A5032575488- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Statistics Education and Methodologies
- Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Criminal Law and Evidence
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Japanese History and Culture
- Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
- Freedom of Expression and Defamation
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Cognitive Functions and Memory
Macquarie University
2020-2024
ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology
2024
Swinburne University of Technology
2024
University of Warwick
2007
University of Wales
1995
According to cognitive-dissonance theory, performing counterattitudinal behavior produces a state of dissonance that people are motivated resolve, usually by changing their attitude be in line with behavior. One the most popular experimental paradigms used produce such change is induced-compliance paradigm. Despite its popularity, replication crisis social psychology and other fields, as well methodological limitations associated paradigm, raise concerns about robustness classic studies this...
Journal Article Rural Responses to Industrialization: a study of village Zambia Get access Zambia, by Robert H. Bates. ( Yale University Press, New Haven, 1976. xii+380pp. £14.40. ANDREW ROBERTS School Oriental and African StudiesLondon Search for other works this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Affairs, Volume 76, Issue 303, April 1977, Pages 271–272, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096853 Published: 01 1977
Objective This study is the first to investigate incidence of personal importation prescription medicines among Australians aged 45 years or older, and reasons driving this behaviour. Methods An online survey was distributed Australians, who were taking medicines. Recruitment conducted via Qualtrics. The completed by 1180 respondents. Results In our sample, 1.8% respondents had imported in previous 12 months, 21.9% not taken, delayed taking, a prescribed medicine due cost, described as...
Teleology involves an appeal to function explain why things are the way they are. Among scientists and philosophers, teleological explanations widely accepted for human-made artifacts biological traits, yet controversial nonbiological natural entities. Prior research shows a positive relationship between religiosity acceptance of such explanations. Across three large online studies, we show that cannot be explained by objectively false Furthermore, anthropomorphism belief in supernatural...
In his book, Andrew Roberts - winner of the Wolfson History Prize (the historians' Booker) explores secrets leadership two four men who comprise this ground-breaking TV series key twentieth century history Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, John F Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Each had a distinctive style, each achieved greatness. Hitler fresh insights into how he instilled loyalty Churchill far more ruthless with staff than but willing to listen accept advice. could rely on family's fortune...
A controversial claim in recent dual process accounts of reasoning is that intuitive processes not only lead to bias but are also sensitive the logical status an argument. The logic hypothesis draws upon evidence reasoners take longer and less confident on belief-logic conflict problems, irrespective whether they give correct response. In this paper, we examine detection under conditions which participants asked either judge validity or believability a presented conclusion, accompanied by...
Body-worn videos enable domestic violence complainants’ first statements to be presented in court a jury if complainant declines attend. Footage of residential incidents might capture information not relevant issues dispute, but which prejudicially influence juries’ fact-finding. The current research examined whether low salience case-irrelevant changes background biased mock juror decision-making. Participant jurors (n = 1,108) randomly viewed videos, or extracted audio only, depicting...
To describe something in terms of its purpose or function is to teleology. Previous studies have found that teleological beliefs are positively related anthropomorphism, and anthropomorphism decreases the perceived unpredictability non-human agents. In current study, we explore these relationships using highly salient example about coronavirus pandemic. Results showed both teleology were negatively associated with uncertainty threat, self-reported behavioural change response These findings...
Abstract Philosophers have proposed many accounts of biological function. A coarse-grained distinction can be made between backward-looking views, which emphasise historical contributions to fitness, and forward-looking the current contribution fitness or role a component within some larger system. These two views are often framed as being incompatible conflicting with one another. The emerging field synthetic biology, involves applying engineering principles design construction systems,...
Abstract Ethical cultures, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and sustainability strategies are increasingly being addressed through formal organisational policies structures. This is evidenced by codes of ethics, conduct, whistle-blowing reporting lines, anti-bribery corruption policies, broader stakeholder environmental engagement strategies. In the United States, ethics managers responsible for these functions, supported specific professional university-level qualifications. However,...
Though people usually imagine the typical person as a man rather than woman, effect is mixed for racial groups and understudied among traditionally male social (e.g., police criminals) non-U.S. populations. Results from survey (N > 5000) collected via globally distributed laboratory network in over 40 regions demonstrated that attitudes toward Black politicians had stronger relationship with men women of group. However, White men, whereas East Asian people, officers, criminals did not...
Mental simulation theories of language comprehension propose that people automatically create mental representations objects mentioned in sentences. representation is often measured with the sentence-picture verification task, wherein participants first read a sentence implies object property (i.e., shape and orientation). Participants then respond to an image by indicating whether it was from or not. Previous studies have shown matching advantages for shape, but findings concerning...
The argument presented in this paper is that not only should the state make greater use of scientific research, it under a moral and legal obligation to do so. source right most accurate procedures for determining innocence guilt. I will suggest implied by presumption innocence.
In Digital Rights Ireland Ltd v Minister for Communications, the European Court of Justice found EU Data Retention Directive, which required retention communications data up to 2 years, be incompatible with Articles 7 and 8 Charter Fundamental – rights privacy protection personal data. It is argued in this note that decision ought taken as one concerned exercise arbitrary power, a concern captured by concept domination.