User:U3169965

About Me
Hey, I'm Laura and welcome to my crib page.

I am fourth year student currently studying a Bachelor of Psychology and a Bachelor of Politics and International Relations double degree, at the University of Canberra. I have a strong interest in mental health and social and political issues.

I make it a priority to be well educated about the issues around me so one day I may be able to provide insight and create solutions.

Want a more professional overview? Go to my LinkedIn page or Mahara profile.

My Interests

 * Movies - Faves are: "Die Hard is the best Christmas movie - change my mind" & Moulin Rouge (Ewan McGregor *Chef's Kiss*)
 * TV Shows - current binge is Grey's Anatomy
 * Reading - too many to list. I fall prey to Tsundoku: The art of buying books and never reading them
 * Podcasts - currently listening to: Between the Lines, Australia in the World, Criminal, Casefile, and My Dad Wrote a Porno.
 * Foreign Language - inconsistently learning Korean through K-pop and Korean drama s

The Feel Good Stuff

 * Volunteering - CBR NightCrew, The Good Box
 * Fundraising - Australian Guide Dog's PAWGUST 2020, RSPCA's In the Dog House 2019

What I'm Up To (Book Chapter)
I am currently working on the book chapter Motivated Reasoning: What is motivated reasoning and how does it affect our lives?


 * What I'm most interested in contributing to this chapter is how conspiracy theories and science denialism comes about due to motivated reasoning.

Social Contributions

 * 1) 11:52, 30 August 2020: Fixed grammatical errors in sentences in the Political psychology and emotion chapter
 * 2) 12:08, 30 August 2020: Requested citations and added a few sentences under the Euthanasia sub-heading regarding 'angels of death', in the Murder motivation chapter.
 * 3) 12:32, 30 August 2020: Added sentences to the Heading Overview, and several sentences to the sub-headings Serial Killing and Mass Murders, in the Murder motivation chapter.