Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

The 2008 Group Processes and Intergroup Relations SPSP pre-conference is over – with 125 delegates, 9 speakers, 33 posters and a drinks reception hosted by SAGE publications, it was extremely successful.

The 2009 preconference, to be held in Tampa, is being organized by Jared Kenworthy (University of Texas, Arlington) and Miles Hewstone (Oxford University). For enquiries contact Jared (kenworthy@uta.edu) or Miles (miles.hewstone@psy.ox.ac.uk).

Details follow about the 2008 pre-conference.

The Group Processes and Intergroup Relations pre-conference at the 2008 Society for Personality and Social Psychology meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was organized by Michael Hogg, John Levine and Danielle Blaylock. Follow this link to view the conference program.

A very impressive line-up of nine talks captured the diversity of contemporary research on group processes and intergroup relations.

• Brenda Major (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Wendy Barry Mendes (Harvard University). “Through a glass darkly: How attributional ambiguity shapes intergroup interactions”
• Carsten de Dreu, Bernard Nijstadt (University of Amsterdam), and Daan van Knippenberg (Erasmus University). “Motivated information processing in group judgment and decision making”
• Diane Mackie (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Eliot Smith (Indiana University). “Improving intergroup relations: An intergroup emotions theory perspective”
• Dominic Abrams (University of Kent), Jose Marques (University of Porto), Adam Rutland, and Georgina Randsley de Moura (University of Kent). “Strength from within: On the strategic interplay of intragroup and intergroup judgments”
• Kipling Williams (Purdue University). “Pain and the various behavioral paths that flow from ostracism”
• Matthew Hornsey (University of Queensland). “Why being right isn’t enough: A model predicting resistance in the face of group criticism”
• Naomi Ellemers (Leiden University), Colin Leach (University of Sussex), Manuela Barreto (Leiden University), and Stefano Pagliaro (University of Chieti Pescara). “Morality as a source of ingroup value and as a normative guideline for individual group members”
• Norbert Kerr, Matthew M. Piszczek, Dong-Heong Seok, and Adam Stivers (Michigan State University). “Social disapproval and cooperation in social dilemmas”
• Radmila Prislin and Jennifer Filson (San Diego State University). “Converting vs. broadening others’ minds in pursuit of social change”

Contacts

If you have any questions contact Danielle Blaylock: danielle.blaylock@cgu.edu