In the Department of Psychology we love a chance to showcase how psychology can impact you in your everyday life. We were delighted to welcome over 80 guests to the Science Centre on Wednesday 22nd March for our annual event, ‘Psychology and Me‘, which was organised this year by Dr Nichola Street and Dr Daniel Jolley, both Lecturers in Psychology.
‘Psychology and Me’ was an interactive evening showcasing the latest technology and research from Staffordshire University’s Department of Psychology. Guests attending enjoyed the evening of short expert talks on different aspects of Psychology, where we explored if watching television affects children’s creativity, what may affect our memory and how psychology can improve our health behaviour. Dr Daniel Jolley, co-organiser, also spoke about how psychology can help explain why we believe in conspiracy theories.
“Psychologists are learning more about why so many millions of people believe in conspiracy theories and what the potential consequences of conspiracy theories may be. We all know of at least one conspiracy theory, so it was great to showcase to the guests how psychology can help explain why so many people believe in them”
Visitors then had the chance to get hands-on with a variety of demonstrations of psychology in action, from measuring brainwaves with EEG testing to being involved in a casino-style craps table to explore gambling habits, using iPad technology to demonstrate classic facial illusions, and getting behind the wheel in our driving simulator to test how good your attention is when driving.
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- Psychology & Me 2017
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- Dr Jo Lloyd practices her gambling tricks with staff and students
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- Dr Nikki Street & Dr Daniel Jolley introduce the evening’s talks
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- Dr Sarah Rose talks about her research into the effects of TV on Children’s creativity
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- Dr Daniel Jolley introduces his talk on Conspiracy Theories
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- Dr Daniel Jolley talks about the everyday role of beliefs in conspiracy theories
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- Professor Karen Rodham talks about the impact of Health Psychology has on our lives
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- Dr Louise Humphreys talks about her cognitive psychology research
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- Busy stalls in the Science Centre
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- Dr Andrew Edmonds demonstrates his face illusion trick
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- Dr Andrew Edmonds rotates our volunteer’s face to demonstrate the Thatcher Illusion
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- Our Head of Department, Judy, gets her memory recall tested
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- Dr Michael Batashvili gets our volunteer Rowan ready for EEG measurement
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- Dr Maria Panagiotidi and technician Sarah test drive the driving simulator
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- Dr Daniel Jolley looks unimpressed with his inverted face
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- Lots of interest in our Psychology degrees and Masters courses
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- Professor Rodham announces the deadline for the event’s prize draw
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- Students Gee and Kegan sneak a selfie with their stereotype cut-outs
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- Gee snaps a selfie with Goth Gee
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- Dr Gemma Hurst practices with the bodytracker
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- More driving simulator fun
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- Prof Rodham busy collecting entries into the prize draw
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- Dr Alison Owen & student Alex test the face morphing software
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- A packed Science Centre Foyer ready for prize giving
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- Dr Nikki Street hands out the prizes
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- The full team of volunteers, students and staff at the Psychology & Me event
For all the demonstrations, visitors were able to learn the psychology that underpinned the activity, and how it could be applied to them in everyday life. Dr Nichola Street, Lecturer and co-organiser said:
“We were delighted to see each guest getting hands-on with the demonstrations. There was a real buzz around the Science Centre! If you were unable to join us, you can find plenty of photos and videos on Twitter via our #StaffsPsychMe hashtag”
‘Psychology and Me’ was only made possible with the support of many staff and students throughout the University. Judy David, Head of the Department of Psychology, led this thanks on the evening and has said:
“I’m very grateful to the large numbers of psychology staff and student helpers who were there throughout the evening demonstrating, chatting to visitors and representing their pride in Psychology at Staffordshire University. The feedback received from everyone was excellent and we are already looking forward to next year!”
We look forward to welcoming you to ‘Psychology and Me’ in 2018!
The Department of Psychology at Staffordshire University offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Psychology at the University’s £30 million Science Centre in Stoke-on-Trent.
Interested in a Psychology degree? Come to an Open Day – for further details, and to book your place at an open day, please visit: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/openyourmind/
For more information about the undergraduate Psychology degrees on offer at Staffordshire University please visit the course profiles below: