Tara Bulut

PhD candidate

  • CONTACT INFORMATION
  • tara.deimos@gmail.com
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  • Mentor: prof. dr Goran Knežević; Comentor: dr Janko Međedović

RESEARCH INTERESTS

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Her research interests are mainly focused on the dark traits, primarily sadism and psychopathy, with the emphasis on underlying emotional processes, as well as the role of these traits in prediction of antisocial behavior and criminal recidivism.

In addition,  she is interested in anthropometric predictors of sociosexuality, as well as determinants of physical attractiveness.

KEYWORDS

KEYWORDS

sadism, psychopathy, emotional processes, recidivism, Dark Triad, Dark Tetrad

EDUCATION INFO

EDUCATION INFO

Summer 2016: short term stay at the Utrecht University, Netherlands, Department of Animal Ecology and Biomedical Primate Research Centre; course Observing primate behavior. Supervisors: Lisette van den Berg and prof. dr Elisabeth Sterck

2015 – now: PhD studies. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Supervisor: prof. dr Goran Knežević

2013 Master studies. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Supervisor: prof. dr Slobodan Marković

2012 Undergraduate studies. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

OTHER INFORMATION

OTHER INFORMATION

SERVICE TO THE FIELD

SERVICE TO THE FIELD

Guest lecturer at the Petnica Science Center

Jury panel member of the national competition psychological research within the Regional Talent Center

MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS

MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS

Laboratory for Experimental psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

ADDITIONAL NOTICE

ADDITIONAL NOTICE

Certified International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Psychology teacher

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Wang, K, Goldenberg, A., Dorison, C.A., Miller, J.K., Uusberg, A., Lerner, J.S., Gross, J.J. & Psychological Science Accelerator (incl. Lazarević, Lj.B., & Bulut, T.) (2021). A multi-country test of brief reappraisal interventions on emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behavior, 5(8), 1089-1110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01173-x

  • Bulut, T. (2017). The concept of sadism in the current empirical literature. The Journal of the Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, 36, 23-41. [pdf]

  • Marković, S., & Bulut, T. (2017). Attractiveness of the female body: Preference for the average or the supernormal?. Psihologija, 50(3), 403-426. [pdf]

  • Međedović, J., & Bulut, T. (2017). Expanding the nomological network of Dark Tetrad: the case of cynicism, aggressive humor and attitudes toward immigrants. The Journal of the Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, 36(3), 7-19. [pdf]

  • Međedović, J., & Bulut, T. (2017). The Mini IPIP-6: Short, valid and reliable measure of the six-factor personality structure. Applied psychology.

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