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Professors Alex Haslam and Steve Reicher Professor ELIZABETH LOFTUS Professor David Wilson Alex Haslam and Stephen Reicher are both interested in the study of group and identity processes and have often collaborated on research, for example the BBC Prison Study. Alex is Professor of Psychology and Australian Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland. Stephen is Wardlaw Professor of Psychology at the University of St. Andrews. The extraordinary inhumanity of ordinary people How are people capable of inflicting extreme harm on others? Originally it was thought that those who commit such monstrous acts must themselves be monsters. But then Milgram’s famous ‘obedience’ studies and Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Study changed all that. They showed that ordinary people can act with extraordinary inhumanity. These notions are reproduced in every psychology textbook. But beware! We will show you that (nearly) everything you think you know about Milgram and Zimbardo is wrong. We will also provide you with a new understanding of what makes decent people do evil things. How to understand Serial Murder - A Case study of Jack the Ripper This talk will introduce the students to different ways of understanding the phenomenon of serial murder and how this understanding might help us to identify the perpetrator and better ways of reducing the incidence of serial murders. Professor David Wilson is one of the country’s leading Criminologists and the author of A History of British Serial Killing (Sphere). He presented the award- winning Interview with a Murderer for Channel 4 and A Man Called Jack for BBC1 – about Jack the Ripper. He is a National Teaching Fellow. TICKETS £22.50 (plus VAT) per student. 1 free teacher ticket for every 10 students. PSYCHOLOGY A LEVEL CONFERENCE LONDON March 25, 26, & 27, 2019 Professor Loftus has had a unique career as one of the foremost psychologists of her generation and is listed as the most well-known female psychologist ever. She has been an instrumental figure in cognitive psychology and continues to be active in research, focusing on the malleability of memory and false memory syndrome. She has published 22 books and over 500 articles and chapters. Plus … Dr Phil Banyard, Associate Professor, Nottingham Trent University Psychology in everyday life. Topics in psychology textbooks often seem to be quite narrow and deal with unusual events and experiences but psychology can be seen in everything we do. This talk will take some of the core concepts of psychology and show how they can be applied to everyday life and also how our observations of everyday life can change psychological theories. Cara Flanagan, author and conference organiser The psychology of successful revision. Stop trying to stuff things into your brain and instead learn to get them back out. You’re studying psychology so ought to know about the real secrets of successful revision. KEYNOTE TALK Memory matters People can be led to believe that they remember the past differently than it really was. Through suggestion they can be led to remember details that were different from actual events, and even to falsely remember entire events that never occurred. False memories have been planted in the minds of ordinary people for events that would have been traumatic had they happened (such as assault or near drowning). Moreover these false beliefs have consequences for people, sometimes affecting their later thoughts, intentions and behaviours. For example, leading people to believe they got sick eating a particular food causes a later avoidance of that food. There will be a Q & A session at the end of Professor Loftus’ talk. BOOKING Send the following details : • Date of conference • Your name, school, full postal address, contact phone number. • Number of tickets required for students and for teachers No deposits are taken. Payment in full by Feb 1, 2019. No refunds. Full event details sent on enquiry. Email cara.flanagan@ btopenworld.com Post Southwest Conferences, East Gilgo, Migdale, Bonar Bridge, Sutherland IV24 3AR Phone 01863 766242 / 07710 534418
