Research areas
The nature of our selves and identities
My research interests revolve around the fluid and complex nature of our personal and social self-categories and identities. This interest covers a range of levels of analysis including the fundamental cognitive processes of categorisation in social perception, phenomena such as attribution, homogeneity, entitativity, self-complexity, the social categorisation of faces and the multi-faceted nature of social identities. These core ideas have been explored in several specific contexts including: collective action and social change; religious and political identities and contested social attitudes; self-structure effects on resilience and well-being; and discipline-based social identities and learning approaches in education.
See more detail about the lab, our projects and activities, here: https://mavorlab.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
PhD supervision
- Ewan Bottomley
- Heidi Davis
- Brenda Marin
- Aisha Al Sulaiti
Selected publications and performances
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Not just who you are, but who you were before: social identification, identity incompatibility and performance-undermining learning behaviour in higher education
Smyth, L., Mavor, K. I. & Gray, L., 30 May 2019, In : Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology. Early ViewResearch output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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A social identity approach to religion: religiosity at the nexus of personal and collective self
Mavor, K. I. & Ysseldyk, R., 10 Apr 2020, The science of religion, spirituality, and existentialism. Vail III, K. E. & Routlledge, C. (eds.). Academic Press, p. 187-205Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding ? Chapter
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Self and social identity in educational contexts
Mavor, K. I. (ed.), Platow, M. J. (ed.) & Bizumic, B. (ed.), 1 Feb 2017, London; New York: Routledge. 366 p.Research output: Book/Report ? Book
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Group interaction as the crucible of social identity formation: a glimpse at the foundations of social identities for collective action
Thomas, E., McGarty, C. & Mavor, K., 1 Mar 2016, In : Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. 19, 2, p. 137-151Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Beyond prevalence to process: the role of self and identity in medical student well-being
Mavor, K., McNeill, K. G., Anderson, K., Kerr, A., O'Reilly, E. & Platow, M. J., Apr 2014, In : Medical Education. 48, 4, p. 351-360 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Cognitive load privileges memory-based over data-driven processing, not group-level over person-level processing.
Skorich, D. P. & Mavor, K., Sep 2013, In : British Journal of Social Psychology. 52, 3, p. 469-488 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article
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Religion, prejudice, and authoritarianism: Is RWA a boon or bane to the psychology of religion?
Mavor, K. I., Louis, W. R. & Laythe, B., Mar 2011, In : Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 50, 1, p. 22-43 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article