Current honours students

I was born in a small town nearby Quebec City where I spent most of my youth. I entered the Faculty of Arts at McGill in 2009, transferring from the University of Waterloo where I had been studying Actuarial Sciences for 2 years. My interests span from economics to poetry, a multitude of subjects I now try to understand through the study of psychology. I will be working this year with Benjamin Giguère a postdoctoral fellow in the Taylor’s lab who studies group norms and problematic behaviours. My research will focus on emotions, how they arise, and their short-term consequences on...

I find it hilarious that some people in Montreal are surprised when I tell them that I am from Japan. Technically, I’m not what some call FOB (Fresh-off-the-boat), since I lived in Indonesia and Malaysia for most of my life. Now I’m in a completely new land of Montreal, studying psychology in a prestigious school. I also find it hilarious how my neighbours in Japan think that I can now read their minds.

Although I was interested in psychology since my teenage years, I was fascinated with the broadness and depth of this subject when I took my first “official”...

I was born in Seoul, and grew up as a proud little Korean. I was one of the few students in class to hold chopsticks properly, and the first to memorize the Korean pledge of alliance. About Canada, on the other hand, I knew too little; I read about her igloos and polar bears in storybooks, but not much else. I’ve come a long way from that thanks to immigration, though: I moved to Canada in my early teens, and adapted to the Canadian culture. Now I consider myself a Korean Canadian – a proud Korean and Canadian at the same time.

My background as an immigrant is the source...

I am currently in my first year of Honours (U2) at McGill University. As my first research experience, I am glad to be working with Régine Debrosse on the mechanisms through which minority group youths fail to attain the goals they set for themselves. It's very exciting to be researching something which may very well one day have an impact on the lives of these youths, which is part of why I'm so interested in Social Psychology. The research also ties in to my desire to understand the systems underlying human behaviour, particularly those which give us the impression that we're...

I was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, and I am currently in my fourth and final year at McGill. After studying abroad last year, I am just starting my first honours thesis. I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to work on my thesis in Professor Taylor’s lab. I am also very lucky to be working this year with Joelle Laplante, a postdoctoral researcher in the Taylor lab. Joelle and I will be working on applying acculturation models to the work environment. We are focusing on individuals working in non-traditional domains. Specifically, we will be investigating the...

I have always had an interest in understanding how things around me work, whether we are talking about clocks, computers, or the human creature. Other than that, my wide range of interests includes hockey, my baby nephew, and Japanese animation. I am now looking forward to working in the Taylor lab, in which I complete my second honours thesis.

My interest in social psychology dates from my first year at McGill, in which I took Dr. Don Taylor's introductory class. Aside from Dr. Taylor's hilarious rants and bizarre stories, I have been captivated by social psychology’s...