Identity, Self and Social Categorisation
The research interests and activities of Ken Mavor's lab group and colleagues
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
Ken had an opportunity to present the work on Person Categories to the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning at Linköping University while in town for the conference keynote address at the GRASP 2014 conference. The talk led to some interesting conversations afterward and was a chance to meet a wider group from the local department. … Read more
Ken recently gave the local friday afternoon school seminar in St Andrews. The title of the talk was “The person categorisation heresies: Persons AS categories, and implications for a unified theory of social categorisation”. St Andrews is an ideal place for us to pursue this work, given the great intellectual atmosphere and intellectual interest shared … Read more
It is now clear that RWA should be analysed at the component level (aggression, conventionalism, and submission). Although new scales are being developed, many rearchers have existing data sets using older versions of the RWA scale. We have developed a 14-item scale that captures the RWA components based on Altemeyer’s (1996) version of the scale. … Read more