#118 Dr. Amber Gaffney and Stephanie Souter - Growing Pains with Nicholas Flores

Dr. Amber Gaffney is a social psychologist and the Principle Investigator of the Social Identity Lab. Her research focuses on social identity, group processes and social influence. She is also an Associate Professor of Social Psychology and Academic Research Graduate Program Coordinator for Cal Poly Humboldt. Stephanie Souter is the Co-Investigator of the Social Identity Lab and is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Cal Poly Humboldt. She is also a Research Analyst III in the office of Institutional Research, Analytics, and Reporting at Cal Poly Humboldt. You can find the Social Identity Lab online (@humboldtsilab.org).

0:00 | The Social Identity Lab and extremism in society

14:28 | Uncertainty and its relation to the group

23:15 | "Othering" people

29:37 | The effect of emotions on collective movements

35:45 | Prototypical vs non-prototypical leaders

47:27 | Group identity vs individual identity

1:00:28 | Well-defined groups vs ambiguous groups

1:09:51 | Social Identity Theory

1:23:18 | Research on the effect of self uncertainty on conspiracy theory adoption

1:30:05 | Nothing is true and everything is possible

1:35:18 | Research vs me-search