Dr Adam Wang ~ Senior Lecturer Psychology

Dr Adam Wang comes from a social cognition background. His current research entails classic experimental social psychology topics such as embodied cognition, revenge, impression formation, and social exclusion. Adam has published in some of the most top-ranked peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP), Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), and Perspectives on Psychological Science (PPS), as well as high-ranking peer-reviewed journals, such as European Journal of Social Psychology, Motivation and Emotion, and Contemporary Educational Psychology.

 

Currently Available PhD Projects:

• Defense against fake news
• Insidious effects of personality (mis)perceptions

If you are interested in doing your PhD in one of the above research topics, or if you have a self-generated social psychology topic that you wish to do your PhD on, please get in touch by first sending a short cover letter (1 page max) detailing your suitability and interest, academic transcripts, and a CV with contact details of 2 referees

Teaching

• PY3108: Personality Psychology: Decoding the Mysteries of Humans (Level 3; SIN)
• PY3110: Sensing and Interpreting the World: a Psychological Perspective (Level 3; SIN)
• PY4106: Group Project Part 1 of 2 (Level 4; SIN)
• PY4107: Group Project Part 2 of 2 (Level 4; SIN)

Research Disciplines

• Social and personality psychology (5205)
• Cognitive and computational psychology (5204)
• Applied and developmental psychology (5201)

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Journal Articles

• Gao C, Wang D, Miao X, Chan K and Wang Z (2021) Close-knit ties through thick and thin: sharing social exclusion and acceptance enhances social bond. European Journal of Social Psychology, 51 (1), pp. 197-211, DOI:10.1002/ejsp.2729.
• Wang D, Ziano I, Hagger M and Chatzisarantis N (in press) Loudness perceptions influence feelings of interpersonal closeness and protect against detrimental psychological effects of social exclusion. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, , DOI:10.1177/01461672211015896.
• Ziano I and Wang D (in press) Slow lies: response delays promote perceptions of insincerity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, , DOI:10.1037/pspa0000250.
• Wang D, Hagger M and Chatzisarantis N (2020) Ironic effects of thought suppression: a meta-analysis. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15 (3), DOI:10.1177/1745691619898795.
• Chatzisarantis N, Ada E, Ahmadi M, Caltabiano N, Wang D, Thogersen-Ntoumani C and Hagger M (2019) Differential effects of perceptions of equal, favourable and unfavourable autonomy support on educational and well-being outcomes. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 58, pp. 33-43, DOI:10.1016/j.cedpsych.2019.02.002.
• Chatzisarantis N, Yli-Piipari S, Schriefer L, Wang D, Barkoukis V and Hagger M (2019) Is the relationship between physical activity intentions and behaviour convex? A test across 13 studies. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 43, pp. 114-122, DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2019.01.013.
• Wang D, Chatzisarantis N and Hagger M (2018) Why distractors with need-supportive content can mitigate ironic effects of thought suppression. Motivation and Emotion, 42 (2), pp. 214-224, DOI:10.1007/s11031-017-9653-3.
• Wang D, Chatzisarantis N and Hagger M (2017) Mechanisms underlying effective thought suppression using focused-distraction strategies: a self-determination theory approach. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4 (4), pp. 367-380, DOI:10.1037/cns0000138.

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