PSYC402H Psychology Honours Research Projects 2014 Schedule of Supervisors Interests and Topic Areas

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1 PSYC402H Psychology Honours Research Projects 2014 Schedule of Supervisors Interests and Topic Areas The following academic staff members will be available for Honours supervision in Dr Gavin Clark Dr Will Coventry Professor Don Hine Associate Professor Tanya Hanstock Not available for consultation until January 2014 PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE including: behaviour modification behavioural interventions clinical psychology topics generally social anxiety psychological intervention BEHAVIOURAL GENETICS including: genetic bases of literacy and numeracy responses to genetic risk information ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY including: psychological factors that underlie environmental problems behaviour change related to environmental issues improving the effectiveness of climate change communication the role of self- transcending and self- enhancing values in environmental problems CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY including: adult mental disorders child and adolescent mental disorders

2 Dr Graham Jamieson Associate Professor Drew Khlentzos Dr Natasha Loi COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE, including: electroencephalograph (EEG) neurofeedback states of consciousness complex human cognition and decision making human reasoning reading and language in children and adults social cognition and theory of mind moral judgements and justifications DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY including: ageing bullying and victimisation risk- taking in adolescence ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY including: attitudes to older people at work competency beliefs and early work experiences workplace incivility interpersonal mistreatment in the workplace leadership occupational stress and situational appraisal organisational and management trust and personality organisational culture psychological resilience in the workplace and resilience training POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY including: emotional intelligence

3 self- efficacy the application of positive psychology constructs such as optimism, social support, self- compassion, hope and proactive coping to adult development and ageing Dr Amy Lykins Associate Professor John Malouff complex human cognition and decision making visual attention HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY including: anxiety, depression, sexual disorders and body image in both adults and young people HUMAN SEXUALITY HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY including: smoking marijuana use POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY including: sustainable positive affect emotional intelligence self- efficacy the application of positive psychology constructs such as optimism, social support, self- compassion, hope and proactive coping to adult development and ageing PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE including: drug and alcohol problems romantic relationships SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY

4 Dr Anthony Marks emotional effects of music human reasoning mindfulness optimism ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY including: psychological factors that underlie environmental problems effectiveness of climate change communication strategies PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR CHANGE including: anxiety, depression, sexual disorders and body image in both adults and young people drug and alcohol problems SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PERSONALITY including: aggressive behaviour personality and culture processes of emotional regulation self- control and regulation topics of mutual interest to myself and student

5 Dominic McNeil Dr Wendy Phillips SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY including: imagery motor learning athletic and exercise identity neurological changes associated with learning COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, including: complex human cognition and decision making optimism implicit and explicit processes HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY, including: alcohol problems in university students coping and problem solving influence of coping styles on health related behaviours influence of coping styles on health related behaviours the role of anticipated affect in health behaviours anxiety and depression in adults or children POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, including: self determination theory the application of positive psychology constructs such as optimism, social support, self- compassion, hope and proactive coping to adult development and ageing Psychopathology and behaviour change: mood disorders social anxiety

6 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, including: emotions processes of emotional regulation repression, suppression and forgetting Dr Ian Price HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY including: alcohol problems in university students anxiety, depression, sexual disorders and body image in both adults and young people influence of coping styles on health related behaviours ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY including: occupational stress and situational appraisal workaholism, psychological testing and personnel selection Dr Adam Rock Associate Professor Nicola Schutte mindfulness phenomenology altered states of consciousness TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY ANOMALISTIC PSYCHOLOGY POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY including: sustainable positive affect emotional intelligence self- efficacy self- determination theory

7 Dr Bruce Stevenson attentional blink attentional shifts autobiographical memory and collective memory bilingualism cognitive foundations of religion complex human cognition and decision making comprehending briefly presented stimuli concept learning by children and adults emotional effects of music face processing in the brain human reasoning impairments of music and rhythm perception and action priming (repetition priming, semantic priming, masked priming) reading and language in children and adults reading and reading disorders repetition blindness social cognition and theory of mind subliminal perception word recognition and letter perception DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY including: aging child witnesses concept learning by children and adults moral development

8 PERCEPTION including: face perception & recognition human spatial memory motion perception perception in general space perception visual illusions and/or aftereffects visual perception Dr Andrew Talk BIOPSYCHOLOGY including: animal models of addiction animal models of anxiety and memory disorders neurobiology of learning and memory Other studies of common interest between myself and student LEARNING & MEMORY Dr Einar Thorsteinsson ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY including: behaviour change related to environmental issues HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY including: alcohol problems in university students anxiety, depression, sexual disorders and body image in both adults and young people attitudes towards physical differences resulting from illness coping and problem solving coping with illness factors associated with illness prevention

9 influence of coping styles on health related behaviours obesity psychological correlates and outcomes of organic disease the role of anticipated affect in health behaviours social support cardiovascular reactivity POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY including: sustainable positive affect emotional intelligence self- efficacy the application of positive psychology constructs such as optimism, social support, self- compassion, hope and proactive coping to adult development and ageing Dr Sue Watt ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY including: psychological factors that underlie environmental problems SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PERSONALITY including: attitudes and persuasion stereotypes and prejudice immigration and acculturation internet and social media effects in social psychology