Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Language, Autobiographical Memory, Social Cognitive Development
Group processes and intergroup relations; Intergroup contact; Collective intergroup processes; Self and group efficacy; Social identity; Prejudice and discrimination; Minority groups; Immigration
Attachment, close relationships, culture, happiness, interpersonal relations, marriage, mate selection, relationship development, responsiveness, social interactions, social psychology, socioecology, well-being
Working memory, episodic memory, attention, cognitive control.
Parenting, Infant and Child Mental Health, Prevention
Gul Gunaydin is a Professor of Psychology at Sabanci University. She received her PhD degree from Cornell University in 2013. Her program of research focuses on interpersonal relationships and addresses questions ranging from relationship formation to maintenance to the well-being consequences of relationships. Her research has been published in leading scientific journals, including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and Social Psychological and Personality Science. Gul received multiple early career awards from prestigious institutions including the Science Academy of Turkey.
developmental psychology, experimental psychology, cognitive psychology, human-robot interaction, psycholinguistics, language
• Attachment processes and Parenting • Driver Behavior – Transportation Psychology • Personality Traits and Assessment • Effects of Unemployment • Teaching of Psychology
EEG, SSVEP, frequency tagging, perceptual organization, visual neuroscience
Visual-spatial cognition; Visual Imagery; Visualization abilities; Individual differences; Imagery Development.
Cognition and emotion; depression; anxiety; future thinking; risk estimation; optimism/pessimism; experimental psychopathology; positive psychology
