York University at SPSP in Sunny San Diego!

On February 8-10, 2024, members of York University's Social-Personality Area attended the annual SPSP conference in San Diego, California. Amidst the sunny skies and beautiful palm trees, the SP area presented their latest research findings, sharing insights and parking lively discussion among colleagues and peers alike.

Our area's presentations covered a wide range of topics:

Allen, E., & Steele, J. R. (2024, February 8-10). Pro-wealth or anti-elite bias? Examining attitudes toward the wealthy. The Society for Personality and Social Psychology. [Poster] San Diego, CA.

Chan, C.C., Manokara, K., & Kawakami, K. (2024, February). Impact of Emotional Tone of Confrontation on Perceptions of Confronters or Sexism. Poster presented at 2024 Society of Personality and Social Psychology Main Conference, Emotion Pre-Conference. San Diego, CA.

Fargnoli Brown, Z., Manokara, K., & Kawakami, K. (February 2024). How Changes in Emotional Expressions Impact Recognition for Black and White Perceivers. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychologymain conference, Emotion Pre-conference, San Diego, CA.

Kovacevic, K., Tu, E., Rosen, N. O., Raposo, S., & Muise, A. (2024, February). Is spontaneous sex ideal? Beliefs and perceptions of spontaneous and planned sex and satisfaction in romantic relationships. Poster presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Main Conference, Sexuality Pre-Conference, and Close Relationships Pre-Conference, San Diego, CA.

Lapytskaia Aidy, C., Colaco, P., Robinson, K.B., & Steele, J.R. (2024, February 9). Examining intersectional race- and gender-stereotypes about South Asian women in STEM [Poster presentation]. The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Conference, San Diego, United States.

Li, J., Ferrer, J., Rebrov, D. O., Nakagaki, T., & Struthers, C. W. (February 2024). Unravelling grudges: Exploring the interplay between hurt and anger. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Too, M.A., Tu. E., & Mar, R.A. (2024, February). Ride or Die: Defining Interpersonal Loyalty. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Torres, A., & Cheng, J. T. (2024, February). Making overconfidence less pernicious: Intervention to reduce people's reliance on confidence cues when assessing who warrants social status. Poster to be presented at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the Pre-Conference on Evolutionary Psychology. San Diego, CA.

Tran, H. N., & Kawakami, K. (February 2024). Direct and indirect judgments of ingroup trustworthiness: White participants' reluctance to judge Black faces as untrustworthy. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Tu, E., Liepmann, A., Reis, H. T., & Muise, A. (2024, February). "We just click with each other": Development of the Romantic Chemistry (RoCh) Scale. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Uppot, A., Raposo, S. Rosen, N.O., Corsini-Munt, S., Balzarini, R. N., Muise, A. (2024, Feb). Sexual responsiveness: The role of sexual growth and destiny beliefs. Poster presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Main Conference, Sexuality Pre-Conference, and Close Relationships Pre-Conference, San Diego, CA, USA.

Zhou, K. W., Kawakami, K., & Meyers, C. (2024). Equal exposure to the eyes reduces the Own-Race Bias. Poster presented at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference 2024, San Diego, CA.

Zhou, K. W., Baimel, A., & White, C. J. M. (2024). Karma is a b, so you do not have to be: Thinking about karma reduces punishment across cultures. Poster presented at the Psychology of Religion & Spirituality Preconference at Society of Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference 2024, San Diego, CA.

Check out the images below for snapshots of our memorable moments in San Diego!

Kaiwen (Kev) Zhou presenting his work with Dr. Cindel White at the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Pre-conference

Kat Kovacevic presenting her poster at the SPSP Main Conference

Miranda Too and Eric Tu presenting their work at the SPSP main conference.

Hannah Tran presenting their research at the SPSP main conference

Akshita Uppot presenting her research at the SPSP main conference

Zoe Fargnoli Brown presenting her research at the main conference

A sea lion spotted by Zoe Fargnoli Brown off the waterfront of the San Diego Convention Center

The Kawakami Social Cognition Research Group meeting at the 2024 Face and Body after party!

Patricia Colaco presenting her research at the SPSP main conference

A beautiful image of the waterfront from the San Diego Convention Center taken by Dr. Jennifer Steele

See you next year in Denver, Colorado, SPSP!