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As psychologists learn more about the factors that determine where a child falls along the shyness spectrum, they're also finding ways to prevent bashfulness from becoming a setback.

Receiving the Alumni Gold Medal for Outstanding Academic Performance in a Doctoral Program is Dubravka Gavric, who achieved her PhD in Psychology. Gavric’s thesis was entitled “What is the Function of Post-Event Processing in Social Anxiety Disorder? The Role of Metacognitive Beliefs, Memory Uncertainty and Perception of Performance.” Her supervisor was Professor David Moscovitch.

This is the third of three Centre for Teaching Excellence Teaching Stories that will appear in the Daily Bulletin this week. The full versions of each piece first appeared on the Centre for Teaching Excellence's website.

Three professors were recognized for their outstanding work in the classroom with the Federation of Students' newly established Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Awards. Dr. Josh Neufeld, Dr. Richard Ennis, and Dr. Chad Wriglesworth received their awards at the Feds Leadership Awards Banquet on April 2. As the professor with the most votes, Feds nominated Dr. Josh Neufeld to also receive the Teaching Excellence Award at the prestigious Partners in Higher Education event hosted by the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) on April 8.

Retired professor, Michael Ross, a social psychologist, was in the news this week with his surprising findings that challenge assumptions about seniors as most vulnerable to fraud or online scams.

Here is an excerpt from the National Post story, Middle-aged people actually more likely to fall victim to con artists than ‘risk averse’ senior citizens, study says:

During the fall Liz Nilsen (Clinical division; cognitive development) had two studies published on her research into communication challenges for individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).