{"id":4759,"date":"2022-10-28T17:24:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T16:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/?p=4759"},"modified":"2022-10-28T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T16:24:09","slug":"october-news-roundup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/2022\/10\/28\/october-news-roundup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"October News RoundUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">October has been a very political month, hasn&#8217;t it?! The Political Psychology Lab have been busy: we discovered how conspiracy theories can help politicians&#8217; reputations and teamed up with the School of Politics and IR for a new research project. To balance all the current affairs chaos we also share some mindfulness methods, for you to do at home, and also to share with your boss! <\/p>\n<h2>This too shall pass<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>October 10th was Mental Health Day, and after the extraordinary upheaval our working lives and structures have seen during the pandemic, we focused on wellbeing in the workplace. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/news\/4686\/top-tips-for-employers-to-support-the-mental-wellbeing-of-staff-in-the-workplace\"><strong>Read our top tips for employers here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Campus was buzzing at our Open Days, so we wanted to help you slow things down. Read more about the mindful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/news\/4718\/cultivate-mindfulness-reduce-stress-and-enjoy-everyday-pleasures\"><strong>Raisin Experiment<\/strong><\/a> and catch-up with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/highlights\/18247826242138458\/\">Open Days<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mind games with voters<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>New research from led by PhD candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/people\/1270\/green-ricky\">Ricky Green<\/a> revealed that while sharing conspiracy theories in the context of politics can harm a person\u2019s reputation, it can sometimes be beneficial too. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/news\/4739\/can-sharing-conspiracy-theories-cost-politicians-votes\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Crossover Episode<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>An HSS division research collaboration between the School of Psychology\u2019s Political Psychology Lab and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/politics-international-relations\/news\">School of Politics and International Relations<\/a> addresses the automated parts of the social security decision-making process. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/news\/4752\/kent-researchers-to-co-investigate-public-perceptions-of-administrative-fairness-in-the-digital-welfare-state\"><strong>Follow the project here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Study with us!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Final year student Mollie Ruler shares her favourite things about studying BSc Psychology with forensic psychology at Kent. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/news\/4713\/student-profile-mollie-ruler\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Kardashian Mentality<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Collective narcissism: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/people\/219\/cichocka-aleksandra\">Professor Cichocka<\/a>, our political psychology lab lead, discusses her current research interests and background. Don&#8217;t miss out, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/news\/4701\/aleksandra-cichocka-interview-individual-and-collective-narcissism\"><strong>listen now<\/strong><\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October has been a very political month, hasn&#8217;t it?! The Political Psychology Lab have been busy: we discovered how conspiracy theories can help politicians&#8217; reputations &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/2022\/10\/28\/october-news-roundup-2\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78674,"featured_media":4791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78674"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4759"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4794,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4759\/revisions\/4794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}