Ken presenting at BPS social section in Exeter

Ken presented a talk at the BPS social psychology section conference in Exeter.  The talk titled “Challenging the effect of cognitive load on the efficiency of categorization versus individuation” presented several studies from Daniel Skorich’s PhD on impression formation and cognitive resources. The conference was also a good opportunity to continue some collaborations with several … Read more

Social Justice and Psychology

Social Justice and Psychology: What Is, and What Should Be Winnifred Louis, Ken Mavor and colleagues will have a paper published in the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology on how social psychology struggles with issues of social justice.  The paper is part of a special issue to come out in late 2013. Louis, W. … Read more

Discipline social identification, study norms and learning approach

This paper in Educational Psychology builds on the work of Platow, Mavor and Grace (2013) and examines the impact of students’ normative expectations about learning approaches in their discipline. The paper is in press, published online. Abstract: Adopting a deep approach to learning is associated with positive academic outcomes. In the current paper, we extend this … Read more

Skorich and Mavor at the Jena Meeting 2013

Daniel and Ken attended the 15th Jena meeting at castle Oppurg from the 4th to the 7th of July 2013. The theme for the meeting this year was ‘The puzzle of “me” and “I”: Individual and Collective Perspectives on Self and Identity’. The Jena meeting is a very productive environment for cutting edge work and theory development set … Read more

Mavor at John C Turner Commemoration Symposium

A collection of John Turner’s past and present colleagues and students gathered at University House, ANU, Canberra to discuss  John’s massive contribution to the theory of intergroup relations through Social Identity and Self Categorization Theories.  (John Turner pictured right). Ken Mavor was one of 21 invited speakers for the 3 day symposium, and spoke on … Read more

Discipline social identity and learning approach

On the role of discipline-related self-concept in deep and surface approaches to learning among university students This was the first paper in what has become the LACES project.  We explore the self and identity implications of deep and surface learning and suggest some reciprocal relationships between learning style, grades, and discipline identity. Platow, M. J., Mavor, K. … Read more

Person and group impressions and cognitive load

Cognitive load privileges memory-based over data-driven processing, not group-level over person-level processing The first paper from Daniel Skorich’s PhD has been published online at BJSP. This establishes the empirical support for our view that group information is not used in preference to person information due to resource limitations.  This paper overturns a classic assumption of the cognitive … Read more

Social identity encapsulation & collective action

Social identities facilitate and encapsulate action-relevant constructs: A test of the social identity model of collective action Thomas, E. F., Mavor, K. I.  & McGarty, C. (2012). Social identities facilitate and encapsulate action-relevant constructs: A test of the social identity model of collective action. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 15(1) 75-88. Abstract Three studies explore the recently elaborated … Read more