A5077483217- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Social Representations and Identity
- Global and Cross-Cultural Management
- Career Development and Diversity
- Conferences and Exhibitions Management
- Team Dynamics and Performance
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
National Institutes of Health
2019-2022
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
2019-2022
Office of the Director
2022
University of Maryland, College Park
2010-2015
Park University
2011
University of Virginia
2006-2010
The differences across cultures in the enforcement of conformity may reflect their specific histories.
Improving teaching quality is widely recognized as critical to addressing deficiencies in secondary school education, yet the field has struggled identify rigorously evaluated teacher-development approaches that can produce reliable gains student achievement. A randomized controlled trial of My Teaching Partner-Secondary--a Web-mediated approach focused on improving teacher-student interactions classroom--examined efficacy teacher and achievement with 78 teachers 2237 students. The...
.Multilevel modeling techniques were used with a sample of 643 students enrolled in 37 secondary school classrooms to predict future student achievement (controlling for baseline achievement) from observed teacher interactions the classroom, coded using Classroom Assessment Scoring System—Secondary. After accounting prior year test performance, qualities predicted performance on end-of-year standardized tests. Classrooms characterized by positive emotional climate, sensitivity adolescent...
The present research examined (a) the link between personal history of residential mobility and self-concept (b) implications such a for positive affect in social interactions. Study 1 showed that self was more central to self-definition frequent movers than nonmovers, whereas collective nonmovers movers. Results from laboratory 2-week event sampling study (Studies 2 3) demonstrated felt happier when an interaction partner accurately perceived their selves, selves. These findings first...
Abstract— Peer rejection has gained much attention in recent years, due to repeated findings that negative peer experiences childhood predict adjustment difficulties adolescence and adulthood. The dominant conceptualization within developmental psychology overwhelmingly focused on deficits rejected children contribute their neglected contextual factors the group setting may also influence rejection. This article reviews growing evidence social context which interactions occur does affect...
This research provides novel insights into the evolutionary basis of cultural norm development and maintenance. We yield evidence for a unique culture-gene coevolutionary model between ecological threat, allelic frequency serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR), tightness-looseness-the strength norms tolerance deviance from norms-and moral justifiability. As hypothesized, results across 21 nations show that: (a) propensity threat correlates with short (S) allele in 5-HTTLPR, (b)...
This research examines whether people who experience epistemic motivation (i.e., a desire to acquire knowledge) came have implicit attitudes consistent with the apparent beliefs of another person. People had lower prejudice when they experienced and interacted person ostensibly held egalitarian (Experiments 1 2). Implicit was not affected did motivation. Further evidence shows that this tuning occurs are endorsed by person, but brought mind via means do imply person's endorsement (Experiment...
We investigated the effects of My Teaching Partner—Secondary (MTP-S), a teacher professional development intervention, on students’ peer relationships in middle and high school classrooms. MTP-S targets increasing teachers' positive interactions with students sensitive instructional practices has demonstrated improvements students' academic achievement motivation. The current study tested prediction from systems theory that would extend beyond domain—that is, ecology behaviors towards should...
Summary We complement the dominant rational model of negotiation found in West with a new honor many Arabic‐speaking populations and illustrate linguistic processes that facilitate creativity agreements United States Egypt. Community samples ( N = 136) were recruited Egypt negotiated an integrative bargaining task, Discount Marketplace . Analyses categories Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC) our own newly developed dictionary same language predicts States, namely, which is logical...
We tested the hypothesis that gifts act as markers of interpersonal similarity for both acquaintances and close relationship partners. Participants were led to believe a new opposite sex acquaintance (Experiment 1) or romantic partner 2) had selected either desirable undesirable gift them. In Experiment 1, men viewed themselves less similar their after receiving bad versus good from her, whereas women's perceived ratings unaffected by quality. 2, reported decreased gift, women responded more...
Anecdotal evidence abounds that conflicts between two individuals can spread across networks to involve a multitude of others. We advance cultural transmission model intergroup conflict where contagion is seen as consequence universal human traits (ingroup preference, outgroup hostility; i.e. parochial altruism) which give their strongest expression in particular contexts. Qualitative interviews conducted the Middle East, USA and Canada suggest altruism processes vary groups are most likely...
A psychological perspective has been largely absent in the multidisciplinary discourse surrounding globalization. In this commentary, we highlight unique contributions that articles special issue have made advancing a new science of We discuss critical role theory plays understanding reactions to globalization, and turn, how globalization research provides context challenges, refines, extends theory. offer suggestions as psychology can take an active future research, particular specifying...
We investigated whether the desire to have a smooth and pleasant interaction with an anticipated partner caused participants' moods become similar their imminent partners' moods. found evidence of anticipatory mood matching when participants were motivated affiliate through goal priming (Experiments 1 2) outcome dependency (Experiment 3). Prior research has demonstrated contagion arising from actual social but these experiments establish without contact, evident regardless was assessed via...
Recent research and theory on implicit self-stereotyping suggests that individuals nonconsciously incorporate stereotypes about their social groups into the self-concept; however, evidence as to whether this holds true for negative remains limited. Using a subliminal priming measure, current found women (Experiment 1) White Americans 2) implicitly associated self with in-group stereotypic traits but not out-group traits. Of importance, both self-stereotyped similar extent they did positive...
The present research examined how residential mobility affects the extent to which people compartmentalize friendship activities (i.e., selecting different friends for activities) and role of social support concerns in relationship between compartmentalization. Studies 1 2 showed that who had moved frequently while growing up or were primed think about moving compartmentalized their friendships more if they valued friendship. Study 3 this effect was driven by over availability. findings...
Three studies examined cultural variations in the motivational consequences of being misunderstood by others. Study 1 found that European American students who felt others performed progressively better academically, whereas Asian and worse. In Studies 2 3, misunderstanding was experimentally manipulated, responses were measured with a handgrip task (Study 2) prefrontal electroencephalography (EEG) asymmetry 3). Across two studies, Asians Americans showed more withdrawal-related but either...
This research examines whether culture influences the extent to which people’s attitudes tune toward others’ egalitarian beliefs. Hong Kong Chinese, but not American, participants were less prejudiced, explicitly and implicitly, homosexuals when they interacted with a person who appeared hold views as opposed neutral (Experiment 1). In Experiments 2 3, cultural concepts manipulated. Americans Chinese primed collectivist mind-set showed explicit implicit prejudice experimenter was thought...