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Dr Doris McIlwain
Department of
Psychology
Macquarie University
NSW 2109
Australia
Phone: 9850 9430
Email: dmcilwai@psy.mq.edu.au
Last updated July 1, 2009
Keep the dream running.
I'm a personality psychologist. My research areas span individual differences that make a difference to the way that we negotiate life tasks, and to the way the we experience others and ourselves. I research the links between Narcissism and such personality styles as Machiavellianism and psychopathy, with an emphasis on psychological mindedness. An enduring interest is in self-deception and the different forms that takes from the way that we sculpt an image of ourselves to present to others, right down to a motivated lack of insight into the beliefs we hold and the wellsprings of our own actions. My enduring project is exploring the nature of Charisma and I have a new article on that topic recently completed.
I'm currently doing research on the shifts in expert movement and instructional nudges in long-term yoga pracitioners, affective profiles of Machiavellian and Narcissistic personalities and the way that guided interviews can change the way that different personalities experience rage.
I teach an array of courses at Macquarie University: contributing a guest lecture to PSY
234, a second year course which addresses personality and social psychology.
I run two third year courses relevant to personality: PSY 305 - a Third
year personality course, and a course on the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis
(PSY 361) I was part of the Sydney Silvan
Tomkins Research Group into Tomkin's Affect Theory, and retain a keen interest
in his work. I am a foundational member of the Working Through Psychoanalysis
group.
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Collaborations: with Anthony Arcuri |
Semester One 2009
PSY 234 Check this out!
PSY 361 Philosophy of Psychoanalysis |
Article June 30, 2009 written by Fiona Hill on Charm Historical outreach:
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Psychoanalysis and Culture
June 30, 2009 Thanks for all your great questions. I attach the short reading list as promised.
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| Recent Reviews |
PSY 305 Personality
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Watch this space.
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