John Corbit
Dr. John Corbit is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and a Jules Léger Research Scholar in Humanities and Social Science at St. Francis Xavier University. He earned his M.A. in Psychology from Concordia University and later completed his Ph.D. in Psychology at Simon Fraser University. Before joining St.FX, Dr. Corbit held a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Dalhousie University.
Dr. Corbit's research focuses on understanding and enhancing human cooperation through three main avenues. First, he investigates the foundations of cooperation by examining the role of learning in shaping cooperative preferences during infancy. His approach in this research combines controlled laboratory experiments with cross-cultural studies to explore how different sociocultural environments influence the emergence of cooperation.
Second, Dr. Corbit studies the development of cooperative behaviors, such as fairness, collaboration, and helping, with a special focus on peer collaboration. His work in this area has shown both commonalities and cultural variations in how these behaviors develop, highlighting the unique influences of peer interactions and diversity of sociocultural experience on cooperation.
Finally, building on his decade of research on the origins of cooperation, Dr. Corbit seeks to understand how peer collaboration can reduce in-group bias in real world settings, especially with vulnerable children. In this research he is exploring ways to bridge divides across group boundaries and foster cooperation between refugee camp children and children who live in the adjacent host communities.
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