BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//UBC Department of Psychology//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://psych.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:UBC Department of Psychology - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20170210T1803Z-1486749781.8049-EO-10703-1904@10.93.0.117 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240328T033908Z CREATED:20160919T224730Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200402T181119Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170216T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20170216T135000 SUMMARY: Colloquium with Dr. William Cunningham DESCRIPTION: FEATURING Dr. William Cunningham\, University of Toronto TITLE The inevitability of prejudice? ABSTRACT Early research from social cognit ive neuroscience bolstered an already pessimistic view of intergroup cognit ion and emotion. Brain responses to outgroup members occurred quickly (with in 100s of milliseconds) and to stimuli that people reported not being able to see. Although control was possible\, […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Dr. William Cunningham\, University of Toronto
The inevitab ility of prejudice?
Early research from social cognitive neuros cience bolstered an already pessimistic view of intergroup cognition and em otion. Brain responses to outgroup members occurred quickly (within 100s of milliseconds) and to stimuli that people reported not being able to see. A lthough control was possible\, the brain signals associated with control ha d later ironic negative side effects for cognitive control. In this talk\, I will review the theory and evidence that appears to support an ‘inevitabi lity of prejudice’ view\, but also present new(er) data that may allow for a more optimistic view on prejudice and the reduction of group bias. Specif ically\, I will suggest that group categorization is flexible and dynamic\, and that the reconstrual of social group membership may allow for changes in automatic processing in social perception and evaluation without the cog nitive costs of suppression.
William Cunningham's research takes a social cogniti ve neuroscience approach and explores the cognitive and motivational proces ses underlying emotional responses. His main area of focus is the affective evaluations of people and objects that guide thought and behaviour.
Annually the Department of Psychology hosts a Colloquia Series throughout the academic y ear.
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