Department of Psychology
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Email psych@uwaterloo.ca
Tuesday, December 14, 2021 — 1:00 PM EST
Elizabeth Attisano's thesis is entitled: "Investigating children’s naturalistic explorations in a living history museum."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.
Friday, December 3, 2021 — 3:00 PM EST
Omission as the Modern Form of Bias Against Indigenous Peoples
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 — 9:00 AM EDT
Madison Stange's thesis is entitled: "Examining the Influence of Scratch Card Structural Characteristics on Psychophysiology, Motivation, and Gambling Behaviour."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.
Note: The defence time has been changed from 1:00 pm to 9:00 am.
Friday, September 10, 2021 — 9:00 AM EDT
Chanel Larche's thesis is entitled: "Escaping the woes through flow."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.
Friday, August 20, 2021 — 9:00 AM EDT
Kiruthiha Vimalakanthan's thesis is entitled: "Compassion over competition: The momentary and longitudinal benefits of adopting a caregiving mentality in the face of appearance comparisons."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.
Thursday, August 12, 2021 — 9:00 AM EDT
Martyn Gabel's thesis is entitled: "Exploring associations between response inhibition and emotion: Effects of valance, motivation, information processing style and emotional reactivity."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 — 1:00 PM EDT
Brandon Goulding's thesis is entitled: "Beyond causality: Heuristics for inferring possibility."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.
Monday, July 12, 2021 — 10:00 AM EDT
Shane Littrell's thesis is entitled: "The psychology of bullshitting: Measurement, correlates, and outcomes of the propensity to mislead others."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 — 1:30 PM EDT
Reem Tawfik's thesis is entitled: "The development of integrating number and proportion in probabilistic decision-making."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.
Friday, May 14, 2021 — 10:00 AM EDT
Shiu Man Kwok's thesis is entitled: "Handle with Care: Agreeableness and Responses to Hurt Feelings."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 — 12:00 PM EDT
Karisa Parkington's thesis is entitled: "Individual differences in recogn-eye-zing faces: Behavioural and neural underpinnings of face recognition in neurotypical and autistic adults."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.
Friday, March 12, 2021 — 1:00 PM EST
Sam Hanig's thesis is entitled: "Expanding the Role of Power in Employees’ Interpretations of and Reactions to Leader Behaviors."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.
Thursday, February 11, 2021 — 9:00 AM EST
Kathryn Miller's thesis is entitled: "Displays of Adaptive Body Image by Others: Examining their Influence on College Women’s Body Image."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.
Friday, January 8, 2021 — 1:00 PM EST
Vincent Phan's thesis is entitled: "Why do people (not) take breaks? An investigation of individuals’ reasons for taking and for not taking breaks at work."
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Waterloo PhD defences are being held remotely and are only open to the committee members, candidate, and the candidate's invited guests.