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Personal Statement
My background is in psychology and my interests include work psychology and organisational behaviour, risk perception and communication, automatic processing, implicit measurement, priming, emotion, and decision making. I also have a particular interest in method development which forms the basis of my thesis.
I currently teach (or have previously taught) several subjects within the HRM department including Work Psychology, Advanced Organisational Behaviour, Introductory Statistics, Research Methods, and the Psychology of Risk. I am also involved in developing materials for a new MSc in Psychology (with Business), in conjunction with the department of Psychology.
Research Interests
- Work Psychology and Organizational Behaviour.
- Risk perception and communication.
- Automatic processing and implicit measurement.
- Priming, emotion, and decision making.
Expertise & Capabilities
- Psychology of Risk
- Implicit Meaurement
- Quantitative Methods and Analysis
Teaching Interests
- Work & Organisational Psychology.
- Work Psychology for HRM.
- Data Analysis (Introductory Statistics).
- Quantitative Methods (Questionnaire Design).
- Foundations of Risk, Psychology of Risk.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
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Scottish ESRC Doctoral Training Centre DTG 2011 | McCarthy, Joseph Anthony
Burns, C., Revie, M. & McCarthy, T.
ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council)
1/10/12 → 10/03/17
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
Research output
- 1 Conference contribution book
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Implicit and explicit risk perception, affect, and trust: an investigation of food "traffic lights"
McCarthy, T., Burns, C. & Revie, M., 20 Mar 2014, Proceedings of the Risk Perception and Response Conference. Boston, USAResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution book
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Thesis
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Measuring risk perception and risk-taking behaviour when driven by automatic cognitive processing, the development of new methods
Author: McCarthy, J. A., 10 Mar 2017Supervisor: Burns, C. (Supervisor) & Revie, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis