2,637 search results for “social psychology” in the Public website
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New course Experimentation I: Programming Psychological Experiments developed with Grass shoot grant
Last year, Dr. Henk van Steenbergen received a Grass Shoot grant to completely redevelop the research master's course 'Experimentation I: Programming Psychological Experiments'. The revised course was taught for first time last block and has just come to an end. Time for a brief recap.
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Edwin de BeursSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Linda de VoogdSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Boitumelo VavaniSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Julia van den BergSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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The psychological poverty trap: How lack of money impacts decision-making, procrastination and loss of control
Lack of money impacts how a person takes financial decisions: now or preferably later. Procrastination and avoidance behaviours in turn have an effect on lack of money, which can result in a sense of loss of control. These are the findings of psychologist Leon Hilbert in his PhD research, although the…
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Calypso Music, Identity and Social Influence: The Trinidadian Experience
This study, Calypso, The Trinidadian Experience, has sought to establish links between calypso music and the construction and maintenance of identities, and to locate the genre as a mechanism (or as part of a broader mechanism) that has exerted on-going social influence within Trinidadian society…
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Niek StrohmaierFaculty of Law
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Board of PsychologyAndrea Evers’ role in the new Executive Board of Psychology
The new Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology became effective on 1 February 2022. Scientific director Andrea Evers tells us where she gets her energy from.
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Roderik GerritsenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Research
The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences brings together high-quality research and outstanding mono- and multidisciplinary teaching.
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From innovative idea to start-up: during new workshops psychology students learn about doing business
In the ‘Educatips’ column, psychology lecturers share their valuable insights about lecturing. This month: Franz Wurm is developing entrepreneurship workshops together with PLNT for master’s students of Clinical Psychology. ‘We want to teach students to develop from passive consumers to become active…
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Mariska Kret receives new science prize for groundbreaking research
Professor Mariska Kret has received the Mercator Sapiens Stimulus, a new science prize from the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW). The prize consists of a sum of 1m euros.
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Stress-induced modulation of the innate immune system in cardiovascular disease
Promotor: Prof.dr. J. Kuiper
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Quiet Rebels? A Social History of Political Rhetoric
Speeches and speech acts have been crucial in settling the question at the centre of every political debate: who gets what, when and where?
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Biographies of Radicalization: Hidden Messages of Social Change
Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a significant rise in terrorist acts and radicalized youth since the appearance of Boko Haram in 2009 and the fall of Libya in 2012. This book investigates the deeper layers of radicalization in Sub-Saharan Africa, which is situated in a larger global tendency.
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Locations
Most degree programmes at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences are based in the Pieter de la Court building on the Wassenaarseweg in Leiden. Besides this location, some degree programmes are based in The Hague, at Campus The Hague’s Wijnhaven building.
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Birte Forstmann
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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A European Youth Revolt. European Perspectives on Youth Protest and Social Movements in the 1980s
Together with Knud Andresen, Bart van der Steen recently published a volume titled A European Youth Revolt. European Perspectives on Youth Protest and Social Movements in the 1980s.
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The Development and Socialization of Children's Ethnicity-Related Views in the Netherlands
Can subgroups of people be differentiated whose attitudes on the Sinterklaas festivities and Black Pete cluster with either a) high Dutch national identification or b) a strong preference for social hierarchy, also known as social dominance orientation (SDO; Pratto et al., 1994)?
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Elise Seip
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Antibiotic treatments make us more susceptible to negative emotions
People who have taken antibiotics in the past three months pay more attention to negative facial expressions, according to research by postdoc Katerina Johnson and assistant professor Laura Steenbergen. This may explain how antibiotics increase the risk of developing depression.
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High school students get a taste of psychology: 'Later I'll become a neuroscientist'
How does loneliness work? What sometimes makes friendships complicated for autistic people? And why can the school building be such an unpleasant place for some pupils? Pupils explored this during their pre-university classes. 'I now have a good idea of what studying psychology entails.'
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Joanne MouthaanSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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potential of intangible loss: reassembling heritage and reconstructing the social in post-disaster Japan
Attitudes towards cultural heritage have long been characterised by an ‘endangerment sensibility’ concerned with preventing losses. Recently, however, critical heritage scholars have argued that loss can be generative, facilitating the formation of new values and attachments. Their arguments have focused…
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Schadenfreude and the role in social relations
Leiden psychologist Wilco van Dijk and communication scientist Jaap Ouwerkerk of VU University Amsterdam published a book about the emotion Schadenfreude. The authors describe what the emotion Schadenfreude really is, when people experience the emotion, and what role it plays in social relations.
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Addressing loneliness and social isolation amongst elderly people through local co‐production in Japan
Loneliness and social isolation have become a significant problem in contemporary Japan. The financial burden associated with an ageing population has severely constrained the ability of local authorities to address the problem. As a result, policymakers have sought cost‐effective methods of tackling…
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Social Science Matters: Wokeism
Minister of Justice Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius recently warned against
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Anke KleinSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Nina KomrijSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Welmer MolenmakerSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Hanneke PalmenFaculty of Law
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Chen WangFaculty of Law
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Adva EichengrünSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Rüya AkdagSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Elise KortinkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Katerina JohnsonSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Anouschka van DijkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ili MaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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The new self-evaluation of the Institute of Psychology: ‘The quality of the academic culture is more important’
Better supervision of PhD candidates, clear guidelines on career paths and an MRI scanner that can be accessed by all researchers: these are the recommendations from the new self-evaluation. Colleagues say: ‘This forces us as an institute to formulate our mission and vision more precisely.’
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Iza KorsmitSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Anoek LorskensSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Hannelies de JongeSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ingrid Galán VeraSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jolanda SnelSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ingrid PenningSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Alessandro van den BergSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Manon MulckhuyseSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Wenyu WanSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Male researchers mostly share their work with men
The scientific world is a competitive place. Even so, researchers are often prepared to share their findings with colleagues. This applies particularly to men as a group: women are much less willing to share their work, whether it is with other women or with men. This discovery was made by Leiden and…