Dr. Martin V. Day
SOCIETAL COGNITION LAB
LAB NEWS
Recent student achievements!
July 26, 2021
Congratulations to Chan for completing his MSc degree, and for graduating honours students Maddison, Greg and Rachel! A second congrats to Rachel who won the University Medal for Academic Excellence in Psychology!
Also, a big congrats to Jonah for successfully defending his PsyD thesis!
Lab articles published
July 26, 2021
Genge, O., & Day, M.V. (2021). Explaining support for post-secondary educational funding for Indigenous students. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 53, 304-314.
Nadler, J., Day, M.V., Beshai, S., & Mishra, S. (2020). The relative deprivation trap: How feeling deprived relates to symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 10, 897-922.
New lab publications!
November 06, 2020
Congrats to lab students Olivia Genge (now at Dalhousie University) and Jonah Nadler on their recent first-author publications! Both research projects followed open science practices, including preregistration, and Olivia's project is fully available at OSF (materials, syntax, data).
Genge, O., & Day, M.V. (In Press). Explaining support for post-secondary educational funding for Indigenous students. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science.
Nadler, J., Day, M.V., Beshai, S., & Mishra, S. (Accepted). The relative deprivation trap: How feeling deprived relates to symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Check out these lab preprints and open data!
August 01, 2020
Pre-prints
McAleese, O., & Day, M. V. (2020). Some Psychological Barriers of Broad Union Support. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/23amr
Day, M. V., & Norton, M. I. (2020). Well Endowed? The Actual, Estimated and Ideal Inequality of University Endowments. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/cuqmb
Data
Genge, O., & Day, M. V. (2020). Explaining Support for Post-Secondary Educational Funding for Indigenous Students. Retrieved from osf.io/mb9nu
New lab publications!
June 01, 2020
A few new lab publications. Huge congrats to Master's student - Anna Keshabyan - on her first author paper!
Keshabyan, A., & Day, M.V. (2020). Concerned whether you’ll make it in life? Status anxiety uniquely explains job satisfaction. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1123.
Landy, J.F., Jia, M., Ding, I.L., Viganola, D., Tierney, W., …Day, M.V., … (2020). Crowdsourcing hypothesis tests: Making transparent how design choices shape research results. Psychological Bulletin, 146, 451-479.
Davidai, S., Day, M., Goya-Tocchetto, D., Hauser, O., Jachimowicz, J., Mirza, M. U., … Tepper, S. (June, 2020). We have a rare opportunity to create a stronger, more equitable society. Behavioral Scientist.
New Lab Preprint Now Available!
February 03, 2020
The research project by Genge & Day (Psychological Barriers to Educational Funding for Aboriginal Students) is now available as a preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/k4dzv/
Congrats to the lab graduates!
August 31, 2019
Congrats to Katie on completing her MAPS degree, as well as graduating honours students Olivia and Maggie, as well lab research assistant Liam, all who have gone on to graduate school programs.
New Lab Publication
April 10, 2019
Day, M. V., & Fiske, S. T. (2019). Understanding the nature and consequences of social mobility beliefs (pp. 365-380). In J. Jetten & K. Peters (Eds.), The social psychology of inequality. Springer.
Owen at Psychology Research Day

April 08, 2019
Olivia at Psychology Research Day

April 08, 2019
Maggie at Psychology Research Day

April 08, 2019
Quidi Vidi Lab Hike November 2018

November 09, 2018
Quidi Vidi Lab Hike November 2018

November 08, 2018
Back row: Jonah, Julia, Olivia, Marty
Front row: Owen, Chan, Samantha
Congrats to Anna and Mike!
August 31, 2018
Congrats to Anna Keshabyan and Mike Ryan for completing their Master's degrees. Two years in the societal cognition lab - well done!
Kathleen at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science Conference

July 11, 2018
Congratulations to Mark for Winning Best Honours Poster 2018
June 06, 2018
Mark's honours poster, 'Can Our Perceptions of Social Mobility Affect How We Feel About Immigrants?', recently won best poster at the department’s annual research day. Read more about the event in the Gazette article below!
https://gazette.mun.ca/research/hard-work-rewarded/
Recent Grads!
June 06, 2018
Congratulations to our recent graduates Kathleen and Mark who have both finished their undergraduate degrees in Psychology!
Kathleen at Psychology Research Day 2018

June 06, 2018
Mark at Psychology Research Day 2018

June 06, 2018
Summer Achievements!

September 06, 2017
Degrees Obtained:
Master's Degree in Psychological Science: Yirong Qin
Undergraduate Honours Degree in Psychology: Hilary Power
Undergraduate Honours Degree in Psychology: Emma Walsh
Research Awards:
Science Undergraduate Research Award: Rebecca Collins
Canada Summer Jobs Research Position: Kathleen Daly
Emma at Psychology Research Day

April 06, 2017
Hilary at Psychology Research Day

April 06, 2017
Social Mobility Article In The News

January 17, 2017
New Lab Publication
September 29, 2016
Day, M.V., & Fiske, S.T. (in press). Movin’ on Up? How Perceived Social Mobility Affects Willingness to Defend the System. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Supplementary-Material
Summer Achievements by Lab Members

August 31, 2016
Samrah Humayun: Master's degree in Psychological Science
Mike Ryan: Undergraduate Honours degree in Psychology
Nicole Rodriguez: NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award
Congrats!!!