Dr Jonathan Ramsay ~ Senior Lecturer, JCU Singapore

Profile:

My name is Jonathan Ramsay. I’m currently a Senior Lecturer of Psychology at James Cook University, Singapore. I received a PhD in psychology from Nanyang Technological University in 2014, and a BA in psychology and physiology from the University of Oxford in 2005. Prior to joining JCU I was a Lecturer and then a Senior Lecturer at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS).

My research interests span areas of personality and social psychology, with a particular emphasis on the psychology of religion (including the consequences of religious belief and non-belief) and the relationships between personality, attitudes, and well-being. My current research projects examine the way religious individuals explain daily events, as well as individual differences in the relationship between subjective authenticity and well-being.

I have published in several international peer-reviewed journals, such as Nature Human Behaviour, the Journal of Research in Personality, Political Psychology, and Motivation and Emotion.

Current Projects:

• Religiosity, teleological reasoning, positive emotions and well-being
• Understanding diversity in salvation beliefs within and across religions
• Moral reasoning and decision-making in members of Eastern religions
• Authenticity, Machiavellianism, and work-life outcomes
• Teleological reasoning and system justification

I am currently seeking expressions of interest from potential PhD students wishing to work in one of the above areas.

Please get in touch to discuss a possible fee waiver for outstanding candidates.

Teaching

• PY1102: Exploring Psychology: from Perception to Reality (Level 1; SIN)
• PY2110: Intersections of Psychology and Law: Forensic Psychology (Level 2; SIN)

Interests

Research

• Effects of Religious Priming
• Antecedents and Consequences of Religious Non-Belief
• Meaning, Teleological Explanations, and Well-Being
• Subjective Authenticity
• Implicit and Explicit Motives

Experience

• 2016 to 2018 - Senior Lecturer, Singapore University of Social Sciences (Singapore)
• 2014 to 2016 - Lecturer, Singapore University of Social Sciences (Singapore)

Research Disciplines

• Psychology (1701)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding Knowledge (9701)
• Media Services (8904)
• Religion and Ethics (9504)

Awards

• 2010 to 2014 - NTU Research Scholarship, Nanyang Technological University
• 2013 - Best Group Presentation Award, East Asian University Institute for Asian Regional Integration Summer School, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, July 2013
• 2012 to 2013 - Home Team Research Award, Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Gervais W, van Elk M, Xygalatas D, McKay R, Aveyard M, Buchtel E, Dar-Nimrod I, Kundtová Klocová E, Ramsay J, Riekki T, Svedholm-Häkkinen A and Bulbulia J (2018) Analytic atheism: a cross-culturally weak and fickle phenomenon? Judgment and Decision Making, 13 (3). pp. 268-274
• Qiu L, Chen J, Ramsay J and Lu J (2018) Personality predicts words in favorite songs. Journal of Research in Personality, 78. pp. 25-35
• Ramsay J, Tong E, Chowdhury A and Ho M (in press) Teleological explanation and positive emotion serially mediate the effect of religion on well‐being. Journal of Personality,
• Gervais W, Xygalatas D, McKay R, van Elk M, Buchtel E, Aveyard M, Schiavone S, Dar-Nimrod I, Svedholm-Häkkinen A, Kundtová Klocová E, Ramsay J and Bulbulia J (2017) Global evidence of extreme intuitive moral prejudice against atheists. Nature Human Behaviour, 1.
• Lin Q, Lu J, Ramsay J, Yang S, Qu W and Zhu T (2017) Personality expression in Chinese language use. International Journal of Psychology, 52 (6). pp. 463-472
• Ramsay J, Pang J, Ho M and Chan K (2017) Need for power predicts career intent in university students. Journal of Career Assessment, 25 (3). pp. 389-404
• Ramsay J and Pang J (2017) Anti-immigrant prejudice in rising East Asia: a stereotype content and integrated threat analysis. Political Psychology, 38 (2). pp. 227-244
• Ramsay J, Tong E, Pang J and Chowdhury A (2016) A puzzle unsolved: failure to observe different effects of God and religion primes on intergroup attitudes. PLoS ONE, 11.
• Ramsay J, Yang F, Pang J, Lai C, Ho R and Mak K (2015) Divergent pathways to influence: cognition and behavior differentially mediate the effects of optimism on physical and mental quality of life in Chinese university students. Journal of Health Psychology, 20 (7). pp. 963-973
• Yang F, Ramsay J, Schultheis O and Pang J (2015) Need for achievement moderates the effect of motive-relevant challenge on salivary cortisol changes. Motivation and Emotion, 39 (3). pp. 321-334
• Ramsay J, Pang J, Johnson Shen M and Rowat W (2014) Rethinking value violation: priming religion increases prejudice in Singaporean Christians and Buddhists. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 24 (1).
• Ramsay J and Pang J (2013) Set ambiguity: a key determinant of reliability and validity in the picture story exercise. Motivation and Emotion, 37 (4). pp. 661-674

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