Shannon Q

Shannon Q (born )https://twitter.com/Shann_Q0/status/1336158758532165633 is a Canadian YouTuber who uploads debates about religion and psychology. She is interested in communication strategies and mental health.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=388s
==Personal Life==
Shannon lives in Nova Scotia, Canada, and has a son, who was born in March 2011.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=3174shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=149s She is in a relationship with, and lives with,https://twitter.com/Shann_Q0/status/1423015558086381570 fellow atheist YouTuber Paulogia.https://twitter.com/Shann_Q0/status/1228314263770607616https://twitter.com/paulogia0/status/1228223272359092224 Shannon is bisexual.https://twitter.com/Shann_Q0/status/1396195464786104322 She also has a cat named Maddy, who has no tail.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=3095 Shannon was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in April of 2014,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2pa-cGt3Ss&t=33s and suffers from severe asthma.https://twitter.com/Shann_Q0/status/1313953217592668160 She also has dyslexia.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=1820s Her original career plan was to work with people on the autism spectrum, and help them develop communication strategies, but she does not do this now.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=978s
===Education===
Shannon initially studied to become a teacher.https://twitter.com/Shann_Q0/status/1352795543345487873 She then switched to psychology, specifically cognition, perception, and communicationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=697s, at Saint Mary’s University, Halifaxhttps://www.facebook.com/shannon.qtube.9, but after submitting her thesis proposal, found out she was pregnant, and was unable to do her thesis research.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=747s She had a 3.7 GPA at the time, and wanted to keep her honours designation. She went to the school advisor, who said that if she took four relevant additional honours level courses, she could still keep her honours designation and graduate with an honours degree.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=754s
====Thesis proposal====
Her research proposal was related to impression formation and priming. More specifically, the hypothesis was that the perception of having control over the direction of a conversation would influence a person’s perception of their interlocutor.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=786s She proposed a study where participants would watch a conversation, and be asked to put themselves in the perspective of one interlocutor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=814s One group would be told that the other person approached them, and that they were someone that was self-centred, and that the participant usually avoided.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=856s Another group would be told that they had no prior perception of the interlocutor.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=873s A third group was told that they initiated the conversation, and the fourth group was told that the interlocutor initiated the conversation.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=887s
==Subscriber milestones==
*30,000 subscribers: August 15, 2021https://twitter.com/Shann_Q0/status/1426863549209587713
==Trivia==
*During the COVID-19 pandemic, she stopped charging her patrons, as she did not want anybody to be in an uncomfortable situation.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8v_SWcQbpg&t=3134s
*She provides links to Recovering from Religion, Clergy Project, and Secular Therapy in all of her video descriptions.
==Quotes==
*Help elevate the discourse.
*Advocate for your own understanding.
*Try to be better, not the same.
==References==
Category:Canadian YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2012
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Educational YouTubers
Category:LGBT YouTubers