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This research explored the extent to which people use decep-tion to initiate a date with opposite... more This research explored the extent to which people use decep-tion to initiate a date with opposite-sex prospects who varied in facial physical attractiveness. Participants reviewed profiles of prospective dates varying in facial attractiveness, described their own personal characteristics to the prospective dates (study 1), and rated their willingness to lie to make themselves appear to be more desirable to each prospect (study 2). Both men and women deceptively altered their self-presented expressivity and love attitudes to more attractive prospects (study 1), and reported being more willing to lie about their personal appearance, personality traits, income, past relation-ship outcomes, career skills and intelligence to prospective dates who were higher in facial physical attractiveness, com-pared with prospective dates who were lower in facial phys-ical attractiveness (study 2). No sex-differences in the will-ingness to use deceptive self-presentational tactics were found. A strong...
Sustainability, 2021
One way in which educators can help to address increasingly pressing environmental problems, incl... more One way in which educators can help to address increasingly pressing environmental problems, including climate change, is to encourage individuals to change their behavior and to press for structural changes in society. The promotion of climate-protective behavior is challenging because the payoffs for various actions and inactions are structured such that they create social dilemmas. The conflict between short-term personal benefit and long-term collective gain in such dilemmas often leads to self-serving motives that can ultimately be self-defeating. We created a social dilemma simulation specific to climate change, called Climate Trap: Social Dilemma Simulation, to help students observe how they and others respond to these conflicts, and predicted that doing so would lead to climate-protective motivations and behaviors after the simulation. The simulation participants (N = 344) reported greater confidence in their knowledge and understanding of the social dilemma context of clima...
Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 2021
The COVID-19 Behavioral Health Mindset inventory (CVBHM) was designed to protect consumers and wo... more The COVID-19 Behavioral Health Mindset inventory (CVBHM) was designed to protect consumers and workers by assessing biosafety risk through acceptance of responsibility for the protection of oneself and others, social distancing, and adhering to prevention measures. The 30-item inventory was evaluated in two surveys of 1,455 (Time 1) and 431 respondents (Time 2). The CVBHM has strong internal consistency (T1 α = .90, T2 α = .88), test-retest reliability (r = .84) and predictive validity with the criterion of wearing a facemask (T1 β = .64, T2 β= .60). The CVBHM was a stronger predictor of safe behavior than other individual differences, although employment status, vocational interest, personality, and demographics were related. There was a drop in CVBHM scores over the study period, with predictable exceptions.
We explored how climate change engagement may be impacted when climate skeptical leaders are elec... more We explored how climate change engagement may be impacted when climate skeptical leaders are elected and implement policies that contribute to climate change. We used questionnaires at 3 time points (1 day before US election, 20 days into Trump administration, 100 days into Trump administration) with independent samples. Trump supporters’ behavioral intentions, perceived risks, emotional engagement, and policy preferences lower than prior to presidential election (ps .13). Emotional engagement with pro-environmental behavior mediates the relations between time and behavioral intentions, perceived risk of climate change, and policy preferences among Trump supporters. Clinton supporters showed no changes over time. People who support neither Trump nor Clinton showed a significant increase in anthropogenic climate change beliefs since before the election. These results suggest that climate skeptical leaders may change supporters' climate change engagement by changing their feelings...
Journal of Loss and Trauma, 1996
The authors suggest that the concept of loss may serve as an organizing principle to clarify many... more The authors suggest that the concept of loss may serve as an organizing principle to clarify many of the dynamics of close relationships. Prior to the ultimate loss of the relationship, there may be intermediate losses that undermine relationship stability. Research on social allergies, or extreme responses to minor annoyances, suggests that relatively mild antigens, if frequently repeated, can gradually
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors, 1997
Teaching Sociology, 2011
This article discusses an application of the Lewinian/Kolb experiential learning model in the con... more This article discusses an application of the Lewinian/Kolb experiential learning model in the context of undergraduate participation in the Missouri Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) program. CAPS is designed to simulate common, everyday experiences among people living in poverty as participants take on the roles of family members working to make ends meet. The creators of CAPS emphasize that “CAPS is not a game” but “a unique tool that community action agencies are able to use to educate everyone, from policy makers to community leaders, about the day to day realities of life with a shortage of money and an abundance of stress.” The authors facilitated the CAPS program with two large groups of undergraduate students enrolled in sociology, gerontology, and psychology courses at a medium-sized private college in south-central Pennsylvania. The analysis examines the experiential learning outcomes of the students as they reflect on their participation in the simulation. Follow...
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Climatic Change
Political leaders can influence public beliefs about climate change, and climate beliefs can infl... more Political leaders can influence public beliefs about climate change, and climate beliefs can influence climate actions. But, much is still unknown about (1) whether changes in political landscapes influence public’s climate beliefs and (2) the psychological process through which climate beliefs influence pro-environmental sentiments and actions. Achieving a better understanding these influences are the dual purposes of this paper, we investigated during the unique setting of the 2016 US presidential elections. First, we explored to what extent the American public’s belief in the anthropogenic origins and negative impacts of climate change were influenced by the 2016 US presidential election and earliest administrative days of a climate-skeptical political leader, Donald Trump. We found Trump’s influence on public climate beliefs may have increased after his election in such a way that may have polarized public climate beliefs. Compared with pre-election levels, supporters’ climate b...
Journal of Social Issues, 1993
Teaching of Psychology, 2002
... us to use their class time. We also thank Randolph A. Smith, Linda M. Noble, AndyLeynes, and ... more ... us to use their class time. We also thank Randolph A. Smith, Linda M. Noble, AndyLeynes, and three anonymous reviewers for their com-ments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. 3. Send correspondence to Joshua D. Landau ...
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1998
... The authors wish to thank three anonymous reviewers for their suggestions regarding an earlie... more ... The authors wish to thank three anonymous reviewers for their suggestions regarding an earlier version of this article; Anita Barbee and Tammy Rowatt for their theoretical insights; and Dana Nally, Julie Richeson, Anthony Robinson, John Sederholm, and Patrick Spradling for ...
This research explored the extent to which people use decep-tion to initiate a date with opposite... more This research explored the extent to which people use decep-tion to initiate a date with opposite-sex prospects who varied in facial physical attractiveness. Participants reviewed profiles of prospective dates varying in facial attractiveness, described their own personal characteristics to the prospective dates (study 1), and rated their willingness to lie to make themselves appear to be more desirable to each prospect (study 2). Both men and women deceptively altered their self-presented expressivity and love attitudes to more attractive prospects (study 1), and reported being more willing to lie about their personal appearance, personality traits, income, past relation-ship outcomes, career skills and intelligence to prospective dates who were higher in facial physical attractiveness, com-pared with prospective dates who were lower in facial phys-ical attractiveness (study 2). No sex-differences in the will-ingness to use deceptive self-presentational tactics were found. A strong...
Sustainability, 2021
One way in which educators can help to address increasingly pressing environmental problems, incl... more One way in which educators can help to address increasingly pressing environmental problems, including climate change, is to encourage individuals to change their behavior and to press for structural changes in society. The promotion of climate-protective behavior is challenging because the payoffs for various actions and inactions are structured such that they create social dilemmas. The conflict between short-term personal benefit and long-term collective gain in such dilemmas often leads to self-serving motives that can ultimately be self-defeating. We created a social dilemma simulation specific to climate change, called Climate Trap: Social Dilemma Simulation, to help students observe how they and others respond to these conflicts, and predicted that doing so would lead to climate-protective motivations and behaviors after the simulation. The simulation participants (N = 344) reported greater confidence in their knowledge and understanding of the social dilemma context of clima...
Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 2021
The COVID-19 Behavioral Health Mindset inventory (CVBHM) was designed to protect consumers and wo... more The COVID-19 Behavioral Health Mindset inventory (CVBHM) was designed to protect consumers and workers by assessing biosafety risk through acceptance of responsibility for the protection of oneself and others, social distancing, and adhering to prevention measures. The 30-item inventory was evaluated in two surveys of 1,455 (Time 1) and 431 respondents (Time 2). The CVBHM has strong internal consistency (T1 α = .90, T2 α = .88), test-retest reliability (r = .84) and predictive validity with the criterion of wearing a facemask (T1 β = .64, T2 β= .60). The CVBHM was a stronger predictor of safe behavior than other individual differences, although employment status, vocational interest, personality, and demographics were related. There was a drop in CVBHM scores over the study period, with predictable exceptions.
We explored how climate change engagement may be impacted when climate skeptical leaders are elec... more We explored how climate change engagement may be impacted when climate skeptical leaders are elected and implement policies that contribute to climate change. We used questionnaires at 3 time points (1 day before US election, 20 days into Trump administration, 100 days into Trump administration) with independent samples. Trump supporters’ behavioral intentions, perceived risks, emotional engagement, and policy preferences lower than prior to presidential election (ps .13). Emotional engagement with pro-environmental behavior mediates the relations between time and behavioral intentions, perceived risk of climate change, and policy preferences among Trump supporters. Clinton supporters showed no changes over time. People who support neither Trump nor Clinton showed a significant increase in anthropogenic climate change beliefs since before the election. These results suggest that climate skeptical leaders may change supporters' climate change engagement by changing their feelings...
Journal of Loss and Trauma, 1996
The authors suggest that the concept of loss may serve as an organizing principle to clarify many... more The authors suggest that the concept of loss may serve as an organizing principle to clarify many of the dynamics of close relationships. Prior to the ultimate loss of the relationship, there may be intermediate losses that undermine relationship stability. Research on social allergies, or extreme responses to minor annoyances, suggests that relatively mild antigens, if frequently repeated, can gradually
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors, 1997
Teaching Sociology, 2011
This article discusses an application of the Lewinian/Kolb experiential learning model in the con... more This article discusses an application of the Lewinian/Kolb experiential learning model in the context of undergraduate participation in the Missouri Community Action Poverty Simulation (CAPS) program. CAPS is designed to simulate common, everyday experiences among people living in poverty as participants take on the roles of family members working to make ends meet. The creators of CAPS emphasize that “CAPS is not a game” but “a unique tool that community action agencies are able to use to educate everyone, from policy makers to community leaders, about the day to day realities of life with a shortage of money and an abundance of stress.” The authors facilitated the CAPS program with two large groups of undergraduate students enrolled in sociology, gerontology, and psychology courses at a medium-sized private college in south-central Pennsylvania. The analysis examines the experiential learning outcomes of the students as they reflect on their participation in the simulation. Follow...
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Climatic Change
Political leaders can influence public beliefs about climate change, and climate beliefs can infl... more Political leaders can influence public beliefs about climate change, and climate beliefs can influence climate actions. But, much is still unknown about (1) whether changes in political landscapes influence public’s climate beliefs and (2) the psychological process through which climate beliefs influence pro-environmental sentiments and actions. Achieving a better understanding these influences are the dual purposes of this paper, we investigated during the unique setting of the 2016 US presidential elections. First, we explored to what extent the American public’s belief in the anthropogenic origins and negative impacts of climate change were influenced by the 2016 US presidential election and earliest administrative days of a climate-skeptical political leader, Donald Trump. We found Trump’s influence on public climate beliefs may have increased after his election in such a way that may have polarized public climate beliefs. Compared with pre-election levels, supporters’ climate b...
Journal of Social Issues, 1993
Teaching of Psychology, 2002
... us to use their class time. We also thank Randolph A. Smith, Linda M. Noble, AndyLeynes, and ... more ... us to use their class time. We also thank Randolph A. Smith, Linda M. Noble, AndyLeynes, and three anonymous reviewers for their com-ments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. 3. Send correspondence to Joshua D. Landau ...
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1998
... The authors wish to thank three anonymous reviewers for their suggestions regarding an earlie... more ... The authors wish to thank three anonymous reviewers for their suggestions regarding an earlier version of this article; Anita Barbee and Tammy Rowatt for their theoretical insights; and Dana Nally, Julie Richeson, Anthony Robinson, John Sederholm, and Patrick Spradling for ...