中国人民大学心理学系迎80周年校庆系列活动

学科国际前沿教师培训系列讲座

 

【讲座主题】The Future of Nostalgia

【演讲者】Constantine Sedikides 教授

【讲座时间】2017年9月29日（周五）上午9-11点

【讲座地点】中国人民大学明德主楼0409

 

 

【报告摘要】

Nostalgia is a bittersweet, self-relevant, and social emotion. The content of nostalgic accounts features the self as protagonist, albeit embedded with close others into momentous occasions. Also, nostalgic content entails more expressions of positive than negative affect, and depicts redemption than contamination life scenes. Nostalgia has remarkable implications for one’s future. It promotes an approach (vs. avoidance) orientation. It raises optimism, and it does so by boosting social connectedness (a sense of support, belongingness, and acceptance) and subsequently lifting self-esteem. It increases creativity, and it does by bolstering openness to experience. It kindles prosociality, such as intentions to donate and actual monetary donating. And it promotes intergroup contact. Far from reflecting escapism from the present, nostalgia potentiates a positive, attainable future.

 

【演讲者简介】

Constantine Sedikides教授是英国南安普顿大学（University of Southampton）心理学院资深教授，博师生导师，自我认同研究中心（Center for Research on Self and Identity）主任，人格与社会研究组负责人。

Constantine Sedikides教授的主要研究领域是自我评价动机（Self-evaluation motives）、自我评价与文化（Cultural influences on self-evaluation motives）、自恋人格（Narcissism）、自我相关情绪（Self-relevant emotion of nostalgia）等，曾在 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology，Journal of Experimental Social Psychology，Journal of Personality，Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin，以及Social Cognition 等国际顶级期刊上发在表论文 250多篇，主编、出版相关书籍专刊11本，文章被引用高达近两万次，他也是相关顶级期刊的特邀编委，曾任Psychological Inquiry副主编。Sedikides教授曾获得多项荣誉与奖励，包括欧洲社会心理学会杰出科学贡献奖勒温奖章（Kurt Lewin Medal for Outstanding Scientific Contribution, 2011），英国心理学会杰出科学贡献奖（the Presidents’ Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge, 2012），自我认同国际协会杰出服务奖（Distinguished Service Award, 2010）等。因为Sedikides教授对社会科学领域做出杰出贡献，他于2013年当选英国社会科学院院士。

 

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