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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Susan Nolan: Sex\, Gender Expression\, and Gender Identity: Embracing Variability\, Ending Discrimination\, and Enhancing Psychological Well-Being
DESCRIPTION:Dr Susan Nolan (Seton Hall University (USA); University of New South Wales (Australia))Bio:\nSusan Nolan is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Seton Hall University (USA). She is Past President of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology\, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Susan is conducting a project on global psychology higher education at the University of New South Wales from January through May 2023 as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. She was also a Fulbright Scholar in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2015-2016\, and received the Fukuhara Award for Advanced International Research and Service from the International Council of Psychologists.\nSex\, Gender Expression\, and Gender Identity: Embracing Variability\, Ending Discrimination\, and Enhancing Psychological Well-Being\nA recent Pew survey found that although about 90% of people in the U.S. report that they know someone who is gay\, lesbian\, or bisexual\, only about 40% report knowing someone who is transgender. The percentage of people who report knowing someone who is intersex seems to be even lower. Although parallel data in other countries are scarce\, the pattern is likely to be similar in other Western countries. As psychology instructors and researchers\, we can expand our discussions of the variability among humans in terms of sex\, gender expression\, and gender identity in introductory and advanced psychology courses as well as in our research. This presentation will explore ways in which instructors might incorporate research\, as well as stories of people from underrepresented groups\, with the goal of reducing stigma and increasing understanding\, awareness\, and empathy. There is an urgent need for discussions of these and related topics due to the far-reaching psychological repercussions of prejudice and discrimination.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-susan-nolan-sex-gender-expression-and-gender-identity-embracing-variability-ending-discrimination-and-enhancing-psychological-well-being/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Katharina Helming: Mentalizing and the problem of coordination
DESCRIPTION:Dr Katharina Helming (Department of Philosophy at Leipzig University)Abstract\nCommon knowledge\, that is the ability to know things together\, underlies uniquely human forms of coordination. However\, there is a puzzle in the existing literature about how to characterize this kind of knowledge. Traditionally philosophers propose that common knowledge requires the ability to compute higher-orders of embedded knowledge states (i.e. I know that you know that I know that you know and so forth at infinitum that X). However\, more empirically oriented accounts suggest that recursive mindreading is cognitively too demanding and thus not a plausible basis for human coordination. Instead\, common knowledge is said to be achieved either on the basis of short-cuts or an arbitrary cut-off within the spiral of embedded knowledge states. But on such accounts\, it remains an open question if and when (after how many steps) certainty about knowing things together can be achieved. The aim of this talk is to propose a new solution to this debate. By drawing on empirical literature across fields such as developmental\, social and comparative psychology as well as linguistics I will investigate how people actually solve coordination tasks. A review of the literature shows that there is a reoccurring structure of embedded knowledge states that people use to cooperate successfully in different areas. More specifically\, empirical data suggests that people actively generate three levels of embedded knowledge coordinate. Such tertiary structures are known as a “three way handshake” in computer science and can be redescribed as a mutual acknowledgment about content in social interactions. It is concluded that certainty about knowing things together in coordination is achieved based on a non-arbitrary cut-off within embedded knowledge states. The broader implications for the evolution of social cognition are discussed on this basis.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-katharina-helming-mentalizing-and-the-problem-of-coordination/
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SUMMARY:(Special time/place!) Psychology Colloquium: Prof Richard Lucas: Can Happiness Change?
DESCRIPTION:SPECIAL TIME (THURSDAY 4-5PM) AND PLACE (SUSAN WAKIL HEALTH BUILDING) CLICK HERE TO REGISTERProf Richard Lucas (Michigan State University)\nAbstract\nFor many years\, psychologists have debated whether or not happiness is impacted by our life circumstances. Some argue that life events\, such as getting married or becoming unemployed\, affect our happiness\, whereas others argue that happiness is more or less fixed — regardless of what’s happening in our lives\, our happiness is determined by our personality. The scientific results are messy and often contradictory. In this talk\, I take a critical look at the science of happiness\, identify flaws in the scientific record\, and present new results from studies following large\, representative samples of people over many years. These results show that happiness isn’t fixed – it can and does change in response to changing life circumstances\, often in ways that match people’s intuitions. A more rigorous science of happiness is vital to developing better public policy\, interventions\, and tools for people to increase their own happiness.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/special-time-place-psychology-colloquium-prof-richard-lucas-can-happiness-change/
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