School of Psychology

Professor Craig McGarty

Professor of Psychology

Director of the Centre for Social and Community Research

RESEARCH:
My main interests are in the categorization process in social psychology and the processes of stereotype formation and change. I am also heavily involved in research on group-based emotions including collective guilt and on public opinion and collective action.

ACTIVITIES:
My main research focus involves my ARC Discovery Project Bolstering commitment to positive social change through group-based interaction. I am also Director of the Centre for Social and Community Research which brings together researchers interested in social change and social equity across Murdoch University.

TEACHING:
Social Psychology, Research Methods, Honours Elective

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Bliuc, A.-M., McGarty, C., Reynolds, K. J., & Muntele, D. (2007). Opinion-based group membership as a predictor of commitment to political action. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 19-32.
  
  

• McGarty, C. (2006). Hierarchies and groups: The roles of salience, overlap, and background knowledge in selecting meaningful social categorizations from multiple alternatives. In R. J. Crisp & M. Hewstone (Eds.) Multiple social categorization: Processes, models and applications. Hove, E. Sussex: Psychology Press.
  
  

• McGarty, C., Pedersen, A., Leach, C. W., Mansell, T., Waller, J., Bliuc, A.-M. (2005). Group-based guilt as a predictor of commitment to apology. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 659-680.
  
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