Social Identification and Academic Performance: Integrating Two Existing Models of Tertiary Student Learning

We have now had this paper accepted at Educational Psychology. This was a collaboration between Ken and colleagues at the Australian National University. Abstract: Recent research has mapped the ways social identification and normative influence affect students’ self-reported learning approaches and course experience, and also, the ways in which social identification and learning approach impact … Read more

When student and educator learning norms collide:

This paper is a collaboration between Ken and colleagues at the Australian National University. It is the first paper where we try to explicitly account for both peer and educator norms, and explore the latter using norm manipulation. Smyth L, Chandra V, Mavor K.I. Social identification and normative conflict: When student and educator learning norms … Read more

Finding connections in social identity and post-structuralist perspectives

One of the interesting challenges in the recent edited book on Self and Social Identity  in Educational contexts was the final chapter: The social construction of teachers’ identities: finding connections in social identity and post-structuralist perspectives by Emma Rich, Kenneth I. Mavor and Louisa Webb.  what we tried to do in this chapter was find some … Read more

Social identity in education: the modifying role for perceived norms

This is a book chapter by Lillian Smyth, Kenneth I. Mavor, Michael J. Platow and Diana M. Grace in our recently published edited book. In this chapter we explore the recent work by ourselves and also Bliuc and colleagues, examining the relationship between discipline-based social identity and approached to learning (deep or surface). In particular we emphasise the … Read more

Self & Social Identity in Educational Contexts

We are delighted that this edited book is now out and available!  It has been a labour of love for several years but we are very excited to see it come out and to touch upon a number of very important issues in education. See below for the contents and more detail about the book … Read more

Learning behaviour and outcomes: Social influence and field of study

This is an article by Lillian Smyth, Kenneth I. Mavor,  and Michael J. Platow published in the Social Psychology of Education (2017). The research reported in this paper was part of Lillian’s PhD project on discipline identification, peer norms and approaches to learning. In this paper we confirm the association of both identity and norms with deep learning approaches as … Read more

Talamas paper on subtle facial cues to perceived intelligence in JEP:G

One of the papers form Sean’s PhD has been accepted in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.  The paper “Eyelid-Openness and Mouth Curvature Influence Perceived Intelligence Beyond Attractiveness” explores the impact of these subtle facial cues and perceived intelligence controlling for the well-known attractiveness halo.  One of the studies dealt with the effect of tiredness … Read more

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

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