UNI Speakers Bureau - Psychology
Please call the Office of University Marketing and Public Relations at 319-273-2761 or email stacey.christensen@uni.edu, to request a speaker. Speakers do not charge fees, unless otherwise noted. Upon request, we will provide background information to introduce the speaker. When the topic or event warrants, the Office of University Marketing and Public Relations will send a news release to media serving your area.
ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT.
ATTITUDE
A summary of research on how attitudes are formed and change over time, with implications for prevention programs.
THE LIMITS OF THE GOLDEN RULE.
Presentation covers the reasons why the Golden Rule as commonly interpreted sometimes limits our ability to behave as ethical people and proposes strategies for the Golden Rule to "work" as it was intended.
PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS AND ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS.
A summary of social psychological research on factors that cause people to be initially attracted to potential romantic partners.
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY.
Talk summarizes research on predictors of happiness and how to make oneself a happier person.
PSYCHOLOGY OF FORGIVENESS: WHAT IS, WHAT IS NOT, AND HOW TO FORGIVE.
Educating people on forgiveness, what it is, what it is not, how to go about forgiving and how it could be healing for people.
PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW.
Presentation can vary to include such topics as how psychology relates to and informs the law, to presentations about witness memory, criminality and juror bias.
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY FOR ATHLETES
Presentation is specifically designed for coaches and includes discussion of mental training, group cohesion, goal setting, communication, anxiety, and concentration.
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY FOR ATHLETES
Presentation is specifically designed for athletes and includes discussion of topics such as mental training, group cohesion, goal setting, communication, anxiety, and concentration.
WHY "GOOD" PEOPLE DO "BAD" THINGS.
Using real-life cases such as the Challenger Disaster, analyzes the factors at the individual/psychological, social psychological, organizational, and societal levels that lead "good" people to participate in unethical actions.