Doctor Agnes Petocz

SENIOR LECTURER,
Social, Personal & Developmental Psychology (SoSSP

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PhD University of Sydney
BA University of Sydney

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Social, Personal & Developmental Psychology (SoSSP

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Email:	A.Petocz@uws.edu.au
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Biography

Graduated from the University of Sydney with degrees in classics (Latin, Hons Class 1, 1979) and psychology (Hons Class 1, 1986), and PhD (Psychology, 1996). Taught courses in history and philosophy of psychology, personality theory, and psycholinguistics at University of Sydney from 1986 to 1996. Moved to University of Western Sydney in 1997, currently teaching history and philosophy of psychology and critical thinking. Was visiting researcher at the Department of Philosophy, Kings College, London University in 2000, and invited keynote speaker for the Danish Psychological Association at Odense in 2001. Current research interests are theories of symbolism and meaning, the scientific investigation of meaning, the tensions between qualitative and quantitative research methods, realism, and various topics in the philosophy of psychoanalysis.

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Publications

Chapters in Books

Petocz, A. (2011), 'Re-thinking the place of semiotics in psychology and its implications for psychological reserch', Semiotics: Theory and Applications, Nova Science Publishers 9781617289927.
Petocz, A. (2011), 'Why psychology has negelected symbolism and what a realist approach can offer.', Realism and Psychology, Leiden 9789004188877.
Mackay, N. and Petocz, A. (2011), 'REalism and the state of theory in psychology', Realism and Psychology, Lieden 9789004188877.
Mackay, N. and Petocz, A. (2011), 'Essays in realism: Analysis and discussion', Realism and Psychology, Leiden 9789004188877.
Mackay, N. and Petocz, A. (2011), 'Realism and Psychology', , Leiden 9789004188877.
Petocz, A. (2011), 'Introduction', Realism and Psychology, Leiden 9789004188877.
Petocz, A. (2011), 'Afterword', Realism and Psychology, Leiden 9789004188877.
Petocz, A. (2005), 'Light and Shade in Communicative Musicality: A commentary on Stephen Malloch's 'Why do we like to dance and sing?",14"', Thinking in Four Dimensions: Creativity and Cognition in Contemporary Dance, Melbourne University Press 0552851444.
Petocz, A. (2004), 'Science, meaning and the scientist-practitioner model of treatment', Working with Dangerous People: The psychotherapy of violence, Radcliffe Publishing Ltd. 1857758242.

Journal Articles

Petocz, A. and Newbery, G. (2010), 'On conceptual analysis as the primary qualitative approach to statistics education research in psychology', Statistics Education Research Journal, 23.
Stevens, C., Brennan, D., Petocz, A. and Howell, C. (2009), 'Designing informative warning signals: Effects of indicator type, modality, and task demand on recognition speed and accuracy', Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 7.
Petocz, A., Keller, P. and Stevens, C. (2008), 'Auditory Warnings, Signal-Referent Relations, and Natural Indicators: Re-thinking theory and application', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 14.
Petocz, A. (2006), 'Commentary on "Freudian Dream Theory, Dream Bizarreness, and the Disguise-Censor Controversy"', Neuro-Psychoanalysis, 6.
Miner, M. and Petocz, A. (2003), 'Recommendation from a psychological perspective', Journal of Business Ethics, 15.
Miner, M. and Petocz, A. (2003), 'Moral theory in ethical decision making: Problems, clarifications and recommendations from a psychological perspective', Journal of Business Ethics, 15.

Conference Papers

Stevens, C. and Petocz, A. (2009), 'The User Knows: Considering the Cognitive Contribution of the User in the Design of Auditory Warnings', 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, San Diego, California, USA.
Mcdougall, S., Forsythe, A., Isherwood, S., Petocz, A., Reppa, I. and Stevens, C. (2009), 'The Use of Multimodal Representation in Icon Interpretation', HCI International Conference, San Diego, California, USA.

Research

History and Philosophy of Psychology; Critical Thinking; Symbolism and Meaning; Qualitative versus Quantitative Research Methods; Psychoanalytic Theory; Philosophy of Psychoanalysis; Critical Thinking; Conceptual Metaphor; Psychoanalytic Theory; The Qualitative/Quantitative Distinction in Research Methods.