题  目：AI for Psychology: An Illustration of the Study of Awe

主讲人：姜佟琳（北京大学心理与认知科学学院研究员）

时  间：2026年5月8日 下午16:00-17:30

地  点：心理学院214

摘要

Artificial intelligence has exerted a profound influence on psychology, reshaping not only its analytical tools but also its broader research paradigms. Taking the study of awe as an illustrative case, we examine how these transformations are unfolding in contemporary psychological research. In recent years, awe has emerged as a prominent topic of scholarly inquiry, generating a substantial body of research. Yet, as a complex and multifaceted emotional experience, awe encompasses rich and deeply layered psychological content, and its conceptual nature has remained the subject of ongoing theoretical debate. Against this backdrop, we seek to re-examine the concept of awe through a large-model, data-driven approach. Specifically, we utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) to perform automated grounded theory coding on extensive psychological corpora, employing an embedding vector similarity merging mechanism to resolve semantic redundancy and refine core conceptual dimensions. To ensure theoretical rigor, we subject these AI-derived constructs to a validation framework. By implementing a discriminative recognition paradigm among 1,000 participants, we establish a qualitative-to-quantitative closed-loop to quantify the conceptual distinctiveness and cross-cultural robustness of awe across Chinese and Western samples. Our findings demonstrate how AI-driven thematic synthesis, when anchored by high-powered empirical evidence, can solidify psychological constructs and resolve long-standing theoretical ambiguities.

主讲人介绍

姜佟琳，北京大学心理与认知科学学院研究员、博士生导师、博雅青年学者，国家高层次青年人才入选人。现任 Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 副主编、Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 编委。担任国际自我与认同研究学会主席委员、中国心理学会人格心理学专业委员会副主任及社会心理学专业委员会委员、北京心理学会与北京社会心理学会理事、西藏自治区心理学会特聘专家。获美国心理学科学协会2023年度“学术新星”、国际存在主义心理学会早期职业贡献奖。

研究聚焦自我探索与意义建构的心理机制，关注生命意义、自我认同发展、情感体验与消费行为，综合运用实验、大数据与跨学科方法，探索人类在变化世界中寻求幸福与成长的路径。成果发表于 Nature Mental Health、Nature Reviews Psychology、Journal of Personality and Social Psychology、Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin、Social Psychological and Personality Science、Emotion 等期刊。主持国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年项目、合作交流项目等多项科研项目。