In collaboration with Net Zero Atlantic and several academics from UNB, Dalhousie, UPEI and Cape Breton University, in Fall 2023 the lab will begin working on research projects related to better understanding pro-environmental behaviours in Atlantic Canada. Federal funding for this project is provided by Environment and Climate Change Canada and Mitacs.

Day, M. V., & Norton, M. I. (2023). Perceived and ideal inequality in university endowments in the United States. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49(8), 1151-1165.

Congratulations for graduating honours students Haley, Shawna and Barika!
Haley and Shawna also presented their honours research at the Science Atlantic Conference in Halifax.

Our lab members came together to celebrate the end of another great semester. 

Happy Holidays to everyone! .

This article is open-access and includes some open-science practices such as preregistration and open materials. 

McAleese, O., & Day, M. V. (2022). Some Psychological Determinants of Broad Union Attitudes. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 10(2), 588-606.

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!

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.

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

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

A few new lab publications. Huge congrats to Master's student - Anna Keshabyan - on her first author paper!

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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.

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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.

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The research project by Genge & Day (Psychological Barriers to Educational Funding for Aboriginal Students) is now available as a preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/k4dzv/

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The spotlight is on: Martin Day SPSP Member Profile

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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. 

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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.

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Back row: Jonah, Julia, Olivia, Marty

Front row: Owen, Chan, Samantha

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Congrats to Anna Keshabyan and Mike Ryan for completing their Master's degrees. Two years in the societal cognition lab - well done! 

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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!

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https://gazette.mun.ca/research/hard-work-rewarded/

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Congratulations to our recent graduates Kathleen and Mark who have both finished their undergraduate degrees in Psychology!

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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