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... we’ve featured in our pages more than Professor Stephen Reicher (University of St Andrews), and I make no apologies ... has no need to apologise for not using PowerPoint, it’s Reicher – combining research and real people with the whiff ...
So appalling, so appealing?
... on earth is the appeal of this man?’ So began Professor Stephen Reicher’s public talk, held at the Royal Society. While ... psychology as the science of the self and the individual, Reicher argued that understanding core psychological concepts...
Coronavirus – Psychological perspectives
... The public response Don’t personalise, collectivise! Stephen Reicher and John Drury The two psychologies and Coronavirus ... and Drury, with Clifford Stott The truth about panic Stephen Reicher, John Drury and Clifford Stott...
Tyranny revisited - Groups, psychological well-being and the health of societies
... This denies the capacity for human agency and choice (Reicher & Haslam, in press). And it suggests that – ... analysis easily ends up excusing the inexcusable (Haslam & Reicher, 2006). Beyond Stanford – The BBC Prison Study We ... processes, individual...
Why (almost) everything you know about Milgram is wrong
Standing in front of a keen psychology audience, Stephen Reicher (University of St Andrews) said he felt like he was ... experimenter. How can we understand this variability, Reicher asked, if the agentic state is true? Second, when we ...
Following, listening, or genuinely engaging?
... that transparency was vital to winning trust’. Professor Stephen Reicher (University of St Andrews) gave numerous examples of ... to the public, treat them as an asset not a problem,’ Reicher said, and recognise that ‘resilience is a property...
The road to Christchurch: A tale of two leaderships
... Christchurch killer is an ‘engaged follower’ (Haslam, Reicher & Van Bavel, 2019). That is, he is someone who ... and even unawareness of what they are doing (see Reicher, Haslam & Miller, 2014), we argue that such people ... outside rather than valued...
British Academy Fellowships
... Fellows to more than 1000 for the first time. Professor Stephen Reicher (University of St Andrews) was one of the psychologists who was newly elected as a Fellow. Reicher’s work has focused largely on the relationship ...
Annual Conference 2018 – the postgraduate perspective
... practices which can act as barriers to sharing. Professor Stephen Reicher gave a fascinating talk on the classic Milgram ... I consider the highlight of the conference to be Stephen Reicher’s keynote speech about the...
A ‘perilous and politicised’ pandemic response?
... occurred in the UK and other countries.’ Professor Stephen Reicher (University of St Andrews), a social psychologist and ... your choices, I think it leads to massive inequalities.’ Reicher said the pandemic had shown us the importance of ...
The psychology of physical distancing
... and attendees. John Drury (University of Sussex) Stephen Reicher (University of St Andrews) Nick Hopkins (Dundee ... 1 June 2020. References [1] Novelli, D., Drury, J., & Reicher, S. (2010). Come together: Two studies concerning ...
The cycle-ology of the Tour
... Tour’s past, have been through this? We asked Professor Stephen Joseph (University of Nottingham). He said: ‘Before ... in doping, see Box 1.) Social psychologist Professor Steve Reicher (St Andrews University) says that beliefs about ... the other riders.’ (...
Far from the maddening crowd
... maker Jon Ronson , praising the work of psychologists Stephen Reicher, Alexander Haslam and Clifford Stott, we thought we ... consider the impact of others on our behaviour. Stephen Reicher with Alexander Haslam Tyranny...
A web of coronavirus perspectives
... came to the fore during the crisis. Before lockdown began, Stephen Reicher and John Drury were urging ‘ don’t personalise, ... transport post-lockdown. Gender was on the agenda for Stephen Blumenthal , finding male clients more willing to ...
Debate about ideas, not about personalities
... so easily slip into roles as was once thought. Professor Stephen Reicher, Wardlaw Professor in the School of Psychology and ... Alex Haslam (University of Queensland) and Professor Reicher, whose BBC Prison Study also considered how ordinary ...
Psychology for students, and graduates
... journey into the heart of critical psychology - Dr Stephen Gibson with the '50-year mistake' of the Milgram ... - Professor Elizabeth Stokoe on conversation - Professor Stephen Reicher on Donald Trump and ISIS - Dr Ashley Weinberg on...
The truth about panic
... and to expert commentators is: don’t say panic ! Stephen Reicher, Wardlaw Professor of Psychology, University of St. ... Turner Publishing Company. [v] Drury, J., Cocking, C., & Reicher, S. (2009). Everyone for themselves? A comparative...
‘What is remarkable about what we've achieved is that it's unremarkable’
... work of social psychologists Chris Cocking, John Drury, Stephen Reicher and others . The Elaborated Social Identity Model (ESIM) of crowd behaviour developed by Reicher suggests that a common identity emerges among people ...
From openings to the power of music
... have in common? This was the question posed by Professor Stephen Reicher (University of St Andrews) in a captivating talk ... Enemies of Trump are presented as enemies of the people. Reicher said that in the online ISIS magazine Dabiq , the ...
Towards a 'new normal' and beyond
... for dealing with a pandemic ...from Jolanda Jetten, Stephen Reicher, Alex Haslam and Tegan Cruwys. The psychology of ... easier for people at mass gatherings? John Drury, Stephen Reicher and Nick Hopkins have some advice. How...
‘There are no good options’
... to be used in that way.’ Open to uncertainties Professor Stephen Reicher (University of St Andrews), a member of SAGE and ... science, and public perception of psychology, Reicher said there are numerous challenges – not least ...
Questioning the banality of evil
... psychology of Nazi functionaries in general (see Haslam & Reicher, 2007a, for a review). They all suggest that very few ... own prison study (conducted in collaboration with the BBC; Reicher & Haslam, 2006, and www.bps.org.uk/pris ) suggests a ... at...
From the 2018 Annual Conference
... you know about Milgram is wrong Ella Rhodes reports from a Stephen Reicher keynote. The postgraduate perspective Recipients of ...
Failure of ruling elites
I found Stephen Reicher’s reconceptualising of the ‘immigrant problem’ ...
Dealing with toxic behaviour
... and Craig Haney) and BBC Prison Study (Alex Haslam and Stephen Reicher), recognise that our studies, results and public ... and Organizational Psychology, University of Queensland Stephen Reicher Wardlaw Professor of Psychology...