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DESCRIPTION:The Homeostatic Model of Identity Protection\n\nDr. Constantine
  Sedikides\n\nWith a high-level panel of leaders in science\, technology\,
  on-the-ground action\, investment\, and policy\n\nRegister & watch webina
 r\n\nSelf-protection and self-enhancement\, once depicted as biases that i
 mpede accurate self-knowledge and hinder effective environmental control\,
  have more recently been viewed as misbeliefs that can have fortuitous\, a
 daptive consequences. I take the next step forward by construing identity 
 protection and enhancement mechanisms as part of a routine\, adaptive syst
 em. Whereas biological homeostasis regulates physiological processes\, psy
 chological homeostasis regulates the emotional states that threaten a desi
 red identity. Ι elaborate on the nature of psychological homeostasis\, the
  identity system that it modulates\, and the immune system that safeguards
  it from harm. Ι discuss the construction of self-views and narratives in 
 the ordinary stream of mental activity\, as well as reparative responses t
 o contemporaneous threats\, similar to the immune system’s response to mic
 robes that breach the body’s initial defenses. Using basic immunological p
 rinciples\, Ι distinguish between innate and adaptive psychological immuni
 ty\, compare the spread of disease to that of threatening information amon
 g related self-views and narratives\, and consider the “memories” of the b
 iological and psychological immune systems to redress future threats. In a
 ddition\, Ι offer a set of propositions that include predictions about var
 ious aspects of immunity\, and end by considering the roles of awareness a
 nd self-deception in the immunity process.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nConstan
 tine Sedikides’ research is on self and identity\, including self-evaluati
 on\, self-regulation\, and evolutionary perspectives on the self. This res
 earch has been supported by grants from various national and international
  funding agencies (e.g.\, Economic and Social Re- search Council\, Leverhu
 lme Trust\, National Institute of Health). Constantine has received severa
 l awards\, such as the Daniel M. Wegner Theoretical Innovation Prize (Soci
 ety for Personality and Social Psychology)\, Distinguished Lifetime Career
  Award (International Society for Self and Identity)\, and Kurt Lewin Meda
 l for Outstanding Scientific Contribution (European Association of Social 
 Psychology). Before joining the University of Southampton as Director of t
 he Centre for Research on Self and Identity\, Constantine taught at the Un
 iversity of Wisconsin-Madison\, USA\, and the University of North Carolina
  at Chapel Hill\, USA. He holds a PhD from the Ohio State University\, USA
 \, and a Bachelor’s Degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki\, Gre
 ece.\n\nAbout the series\n\nThe Precision Convergence series is launched t
 o catalyze unique synergy between\, on the one hand\, novel partnerships a
 cross sciences\, sectors and jurisdictions around targeted domains of real
 -world solutions\, and on the other hand\, a next generation convergence o
 f AI with advanced research computing and other data and digital architect
 ures such as PSC’s Bridges-2\, and supporting data sharing frameworks such
  as HuBMAP\, informing in a real time as possible the design\, deployment 
 and monitoring of solutions for adaptive real-world behavior and context.
 \n\nThe Precision Convergence Webinar Series is co-hosted by The McGill Ce
 ntre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) at McGill Univers
 ity and The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center\, a joint computational resea
 rch center between Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsb
 urgh.\n\n \n
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SUMMARY:MCCHE Precision Convergence Webinar Series: March 1\, 2022
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/channels/event/mcche-precision-convergen
 ce-webinar-series-march-1-2022-337047
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