Social and Personality Psychology

• Which popular myths about male and female differences are unfounded?
• Why do extroverts tend to be happier than introverts?
• Does willingness to communicate in a second language assist with cross-cultural adaptation?
• Why do we make short-sighted financial decisions?
• What motivates us to engage in pro-social behaviours?

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
Behavioural Ethics, Affect and Meaning Lab	Laboratory Director Professor Brock Bastian
Evolution Lab	Director Dr Khandis Blake
Functions of Emotions in Everyday Life (FEEL) Research Lab
Moral Psychology Laboratory	Laboratory Director Dr Simon Laham
Negotiation and Interactive Behaviour Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Mara Olekalns
Personality Processes Laboratory	Laboratory Co-Director Professor Luke D Smillie Laboratory Co-Director Dr Hayley K Jach
Psychology for Environmental and Social Transformation (PEST) lab	Director Professor Iain Walker
Physical Appearance Research Team (PART)
Social Action Laboratory	Laboratory Director Professor Yoshihisa Kashima
Social Networks Laboratory	Director Dr Johan Koskinen
Social/Personality Laboratory	Director Professor Nick Haslam

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Research Partners

• Cancer Council Victoria
• Goldsmiths, University of London
• Melbourne Business School
• Monash University
• Northwestern University
• Padua University