Department of Psychology
PAS building, room 3020
Tel 519-888-4567 Ext. 42813
Fax (519) 746-8631
Email psych@uwaterloo.ca
Monday, November 25, 2019 — 9:30 AM EST
Seton Timoney's thesis is entitled: "When being agreeable matters: The importance of agreeableness (and self-esteem) for risk regulation in close relationships."
All are welcome to attend.
Friday, November 22, 2019 — 10:00 AM EST
Edward Yeung's thesis is entitled: "On Diversity Climate in Organizations."
All are welcome to attend.
Friday, October 4, 2019 — 3:00 PM EDT
Speaker: Dr. Ayelet Fishbach, University of Chicago
Title: Hidden Failures: Why We Don’t Share Negative Information and What We Might Miss
Location: HH 1102
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 — 10:30 AM EDT
Jasmine Dean's thesis is entitled: "Why do Compulsions Persist?"
All are welcome to attend.
Friday, September 20, 2019 — 3:00 PM EDT
Speaker: Dr. Michael Ashton, Brock University
Title: Recent Research with the HEXACO Model of Personality Structure
Location: HH 1102
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Reception to follow in PAS 3005
Friday, September 6, 2019 — 1:30 PM EDT
Jane Klinger's thesis is entitled: "Counting what counts: When and how performance indicators mislead."
All are welcome to attend.
Thursday, September 5, 2019 — 2:30 PM EDT
Melissa Meade's thesis is entitled: "The benefits and boundary conditions of drawing on episodic memory."
All are welcome to attend.
Thursday, July 18, 2019 — 10:00 AM EDT
Samantha Gualtieri's thesis is entitled: "Young Children’s Ability to Integrate Social and Numerical Information: The Origins of Base-rate Neglect."
All are welcome to attend.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 — 9:00 AM EDT
Madison Pesowski's thesis is entitled: "Children use ownership to understand actions and preferences."
All are welcome to attend.
Friday, June 21, 2019 — 11:00 AM EDT
Speaker: Dr. Mangesh S. Pednekar
Title: Can we scale tobacco control intervention research with school teachers in India?
Date: Friday, June 21, 2019
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
Location: LHS 1621
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 — 10:00 AM EDT
Andriy Struk's thesis is entitled: "The desire to act: Exploring situational, dispositional and genetic correlates of a fundamental motivational state."
All are welcome to attend.
Friday, May 3, 2019 (all day)
The Psychology Department at the University of Waterloo will host the 49th Annual Ontario Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Conference on May 3. Read more about the conference.
Monday, April 29, 2019 — 10:00 AM EDT
Graduate students in the Clinical area of the Psychology Department will present a workshop on Happy Healthy Relationships at Forest Heights Community Library on April 29th from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Friday, April 26, 2019 — 2:30 PM EDT
This year's speaker will be Dr. David Dunning from the University of Michigan.
Title: We are all flawed intellects: So can we really judge expertise in self and others?
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 — 1:00 PM EDT
Kassandra Cortes' thesis is entitled: "The Role of Regulatory Focus Motivation in Experiencing Relationship Success."
All are welcome to attend.
Friday, April 12, 2019 — 3:00 PM EDT
Speaker: Dr. Dave Sobel, Brown University
Title: Bridging the gap between causal and scientific reasoning
Location: PAS 2083
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Reception to follow in PAS 3005
Friday, March 29, 2019 — 3:00 PM EDT
Speaker: Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University; President of Association for Psychological Science
Title: The Power of Predictions: An emerging paradigm for psychologucal research
Location: PAS 2083
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Reception to follow in PAS 3005
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 — 7:00 PM EST
Graduate students in the Clinical area of our Department will provide a workshop on the Benefits of Self-Compassion at the Kitchener Public Library (Central Branch) on March 5th from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. This talk will include defininig self-compassion (what it is and what it is not), talking about the benefits of adopting self-compassion in day-to-day life, and exploring the science behind self-compassion. The talk will also include an opportunity to practice using self-compassion and provide resources for further learning.
Friday, January 25, 2019 — 10:30 AM EST
Matthew Wilmot's thesis is entitled: "A 'Bad Apple' or a 'Spoiled Barrel'?: Observing Overt Racism Predicts Diverging Perceptions of Racism and Race Relations in America."
All are welcome to attend.
Thursday, January 24, 2019 — 11:00 AM EST
Clinical Psychology graduate students will be manning a booth at the Healthy Relationships Fair at the Student Life Centre on January 24, 2019. Stop by between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. They have snacks!