Sonia Kang receives Ken Dion Graduate Student Award

We are pleased to announce that PhD Candidate Sonia Kang has received the second annual Ken Dion Graduate Student Award. The award, which is named after prominent social psychologist and former University of Toronto faculty member, Ken Dion, is given each year to recognize the accomplishments of a graduate student in the Social, Personality, & Abnormal area. Sonia received the award this year in recognition of her many contributions to the SPA area and her increasingly impressive list of research achievements. She is a thoughtful researcher, a wonderful colleague, and an invaluable member of the SPA community. Congratulations, Sonia!

Posted on May 19, 2010 by admin

5th Annual YUTSPA Conference, Tuesday, May 18th at York University

The 5th annual York/University of Toronto Social Personality Abnormal (YUTSPA) conference will be held this year at York University on Tuesday May 18th. YUTSPA brings together students and faculty from York University and the University of Toronto to showcase research and foster inter-university collaboration.

The student speakers from U of T are:

Jennifer Fortune
Judith Gere
Rimma Teper
Terry Borsook

This year's keynote will be given by our very own Jordan Peterson.

The all day event runs from 10:30am to 5:30pm and talks will be held in the Schulich Executive Dining Room at 4700 Keele Street. We hope to see you there!

Posted on May 14, 2010 by admin

Multiple SPA students win SSHRC doctoral awards

SPA students were extremely successful in the 2010 SSHRC Ph.D. scholarship competition. Jennifer Fortune (supervised by Poppy Lockwood), Jessica Remedios (supervised by Alison Chasteen), and Judith Gere (supervised by Uli Schimmack) all won SSHRC doctoral awards. In addition, Nadia Bashir (supervised by Poppy Lockwood) and Shona Tritt (co-supervised by Michael Inzlicht and Jordan Peterson), have been awarded Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarships. The CGS is awarded to graduate students who demonstrate an especially high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities. Congratulations to Jennifer, Jessica, Judith, Nadia, and Shona!

Posted on May 14, 2010 by admin

Jacob Hirsh, Xiaowen Xu, and Jordan Peterson in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Jacob Hirsh, Xiaowen Xu, and Jordan Peterson, along with UofT alumnus Colin DeYoung, have published an article in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. In two studies, the research team examined the personality profiles associated with liberal and conservative political orientations. Liberal values, which relate to the preference for egalitarianism, were associated with higher levels of the personality trait of Compassion. Conservative values, which relate to the preference for maintaining order and tradition, were associated with higher levels of Politeness and Orderliness, and reduced Openness/Intellect. A copy of the article is available here.

Jacob and Jordan also contributed to a televised discussion of these issues with George Lakoff, John Jost, and Christina Tarnopolsky on TVO's The Agenda. A video of the discussion can be found here. An article describing the study was also featured in the National Post here.
Posted on May 13, 2010 by admin

Jennifer Gutsell and Michael Inzlicht in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Jennifer Gutsell and Michael Inzlicht have published an article in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology entitled, "Empathy constrained: Prejudice predicts reduced mental simulation of actions during observation of outgroups." The study investigated the sensitivity of the “mirror-neuron-system” to race and ethnicity. Study participants viewed a series of videos depicting people of different races picking up a glass and taking a sip of water while hooked up to electroencephalogram (EEG). Results revealed that when participants observed others perform a simple task, their motor cortex region fired similarly to when they performed the task themselves. However, this only occurred when the observed others were of the same race/ethnicity; participants’ motor cortex was significantly less likely to fire when they watched visible minorities perform the simple task.

The research was featured in the Montreal Gazette, Canadian Press, Vancouver Sun, and the UK's Daily Mail.

Click here to view a PDF of the full article.

Posted on May 06, 2010 by admin

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