception de menace du statut du pays et volonté d’élire un dirigeant « fort » (5 Juillet 2022)

« Notre grandeur n’est plus ce qu’elle était » : Perception de menace du statut du pays et volonté d’élire un dirigeant « fort » Dr. Octavia Ionescu (Université Paris Nanterre, France) Abstract. Des travaux suggèrent que l’utilisation d’une rhétorique décliniste afin de justifier la nécessité d’un leadership fort et autoritaire serait courante chez certains […]

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Jun
24

Measuring Intergroup Helping Behaviors in Favor of Refugees:  The Construction of the Collective Giving and Collective Acting Scale (CGCAs) 

Measuring Intergroup Helping Behaviors in Favor of Refugees:  The Construction of the Collective Giving and Collective Acting Scale (CGCAs)  Mado Hanioti (Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, Université Libre de Bruxelles) Abstract. The aim of this research was to develop an instrument to measure intergroup helping behaviors towards refugees. The final version of the instruments […]

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Jun
15

La classe sociale comme contexte socioculturel incorporé dans la manière de traiter l’environnement (mardi 21 Juin)

La classe sociale comme contexte socioculturel incorporé dans la manière de traiter l’environnement Dr. Medhi Marot (chercheur postdoctoral à l’Université Clermont Auvergne, France) Abstract. Des travaux suggèrent que, par défaut, les individus de classe populaire ont davantage tendance à diriger leur attention envers des stimuli sociaux que ceux de classe favorisée (Dietze & Knowles, 2016). […]

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Jun
09

The psychology of drinking behaviour: The role of consumption and reward simulations and habitual behaviour

The psychology of drinking behaviour: The role of consumption and reward simulations and habitual behaviour M. Almudena Claassen (University of Glasgow) Abstract. How do people cognitively represent appetitive stimuli? How do these representations affect motivation to consume, and how do they interact with habitual drinking behaviour? In three experiments (total N = 457), we asked […]

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May
03

In pursuit of racial equality: Identifying the determinants of support for the Black Lives Matter Movement with a systematic review and meta-analyses

In pursuit of racial equality: Identifying the determinants of support for the Black Lives Matter Movement with a systematic review and multiple meta-analyses (and a brief teaser of FORRT, the Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training) Flavio Azevedo (postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge, UK) “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe” were the […]

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Apr
29

The Puzzle of Inoculating Against Radicalisation: A Lack of Long-term Effects and Unclear Underlying Processes (May 3rd)

The Puzzle of Inoculating Against Radicalisation: A Lack of Long-term Effects and Unclear Underlying Processes  Dr. Sandy Schumann (Lecturer) & Michael Barton (University College London, UK) Abstract. Attitudinal inoculation has been applied successfully in a range of contexts to confer resistance against persuasion attempts. Braddock (2019) was the first to demonstrate that inoculation messages could […]

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Apr
19

Diversity Communication Misfires: How Organization’s Talk about Diversity Shape Stakeholder Perceptions (April 21st)

Diversity Communication Misfires: How Organization’s Talk about Diversity Shape Stakeholder Perceptions James T. Carter (PhD student at Columbia Business School, USA) Abstract. Over the last few decades organizations have increasingly strived to establish that they are “good” companies who value, and are committed to, more than their bottom line. The motivation for this stems largely […]

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Apr
13

Conspiracy theories: fighting them with meta-conspiracy theories and examining their social costs and benefits (April 19th)

Fighting fire with fire: The positive Effects of Being Exposed to Meta-Conspiracy Theories Mikey Biddlestone (Postdoctoral researcher, Cambridge, UK) Abstract. Effective interventions to reduce susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs appear to be blossoming, drawing attention to a number of important concerns. In this ongoing research, we hope to extend methods of psychological inoculation (small doses of […]

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