EVENT: Psychology Colloquium (Special Time!): Luke Smillie: Making a mark on ones milieu: Why it feels good to be and act extraverted
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Psychology Colloquium (Special Time!): Luke Smillie: Making a mark on ones milieu: Why it feels good to be and act extraverted |
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Presenter: Dr. Luke Smillie
Dr. Luke Smillie completed a PhD at the University of Queensland in 2005. From then until 2011 he was at the University of London; firstly as a postdoctoral fellow, and then as a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer. In 2011 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, at The University of Melbourne, where he is director of the Personality Processes Lab. Dr. Smillie's research concerns personality, and has largely concerned traits within the extraversion "domain", including reward-motivation, sociability and positive affectivity. He has authored over 50 articles and chapters in this area.
Title: Making a mark on ones milieu: Why it feels good to be and act extraverted
ABSTRACT:
The personality trait extraversion is associated with higher positive affect, and individuals who behave in an extraverted way experience increased positive affect. I will describe four studies concerning qualitative aspects of social experience that may help to explain the coherence of extraversion and positive affect. The first study (N=225, 58% female), shows that perceptions of 'social impact' mediate the relation between trait extraversion and trait positive affect. The second study (N=81, 75% female) shows that a momentary assessment of social impact mediates the effect of experimentally manipulated extraverted behaviour on state positive affect. The third study (N=79, 77% female) replicates this experiment, and shows that the mediating role of social impact generalises to the conceptually similar construct of 'social power'. Finally, the fourth study (N=62, 63% female) provides a further replication, this time using Experience Sampling Methods to study fluctuations in extraverted behaviour and associated states in daily life. Together, these studies suggests that one's sense of influencing or impacting upon social affairs may help to explain the positive affectivity of extraverted individuals, and of all individuals who behave in an extraverted way.
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Dr. Luke Smillie
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Location |
ARTS Lecture room 4
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Contact |
Admin Psy
<[email protected]>
: 6488 3267
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Start |
Fri, 09 Oct 2015 13:00
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End |
Fri, 09 Oct 2015 14:00
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Submitted by |
Admin Psy <[email protected]>
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Last Updated |
Mon, 05 Oct 2015 16:47
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