evolved
expressions What do they do, and
how we derive
Meaning Why do we support some theories over
others?
using
Evolution The basis for my research is grounded
withinresearch interests
01
EmotionExpression
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This line of research
aims to understand the evolved functions of
nonverbal emotion expressions.Why we have
them, and why they look the way they do.
02
MeaningResearch
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Drawing on the Meaning
Maintenance Model, Terror Management Theory,
and similar theories, this research program
looks at how people form meaning and what
happens when it is disrupted.
03
OtherAreas
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Some other areas of
research that I am active in include the self,
emotions, existential anxiety, education,
social learning, evolution, religion, culture,
and prejudice.
about me
I am a PhD student in
social-personality psychology at the University of
British Columbia. I primarily work in the Emotion and Self
Lab with my supervisor, Dr. Jess Tracy. I'm
also an active member of Dr. Steve Heine's Culture
and Self Lab, Dr. Toni Schmader's Social
Identity Lab, Dr. Kiley Hamlin's Centre
for Infant Cognition, and Dr. Karl Aquino's Immorality
Lab.
Historians of science often
observe that asking the right question is more
important than producing the right asnwer. The
right answer to a trivial question is also
trivial, but the right question, even when
insoluble in exact form, is a guide to major
discovery.
E.O. Wilson -- Consilience
E.O. Wilson -- Consilience