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Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Student Spotlight: Yan Xia, James Ackland, and Nikolay Petrov

UserYan Xia (Aalto University), James Ackland (Cambridge), and Nikolay Petrov (Cambridge).

HouseNick Mackintosch Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 06 March 2024, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The failure of Russian propaganda in Ukraine and Russian PsyOps ads on Facebook

UserJon Roozenbeek (Cambridge), Tetiana Haiduchyk and Uliana Hresko (Trementum), Anton Dek (Judge Business School).

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

ClockWednesday 17 January 2024, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

When Is Morality Black and White?

UserJoshua D. Rottman (Franklin & Marshall College, Pennsylvania).

HouseNick Mackintosh Seminar Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.

ClockWednesday 10 May 2023, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Understanding the effects of repetition on belief

UserLisa Fazio (Vanderbilt).

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 16 March 2022, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The Cooperative Animal

UserMichael Tomasello (Duke).

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 02 March 2022, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Field Social Psychology

UserDr Séamus A. Power, University of Copenhagen.

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 17 November 2021, 16:00-17:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Questionable measurement practices and how to avoid them

UserDr Jessica Kay Flake (McGill).

Housevia zoom .

ClockThursday 04 November 2021, 16:00-17:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Not born Yesterday: Why humans are less gullible than we think

UserDr Hugo Mercier (Jean Nicod Institute, CNRS).

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 13 October 2021, 15:00-16:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Origins of and solutions for conspiracy beliefs

UserDolores Albarracín (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 12 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Origins of and solutions for conspiracy beliefs

UserDolores Albarracín (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 12 May 2021, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Facing the epidemics of hate speech.

UserProfessor Michal Bilewicz (University of Warsaw).

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 28 April 2021, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Do We Report the Information that is Necessary to Give Psychology Away?

UserBharathy Premachandra (Cornell University).

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 17 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

PhD Research Talks - Sakshi Ghai and Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg

UserSakshi Ghai and Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg (University of Cambridge).

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 03 March 2021, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

How we know what not to think (3pm start)

UserDr Fiery Cushman (Harvard University).

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 24 February 2021, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Quantifying and nudging collective intelligence

UserAssociate Professor Anita Woolley (Carnegie Mellon University).

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 17 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Misinformation and the distinct psychologies of believing and sharing

UserProfessor Michael Bang Petersen (Aarhus University).

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 03 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Narratives shape cognitive representations of immigrants and immigration-policy preferences

UserAssociate Professor Mina Cikara (Harvard University).

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 27 January 2021, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The Social and Political Implications of Moral Conviction

UserProfessor Linda Skitka (University of Illinois at Chicago).

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 02 December 2020, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Prosocial Motivation Increases Framing Bias in Risky Decisions for Others

UserProfessor Vincent Mak (University of Cambridge).

HouseZoom.

ClockWednesday 04 November 2020, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

How is Human Social Cognition Special?

UserDr Lasana Harris (UCL).

Housevia zoom .

ClockWednesday 21 October 2020, 16:00-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Neurocomputational basis of social learning and decision-making

UserDr. Patricia Lockwood, MRC Fellow, Lecturer and Junior Research Fellow, University of Oxford.

House Kenneth Craik Room, Craik Marshall Building, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 15 January 2020, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Digitally Distracted

UserDr Duncan Brumby, University College London (UCL).

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 12 June 2019, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Why do we cry?

UserDr Eric Vanman, University of Queensland.

HouseNick Mackintosch Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockWednesday 15 May 2019, 15:00-16:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Sperm Donation and Motherhood: British and French perspectives

This is a joint seminar, featuring talks by Dr Sophie Zadeh and her collaborators. Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

UserDr Sophie Zadeh, University of Cambridge, Prof Nikos Kalampalikis, Université Lumiere Lyon 2 (France), & Marjolaine Doumergue, Université Lumiere Lyon 2 (France).

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 16 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Ritual, Community, and Conflict

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

UserProf Harvey Whitehouse, University of Oxford.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 02 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Developmental changes after early adversity: lessons from adoption research

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

UserProf Jesus Palacios, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 07 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Attitudinal Influences on Moral Judgments

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

UserProf Bogdan Wojciszke, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 28 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Social Identity: The enactment and performance of religious identities

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

UserDr Nicholas Hopkins, University of Dundee, Scotland.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 21 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Uncovering the Glass Cliff: Women's leadership roles in times of crisis

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

UserProf Michelle Ryan, University of Exeter and University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 07 February 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Social representations and political thought

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

UserProf Christian Staerklé, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 24 January 2017, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

UserProf Gerd Gigerenzer, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany .

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 22 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The Reluctant Altruist

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

UserProf Eamonn Ferguson.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 08 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Understanding radicalisation

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

UserDr Noemie Bouhana, University College London.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 25 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Dementia care through the lens of social representations: A discussion of anchoring and framing processes

Tea and coffee will be served from 12.30 onwards at the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room for attendees only.

UserNils Töpfer, University of Jena, Germany.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 11 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The Early Development of Joking and Pretending

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

UserDr Elena Hoicka, Sheffield University.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 26 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The role of stigma in the pursuit of personal projects: Implications for the health and well-being of marginalized individuals

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

UserDr David Frost, University of Surrey.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 08 March 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

A discourse of ‘we’: gendered subjectivities and caregiving in UK ‘stay-at-home-dads’

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

UserDr Abigail Locke, University of Bradford.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 16 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Family influences on the health risk behaviours and well-being of African American adolescents

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

UserProf Cleopatra Howard Caldwell.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 09 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

HIV and the "dirty" other: Living with a spoiled identity

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

UserDr Poul Rohleder, University of East London.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 02 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Forming Beliefs: information seeking, avoidance & integration in the human brain

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

UserDr Tali Sharot, University College London.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 19 January 2016, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

What dancing robots might teach us about the development of form and motion understanding in the human brain

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

UserDr Emily Cross, Wales Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Bangor University | Behavioural Science Institute & Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 24 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Becoming a Viking:Processes of Identification with the Remote Past

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

UserDr Marc Scully, Loughborough University.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 10 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The Order of Gendered Words in a Phrase: When and Why It Constitutes Gender-Biased Language

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

UserDr Selin Kesebir, London Business School.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 27 October 2015, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

How Sex Offenders Groom Minors on the Internet

Tea and coffee are served before this seminar for attendees from 12.30pm onwards in the Nick Macintosh Seminar Room on the 2nd floor.

UserDr Evianne van Gijn, University of Cambridge.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

ClockTuesday 13 October 2015, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Winner Take(s) All Society: The Self in Status Contests

UserDr Niro Sivanathan, London School of Business.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockMonday 16 February 2015, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Imitation in Early Social and Cognitive Development

UserDr Janine Oostenbroek, University of York.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockTuesday 03 February 2015, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The Eye Contact Effect: Mechanism and Development

Venue changed to the PPSIS SEMINAR ROOM

UserDr Atsushi Senju, Birkbeck, University of London.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockMonday 17 November 2014, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The daily behaviour of happy people

UserDr Gillian Sandstrom, University of Cambridge.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockTuesday 29 April 2014, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Exploring young children's understanding of their own peer-directed behaviour at school

UserKatie Rix, PhD student at the Department of Psychology and Counselling, University of Greenwich.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockTuesday 29 October 2013, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Visual and Audiovisual Perception in Adults with Autism

UserProfessor Frank Pollick, University of Glasgow.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockTuesday 15 October 2013, 13:00-14:00

“Variability in Psychological Reactivity: Vulnerability, Differential Susceptibility, or Vantage Sensitivity?”

UserMichael Pluess, Lecturer in Developmental Psychology, MRC Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.

HouseKeynes Hall, King’s College. Cambridge.

ClockMonday 10 June 2013, 16:30-18:00

"The Puzzle of Child Well-being: Many Measures but No Construct"

UserAnna Alexandrova, University Lecturer in Philosophy of Science at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge.

HouseKeynes Hall, King’s College. Cambridge.

ClockFriday 31 May 2013, 13:00-14:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Flourishing: from science to policy

UserProfessor Felicia Huppert, University of Cambridge.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockTuesday 28 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

"Technologies for learning and well-being"

UserProfessor Rafael Calvo, Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge.

HouseKeynes Hall, King’s College. Cambridge.

ClockTuesday 21 May 2013, 16:30-18:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

How Do Mindreaders Model Minds?

UserDr. Stephen Butterfill, University of Warwick.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockTuesday 30 April 2013, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

(How) does attentional control matter?

UserDr. Gaia Scerif, University of Oxford.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockTuesday 19 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

The Roots of Kindness and Well-being: Insights from Psychology, Biology, and Culture

UserDr Alex Kogan - Department of Psychology.

HouseKeynes Hall, King’s College. Cambridge.

ClockTuesday 27 November 2012, 17:30-18:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Some social logics of sharing: From Web 2.0 to the therapeutic narrative

UserNicholas John, Ben-Gurion University, Israel & The London School of Economics and Political Science.

HouseArts School Room B, New Museums Site.

ClockFriday 16 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Sex, Love, and Goodness

UserAlex Kogan, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockTuesday 23 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Emotion, Cognition, and “Rational” Embodiment.

UserPiotr Winkielman, University of California, San Diego.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockThursday 18 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

"The proper pursuit of happiness"

Please note venue

UserProfessor Dan Haybron, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Saint Louis University.

HouseSeminar Room, No. 1 Newnham Terrace, Darwin College.

ClockMonday 16 July 2012, 17:00-18:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Understanding (Dis)honesty.

UserFrancesca Gino, Harvard Business School.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 08 June 2012, 15:00-16:00

“The implications of positive psychology for education”

Please note venue

UserKristján Kristjánsson,Visiting Professor,University of Cambridge and Professor of Philosophy at the School of Education, University of Iceland.

HouseSeminar Room, First Floor, Department of Social Sciences, Free School Lane.

ClockMonday 28 May 2012, 17:00-18:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Interacting without Touch.

UserDr. Helena Mentis - postdoc researcher with the Socio-Digital System (SDS).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 25 May 2012, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Mastering Uncertainty

UserStephen Reid, Stephen Reid and Spring Business Innovation Ltd.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 27 April 2012, 13:00-14:00

Regional Differences in Well-Being in the United States and in Great Britain

All welcome

UserDr Jason Rentfrow ( Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Cambridge).

HouseKeynes Hall in King's College.

ClockTuesday 28 February 2012, 17:00-18:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The case for the use of Ecological Momentary Assessment in the study of parental discipline practices

UserChristina Moses Passini, Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 24 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Mindful Ways to Well-Being - an introduction to theory and practice

All welcome

UserMichael Chaskalson.

HouseKeynes Hall in King's College.

ClockTuesday 31 January 2012, 17:00-18:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Crowdsourcing Contests

UserYoram Bachrach, Microsoft Research.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 27 January 2012, 13:00-14:00

Happy...the movie

Entry £1 (pay on the day). Arrive early to avoid disappointment

UserFelicia Huppert and Ben Irvine, The Well-Being Institute.

HouseKeynes Hall in Kings College.

ClockTuesday 29 November 2011, 17:00-19:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Identifying Perpetrators with Distinctive Features

UserDr. Dora Zarkadi, University of Bedfordshire.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 18 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Representations of the past, present and future of Intercommunal Relations in Cyprus: A social-psychological analysis of the Cyprus issue

UserDr. Charis Psaltis, Assistant Professor of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Cyprus.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 04 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Collective efficacy and violence in London

UserDr. Alex Sutherland, University of Cambridge.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 14 October 2011, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Discussing the development of Executive Functions in brazilian children

UserDr. Rosinda Martins Oliveira, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 03 June 2011, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Sacred values, sacred terror: Motivation and religious terrorism

Note irregular date and venue

UserDr. James W. Jones (Rutgers University; John Jay College of Criminal Justice).

HouseArts School Lecture Room C.

ClockWednesday 18 May 2011, 13:00-14:00

The impact of the economic crisis on happiness and well-being

This talk is open to the public - wine and nibbles will be provided.

UserDora Gudmundsdottir, Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge University, former Director of Public Health in Iceland.

HouseDarwin College (Seminar Room, No. 1 Newnham Terrace).

ClockTuesday 17 May 2011, 16:30-18:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Theorising bystander behaviour: challenges and responses

UserDr Rachel Manning (University of the West of England).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 25 February 2011, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Exploring the Role of Executive Functions in School Achievement

UserDr. Michelle Ellefson (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 11 February 2011, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

TBC

UserDr. Pasco Fearon, University of Reading.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 03 December 2010, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The adolescent brain: vulnerability to mood and anxiety disorders

UserDr. Jennifer Lau, Dept. of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 19 November 2010, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Towards a Psychological understanding of Extremism

UserShahzad Shafqat, Dept of Social & Developmental Psychology, University of Cambridge.

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 05 November 2010, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Scientific study of forgiveness: Status

UserProf. Everett L. Worthington (Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA).

HouseCHANGE OF VENUE: Room 606 (Second Floor, Centre for Family Research Area).

ClockFriday 25 June 2010, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Psychological essentialism and the concept of the soul

UserProf. Rebekah Richert (Department of Psychology, University of California Riverside).

HousePPSIS COMMITTEE ROOM (change of venue) (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 18 June 2010, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Dialogical knowing and believing

UserProf. Ivana Markova (Department of Psychology, University of Stirling).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 28 May 2010, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The psychology of the imagination and social development: Reflections from Rio's favelas

UserDr. Sandra Jovchelovitch (Institute of Social Psychology, London School of Economics).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 07 May 2010, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Helping divorced fathers help their children

UserProf. Sanford L. Braver (Department of Psychology, Arizona State University).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 30 April 2010, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Investigating reading in low I.Q. children

UserSarah Kuppen (Department of Psychology, University of Bedfordshire).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 23 April 2010, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Explore the science of personality research

This talk is a public lecture, as part of the Science Festival.

UserDr Jason Rentfrow (Dept of Social and Developmental Psychology).

HouseUniversity Centre.

ClockFriday 19 March 2010, 19:30-20:30

Psychology and Religion Research Group (PRRG)

The ethical brain

All welcome.

UserProf. MIchael Gazzaniga (UC Santa Barbara).

HouseMill Lane Lecture Room 3.

ClockFriday 12 March 2010, 16:00-17:30

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

CANCELLED -Emotional awareness, rational action, and self-understanding

We hope to reschedule this talk sometime soon.

UserDr. John Lambie (Anglia Ruskin University).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 05 March 2010, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

How do we learn to read? An artificial orthography paradigm

UserDr. Jo Taylor (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockFriday 19 February 2010, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Positive psychology and positive education

No booking required. All welcome.

UserProf. Martin Seligman (University of Pennsylvania; former president, American Psychological Association).

HouseBabbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site.

ClockFriday 29 January 2010, 15:30-17:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Measuring unconscious response tendencies in adults and children

UserDr. Dénes Szücs (Department of Education, University of Cambridge).

HouseArts School Room B, New Museums Site.

ClockTuesday 10 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The development of sex differences in mental rotations in human infants

UserProf. David Moore (Pitzer College and Claremont Graduate School, USA).

HouseArts School Room B, New Museums Site.

ClockTuesday 27 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Psychometrics ancient and modern: From Classical Test Theory to Item Response Theory

UserProf. John Rust (Psychometrics Centre, University of Cambridge).

HouseArts School Room B, New Museums Site.

ClockTuesday 13 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Nonconscious processes in goals and their pursuit

If you require disabled access, please contact Dr Gibson or Mrs Wimbush in advance.

UserProf. Henk Aarts (University of Utrecht).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockThursday 11 June 2009, 13:00-14:00

Psychology and Religion Research Group (PRRG)

Religion and self-regulation

Joint seminar of SDP and PRRG.

UserProf. Michael McCullough (University of Miami).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockMonday 08 June 2009, 16:30-18:00

Public Understanding of Risk

Homo heuristicus: Why biased minds make better inferences

Free Public Lecture

UserProfessor Gerd Gigerenzer, Director, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin.

HouseBabbage Lecture Theatre - New Museums Site.

ClockMonday 01 June 2009, 17:30-19:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Sex differences in spatial navigation and spatial IQ tasks

If you require disabled access, please contact Dr Gibson or Mrs Wimbush in advance.

UserDr. Lucie Salwiczek (Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockTuesday 19 May 2009, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Nostalgia as a social support repository: The role of attachment-related avoidance

If you require disabled access, please contact Dr Gibson or Mrs Wimbush in advance.

UserDr. Tim Wildschut (University of Southampton).

HousePPSIS Seminar Room (Free School Lane).

ClockTuesday 05 May 2009, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Deception Detection

UserDr. Eunkyung Jo (Hallym University, Korea).

HouseArts School Room B, New Museums Site.

ClockTuesday 24 February 2009, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences

UserProf. Jay Belsky (Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck University of London).

HouseArts School Room B, New Museums Site.

ClockWednesday 28 January 2009, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Microgenesis and the Constructive Mind in Movement

UserBrady Wagoner (University of Cambridge).

HouseSPS Seminar Room.

ClockTuesday 13 January 2009, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Adoption: Recovery After Initial Adversity

UserProf. Jesús Palacios, University of Seville, Spain.

HouseArts School Room B, New Museums Site.

ClockTuesday 02 December 2008, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The Colour of Motivation

UserProf. Andrew Elliot, University of Rochester, NY, USA.

HouseSeminar Room, Social and Political Sciences, Free School Lane.

ClockTuesday 04 November 2008, 13:00-14:00

Public Understanding of Risk

How the Media Promote the Public Misunderstanding of Science

Free Public Lecture. All Welcome!

UserBen Goldacre, Author, broadcaster, doctor and blogger - badscience.net.

HouseBabbage Lecture Theatre - New Museums Site.

ClockTuesday 21 October 2008, 17:30-18:30

Zangwill Club

The spatial foundations of the conceptual system

This is a joint presentation of the Zangwill Club and the Bartlett Club. Tea and cakes will be served in the Seminar Room from 4pm.

UserProfessor Jean Mandler, Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, USA.

HouseGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology.

ClockFriday 10 October 2008, 16:30-18:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Dialogue and the development of reasoning and understanding

UserProfessor Neil Mercer, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.

HouseSPS Seminar Room.

ClockTuesday 10 June 2008, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

How to measure God: Innovations in the experimental investigation of religious cognition

UserDr Nicholas Gibson, Psychology and Religion Research Group, Faculty of Divinity,.

HouseSPS Seminar Room.

ClockTuesday 04 March 2008, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The geography of personality

UserDr Jason Rentfrow, Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Cambridge.

HouseSPS Seminar Room.

ClockTuesday 19 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

Stress and Child care

UserProfessor Lieselotte Ahnert, Faculty of Human Science, University of Cologne.

HouseSPS Seminar Room.

ClockTuesday 05 February 2008, 13:00-14:00

Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)

The origins and biology of play

UserProfessor Gordon Burghardt, University of Tennessee.

HouseSPS Seminar Room.

ClockMonday 15 October 2007, 13:00-14:00

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