The next psychology colloquium is scheduled for Wednesday - October 30th at 3:30pm in BOUS A106. Dr. David A. Kenny from UConn will be presenting his talk titled " Metaperception and Meta-accuracy: A Research Odyssey". We hope that you will join us!
Abstract: Metaperception refers to what person A thinks that person B thinks of person A and meta-accuracy refers to validity of metaperceptions. In this talk, I review a lifetime of my research on this topic. Considered are metaperceptions of both personality and attraction. Among the key results to be reviewed is the strong tendency of people to think others generally see them the same way, how metaperceptions are both accurate and biased, and theoretical models of metaperception. In the talk, I consider key events in this research endeavor, which include a fortunate journal rejection, a National Inquirer article, and UConn fraternities and sororities.
The remaining colloquium scheduled is listed below. All talks will take place in BOUS A106 at 3:30pm on Wednesday’s unless otherwise noted.
February 26, 2020
Dr. Dan Swingley, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Title: TBA
March 4, 2020
Dr. Vic Ferreira, Department of Psychology, UC San Diego.
Title: TBA
March 11, 2020
Dr. Robin Vallacher, Department of Psychology, Florida Atlantic University.
Title: TBA
March 25, 2020
Dr. Robert Astur, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut
Tenure Talk
Title: TBA
April 1, 2020
Dr. Inge-Marie Eigsti, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut
Tenure Talk
Title: TBA
April 15, 2020
Dr. Ian Stevenson, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut
Tenure Talk
Title: TBA
psychology.uconn.edu
For more information, contact: Shu Jiang at shu.2.jiang@uconn.edu