Dr Joseph Sweetman - MSc Cardiff, PhD Cardiff
Overview
Research Group:
Social Psychology
Location: Tower Building, Park Place
Email: SweetmanJP@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)29 208 76020
Research Summary
My research focuses on five related topics: emotion, social hierarchy, intergroup relations, moral and political cognition/action. More specifically, I am interested in the way emotion regulates social hierarchy and how emotion and a person’s/group’s position in a social hierarchy influences moral and political cognition/action. In addition, I’m interested in how social hierarchy changes (social change). Finally, I have interests in applied (e.g., health and environmental) social psychology and the philosophy of social cognition.
Teaching Summary
I teach on the Level 2 (2nd year) Social Psychology II module (PS2007), where I lecture on emotion, attitudes, stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination, and social change. I also teach on the Level 1 Introduction to Psychology module (PS1016), where I lecture on social psychology.
Selected Publications (2008 onwards)
2013
Pratto, F. et al. (2013). Social dominance in context and in individuals: Contextual moderation of robust effects of social dominance orientation in 15 languages and 20 countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science (10.1177/1948550612473663)
Sweetman, J., Spears, R., Livingstone, A. G. and Manstead, A. S. R.
(2013).
Admiration regulates social hierarchy: Antecedents, dispositions, and effects on intergroup behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(3), 534-542.
(10.1016/j.jesp.2012.10.007)
2011
Spears, R., Leach, C. W., van Zomeren, M., Ispas, A., Sweetman, J. and Tausch, N. (2011). Intergroup Emotions: More than the Sum of the Parts. In: Nyklíček, I., Vingerhoets, A. and Zeelenberg, M. eds. Emotion Regulation and Well-Being. New York: Springer, pp. 121-145. (10.1007/978-1-4419-6953-8_8)
Sweetman, J.
(2011).
Political action and social change:moral emotions, automaticity and imagination
. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2010
Spears, R., Greenwood, R., de Lemus, S. and Sweetman, J. (2010). Legitimacy, social identity, and power. In: Guinote, A. and Vescio, T. eds. The Social Psychology of Power. New York: Guilford Press, pp. 251-283.
Publications
Full List of Publications
2013
Pratto, F. et al. (2013). Social dominance in context and in individuals: Contextual moderation of robust effects of social dominance orientation in 15 languages and 20 countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science (10.1177/1948550612473663)
Sweetman, J., Spears, R., Livingstone, A. G. and Manstead, A. S. R.
(2013).
Admiration regulates social hierarchy: Antecedents, dispositions, and effects on intergroup behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(3), 534-542.
(10.1016/j.jesp.2012.10.007)
2011
Spears, R., Leach, C. W., van Zomeren, M., Ispas, A., Sweetman, J. and Tausch, N. (2011). Intergroup Emotions: More than the Sum of the Parts. In: Nyklíček, I., Vingerhoets, A. and Zeelenberg, M. eds. Emotion Regulation and Well-Being. New York: Springer, pp. 121-145. (10.1007/978-1-4419-6953-8_8)
Sweetman, J.
(2011).
Political action and social change:moral emotions, automaticity and imagination
. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2010
Spears, R., Greenwood, R., de Lemus, S. and Sweetman, J. (2010). Legitimacy, social identity, and power. In: Guinote, A. and Vescio, T. eds. The Social Psychology of Power. New York: Guilford Press, pp. 251-283.
2007
Sweetman, J. (2007). Book Review: K. Peltzer, Psychology and Health in African Cultures: Examples of Ethnopsychotherapeutic Practice Frankfurt: IKO, 2002. 364 pp. (pbk.) [Book Review]. Journal of Health Psychology, 12(3), 553-556. (10.1177/13591053070120031402)
2006
Melia, J., Dearnaley, D., Moss, S., Johns, L., Coulson, P., Moynihan, C., Sweetman, J., Parkinson, M. C., Eeles, R. and Watson, M. (2006). The feasibility and results of a population-based approach to evaluating prostate-specific antigen screening for prostate cancer in men with a raised familial risk. British Journal of Cancer, 94(4), 499-506. (10.1038/sj.bjc.6602925)
Moynihan, C., Sweetman, J., Watson, M., Eeles, R. and Dearnaley, D. (2006). The forgotten index case: Recruitment problems in the context of familial prostate screening in a research programme [Abstract]. Psycho-Oncology, 15(2), S339. (10.1002/pon.1092)
Sweetman, J., Watson, M., Norman, A., Bunstead, Z., Hopwood, P., Melia, J., Moss, S., Eeles, R., Dearnaley, D. and Moynihan, C. (2006). Feasibility of familial PSA screening: psychosocial issues and screening adherence. British Journal of Cancer, 94(4), 507-512. (10.1038/sj.bjc.6602959)
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Research
Research Topics and Related Papers
In general, my research interest is in understanding how emotion and social hierarchy influence cognition and action. Central questions include: What factors facilitate and inhibit cognitions and actions that challenge/maintain social hierarchy? How do people think about change in social hierarchy? How does emotion influence moral and political cognition/action? How does social power influence moral and political cognition/action? How does ingroup bias influence moral and political cognition/action? How does social power influence persuasion and argumentation processes? As an extension to the above work, I am also interested in exploring applied aspects of social psychology (e.g., health and environmental) and have an interest in the philosophy of social cognition.
Funding
Economic and Social Research Council
1+3 Studentship (2006-2010)
Visiting Scholar Award (2010)
Research Group
I am part of the social psychology research group
Research Collaborators
Exploring the impact of status on conflict acknowledgment:
Andrew Livingstone (University of Sterling)
Alex Haslam (University of Exeter)
An intergroup perspective on social change:
Colin Leach (University of Connecticut)
Felicia Pratto (University of Connecticut)
Group status and moral cognition:
Nicole Overstreet (University of Connecticut)
Power and moral cognition:
Ana Guinote (University College London)
Power and argumentation:
Ulrike Hahn (Birckbeck)
Philosophy of social cognition:
Jules Holroyd (Nottingham University)
Implicit Bias & Philosophy International Research Project
Biography
Undergraduate Education
1997-2000. BSc in Psychology, South Bank University, London, UK
Postgraduate Education
2007-2010. PhD in Psychology at Cardiff University, UK, supervised by Professor Russell Spears and Dr. Andrew Livingstone. Title: Political Action and Social Change: Moral Emotions, Automaticity, and Imagination.
2006-2007. MSc in Social Science Research Methods (Psychology Pathway), Cardiff University, UK (distinction)
Awards/External Committees
Economic and Social Research Council
1+3 Studentship (2006-2010)
Visiting Scholar Award (2010)
2010 – Present. Ad-hoc Reviewer, European Journal of Social Psychology
2010 – Present. Ad-hoc Reviewer, British Journal of Social Psychology
2007 – Present. Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of Health Psychology
2008 – EASP Summer School, Local Organizer, Cardiff University, UK.
Employment
2010 – Present. Lecturer, School of Psychology, Cardiff University
2005-2006. Research Coordinator, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College (University of London)
2001-2005.Research Assistant, Institute of Cancer Research (University of London)