Dr Simon Laham
BSc (Hons), PhD
ARC/APD Research Fellow/Lecturer
Personal webpage: www.simonlaham.com Email: slaham AT unimelb.edu.au |
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| telephone: +61 3 8344 3974 |
I received my PhD from the University of New South Wales in 2006. I have since held post-doctoral positions at the universities of Oxford and Melbourne. I am currently an ARC Research Fellow and lecturer in Psychological Sciences.
I have two main research interests: (1) the psychology of morality and (2) cultural dynamics.
My work on the psychology of morality focuses on the emotional, social, and cognitive processes underpinning moral judgment and behaviour.
My work on cultural dynamics focuses on the non-verbal communication of cultural information, such as attitudes, beliefs and values. This work considers some of the basic processes involved in the formation, maintenance, and change of cultures over time.
Research Interests:
Social psychology; social cognition; morality; cultural dynamics
Recent Funded Research:
| Project: | Implicit Transmission of Embodied Culture |
| Year: | 2010-2012 |
| Funded by: | Australian Research Council |
Selected Publications
(see www.simonlaham.com for selected pdfs):
Koval, P., Laham, S. M., Haslam, N., Bastian, B., & Whelan, J. A. (in press). Our flaws are more human than yours: Ingroup bias in humanizing negative characteristics. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Laham, S. M. (in press). Ease of retrieval and the moral circle. Social Psychology.
Bastian, B., Laham, S. M., Wilson, S., Haslam, N., & Koval, P. (in press). Moral dimensions of humanness: Blaming, praising and protecting our humanity. British Journal of Social Psychology.
Haslam, N., & Laham, S. M. (2010). Quality, quantity and impact in academic publication. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 216-220
Laham, S. M., Lalljee, M., Tam, T., & Hewstone, M. (2010). Respect for persons in the intergroup context: The mediating roles of intergroup emotions and self-other overlap. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 13, 301-313.
Laham, S. M., Lalljee, M., Chopra, S., & Parkinson, B. (2010). Emotional and behavioural reactions to moral transgressions: Cross-cultural and individual variations in India and Britain. International Journal of Psychology, 45, 64-71.
Kashima, Y., Bain, P., Haslam, N., Peters, K., Laham, S. M., Whelan, J., Bastian, B., Loughnan, S., Kaufman, L., & Fernando, J. W. (2009). A folk theory of social change. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 12, 227-246.
Laham, S. M., Alter, A. L., & Goodwin, G. (2009). Easy on the mind, easy on the wrongdoer: Discrepantly fluent violations are deemed less morally wrong. Cognition, 112, 462-466.
Lalljee, M., Tam, T., Hewstone, M., Laham, S. M., & Lee, J. (2009). Unconditional respect for persons and the prediction of intergroup action tendencies. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 666-683.
Laham, S. M. (2009). Expanding the moral circle: Inclusion and exclusion mindsets and the circle of moral regard. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 250-253.
Laham, S. M., & Forgas, J. P. (2007). Recency effect. In R. Baumeister & K. Vohs, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Forgas, J. P., & Laham, S. M. (2007). Halo effect. In R. Baumeister & K. Vohs, (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Forgas, J. P., Wyland, C. L., & Laham, S. M. (2006). Hearts and minds: An introduction to the role of affect in social cognition and behavior. In J. P. Forgas (Ed.), Affect in social thinking and behavior. Psychology Press.
Dunn, E., & Laham, S.M. (2006). A user’s guide to emotional time travel: Progress on key issues in affective forecasting. In J. P. Forgas (Ed.), Affect in social thinking and behavior. Psychology Press.
Forgas, J. P., Laham, S. M., & Vargas, P. (2005). Mood effects on misleading questions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41(6), 574-588.
Laham, S. M., Gonsalkorale, K., & von Hippel, W. (2005). Darwinian grandparenting: Preferential investment in more certain kin. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 63-72.
Forgas, J. P., Williams, K. D., & Laham, S. M. (2004). Social motivation: Conscious and unconscious processes. New York: Cambridge University Press.