by swatt3 | Jan 15, 2018 | Mike Franklin, PhD research
FRANKLIN Mike, A., WATT Susan, E., PHILLIPS Wendy, J., WARK Stuart Presentation at 16th National Conference of Emerging Researchers in Ageing, Fremantle, 2017 Abstract This paper discusses how a social psychology principle, the bystander effect, can help us...
by swatt3 | Jan 15, 2018 | Opinion piece, Real World Problems
Campbell Innes, 2017 Before Liberal Party Senator and outspoken critic of Islam, Cory Bernardi, left the party to form the Australian Conservatives, he warned mainstream politicians were ignoring the concerns of the ‘silent majority’ (ABC, 2016). He alleged one of...
by swatt3 | Jan 15, 2018 | Project reports, Sue Watt
A great deal of research has been conducted on prejudice, examining its causes and consequences. However, much less research has looked at its opposite – people’s liking of members other groups. This is the negativity bias in intergroup relations...
by swatt3 | Jan 15, 2018 | Project reports, Sue Watt
Armidale, NSW, has recently been designated a settlement region for refugees, with at least 300 refugees expected to arrive during 2018. Part of the rationale is that Armidale is a “welcoming community”. However, attitudes are not uniformly positive, and the...
by swatt3 | Jan 15, 2018 | PhD research, Yvette Alcott
Yvette Alcott is conducting research into the processes we use when forming impressions of others and deciding who to include in our national and cultural in-groups. She has been examining the degree to which racial appearance affects the assessment of immigrants by a...
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