Faculty & Research Published Research Research Facet Area of Focus - Research Craig Volden Christopher J. Ruhm Bala Mulloth Eileen Chou Benjamin Castleman Sarah Turner Edgar O. Olsen Sophie Trawalter Benjamin Converse Christine Mahoney Adam Leive James H. Wyckoff William Shobe Charles Holt Daniel W. Player Daphna Bassok Harry Harding Jay Shimshack Jeanine Braithwaite John Pepper Richard Bonnie David Leblang John Holbein Leora Friedberg Molly Lipscomb James Savage Sebastian Tello-Trillo Frederick P. Hitz Gabrielle Adams Gerald Warburg Isaac Mbiti Paul S. Martin Raymond C. Scheppach Ruth Gaare Bernheim Andrew S. Pennock Gerald Higginbotham Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi Jennifer Lawless Michele Claibourn Noah Myung Philip Potter (-) Timothy Wilson Facet People - Research Facet UVA Partner - Research Published Research Who am I? Beyond "I think, therefore I am." Authors: Timothy Wilson, A. Voorhoeve, E. During, D. Jopling, F. Kamm Can we ever truly answer the question, “Who am I?” Moderated by Alex Voorhoeve (London School of Economics), neuro-philosopher Elie During (University of Paris, Ouest Nanterre), cognitive scientist David Jopling (York University, Canada), social psychologist Timothy Wilson (University of Virginia), and ethicist Frances Kamm (Harvard University) examine the difficulty of achieving genuine self-knowledge and how the pursuit of self-knowledge plays a role in shaping the self. Learn more Published Research Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change Authors: Timothy Wilson What if there were a magic pill that could make you happier, turn you into a better parent, solve a number of your teenager’s behavior problems, reduce racial prejudice, and close the achievement gap in education? Well, there is no such magic pill-but there is a new scientifically based approach called story editing that can accomplish all of this. Learn more Published Research Winners love winning and losers love money. Authors: Timothy Wilson, Karim S. Kassam, Carey K. Morewedge, Daniel T. Gilbert Salience and satisfaction are important factors in determining the comparisons that people make. We hypothesized that people make salient comparisons first, and then make satisfying comparisons only if salient comparisons leave them unsatisfied. Learn more Published Research How we feel about the deal Authors: Timothy Wilson, Hallam Movius Recent experimental research suggests that humans are prone to systematic errors when determining how they currently feel, imagining how they will feel about future events, remembering how they have felt about past events, and understanding the preferences that underlie their decisions. In this article, we briefly review three basic assumptions that are called into question by recent findings regarding specific kinds of errors that people are prone to make. We suggest that this line of research has important implications for negotiation theory, research, advice, and practice. Learn more Published Research If money doesn’t make you happy then you probably aren’t spending it right. Authors: Timothy Wilson, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Daniel T. Gilbert The relationship between money and happiness is surprisingly weak, which may stem in part from the way people spend it. Drawing on empirical research, we propose eight principles designed to help consumers get more happiness for their money. Learn more Published Research Conserving energy by inducing people to drive less. Authors: Timothy Wilson, Jesse Graham, Minkyung Koo We attempted to reduce college students’ use of their cars with an online intervention. Every other day for 2 weeks, students reported the number of miles they had avoided driving. Learn more Published Research “He loves me, he loves me not . . . ”: Uncertainty can increase romantic attraction. Authors: Timothy Wilson, Erin R. Whitchurch, Daniel T. Gilbert This research qualifies a social psychological truism: that people like others who like them (the reciprocity principle). College women viewed the Facebook profiles of four male students who had previously seen their profiles. Learn more
Published Research Who am I? Beyond "I think, therefore I am." Authors: Timothy Wilson, A. Voorhoeve, E. During, D. Jopling, F. Kamm Can we ever truly answer the question, “Who am I?” Moderated by Alex Voorhoeve (London School of Economics), neuro-philosopher Elie During (University of Paris, Ouest Nanterre), cognitive scientist David Jopling (York University, Canada), social psychologist Timothy Wilson (University of Virginia), and ethicist Frances Kamm (Harvard University) examine the difficulty of achieving genuine self-knowledge and how the pursuit of self-knowledge plays a role in shaping the self. Learn more
Published Research Redirect: The Surprising New Science of Psychological Change Authors: Timothy Wilson What if there were a magic pill that could make you happier, turn you into a better parent, solve a number of your teenager’s behavior problems, reduce racial prejudice, and close the achievement gap in education? Well, there is no such magic pill-but there is a new scientifically based approach called story editing that can accomplish all of this. Learn more
Published Research Winners love winning and losers love money. Authors: Timothy Wilson, Karim S. Kassam, Carey K. Morewedge, Daniel T. Gilbert Salience and satisfaction are important factors in determining the comparisons that people make. We hypothesized that people make salient comparisons first, and then make satisfying comparisons only if salient comparisons leave them unsatisfied. Learn more
Published Research How we feel about the deal Authors: Timothy Wilson, Hallam Movius Recent experimental research suggests that humans are prone to systematic errors when determining how they currently feel, imagining how they will feel about future events, remembering how they have felt about past events, and understanding the preferences that underlie their decisions. In this article, we briefly review three basic assumptions that are called into question by recent findings regarding specific kinds of errors that people are prone to make. We suggest that this line of research has important implications for negotiation theory, research, advice, and practice. Learn more
Published Research If money doesn’t make you happy then you probably aren’t spending it right. Authors: Timothy Wilson, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Daniel T. Gilbert The relationship between money and happiness is surprisingly weak, which may stem in part from the way people spend it. Drawing on empirical research, we propose eight principles designed to help consumers get more happiness for their money. Learn more
Published Research Conserving energy by inducing people to drive less. Authors: Timothy Wilson, Jesse Graham, Minkyung Koo We attempted to reduce college students’ use of their cars with an online intervention. Every other day for 2 weeks, students reported the number of miles they had avoided driving. Learn more
Published Research “He loves me, he loves me not . . . ”: Uncertainty can increase romantic attraction. Authors: Timothy Wilson, Erin R. Whitchurch, Daniel T. Gilbert This research qualifies a social psychological truism: that people like others who like them (the reciprocity principle). College women viewed the Facebook profiles of four male students who had previously seen their profiles. Learn more