Social and Cultural Cognition group members
View the members of our Social and Cultural Cognition (SCC) research group.
Social and Cultural Cognition (SCC)
Our research covers various areas in social psychology to understand social and cultural cognition and its underpinnings at both individual and societal levels.
The SCC Group
The SCC group forms part of the Department of Psychology. We aim to understand how people perceive and process information about others and their social world, both on an individual level and on a broader group, societal, and cross-cultural level.
SCC Topics
We examine social cognition topics including immanent justice reasoning, lay theories and beliefs about society and human nature, creativity and openness, and cognitive underpinnings of social attitudes and behaviours.
Social and Cultural Cognition group projects
A selection of current research projects conducted by the Social and Cultural Cognition group.
Featured Projects
A selection of current research projects conducted by the Social and Cultural Cognition group.
The effects of mental representations of children on prosocial motivation
Does children's salience encourage us to help and support others? This project focuses on the role of children in our values, attitudes and behaviour.
‘More unites us than divides us’ say researchers
New research suggests that people are much more united in their beliefs and values than media reporting would suggest.
‘Remainers’ and ‘Leavers’ more united than divided, study finds
New research suggests those who voted to leave and those who voted to remain have much more in common than is typically assumed.
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