Social Psychology
 The Department of Psychology at the ANU is one of the leading centres in the world for the study of areas such as social identity and self-categorization, particularly in relation to stereotypes and stereotyping, social influence, the self-concept and intergroup behaviour generally. You can find out more about social psychology at ANU by looking under the entries for individual social psychologists.
Faculty
- Dr Boris BIZUMIC
- Research & supervision
- Key Interests: Personality, self-categorization theory, ethnocentrism, narcissism, intergroup relations, prejudice, authoritarianism
- Current Teaching
PSYC1004 - Psychology II: Understanding People in Context ("An Introduction to Personality" - 12 lectures)
PSYC2001 - Social Psychology
PSYC3023 - Special Topics in Psychology (Stream: Theories of Ethnocentrism)
- Dr Diana GRACE
- Research & supervision
- Key Interests : Social-developmental psychology including gender development, social influence, categorization processes and marginalizing racism.
- Dr Michael PLATOW
- Research & supervision
- Key Interests : Social psychology including fairness, marginalizing racism, social influence, leadership, group-based trust, helping
- Current Teaching
Coordinator PSYC1003 (Psychology I: Understanding Mind, Brain, and Behaviour)
Coordinator PSYC1004 (Psychology II: Understanding People in Context)
Coordinator and Lecturer PSYC3002 (The Social Psychology of Group Processes and Social Change)
Lecturer PSYC4005F (Honours Special Topics in Social Psychology)
- Dr Kate REYNOLDS
- Research & supervision
- Key Interests : Social psychology including stereotyping and prejudice; the interface of social and organizational psychology; self-categorization and personal identity
- Current Teaching
2008 PSYC1005 Life issues: Applying Psychology (1st Year) Who will lead and why? (3 Lectures and Lab)
2008 PSYC8003 Assessment and selection in Human Resource Management (Post-graduate) (Planning and co-ordination)
Past Teaching and Course Co-ordination Responsibilitites
2001-2003 PSYC1002 Introduction to Organisational Psychology (Course co-ordination and lecturer)
2002-2005 Establishment and co-ordination of postgraduate offerings in Applied Social and Organisational Psychology (involved responsibility for PSYC8001 Research Methods in Action; PSYC8002 The social psychology of organisations; PSYC8003 Best practice in Human Resource Management).
In 2006, on being awarded an Australian Research Fellowship my teaching load was reduced in line with increased research responsibilities.
- Professor Mike SMITHSON
- Research & supervision
- Key Interests : Decision science including uncertainty; risk; social dilemmas; fuzzy logic; statistical methods
- Current Teaching
- coordinator PSYC2009 ( Quantitative Methods in Psychology )
- coordinator PSYC4005F ( Honours : Methodology )
- Dr Emina SUBASIC
- Research & supervision
- Key Interests: Social identity and self-categorization processes in: social change and political solidarity; social influence, power, leadership and prejudice; individuality and personality
- Current Teaching
2009 PSYC1004 - Psychology 2: Understanding People in Context, Introduction to Social Psychology
2009 PSYC1005 - Life issues: Applied Psychology, "Is Prejudice Inevitable?"
Past Teaching Responsibilities
2008 PSYC1004 - Psychology 2: Understanding People in Context, Introduction to Social Psychology
2008 PSYC1005 - Life issues: Applied Psychology, "I'm not racist, but...": Recognising, understanding and getting rid of prejudice
2007 PSYC1004 – Understanding People in Context, Introduction to Social Psychology
- Dr Dirk VAN ROOY
- Research & supervision
- Key Interests : Connectionist modeling of psychological processes, social psychology, and in particular the cognitive processes underlying stereotyping, social categorization and development of socially shared knowledge; the role of socially shared knowledge within organizations.
- Current Teaching
- Coordinator: PSYC2001 ( Social Psychology )
- Coordinator: PSYC3018 (Advanced Research Methods )
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- Research & supervision
- Key Interests : Developmental and social psychology including gender socialization; gender salience; sex differences; influence
- Dr Ken MAVOR
- Research & supervision
- Key Interests : Social psychology including categorization; personal and social identity; attitudes; religious orientation
- Professor Craig McGARTY
- Research & supervision
- Key Interests : Social psychology including categorization; stereotyping; group emotions; public opinion; collective action
- Professor John TURNER
- Research & supervision
- Key Interests : Social psychology including social identity; self-categorization; power; prejudice; illegitimacy; social change
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