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William Cunningham

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ProfessorDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Toronto

William Cunningham

Professor

Department of Psychology

Faculty of Arts and Science

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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No publications on record.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (6 SSHRC, 3 NSERC), most recently in 2024.

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The active construction and maintenance of social and societal bias
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$34,281
When Social Cooperation Turns to Civil Violence: Developing Integrated Macro-to-Micro Level Models of the Dynamics of Social Bias and Unrest
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$125,000
Stereotype Maintenance through Approach-Contingent Information Gain
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$185,130

All 9 grants and awards

The active construction and maintenance of social and societal bias

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cunningham, William A.

Keywords: stereotyping; belief; attitudes; models

$34,281

When Social Cooperation Turns to Civil Violence: Developing Integrated Macro-to-Micro Level Models of the Dynamics of Social Bias and Unrest

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Cunningham, William

$125,000

Stereotype Maintenance through Approach-Contingent Information Gain

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cunningham, William A.

Keywords: stereotypes; attitudes; avoidance

$185,130

Integrating context into decision making

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cunningham, William

$282,000

Linking structural and metacognitive aspects of attitude strength

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cunningham, William

Keywords: (1) Attitudes; (2) Social Cognition; (3) Evaluation; (4) Ambivalence; (5) Scaling

$47,400

Regulatory Flexibility

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cunningham, William A.

Keywords: motivation; flexibility; wellbeing

$200,000

Amygdala tuning from motivational relevance

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cunningham, William

$165,000

Attitudes and biases: implicit and explicit processes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cunningham, William A.

Keywords: attitudes; social cognition; implicit; biases; learning

$35,021

Seperable positive and negative components of evaluation

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cunningham, William

$27,618

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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