Andrew Dawson, BSc, MA

I am a PhD student in the Social Psychology program at Wilfrid Laurier University, having completed my BSc at Carleton University and my MA at Laurier in the IMPETuS lab.

 

My research interests generally fall into the categories of political and moral psychology. Recently I have been investigating the factors behind judgement and forgiveness in the context of social media, particularly in how people respond to offensive actions and statements that have resurfaced. Although people do appear to take a number of factors into consideration, such as the passage of time and age of the offender, partisan loyalties will often drive diverging judgments and altered perceptions of the issue at hand. Much of my other work as well falls along the lines of partisan conflict and competing moral values, investigating which views are held most dearly and what that means for group behaviour.