Fear of COVID-19: What is it and what does it predict?
Fear of COVID-19: What is it and what does it predict? Gaëtan Mertens (Tilburg University) Fear is an emotion triggered by the perception of danger and is a motivator for safety behaviors, including hygienic ones. Within the context of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there were ample danger cues (e.g., images of patients on ventilators) […]
Interventions to counter misinformation: individual- versus system-level approaches?
Interventions to counter misinformation: individual- versus system-level approaches? Jon Roozenbeek (Cambridge University) Since 2016, an abundance of studies has been published testing the efficacy of interventions to counter misinformation. The vast majority of these studies has focused on either reducing susceptibility to misinformation or positively influencing people’s behaviour (such as reducing the sharing of unwanted […]
« 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 […]
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 […]
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). […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
