Social Psychology Faculty

The interplay among motivation, emotion, and social cognition; evolutionary psychology; individual differences.

Why do people take risks? Why do certain people grab our attention? Why do some people desire power, and what are they willing to do to get it? My lab's research addresses questions like these, exploring ways in which social motives and emotions influence a range of cognitive and perceptual processes such as attention, memory, person perception, and risky decision-making. Much of our current work focuses on: romantic attraction and close relationships, power and dominance, affiliation-seeking, prosocial behavior, and anxiety.

Maner, J. K., Miller, S. L., Gailliot, M. T., & Rouby, D. A. (in press). Intrasexual Vigilance: The Implicit Cognition of Romantic Rivalry. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
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DeWall, C. N., Maner, J. K., & Rouby, D. A. (in press). Social exclusion and early-stage interpersonal perception: Selective Attention to signs of acceptance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
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Maner , J. K., Gailliot, M. T., & Miller, S. L. (in press). The implicit cognition of relationship maintenance: Inattention to attractive alternatives. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
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Park, L. & Maner, J. K. (in press). Does Self-Threat Promote Social Connection? The Role of Self-Esteem and Contingencies of Self-Worth. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
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Baker, M., & Maner, J. K. (in press). Risk-Taking as a Situationally Sensitive Male Mating Strategy. Evolution & Human Behavior.
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Maner, J. K., Miller, S. L., Schmidt, N. B., & Eckel, L. A. (in press). Submitting to Defeat: Social Anxiety, Dominance Threat, and Decrements in Testosterone. Psychological Science.
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Maner, J. K., Rouby, D. A., & Gonzaga, G. (2008). Automatic Inattention to Attractive Alternatives: The Evolved Psychology of Relationship Maintenance. Evolution & Human Behavior, 29 , 343-349.
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Maner , J. K., DeWall, C. N., & Gailliot, M. T. (2008). Selective attention to signs of success: Social dominance and early stage interpersonal perception. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34 , 488-501.
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Maner, J.K., Gailliot, M.T., Rouby, D.A., & Miller, S.L. (2007). Can't take my eyes off you: Attentional adhesion to mates and rivals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 389-401.
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Maner, J.K., DeWall, C.N., Baumeister, R.F., & Schaller, M. (2007). Does social exclusion motivate interpersonal reconnection? Resolving the "porcupine problem." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 42-55.
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Maner, J. K., Gailliot, M. T., Butz, D., & Peruche, B. M. (2007). Power, risk, and the status quo: Does power promote riskier or more conservative decision-making? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33,451-462.
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Maner, J.K., Gailliot, M.T., & DeWall, C.N. (2007). Adaptive Attentional Attunement: Evidence for Mating-Related Perceptual Bias. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28, 28-36.
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Maner, J. K., & Gerend, M. A. (2007). Motivationally selective risk judgments: Do fear and curiosity boost the boons or the banes? Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 103, 256-267.
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