How Hwee Ong

Bio

I am a PhD student interested in how and why some people can, despite all the injustices present in everyday life, continue to believe that the world is a fair place. 

More specifically, I am interested in magical beliefs (i.e., false beliefs, irrational beliefs) that reflect the notion that the world is a fair place, such as the beliefs that suffering and moral behavior will be rewarded in impossible ways. 

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Courses

• Social Psychology of Group Dynamics
• Research Master: Experimental Research and Meta Analysis
• Bachelor's Thesis: Work and Organizational Psychology
• Bachelor's Thesis: Economic Psychology
• Bachelor's Thesis: Social Psychology
• Introduction to Psychology for International Students
• Research Skills in Psychology
• Introduction to Psychology and History of Psychology

Top publications

1. Why and when suffering increases the perceived likelihood of fortuito…

   Ong, H. H., Nelissen, R., & van Beest, I. (2021). Why and when suffering increases the perceived likelihood of fortuitous rewards. British Journal of Social Psychology, 60(2), 548-569.

2. Recommendations in pre-registrations and internal review board propos…

   Bakker, M., Veldkamp, C. L. S., van den Akker, O. R., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Crompvoets, E., Ong, H. H., & Wicherts, J. M. (2020). Recommendations in pre-registrations and internal review board proposals promote formal power analyses but do not increase sample size. PLoS ONE, 15(7), [e0236079].

3. A comprehensive meta-analysis of money priming

   Lodder, P., Ong, H. H., Grasman, R. P. P. P., & Wicherts, J. (2019). A comprehensive meta-analysis of money priming. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148(4), 688-712.