Iori KASAHARA

Affiliation

Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University

Background

Education

2019.4 -

Ph.D. student, Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University

2018.4 - 2018.9

Research student, Department of Social Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo

2015.4 - 2018.3

M.A. student, Department of Social Psychology, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo

2011.4 - 2015.3

B.A. student, Department of English, School of Language Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

2011.3

Graduated from Taki High School (in Aichi Prefecture)

Employment

2023.9 -

Part-time Lecturer, School of Life Studies, Sugiyama Jogakuen University (class: "Psychology")

2023.9 -

Part-time Lecturer, School of Education, Sugiyama Jogakuen University (class: "Psychology")

2023.9 -

Part-time Lecturer, School of Culture-Information Studies, Sugiyama Jogakuen University (classes: "Media Psychology" and "Social Psychology")

2022.9 - 2023.9

University Guest (Academic), Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, the University of Melbourne

2022.4 - 2022.9

Part-time Lecturer, School of Education, Sugiyama Jogakuen University (class: "Psychology")

2022.4 - 2022.9

Part-time Lecturer, School of Culture-Information Studies, Sugiyama Jogakuen University (class: "Social Psychology")

2021.9 - 2022.3

Part-time Lecturer, School of Education, Sugiyama Jogakuen University (class: "Psychology")

2020.9 - 2021.2

Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Nihon Fukushi University (class: "English Communication II")

2018.4 - 2019.3

Part-time English Lecturer, Atomi High School

Research Interests

Moral Conviction
Homophily
Political Polarization
Affective Polarization

Research Articles

• Theses
• Effects of belief in free will on sentencing: Focusing on punishment motivation. (master thesis in Japanese)
• Stereotype priming effects on linguistic behavior: Cases of dyad communication. (graduation thesis in Japanese)
• Research Articles
• Kasahara, I., Karasawa, K., & Karasawa, M. (2019). Effects of free will belief on moral and judicial judgment: Role of explicit motives toward retribution and incapacitation. Journal of Human Environmental Studies, 17 (2), 147-152. (in Japanese)https://doi.org/10.4189/shes.17.147
• Iwatani, S., Muramoto, Y., & Kasahara, I. (2016). Effects of reputation estimation on normative behaviors: Focusing on perceived relational mobility. Japanese Journal of Social Psychology, 32 (2), 104-114. (in Japanese)https://doi.org/10.14966/jssp.0946

Books and Book Chapters

• Kasahara, I. (2019). Tadashii koto wo susunde okonau: Koudou ishikettei kenkyuu no dousatsu wo mochiite, kankyo ni kansuru yoriyoi ishikettei wo okonau tameni. In Shiraiwa, Y. & Arakawa, A. (Eds.) Koudou Seisakugaku Handobukku: Ouyou Koudou Kagaku ni Yoru Koukyou Seisaku no Dezain. Fukumura Shuppan. (in Japanese)
  Translation from Weber, E. U. (2013). Doing the right thing willingly: Using the insights of behavioral decision research for better environmental decisions. In E. Shafir (Ed.), The behavioral foundations of public policy. Princeton University Press.

Presentations

• Presentations at International Conferences
• Kasahara, I., Karasawa, M., & Kashima, Y. Reading minds with words: Effects of moral word use on attitude inference and communication. The 15th biennial conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology, Hong Kong, China. July 2023 (Hybrid Convention: In-person).
• Kasahara, I., Miura, T. G., & Karasawa, M. Affective polarization in the Japanese political context: Roles of moral conviction and generalized shared reality. The 24th annual convention of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA, USA. February 2023 (Hybrid Convention: Virtual).
• Miura, T. G., Kasahara, I., & Karasawa, M. Moral conviction exacerbates affective polarization even under a multi-party system. The 24th annual convention of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Atlanta, GA, USA. February 2023 (Hybrid Convention: In-person).
• Kasahara, I. & Karasawa, M. Moral conviction strengthens interpersonal selective exposure among Japanese citizens: A mini meta-analysis. The 45th annual meeting of International Society of Political Psychology, Athens, Greece. July 2022 (Hybrid Convention: Virtual).
• Kasahara, I. & Karasawa, M. Interpersonal selective exposure and the moderating role of moral conviction: Evidence from Japan. The 23rd annual convention of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Francisco, CA, USA. February 2022 (Hybrid Convention: Virtual).
• Kasahara, I. & Karasawa, M. Selective exposure toward similar opinions among Japanese citizens: Mediational roles of personally experienced cognitive dissonance and interpersonal sense of shared reality. The 14th biennial conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology, Seoul, Korea. July 2021 (Virtual Convention).
• Kasahara, I. & Karasawa, M. Interpersonal selective exposure in Japan: The sense of lacking shared reality and decrease in relational motives make people aversive to an opposing opinion. The 44th annual convention of International Society of Political Psychology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. July 2021 (Virtual Convention).
• Kasahara, I. & Karasawa, M. Selective exposure among Japanese citizens and its relational basis: Perceived threat to shared reality invites avoidance of an opposing opinion. The 22nd Annual Convention of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX, USA. February 2021 (Virtual Convention).
• Kasahara, I., Usami, M., & Karasawa, M. Stereotype priming effects on language use: Applying morphological analysis on conversational data. the 21st annual meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA, February 2020.
• Presentations at Domestic Conferences
• Kasahara, I. & Karasawa, M. The effect of self-perception about ease of being persuaded on conspiracy beliefs: Roles of changes in awareness of logical thinking. the 63rd annual conference of Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Kyoto Tachibana University, September 2022.
• Kasahara, I. & Karasawa, M. A psychological process of selective exposure among Japanese: The role of perceived cognitive dissonance and threat to shared reality. the 61st annual conference of Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Gakushuin University, November 2020 (virtual convention).
• Kasahara, I. & Karasawa, M. Attitude toward information disclosure about people infected with COVID-19 and its determinant: The role of political ideology. the 84th annual conference of Japanese Psychological Association, Toyo University, September to November 2020 (virtual convention).
• Kasahara, I., Usami, M., & Karasawa, M. Stereotype priming effects on language use: Focusing on the appearance ratio of "women" and its collocations. the 60th annual conference of Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Rissho University, November 2019.
• Kasahara, I. & Karasawa, K. Effects of free will beliefs on sentencing: Focusing on the relationship with explicit motives to punish. the 59th annual conference of Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Otemon Gakuin University, August 2018.
• Kasahara, I. & Karasawa, K. Effects of free will beliefs on moral judgment: Focusing on the changes of the effect with experimental manipulation. the 58th annual conference of Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Hiroshima University, October 2017.
• Kasahara, I. & Karasawa, K. Effects of denial of free will belief on sentencing: Focusing on changes in motives to punish. the 64th annual conference of Japanese Group Dynamics Association, the University of Tokyo, September & October 2017.
• Iwatani, S., Kasahara, I., Kawajiri, T., Enomoto, K., Watamura, E., & Muramoto, Y. Promotional factors of participation in community activities: Effects of relational mobility. the 56th annual conference of Japanese Society of Social Psychology, Tokyo Woman's Christian University, October & November 2015.
• Kasahara, I. & Usami, M. Stereotype priming effects on linguistic behavior: Cases of dyad communication. the 79th annual conference of Japanese Psychological Association, Nagoya Congress Center, September 2015.

2023.6

Scholarship repayment exemption, Japan Student Services Organization

2023.5

Travel Grant for Overseas Conference Presentations, Japanese Psychological Association

2022.9

Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

2021.9

Travel/Registration Grant for Overseas Conference Presentations, Japanese Group Dynamics Association

2021.3

Early Career Committee (ECC) Travel Award, International Society of Political Psychology

2020.9

Graduate Registration Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

2020.6

Travel Grant for Overseas Conference Presentations, Japanese Psychological Association (Declined due to receiving support from another organization)

2020.6

Travel Grant for Overseas Conference Presentations, Japanese Society of Social Psychology

2019.12

Junior Researcher's Award, Japanese Society of Social Psychology.

Affiliated academic societies

Japanese Society of Social Psychology (JSSP)
Japanese Psychological Association (JPA)
Japanese Group Dynamics Association (JGDA)
Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP)
Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP)