Shanta Dey

Shanta Dey

Shanta Dey

Doctoral/MPsychol (Organisational) Candidate

Visiting Researcher, July-Dec 2016, Yale University

B. Psychology (Honours Class 1), 2013, UNSW


Contact details

Email: Shanta Dey

Research Summary

Supervisors: Professor Michelle Moulds, Professor Ben Newell

Research Topic: The Impact of Abstract Versus Concete Thinking on Stages of Decision-Making 

Teaching

PSYC1001: Psychology 1A

- Course tutor, Semester 1, 2015; Semester 1, 2017

PSYC2061: Social and Developmental Psychology

-Course tutor, Semester 1, 2016; Semester 1, 2017

PSYC3141: Behaviour in Organisations

-Course tutor, Semester 1, 2016

PSYC3341: Developmental Psychology

-Course tutor, Semester 2, 2015

Publications

Dey, S., Newell, B.R., & Moulds, M.L. (in press). The relative effects of abstract versus concrete processing on proactivity in depression. Behavior Therapy. 

Dey, S., Joormann, J., Moulds, M., & Newell, B. R. (2018). The relative effects of abstract versus concrete rumination on the experience of post-decisional regret. Behaviour Research and Therapy

Vartanian, L. R., & Dey, S. (2013). Self-concept clarity, thin-ideal internalization, and appearance-related social comparisons as predictors of body dissatisfaction. Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 10, 495-500.

Conference Presentations & Talks

Dey, S., Moulds, M., & Newell, B. R. (2017). An overview of the effects of abstract versus concrete thinking on decision-making. Oral presentation. Australian Association for Cognitive and Behvaiour Therapy. Sydney, Australia.

Dey, S., Moulds, M., & Newell, B. R. (2017). The effect of rumination on decisional proactivity in dysphoria. Oral presentation. Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Sydney, Australia.

Dey, S., Newell, B, R., & Moulds, M. (2016).The effect of abstract versus conrete thinking on decision-making indices in depression. Poster presentation. Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies, New York, USA.

Dey, S., Newell, B. R., & Moulds, M. (2016).The role of rumination in decision-making challenges. Lab talk. Affect Regulation and Cognition Lab, Yale University, CT, USA.

Dey, S., Moulds, M., & Newell, B. R. (2015). The effect of abstract versus concrete thinking on procrastination. Oral presentation. Sydney Postgraduate Psychology Conference, Sydney Australia.

Dey, S., Newell, B. R., & Moulds, M. (2014). An investigation of decision-making problems in depression. Oral presentation. Sydney Postgraduate Psychology Conference, Sydney Australia.


Awards, Fellowships & Grants

Australian Postgraduate Award- 2014-2017

School of Psychology Prize, UNSW Science Faculty Postgraduate Research Competition- 2017

UNSW PRSS Travel Scholarship- 2016

School of Psychology Runner-Up Prize, UNSW Science Faculty Postgraduate Research Competition- 2014

People’s Choice Award, Sydney Postgraduate Psychology Conference – 2014

Summer Vacation Research Scholarship, UNSW Faculty of Science - 2012-2013

Affiliations & Memberships

Psychologist, Psychology Board of Australia