Psychoquium
2011-2012
Description: The Psychoquium is a lecture series organized by graduate students in the Department of Psychology for members of the Psychology Department (academics, staff, graduate and undergraduate students), members of the University community, and the public at large.
Mandate: The Psychoquium lecture series promotes the interdisciplinary nature of psychology. The Psychoquium offers a venue for psychologists and members of related fields to present and discuss topics of interest and relevance to the field of psychology.
Format: Presentations within the Psychoquium lecture series are designed to be of keynote address style.
Speakers: Presentations in the Psychoquium lecture series are by invitation of the Psychoquium Organizing Committee. The Organizing Committee makes every effort to invite a broad spectrum of speakers from within and outside the University of Alberta to highlight the interdisciplinary nature of the field of psychology.
The Committee: The Psychoquium Organizing Committee is comprised of five graduate students from the Department of Psychology. Appointment to the Organizing Committee is by personal interest. The current chairperson is Danielle Lubyk.
Psychoquium: a lecture series brought to you by the Graduate Psychology Association
2011-2012 Committee Members:
Danielle Lubyk(chair), Allison Hahn, Ruojing Zhou, Yang Fang, & Matt Russell(webmaster)
Next talk:
Friday, April 13th at 3:30 pm CCIS 1-160
Psychoquium 2011-2012 Schedule:
Speaker: Dr. William Bukowski (Concordia University)
Title: Sources of contextual/cultural variations in the functional significance of experiences with peers.
Date: Friday, April 13, 2012 at 3:30
Location: Rm 1-160 CCIS
Abstract: The idea that the significance ascribed to particular forms of experience will vary across contexts as a function of different emphasis on culturally-relevant constructs such as individualism and collectivism was studied in a cross national study of the protective effects of friendship and peer acceptance in the peer group. The findings show that collectivism potentiates the protective effects of friendship whereas individualism potentiates the protective effects of acceptance. These effects will be discussed according to our conception of the meaning structures that moderate the functioning of the peer group.
Speaker: Dr. Martin Mrazik (University of Alberta - Educational Psychology Department)
Title: The influence of testosterone on pre-natal development. " Click for more detail.
Date: Friday, December 2nd from 2-3 PM
Location: P-226
Abstract: Case studies of the extremely gifted often uncover unusual but unique personal histories.
Geschwind, Behand and Galaburda originially hypothesized that possible prenatal factors, like exposure to high testosterone
levels in utero, led to "the gifted brain" (known as the GBG Hypothesis). This presentation will review current neurophysiological
and neuroanatomical findings in the gifted population and revisits the GBG Hypothesis in lieu of this new evidence.
History of Psychoquium
Founded in 1995, the Psychoquium continues to be a dynamic and exciting component of the Psychology Department. The first year of the Psychoquium saw presentations primarily from within the Department, although there were several external speakers, including Tim Tully from Cold Springs Harbor. During the second year the Psychoquium Organizing Committee attempted to increase the number of external speakers in the series (e.g., Drs. Kenneth Gergen, Ray Klein, Don Read, and David Young. This trend has been continued and this year's Organizing Committee is excited by the broad cross section of Psychoquium speakers that have been invited from within and without the Psychology Department, including two out of province presentations. In 1997-1998 the Psychoquium collaborated with the organizers of the Psychology Department's Joseph R.Royce Research Conference to better serve the ideals of the Psychoquium's mandate.
To date, the Psychoquium has provided a venue for speakers from the departments of anthropology, computer science, and psychology, as well as invited speakers from universities in both the United States and Canada. Some of the topics covered have included repressed-memory syndrome, the relation between culture and personality, recent breakthroughs in cognitive science, and the potential contributions of postmodernism to psychology.
Contact Info:
For more information contact Danielle Lubyk (lubyk@ualberta.ca)
