Future students

Winner of the 2017 Society for Experimental Social Psychology Dissertation Award

Why Good is More Alike than Bad: Implications for Classification, Generalization, Recognition, Social Comparison and Evaluation

Common and specific factors in CBT: Theory and research from studies in the treatment of anxiety

The common vs. specific factors debate has been around for almost 90 years. Most advocates of CBT have suggested that common factors are necessary, but not sufficient. Others have argued that the Dodo Bird is alive and well, and that all treatments that are credible or bona fide yield similar results.

PRESENTATION: Saving 25 million smokers' lives by 2050 - If the Chinese government adopts two proven tobacco control experiences from Taiwan and Hong Kong

Please join us for a presentation from Dr. Wayne Gao, who will describe the unprecedented devastation that China is facing as its tobacco epidemic continues.

"Working Through Clinical Challenges:

 A DBT Perspective"

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Michelle Leybman, Ph.D., C.Psych.

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

We are delighted to host Dr. Leybman at the University of Waterloo for her full-day workshop, which will provide mental health practitioners and students with evidence-based knowledge and clinical tools from a DBT perspective for working with challenging clients.

Kurt Gray investigates the mysterious inner lives of animals, machines, and human beings. His research finds that minds are a matter of perception—how else can we make sense of people treating their cats like humans, and treating homeless people like objects?

Healthy City Panel Discussion

Join  Guest Librarian, Robin Mazumder, for a discussion on how cities contribute to our health. We’ll hear from experts in the field and have a discussion on ways we can make Kitchener a vibrant, healthy and happy city. Panelists include Dr. Colin Ellard (University of Watereloo, Psychology) and Dr.

PSYC 39x Students will be presenting their class projects at a Science Fair on Thursday December 1st from 4pm to 6pm in EV1 250 (The Atrium).

Research Talks

Tackling the global tobacco epidemic: The ITC Project

Tobacco use is the number one preventable cause of death in the world and is projected to kill one billion people this century.