Sumários
Coordination lecture
27 Maio 2021, 14:00 • Rita Sousa
Reflection on the programme,
Feedback
Explanation of the evaluation procedure
Clarification of doubts
Experiences of Victimization by Peers and Staff in Residential Care from an Ecological Perspective
13 Maio 2021, 10:00 • Rita Sousa
Lecture given by Prof. Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Summary: The lecture brings together a series of findings from a large-scale study of the victimization experiences of Israeli Arab and Jewish youth by peers and staff while staying in residential care settings for children at risk. The study identifies various youth and institutional characteristics linked to increased vulnerability to various types of peer victimization (including physical, verbal, relational and sexual victimization) and victimization by staff (verbal and physical). It yields insights both about young people at risk of victimization and about the institutions where victimization is more likely to occur. These insights, as well as possible implications for child welfare policy and practice, will be discussed in the presentation.
The psychology of fake news
23 Abril 2021, 15:30 • Rita Sousa
Presentation by Rainer Greifeneder (University of Basel)
Fake news is false information disguised as news. Fake news has surged in the last decade, becoming a serious problem in politics, journalism, health communications, and perhaps most urgently, in fighting the spread of SARS-Cov-2. This talk provides insights into the psychological processes involved in the acceptance and dissemination of fake news, which are influenced by the changes to information communication associated with the popularity of online social networks. This talk further discusses a propaganda strategy that accuses others of disseminating fake news, thereby eroding trust in science, governments, and the fact-checking media. Because peaceful interaction and societal prosperity depend on trust, this propaganda strategy is a powerful means for upheaval that democratic societies and science need to find answers to
The Fluency Principle of Language Attitudes
22 Abril 2021, 16:00 • Rita Sousa
Presentation given by Marko Dragojevic, University of Kentucky
Language attitudes refer to people's evaluative reactions to language. Historically, language attitudes have been explained with reference to social categorization and stereotyping: Listeners use speakers' language to infer which social groups speakers belong to and attribute to them stereotypic traits associated with those groups. More recently, research has shown that language attitudes are also a function of listeners' processing fluency, defined as the ease or difficulty listeners experience processing a person's speech. According to the fluency principle of language attitudes, the more difficulty listeners experience processing a person's speech, the more negatively they evaluate that person. In this talk, I review my research on the fluency principle and discuss how fluency-based interventions can be used to reduce language-based prejudice and discrimination.
Humans adapt to social diversity over time
16 Abril 2021, 14:00 • Rita Sousa
Presentation given by Miguel Ramos, University of Birmingham
Humans have evolved cognitive processes favoring homogeneity, stability, and structure. These processes are, however, incompatible with a socially diverse world, raising wide academic and political concern about the future of modern societies. We found that although humans are initially inclined to react negatively to threats to homogeneity, with time, they tend to adapt to socially diverse environments, with benefits for those involved.