https://youtu.be/TscGzcPgmHg?si=LHZ_XW-4jqE1_bMm Dr. Frankie Fong, of Victoria University of Wellington, discusses imitation behaviors and how they are key to child development. He also shares his research on how these behaviours differ between cultures and influence digital…
Posts TaggedSocial Psychology Episodes on Social phenomena including politics, society, religion, culture and indigenous psychology
Episodes on Social phenomena including politics, society, religion, culture and indigenous psychology
#50. New Country. New Friends? Refugee Youth Experience of Resettlement in Aotearoa – Dr. Nuzha Saleem
https://youtu.be/I-AJ5ZWmOhU?si=nxfac4-yIa22uZBH Dr. Nuzha Saleem is a Teaching Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington. She discusses her research working with youth from migrant and refugee backgrounds. She has particularly focused her work around understanding the role…
#44. The Influence of Stoicism on Psychology – Dr. John Sellars
https://youtu.be/aI8UOKWdFPU?si=qCj3HVuRrbw8rCFg At its core, Stoicism is a tool in the pursuit of self-mastery, perseverance, and wisdom: something one uses to live a virtuous life. However, the English language has dealt great injustice to the word…
#38. Planetary Melancholia – Prateek Shankar and Valerie Navarrete
https://youtu.be/rgpSb-AZWi8 Prateek Shankar and Valerie Navarrete are founders of the Jungle Publics, a group trying to foster interdisciplinary discussions and reimagine how we relate to our planet and each other. They come on to talk…
#32. Elite Dominance and Inequality in Academia – Assoc. Prof. Mehmet Orhan
https://youtu.be/yCMDMRCAHLM Dr. Mehmet Orhan, Associate Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior at EM Normandie Business School joined us to talk about authorship inequality, elite dominance, and the ethical and problematic issues of doing science and…
#25. Politics, Rugby and Emotion Regulation: A snapshot of New Zealand (2023) – Prof. Marc Wilson and Terise Broodryk
https://youtu.be/dp2Yl8BFge8 It's election and rugby world cup time in Aotearoa New Zealand and Professor Marc Wilson and his team from Victoria University of Wellington are surveying the nation on aspects ranging from general well-being to…
#23. Leadership and Mental health: Experiences from the Military – Dan ‘Zia’ Joseph
Dan Zai Joseph, author of Backpack to Rucksack: Insight Into Leadership and Resilience From Military Experts, joins from the United States to speak about mental health among military personnel and veterans, the importance of understanding…
#21. Diagnosing Wokeness: Researching what being ‘woke’ is and cancel culture – Prof. Paul Jose
Professor Paul Jose is a developmental, cross-cultural and political psychologist currently working at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the first psychologist to develop a thorough measurement of the concept of wokeness and joins us…
#16. Being Creative – Prof. Vlad Glaveanu
What do we mean when someone is creative? Professor. Vlad Glaveanu from Dublin City University video called in to talk about his work with creativity, imagination, culture, societal changes and possibility. We cover topics like…
#14. Why do we perform rituals? – Dr. Johannes Karl
Dr. Johannes Karl, Assistant professor in Psychology at the Dublin City University, Ireland, joins us to talk about what rituals are, why they come about and what benefits they provide. Dr. Karl's research covers topics…
#13. Religion – Dr. Aiyana Willard
Dr. Aiyana Willard, Senior lecturer at the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel University London and research associate at the Institute for Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology at Oxford. Dr. Willard along with Feryl Badiani,…
#12. Panel Discussion: Queering Psychology
For Pride month at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, post-graduate students at the School of Psychology held an event showcasing their research and sharing their experiences as members of the rainbow community. To continue…
#9. The Ancestors in Us – Dr. Richard Johnson
Dr. Richard Johnson, Lead of The Indian in Me project and Senior Lecturer in the School of Education Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, talks to us about people coming from hyphenated ethnicities. Using his…
#5. From the ground up: Māori and Community Based Research – Dr. Tia Neha
Dr. Tia Neha, Senior Lecturer in Māori and Indigenous Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington, speaks about community driven research with the example of her own doctoral studies within Māori communities, the importance of language,…
#3. Relationships, red flags and love – Dr. Matt Hammond
Relationships researcher, Dr. Matt Hammond joined us to answer questions asked by our instagram followers about relationships. CW: The episode covers content on topics such as aggression/gaslighting/violence. If you are looking for assistance, here are…
#1. Intro to social psychology: Political Psychology, Identity and Wellbeing – Prof. Marc Wilson
Discussion with Social and Political Psychologist, Associate Dean of Science at Victoria University of Wellington, Professor Marc Wilson. Prof, Wilson gives us an introduction to the world of social psychology through his own research covering…