Faculty & Research Published Research Research Education Economics Health Policy Social Entrepreneurship Environmental Policy Ethics Leadership Racial Justice and Equity National Security Political Science Advocacy Domestic Policy & Politics International and Global Affairs Democracy Social Equity International Development Research and Commentary (-) Social Psychology Facet Area of Focus - Research Eileen Chou Sophie Trawalter Benjamin Converse Gabrielle Adams Christopher J. Ruhm Frederick P. Hitz John Holbein Noah Myung Richard Bonnie Facet People - Research Facet UVA Partner - Research Published Research Social Psychology What Is Good Isn't Always Fair: On the Unintended Effects of Framing Diversity as Good Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Sara Driskell, Martin Davidson Many proponents of diversity stress that diversity is good—good for universities to further their educational missions and good for businesses, for hiring talent and generating financial returns to shareholders. In this work, we examined costs of framing diversity as good for organizations vs. fair; specifically, we examined whether framing diversity as good for organizations broadens people’s definitions of diversity and increases racial bias. Learn more Published Research Ethics Social Psychology What's in a name? The toll e-signatures take on individual honesty Authors: Eileen Chou People cherish and embrace the symbolic value that their unique handwritten signature holds. Technological advances, however, have led organizations to reject traditional handwritten signatures in favor of the efficiency and convenience of e-signatures. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology Suspicion of White People’s Motives Relates to Relative Accuracy in Detecting External Motivation to Respond without Prejudice Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Jennifer LaCosse, Taylor Tuscherer, Jonathan W. Kunstman, E. Ashby Plant, Brenda Major As a result of prevalent pressure to inhibit prejudice, racial minorities may wonder whether White people’s nonprejudiced behavior is primarily motivated by personal commitments to egalitarianism (i.e., internal motivation) or superficial efforts to appear nonprejudiced (i.e., external motivation). The present work investigated whether minority group members chronically suspicious of White people’s motives (i.e., those who believe White people are more externally than internally motivated), are more accurate than those who are less suspicious in detecting the motives behind White individuals’ pleasant behavior toward minorities. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology Paperless and soulless. E-signatures diminish the signer’s presence and decrease acceptance Authors: Eileen Chou E-signatures are one of the fastest growing global practices because of their convenience. Much less is known, however, about whether people perceive e-signatures to be symbolically equivalent to traditional hand signatures. Learn more Published Research Leadership Social Psychology Mental models at work: Cognitive causes and consequences of conflict in organizations Authors: Eileen Chou, Nir Halevy, Taya R. Cohen, James J. Katz, A. T. Panter This research investigated the reciprocal relationship between mental models of conflict and various forms of dysfunctional social relations in organizations, including experiences of task and relationship conflicts, interpersonal hostility, workplace ostracism, and abusive supervision. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology A devil on each shoulder: When deliberation impairs self-control Authors: Eileen Chou, Loran F. Nordgren This article examines how cognitive capacity influences self-control. Two studies demonstrated a cognitive capacity by visceral state interaction. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology The Invisible Man: Interpersonal Goals Moderate Inattentional Blindness to African Americans Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Kelly M. Hoffman, B. Keith Payne ABSTRACT: Research on inattentional blindness demonstrates that when attending to 1 set of stimuli, people often fail to consciously perceive a task-irrelevant object. In this experiment, we tested for selective inattentional blindness to racial outgroup members. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology Investing in Karma: When Wanting Promotes Helping Authors: Benjamin Converse, A., Risen, J. L., & Carter, T. J. People often face outcomes of important events that are beyond their personal control, such as when they wait for an acceptance letter, job offer, or medical test results. We suggest that when wanting and uncertainty are high and personal control is lacking, people may be more likely to help others, as if they can encourage fate’s favor by doing good deeds proactively. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology Instrumentality boosts appreciation: Helpers are more appreciated while they are useful Authors: Benjamin Converse, A. Fishbach We propose that in social interactions, appreciation depends on the helper’s instrumentality: The more motivated one is to accomplish a goal and the more one perceives a potential helper as able to facilitate that goal, the more appreciation one will feel for that helper. Three experiments support this instrumentality-boost hypothesis by showing that beneficiaries feel more appreciation for their helpers while they are receiving help toward an ongoing task than after that task has been completed or after the helper has been deemed no longer instrumental. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology Relative deprivation and intergroup competition Two experiments utilized a new experimental paradigm—the Intergroup Prisoner’s Dilemma— Maximizing Difference (IPD-MD) game—to study how relative deprivation at the group level affects intergroup competition. The IPD-MD game enables group members to make a costly contribution to either a within-group pool that benefits fellow ingroup members, or a between-group pool, which, in addition, harms outgroup members. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology Howard Zonana and the Transformation of Forensic Psychiatry Authors: Richard Bonnie In recognition of Howard Zonana’s contributions, I take stock of the progress of the field of forensic psychiatry over three decades. As forensic psychiatrists, you are the voice of psychiatry in the law and the interpreter of law to your colleagues in psychiatry. Learn more Published Research Social Psychology You’re having fun when time flies: The hedonic consequences of subjective time progression Authors: Benjamin Converse, A.M. Sackett, T. Meyvis, L.D. Nelson, A.L. Sackett Learn more Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Next page Next ›
Published Research Social Psychology What Is Good Isn't Always Fair: On the Unintended Effects of Framing Diversity as Good Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Sara Driskell, Martin Davidson Many proponents of diversity stress that diversity is good—good for universities to further their educational missions and good for businesses, for hiring talent and generating financial returns to shareholders. In this work, we examined costs of framing diversity as good for organizations vs. fair; specifically, we examined whether framing diversity as good for organizations broadens people’s definitions of diversity and increases racial bias. Learn more
Published Research Ethics Social Psychology What's in a name? The toll e-signatures take on individual honesty Authors: Eileen Chou People cherish and embrace the symbolic value that their unique handwritten signature holds. Technological advances, however, have led organizations to reject traditional handwritten signatures in favor of the efficiency and convenience of e-signatures. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology Suspicion of White People’s Motives Relates to Relative Accuracy in Detecting External Motivation to Respond without Prejudice Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Jennifer LaCosse, Taylor Tuscherer, Jonathan W. Kunstman, E. Ashby Plant, Brenda Major As a result of prevalent pressure to inhibit prejudice, racial minorities may wonder whether White people’s nonprejudiced behavior is primarily motivated by personal commitments to egalitarianism (i.e., internal motivation) or superficial efforts to appear nonprejudiced (i.e., external motivation). The present work investigated whether minority group members chronically suspicious of White people’s motives (i.e., those who believe White people are more externally than internally motivated), are more accurate than those who are less suspicious in detecting the motives behind White individuals’ pleasant behavior toward minorities. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology Paperless and soulless. E-signatures diminish the signer’s presence and decrease acceptance Authors: Eileen Chou E-signatures are one of the fastest growing global practices because of their convenience. Much less is known, however, about whether people perceive e-signatures to be symbolically equivalent to traditional hand signatures. Learn more
Published Research Leadership Social Psychology Mental models at work: Cognitive causes and consequences of conflict in organizations Authors: Eileen Chou, Nir Halevy, Taya R. Cohen, James J. Katz, A. T. Panter This research investigated the reciprocal relationship between mental models of conflict and various forms of dysfunctional social relations in organizations, including experiences of task and relationship conflicts, interpersonal hostility, workplace ostracism, and abusive supervision. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology A devil on each shoulder: When deliberation impairs self-control Authors: Eileen Chou, Loran F. Nordgren This article examines how cognitive capacity influences self-control. Two studies demonstrated a cognitive capacity by visceral state interaction. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology The Invisible Man: Interpersonal Goals Moderate Inattentional Blindness to African Americans Authors: Sophie Trawalter, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Kelly M. Hoffman, B. Keith Payne ABSTRACT: Research on inattentional blindness demonstrates that when attending to 1 set of stimuli, people often fail to consciously perceive a task-irrelevant object. In this experiment, we tested for selective inattentional blindness to racial outgroup members. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology Investing in Karma: When Wanting Promotes Helping Authors: Benjamin Converse, A., Risen, J. L., & Carter, T. J. People often face outcomes of important events that are beyond their personal control, such as when they wait for an acceptance letter, job offer, or medical test results. We suggest that when wanting and uncertainty are high and personal control is lacking, people may be more likely to help others, as if they can encourage fate’s favor by doing good deeds proactively. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology Instrumentality boosts appreciation: Helpers are more appreciated while they are useful Authors: Benjamin Converse, A. Fishbach We propose that in social interactions, appreciation depends on the helper’s instrumentality: The more motivated one is to accomplish a goal and the more one perceives a potential helper as able to facilitate that goal, the more appreciation one will feel for that helper. Three experiments support this instrumentality-boost hypothesis by showing that beneficiaries feel more appreciation for their helpers while they are receiving help toward an ongoing task than after that task has been completed or after the helper has been deemed no longer instrumental. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology Relative deprivation and intergroup competition Two experiments utilized a new experimental paradigm—the Intergroup Prisoner’s Dilemma— Maximizing Difference (IPD-MD) game—to study how relative deprivation at the group level affects intergroup competition. The IPD-MD game enables group members to make a costly contribution to either a within-group pool that benefits fellow ingroup members, or a between-group pool, which, in addition, harms outgroup members. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology Howard Zonana and the Transformation of Forensic Psychiatry Authors: Richard Bonnie In recognition of Howard Zonana’s contributions, I take stock of the progress of the field of forensic psychiatry over three decades. As forensic psychiatrists, you are the voice of psychiatry in the law and the interpreter of law to your colleagues in psychiatry. Learn more
Published Research Social Psychology You’re having fun when time flies: The hedonic consequences of subjective time progression Authors: Benjamin Converse, A.M. Sackett, T. Meyvis, L.D. Nelson, A.L. Sackett Learn more