Teaching Courses
- Logic and Scientific Writing
- Psychological research: Quantitative Approach
- Experimental Methods in Psychology
- Learning and Cognitive Psychology
- Social Cognition
- Social Psychology
Education
- Bachelor of Psychology (S. Psi.)
Psychology
Universitas Indonesia
2009
- Master of Science (M. Sc.)
Social Psychology
Tilburg University, The Netherlands
2011
- Philosophical Doctor (Ph. D.)
Cognitive Psychology/Psycholinguistics
Leuven University, Belgium
2017
Academic Experience
- JUNIOR RESEARCHER, Psychology Research Centre (LPPsi) University of Indonesia, Jakarta-Indonesia, 2009-2010
- VISITING SCHOLAR, Concept and Categorization Research Group (ConCat), Leuven-Belgium, 2018
- LECTURER, Psychology Department, BINUS University, Jakarta-Indonesia, 2018-Present
Research Interest
My area of focus is Cognitive-Linguistic Psychology where I mainly investigate concepts and categories, specifically on how the use of words and their meanings (semantics) relate to human cognitive processes. My research focuses on the use of concepts and how people (children and adults) categorize objects based on their cognition and the perceived meaning of words. I am also personally interested in promoting, studying, and evaluating the Open science research practices in psychological science in Indonesia.
Publications
Stel, M., van Dijk, E., Smith, P., van Dijk, W., & Djalal F.M. (2011). Lowering the pitch of your voice makes you feel more powerful and think more abstractly. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3 (4), 497-502.doi: 10.1177/ 1948550611427610.
Djalal F.M., Ameel E., & Storms, G. (2016). The typicality ranking task: A new method to derive typicality judgments from children. PLoS ONE, 11(6): e0157936. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157936
Djalal, F.M., Storms, G., Ameel, E., & Heyman, T. (2017). Feature taxonomy: What type of features do children associate with categories and how do they fare in predicting category judgments? Acta Psychologica, 178, 114-123. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2017.04.009
Djalal, F.M., Hampton, J.A., Storms, G., & Heyman, T. (2018). Relationship between Extensions and Intensions in Categorization: A Match Made in Heaven? Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 44(4), 655-666. doi: 10.1037/xlm0000469
Djalal, F.M., Voorspoels, W., Storms, G., & Heyman, T. (2019). Is jellyfish more of a fish in English than in Dutch? The effect of informative labels. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72(4), 792-797. doi: 10.1177/1747021818777094
Member of (if any)
- Psychonomic Society (2014-2020)
Research Grant
- DBOF doctoral scholarships 2012-2017 – University of Leuven
- SAME Post-doctoral 2018 scholarships – The Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia
- NWO Open Science 2020 research grant – The Dutch Research Council
Achievement
- Tian Oei award for the best bachelor psychology thesis, 2009
- Rector’s Award 2nd Best Lecturer BINUS University, 2022