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Biography
I am a social-evolutionary psychologist and my research focusses on gaining a better understanding of the features and functions of emotions, especially disgust. More recently, I have been investigating the causes and consequences of interpersonal revenge. In addition, with my graduate students, I have investigated such topics as gullibility, dehumanization, inspiration, and the source effect for disgust. My main teaching area is social psychology, which I teach at undergraduate level. I am Director of the Psychology Honours program, and I have held several key service roles in the university including Deputy Chair of the University Human Research Ethics Committee. I serve on several journal editorial boards and as an Assessor for the Australian Research Council.
Research interests
- Disgust
- Revenge
- False beliefs
Teaching
I am Unit Convenor for the 2nd year core unit in Social and Personality Psychology, and I regularly deliver lectures at all undergraduate levels on social and evolutionary psychological topics. I also supervise Honours and post-graduate students each year. I currently teach on the following courses.
PSYU1105 Introduction to Psychology II
PSYU2234 Social and Personality Psychology (Unit Chair)
Through my teaching and research, I hope to inspire others to value learning for its own sake.
Research student supervision
I have supervised over 15 graduate students in a variety of social and evolutionary topics.
Community engagement
I have held several key administrative service roles within the university. Over the past 5 years I have been Deputy Chair of the University Human Research Ethics Committee, and I have served on the University Academic Standards and Quality Committee. I am currently Director of the Psychology Honours program. I have served as an Assessor for the Australian Research Council for over a decade, and on the editorial boards of Personal Relationships and Frontiers: Evolutionary Psychology.
Research engagement
Together with my colleagues, we have attracted over half-a-million dollars of funding from the ARC for our research on disgust. My research has been described in the leading textbook on the field of evolutionary psychology by David Buss and is reported in local and international media.
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Projects
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Studying the causes and consequences of interpersonal spite: Empirical research and an integrative review
11/07/16 → 11/01/17
Project: Research
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The interaction of psychological and biological systems in the prevention of infectious disease
Stevenson, D., Oaten, M. & Case, T.
1/01/13 → 31/12/13
Project: Research
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Disgust as a psychosocial defence against infectious disease
Stevenson, D., Case, T., Hodgson, D., Oaten, M. & Newton, J.
1/01/10 → 31/03/14
Project: Research
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on disgust sensitivity
Stevenson, R. J., Saluja, S. & Case, T. I., 20 Jan 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 11, p. 1-13 13 p., 600761.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile16 Citations (Scopus)14 Downloads (Pure) -
Gotcha! Behavioural validation of the Gullibility Scale
George, M. S., Teunisse, A. K. & Case, T. I., 1 Aug 2020, In: Personality and Individual Differences. 162, p. 1-6 6 p., 110034.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
I should have known better: development of a self-report measure of gullibility
Teunisse, A. K., Case, T. I., Fitness, J. & Sweller, N., 1 Mar 2020, In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 46, 3, p. 408-423 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The animal origins of disgust: reports of basic disgust in nonhuman great apes
Case, T. I., Stevenson, R. J., Byrne, R. W. & Hobaiter, C., Jul 2020, In: Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences. 14, 3, p. 231-260 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Citations (Scopus)12 Downloads (Pure) -
A proximal perspective on disgust
Stevenson, R. J., Case, T. I., Oaten, M. J., Stafford, L. & Saluja, S., 1 Jul 2019, In: Emotion Review. 11, 3, p. 209-225 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
10 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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The Australian Skeptics Eureka Prize for Critical Thinking
Case, Trevor (Recipient), 14 Nov 1996
Prize
Press / Media
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The Poop Smell Experiment and What Love Truly Means
21/08/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research