Ken Mavor
Blinded by Beauty: Talamas article on accuracy of perceived intelligence in PLoS One
One of Sean’s studies from his PhD has formed the basis of a paper published recently in PLoS One. Sean’s focus has been on different dimensions of perceived intelligence. In this article we examined perceptions of conscientiousness, perceived academic performance and perceived intelligence predicting actual academic performance based on facial features, controlling for the attractiveness … Read more
Perceiver intelligence and the halo effect: Talamas article published in PAID
The third leg of Sean’s PhD has been published in Personality and Individual Differences (PAID). In this article we found that the perceiver’s own intelligence impacts upon their endorsement of the attractiveness halo – that is the more they see other faces that are attractive as also being intelligent. Talamas, S. N., Mavor, K. I., … Read more
Kerry O’Brien PhD submitted
Kerry O’Brien submitted his PhD at the ANU this week. Kerry’s PhD is titled “Framing issues and identities: Aligning the content of group identity with the meaning of issues to produce normative influence.” The project was aimed at integrating the Social Identity model of normative influence with the political science literature on issue framing as … Read more
Book chapter on causality in collective action
A recent book explores important issues of causality in a range of domains. It was great to be part of a group contributing to a chapter exploring how causality plays out in current models of collective action. “Causality in the study of collective action and political behaviour” by Winifred Louis and colleagues. The chapter appears … Read more
Dora Sharpe-Davidson PhD submitted
Dora Sharpe-Davidson has submitted her Clinical Psychology PhD to the ANU just in time for Christmas! Dora’s project has taken the idea of self complexity and self-concept clarity, both of which have been found to buffer people against stressors and improve wellbeing. Dora looked at various forms of discrimination as a particular form of stress, … Read more
Self and Identity Processes, Stress, and Resilience: Invited Talk
Symposium on Burnout and Resiliency in Medical Education Participants from across Scotland and further afield gathered in the Gateway building at St Andrews to discuss recent work on building resilience in medical education. The importance of improving the well-being of medical students and professionals has been a growing priority in recent years. As part of … Read more
The ethics of online questionnaire research: Invited talk
St Andrews recently held a researchers forum on research integrity and ethics as part of the process of responding to the Concordat to Support Research Integrity. Speakers addressed a range of topics on research data management, dealing with sensitive topics and vulnerable populations. Since we have been exploring a number of new issues arising from online … Read more
Levelling the playing field: Invited talk in Stirling
Person and group categories in memory, impression formation, and face processing Ken had the privilege of being invited to speak in the seminar program in the School of Psychology at Stirling. Given the shared interest in issues of social face processing, the talk emphasised the work we have done on perceiving person and group information … Read more
Elena Strobl visits as Summer Scholar
The lab was delighted to host Elena Strobl to work in the lab for 2 weeks over the summer. Elena is completing her school studies in Italy but came to St Andrews to get some experience in working in a Psychology lab. Elena wrote the following of her time in the lab. This summer I … Read more