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Volume 12 Issue 1 (March 2022)
Announcement
Professor David Chan has been reappointed as a member of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) for a two-year term from January 2022. The SSRC was established to promote research and scholarship that meets key challenges in Singapore and in the region, strengthen the network of researchers and policymakers, and develop programmes to help nurture local talent in the social sciences and humanities fields. Members of the SSRC are appointed by Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
Highlights of Recent BSI Webinars
25 Jan 2022
Kenneth Tan, Assistant Professor of Psychology at SMU, presented a webinar titled “Awareness of attachment security: The self-regulation of attachment styles”. He discussed how people’s attachment security and self-regulatory processes may influence attachment style in close relationships.
8 Feb 2022
Brandon Koh, Assistant Professor of Psychology at SUSS, presented a webinar titled "Is busyness good or bad for you?". He discussed busyness as an individuals’ self-regulated affective state and how busyness and anticipated workload may interact to influence cognitive performance.
22 Feb 2022
Dr Bobby Cheon, Stadtman Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at NIH, USA, presented a webinar title "The application of essentialism to understanding consumer judgments of food". He discussed how consumers’ essentialism beliefs may shape their food perceptions.
15 Mar 2022
Sheila Wee, Psychology PhD Candidate at SMU, presented a webinar title "In or out? Unpacking cross-cultural differences in monoracials’ categorization and perceptions of biracials". She discussed how White Americans and Chinese Singaporeans may differ in the way they group and evaluate biracials.
29 Mar 2022
Shuna Khoo, Psychology PhD Candidate at SMU, presented a webinar title "Resisting Problematic Smartphone Use: Distracter Resistance Strengthens Grit’s Protective Effect Against Problematic Smartphone Use". She discussed the relationships linking cognitive inhibition and problematic smartphone use.
Insights and Applications from Behavioural Sciences
In this section on Insights and Applications from behavioural sciences, we feature the prestigious Raymond Katzell Award conferred on BSI Director Professor David Chan by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology for his outstanding contributions in using scientific research to address social issues and make a difference to people and society. More information can be found in the SMU webstory and The Straits Times report below and the video clip of Professor Chan’s award acceptance speech at the Annual SIOP conference in the United States.
The Behavioural Sciences Initiative (BSI) is a multi-disciplinary research initiative for creating, disseminating and applying scientific knowledge about human behaviours in various social, organisational and cultural settings. For more information, please refer to our website.
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