Past events
Cecil Gibb Research Seminar Series: Collective Nostalgia Content Determines Ingroup Protective Sentiments and Behaviour »
Protecting our future by preserving our past: Collective Nostalgia Content Determines Ingroup Protective Sentiments and Behaviour
Judy Slee Student Seminar Series: PhD Candidate Panel »
Judy Slee Student Seminar Series: PhD Candidate Panel
Cecil Gibb Research Seminar Series: Darwin’s Theory of Agency: Back to the Future in Evolutionary Science? »
Evolutionary scientists all hail Charles Darwin as their founding-father, yet typically cite just one of his ideas: natural selection. Few clock that his theory of evolution – and his take on psychological topics – were rooted in a comprehensive understanding of organisms as agents.
Cecil Gibb Research Seminar Series: Lessons in Delivering Digital Mental Health Services: Things we wish we knew before we started »
A large number of research trials have demonstrated that psychological interventions can be effectively delivered via the internet. An increasing number of Digital Mental Health Services (DMHS) are now successfully delivering such interventions in routine care to large numbers of consumers.
Cecil Gibb Research Seminar Series: How Does the Feeling of Being Observed Affect Judgment? »
Although decades of research in social psychology explored how the presence of others affects our behavior and performance, we still know surprisingly little about the impact of the feeling of being observed on the cognitive processes that underlie judgment and decision making.
Cecil Gibb Research Seminar Series: Sensitive content screens on social media: helpful or harmful? »
Social media platforms—used by 88% of Australians—increase users’ exposure to graphic imagery known to negatively influence well-being. In an attempt to mitigate this negative impact, the dominant social-media platforms—including Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Buzzfeed, YouTube, Twitter, and TikTok—now use warning screen
Cecil Gibb Research Seminar Series: The Moral Psychology of Misinformation »
According to some pundits, we live in a post-truth world, surrounded by fake news, “alternative facts,” conspiracy theories, and dishonesty leaders. One risk of such misinformation is that people will believe it. This talk examines a different risk: that people will sometimes judge misinformation morally permissible...
RSP Annual Lecture - From individual fragility to collective resilience: the two psychologies of COVID-19 with Professor Stephen Reicher »
From individual fragility to collective resilience: the two psychologies of COVID-19
Cecil Gibb Research Seminar: Time as a social determinant of health »
…in health terms, time is almost like a prescription…like two fruit, five veg…and thirty minutes of physical activity Health promotion campaign designer, cited in Strazdins et al 2011
Cecil Gibb Research Seminar Series: The Psychology of Secrecy »
Why do we keep secrets? To whom do we tell our secrets? What happens when we reveal a secret? These are only some of the questions that psychologists have begun to investigate on the topic of secrecy. The current state of the science suggests that secrecy has a negative psychological impact – but can nevertheless...