The meetings of the psychology department research series are usually held every first Thursday of the months of the academic year from 11.00 - 12.30 p.m., room number TBA.

If you are interested in attending meetings or in presenting your research in the psychology department research series, please contact the research series coordinator, Dr. Julia Pitters, pitters@webster.ac.at.

Dates, topics, and presenters - 2010

September 2

• Julia Pitters: The financial crisis and the common good. How are state interventions justified from an ethical viewpoint?
• Thomas Oberlechner: Overconfidence in investment skills? Demographic differences, luck attributions, and the role of perceived market mood.

October 7

• Effy Tzemou: Emotional regulation and burn out in international school teachers.

November 4

• Thomas Oberlechner: Anticipating Outcomes of Soccer Games: How Perceived Expertise, Topic Importance, and Luck influence Spectators’ Prediction Confidence.
• Sabine Hambrecht: The Impact of Child Sexual Abuse on Long-term Romantic Relationships in Adulthood: Trust and Intimacy.

December 2

• Julia Pitters: Moneyvellianism? The impact of money priming on machiavellianism, social responsibility and charity.