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Papers by Susan Andersen

Research paper thumbnail of Contextual variability in personality: The case of the relational self and the process of transference

... in the absence of any explicit instruction to evaluate the new person's features. ..... more ... in the absence of any explicit instruction to evaluate the new person's features. ... This initial evidence on inferences and memory, evaluation, and facial affect shows that transference occurs ... processes that are evoked relatively implicitly based on significant-other resemblance in a ...

Research paper thumbnail of Automaticity in Close Relationships

Research paper thumbnail of Responding to significant others when they are not there: Effects on interpersonal inference, motivation, and affect

Research paper thumbnail of Understanding mind control: Exotic and mundane mental manipulations

THE GOAL OF" MIND-CONTROL STRATEGIES" is to manipulate others' thought... more THE GOAL OF" MIND-CONTROL STRATEGIES" is to manipulate others' thoughts, feelings, and behavior within a given context over a period of time, resulting in relatively greater gain for the manipulator than for those influenced. The changes produced may be narrowly ...

Research paper thumbnail of Commentaries on "The 'What' and 'Why' of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

Psychological Inquiry, Oct 1, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Induced Hearing Deficit Generates Experimental Paranoia

Science, Jun 26, 1981

426 (1970)]. Placebo pellets contained only the base material, that is, lactose, 0.075 g; Avicel,... more 426 (1970)]. Placebo pellets contained only the base material, that is, lactose, 0.075 g; Avicel, 0.075 g; Cab-o-Sil, 0.00075 g; and calcium stearate, 0.0015 g. 6. Arousal from hibernation typically requires approximately 2 hours. During this time, internal temperature increases from hibernating levels (near ambient temperature, 5°C) to 360 to 38°C, and behavioral activity ensues.

Research paper thumbnail of The Unconscious Relational Self

Oxford University Press eBooks, Aug 24, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Transference and the relational self: Intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences in everyday social life

Research paper thumbnail of Streams of Thought About the Self and Significant Others: Transference as the Construction of Interpersonal Meaning

Psychology Press eBooks, Mar 1, 1999

Research paper thumbnail of Contextual variability in personality: The case of the relational self and transference

... in the absence of any explicit instruction to evaluate the new person's features. ..... more ... in the absence of any explicit instruction to evaluate the new person's features. ... This initial evidence on inferences and memory, evaluation, and facial affect shows that transference occurs ... processes that are evoked relatively implicitly based on significant-other resemblance in a ...

Research paper thumbnail of The social psychology of transference

Research paper thumbnail of Signi¢cant Others and the Self

We subscribe to the assumption that the self is fundamentally relationalÐthat is, entangled with ... more We subscribe to the assumption that the self is fundamentally relationalÐthat is, entangled with signi®cant others Ðsuch that key elements of the self are experienced in relation to signi®cant others, even when others are not present. In our socialcognitive model of transference, transference occurs when a mental representation of a signi®cant other is activated by cues in a new person that resemble the other. As a result, the self in relation to this signi®cant other is activated, eliciting changes in affect, expectancies, motivations, and behaviors, as well as in the nature of the working self-concept, all re¯ecting the version of the self one is when with the signi®cant other. Moreover, when people experience a threat to either a signi®cantother relationship or the self in the context of an encounter with a new person who triggers transference, this sets into motion self-regulatory processes, which play out in relations with the new person. Overall, we argue that the evocation of...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluation, Motivation, and Expectancy Measure

Research paper thumbnail of Salience and Self-Inference: The Role of Biased Recollections in Self-Inference Processes

Social Cognition, Mar 1, 1986

The present research extended the applicability of cognitively based and affectively based self-i... more The present research extended the applicability of cognitively based and affectively based self-inference processes into the domain of specific trait inferences. In partic ular, the salience of past thoughts and feelings or past behaviors visa -vis religious mat ters was manipulated by inducing subjects to agree with a set of cognitive-affective or behavioral statements that were either proreligious or antirehgious in nature. Sub jects' subsequent self-inferences in the domain of religiousness were then assessed. Relatively "pure" cognitive-affective and behavioral statements were utilized, and differences in the abstractness of these two types of items were controlled by means of identical generic content. Nevertheless, results showed that salient cognitive and affective reactions had more of an impact on subjects' self-inferences than did salient behavioral reactions. Hence, this phenomenon cannot be accounted for by dif ferences in the relative abstractness of thoughts and feelings in contrast to overt behaviors. Furthermore, when behavioral reactions were made salient to subjects in the absence of consistent intentions or feelings, these behaviors had no impact on subjects' subsequent self-inferences. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for self-perception processes and self-concept change. Throughout their lives, people make assessments about their own characteristics, statuses, and relationships. These inferences are based on many different sources of information, and, in particular, on what ever information about the self is salient at the time of the judgment

Research paper thumbnail of Becoming engaged in the community: A relational perspective on social identity and community engagement

Research paper thumbnail of Future-oriented repetitive thought, depressive symptoms, and suicide ideation severity: Role of future-event fluency and depressive predictive certainty

Journal of Affective Disorders

Research paper thumbnail of Changing the psychiatric knowledge of primary care physicians

General Hospital Psychiatry, 1990

This research examined the malleability of physicians' knowledge about psychiatric disord... more This research examined the malleability of physicians' knowledge about psychiatric disorders (and their recommended treatments) based on a brief educational intervention. Primary care physicians were randomly assigned to a single-session intervention dealing with selected DSM-IIIR affective and anxiety disorders or to a wait-list control group. Posttest (vs. pretest) measures indicated that experimental physicians showed greater increases than controls in diagnostic accuracy on relevant disorders, specifically, major depression, dysthymic disorder, and agoraphobia with panic attacks. Treatment recommendations were also influenced, specifically, for major depression and panic disorder. Interestingly, treatment recommendations were also influenced for certain somatic disorders not addressed in the intervention, suggesting "halo" effects for these disorders. Overall, the intervention was effective in increasing diagnostic knowledge and altering treatment recommendations. Implications for research on psychiatric interventions among physicians are discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of Through the lens of the relational self: Triggering psychopathology and emotional suffering in the social-cognitive process of transference

Research paper thumbnail of Procedural Justice Judgments Scale

Research paper thumbnail of The Relational Self and Transference: Evoking Motives, Self-Regulation, and Emotions through Activation of Mental Representations of Significant Others

The notion that people hold mental representations of significant others--individuals who have be... more The notion that people hold mental representations of significant others--individuals who have been influential in their lives--in memory is not conceptually new. In some respects, it has been present in psychology since the field arose as a separate discipline. It is also central to theories of personality and clinical psychology of historical import in the discipline of psychology, across prevailing theory and empirical research in social psychology in recent years. Past relationships influence present patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior. Moreover, this is consistent with the fundamental assumption in social cognition that previous knowledge is used to give meaning to present people and situations. Our research has focused on the social-cognitive process of transference as a way to give meaning to everyday experience in the context of everyday relations. Our work thus has its roots in early theory, while also relying very heavily on basic principles of social cognition and ...

Research paper thumbnail of Contextual variability in personality: The case of the relational self and the process of transference

... in the absence of any explicit instruction to evaluate the new person's features. ..... more ... in the absence of any explicit instruction to evaluate the new person's features. ... This initial evidence on inferences and memory, evaluation, and facial affect shows that transference occurs ... processes that are evoked relatively implicitly based on significant-other resemblance in a ...

Research paper thumbnail of Automaticity in Close Relationships

Research paper thumbnail of Responding to significant others when they are not there: Effects on interpersonal inference, motivation, and affect

Research paper thumbnail of Understanding mind control: Exotic and mundane mental manipulations

THE GOAL OF" MIND-CONTROL STRATEGIES" is to manipulate others' thought... more THE GOAL OF" MIND-CONTROL STRATEGIES" is to manipulate others' thoughts, feelings, and behavior within a given context over a period of time, resulting in relatively greater gain for the manipulator than for those influenced. The changes produced may be narrowly ...

Research paper thumbnail of Commentaries on "The 'What' and 'Why' of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

Psychological Inquiry, Oct 1, 2000

Research paper thumbnail of Induced Hearing Deficit Generates Experimental Paranoia

Science, Jun 26, 1981

426 (1970)]. Placebo pellets contained only the base material, that is, lactose, 0.075 g; Avicel,... more 426 (1970)]. Placebo pellets contained only the base material, that is, lactose, 0.075 g; Avicel, 0.075 g; Cab-o-Sil, 0.00075 g; and calcium stearate, 0.0015 g. 6. Arousal from hibernation typically requires approximately 2 hours. During this time, internal temperature increases from hibernating levels (near ambient temperature, 5°C) to 360 to 38°C, and behavioral activity ensues.

Research paper thumbnail of The Unconscious Relational Self

Oxford University Press eBooks, Aug 24, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Transference and the relational self: Intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences in everyday social life

Research paper thumbnail of Streams of Thought About the Self and Significant Others: Transference as the Construction of Interpersonal Meaning

Psychology Press eBooks, Mar 1, 1999

Research paper thumbnail of Contextual variability in personality: The case of the relational self and transference

... in the absence of any explicit instruction to evaluate the new person's features. ..... more ... in the absence of any explicit instruction to evaluate the new person's features. ... This initial evidence on inferences and memory, evaluation, and facial affect shows that transference occurs ... processes that are evoked relatively implicitly based on significant-other resemblance in a ...

Research paper thumbnail of The social psychology of transference

Research paper thumbnail of Signi¢cant Others and the Self

We subscribe to the assumption that the self is fundamentally relationalÐthat is, entangled with ... more We subscribe to the assumption that the self is fundamentally relationalÐthat is, entangled with signi®cant others Ðsuch that key elements of the self are experienced in relation to signi®cant others, even when others are not present. In our socialcognitive model of transference, transference occurs when a mental representation of a signi®cant other is activated by cues in a new person that resemble the other. As a result, the self in relation to this signi®cant other is activated, eliciting changes in affect, expectancies, motivations, and behaviors, as well as in the nature of the working self-concept, all re¯ecting the version of the self one is when with the signi®cant other. Moreover, when people experience a threat to either a signi®cantother relationship or the self in the context of an encounter with a new person who triggers transference, this sets into motion self-regulatory processes, which play out in relations with the new person. Overall, we argue that the evocation of...

Research paper thumbnail of Evaluation, Motivation, and Expectancy Measure

Research paper thumbnail of Salience and Self-Inference: The Role of Biased Recollections in Self-Inference Processes

Social Cognition, Mar 1, 1986

The present research extended the applicability of cognitively based and affectively based self-i... more The present research extended the applicability of cognitively based and affectively based self-inference processes into the domain of specific trait inferences. In partic ular, the salience of past thoughts and feelings or past behaviors visa -vis religious mat ters was manipulated by inducing subjects to agree with a set of cognitive-affective or behavioral statements that were either proreligious or antirehgious in nature. Sub jects' subsequent self-inferences in the domain of religiousness were then assessed. Relatively "pure" cognitive-affective and behavioral statements were utilized, and differences in the abstractness of these two types of items were controlled by means of identical generic content. Nevertheless, results showed that salient cognitive and affective reactions had more of an impact on subjects' self-inferences than did salient behavioral reactions. Hence, this phenomenon cannot be accounted for by dif ferences in the relative abstractness of thoughts and feelings in contrast to overt behaviors. Furthermore, when behavioral reactions were made salient to subjects in the absence of consistent intentions or feelings, these behaviors had no impact on subjects' subsequent self-inferences. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for self-perception processes and self-concept change. Throughout their lives, people make assessments about their own characteristics, statuses, and relationships. These inferences are based on many different sources of information, and, in particular, on what ever information about the self is salient at the time of the judgment

Research paper thumbnail of Becoming engaged in the community: A relational perspective on social identity and community engagement

Research paper thumbnail of Future-oriented repetitive thought, depressive symptoms, and suicide ideation severity: Role of future-event fluency and depressive predictive certainty

Journal of Affective Disorders

Research paper thumbnail of Changing the psychiatric knowledge of primary care physicians

General Hospital Psychiatry, 1990

This research examined the malleability of physicians' knowledge about psychiatric disord... more This research examined the malleability of physicians' knowledge about psychiatric disorders (and their recommended treatments) based on a brief educational intervention. Primary care physicians were randomly assigned to a single-session intervention dealing with selected DSM-IIIR affective and anxiety disorders or to a wait-list control group. Posttest (vs. pretest) measures indicated that experimental physicians showed greater increases than controls in diagnostic accuracy on relevant disorders, specifically, major depression, dysthymic disorder, and agoraphobia with panic attacks. Treatment recommendations were also influenced, specifically, for major depression and panic disorder. Interestingly, treatment recommendations were also influenced for certain somatic disorders not addressed in the intervention, suggesting "halo" effects for these disorders. Overall, the intervention was effective in increasing diagnostic knowledge and altering treatment recommendations. Implications for research on psychiatric interventions among physicians are discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of Through the lens of the relational self: Triggering psychopathology and emotional suffering in the social-cognitive process of transference

Research paper thumbnail of Procedural Justice Judgments Scale

Research paper thumbnail of The Relational Self and Transference: Evoking Motives, Self-Regulation, and Emotions through Activation of Mental Representations of Significant Others

The notion that people hold mental representations of significant others--individuals who have be... more The notion that people hold mental representations of significant others--individuals who have been influential in their lives--in memory is not conceptually new. In some respects, it has been present in psychology since the field arose as a separate discipline. It is also central to theories of personality and clinical psychology of historical import in the discipline of psychology, across prevailing theory and empirical research in social psychology in recent years. Past relationships influence present patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior. Moreover, this is consistent with the fundamental assumption in social cognition that previous knowledge is used to give meaning to present people and situations. Our research has focused on the social-cognitive process of transference as a way to give meaning to everyday experience in the context of everyday relations. Our work thus has its roots in early theory, while also relying very heavily on basic principles of social cognition and ...