ANNUAL MEETING OF
THE SOCIETY OF
EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGY
PROGRAM
Santa Monica, CA
September 29 -- October 1, 2016
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We thank our Sponsors:
Elsevier, UCLA, USC,
Disney Research
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HOTEL FLOOR PLANS
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Thursday, September 29, 2016
3:00pm – 8:00pm Registration
Location: Poolside Bar (Lobby level)
6:00pm – 8:00pm Reception (drink ticket and cash bar, appetizers)
Location: Poolside Bar (Lobby level)
6:00pm – 10:00pm Executive committee meeting and dinner
Location: Palos Verdes Room
Friday, September 30, 2016
8:00am – 5:00pm Registration
Location: Arcadia Foyer (Upper level)
7:30am – 8:30am Continental Breakfast
Location: Arcadia Foyer (Upper level)
8:30am – 9:40am Symposia: Session 1
1A. The Optimal Balance: Motivation and Behavior as a Function of Order and (un-)Predictability
Location: Palisades Salon (Upper level)
Chair: Bastiaan T. Rutjens, University of Amsterdam
When does Belief in a Controlling God Strengthen Goal Pursuit? The Role of Predictability
Mark J. Landau, University of Kansas, Aaron C. Kay, Duke University
Order Overkill? A Balance Perspective on Threat Compensation
Bastiaan T. Rutjens, University of Amsterdam, Frenk van Harreveld, University of
Amsterdam, William A. Cunningham, University of Toronto
Need for Predictability versus Surprise
Marret K. Noordewier, Leiden University
Evidence Accumulation Drives Policy Change Toward Exploring Uncertainty in Decision-Making
William A. Cunningham, University of Toronto, Hans Melo, University of Toronto
1B. “It’s the End of the World as We Know It”: Deadly Disease, Terrorism, Insult, Marginalization, and
How Culture Affects Threat Responses
Location: Catalina ABC (Lower level)
Chairs: Heejung S. Kim, University of California Santa Barbara & David K. Sherman, University of California
Santa Barbara
The self in the face of terrorism: Understanding and ameliorating threat and prejudice via selfaffirmation.
Kevin R. Binning, University of Pittsburgh, Constantina Badea, Université Paris Ouest
Nanterre La Défense, Jean-François Verlhiac, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La
Défense, Verena Aebischer, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Abdel Er-Rafiy,
Université de Poitiers, David K. Sherman, University of California, Santa Barbara
Fear of Ebola: The Influence of Collectivism on Xenophobic Threat Responses
David K. Sherman, University of California Santa Barbara, Heejung S. Kim, University of
California Santa Barbara, Kimin Eom, University of California Santa Barbara, Phillip J.
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Ehret, University of California Santa Barbara, Mattias Gobel, University of California
Santa Barbara, John A. Updegraff, Kent State University
When disconnection breeds extremism: Marginalization and risk for radicalization among Muslim
immigrants in the West
Sarah Lyons-Padilla, Stanford SPARQ: Social Psychological Answers to Real-world
Questions, Michele J. Gelfand, University of Maryland College Park, Marieke van
Egmond, University of Hagen, Hedieh Mirahmadi, World Organization for Resource
Development and Education (WORDE), Mehreen Farooq, World Organization for
Resource Development and Education (WORDE)
Responses to Honor Threats Are Moderated by Cultural Background: Evidence from Research on
Retaliation and Goal Setting
Ayse K. Uskul, University of Kent, Susan E. Cross, Iowa State University, S. Arzu Wasti,
Sabanci University, Phia Salter, Texas A&M University, Ceren Gunsoy, Iowa State
University, K. Duygu Erdas, Sabanci University
1C. Data for Change: Leveraging data to improve police-community interactions and re-imagine policing
Location: Venice Room (Lower level)
Chairs: Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Benoît Monin, & Hazel Rose Markus, Stanford University
Getting Pulled Over: Lessons from an analysis of police stops, handcuffings, searches, and arrests
Rebecca C. Hetey, Stanford University, Benoît Monin, Stanford University, Amrita
Maitreyi, Stanford University, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Stanford University
Does This Vehicle Belong to You? Analyzing the language police officers use during routine traffic
stops of Black and White community members
Dan Jurafsky, Stanford University, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Stanford University
Black and White meets Blue: Race and respect in police-community interactions
Nicholas P. Camp, Stanford University, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Stanford University
Principled Policing: Using social psychological principles to train law enforcement agencies across
the state of California
Suzy Loftus, Office of Kamala D. Harris, California State Attorney General, Hazel Rose
Markus, Stanford University, Jennifer L. Eberhardt. Stanford University
9:40am – 9:45am Break
9:45am – 10:55am Symposia: Session 2
2A. New Cues to Mind Perception: Inferring Inner States from Voices, Faces, Emotions, and Time
Location: Palisades Salon (Upper level)
Chair: Eugene M. Caruso, University of Chicago
The Sound of Intellect: Speech Reveals a Thoughtful Mind, Increasing a Job Candidate’s Appeal
Juliana Schroeder, University of California Berkeley, Nicholas Epley, University of
Chicago
The Face of Animacy: Perceptual Routes to Social Knowledge
Christine Looser, Harvard University, Leor Hackel, New York University, Jay Van Bavel,
New York University, Thalia Wheatley, Dartmouth College
The Mind in the Machine: Negotiating with People and Computers
Peter J. Carnevale, University of Southern California
Slow Motion Increases Perceived Intent
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Eugene M. Caruso, University of Chicago, Zachary C. Burns, University of San Francisco,
Benjamin A. Converse, University of Virginia
2B. Reference dependence in intergroup evaluation and discrimination
Location: Catalina ABC (Lower level)
Chairs: Mina Cikara, Harvard University, & Amy Krosch, Cornell University
Scarcity exacerbates racial bias through visual processing and valuation
Amy Krosch, Cornell University, David Amodio, New York University
Engineering opportunity: Manipulating choice architecture to attenuate social bias
Mina Cikara, Harvard University, Linda Chang, Harvard University
Norm perception as a vehicle for social change
Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Princeton University, Margaret Tankard, RAND Corporation
Rethinking the Baseline in Diversity Research
Katherine Phillips, Columbia University, Evan Apfelbaum, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Jennifer Richeson, Yale University
2C. What We Got Wrong about Morality, and How We Can Get It Right
Location: Venice Room (Lower level)
Chair: Bertram Gawronski, University of Texas at Austin
Harm Is Not What You Think—and Neither Is Moral Judgment
Kurt Gray, University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill, USA
What Makes Moral Judgments “Utilitarian” or “Deontological”? Revisiting 15 Years of
Psychological Research
Bertram Gawronski, University of Texas at Austin, USA, Joel Armstrong, University of
Western Ontario, Canada, Paul Conway, Florida State University, USA, Rebecca
Friesdorf, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, Mandy Hütter, University of Tübingen,
Germany
Beyond Moral Dilemmas: The Case for Moral Perception
Jay Van Bavel, New York University, USA, Ana Gantman, New York University, USA
Morality is Like Porn
Linda Skitka, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
10:55am – 11:10am Coffee break
Location: Arcadia Foyer (Upper level)
11:10am – 12:20pm Symposia: Session 3
3A. New Discoveries in Research on Apologies
Location: Palisades Salon (Upper level)
Chair: Karina Schumann, University of Pittsburgh
Apologies and Compensation Promote Forgiveness by Reducing Perceived Exploitation Risk and
Increasing Perceived Relationship Value: Longitudinal and Experimental Results
Michael E. McCullough, University of Miami, Daniel E. Forster, University of Miami, Eric
J. Pedersen, University of Miami
The Moderating Role of Apology on the Effect of Victims’ Social Power on Decisions to Seek
Revenge, Harbor a Grudge, and Forgive
C. Ward Struthers, York University, Careen Khoury, York University, Elizabeth van
Monsjou, York University, Joshua Guilfoyle, York University
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Avoidant and defensive: Adult attachment styles influence the quality of transgressors’ apologies
Karina Schumann, University of Pittsburgh, Edward Orehek, University of Pittsburgh
Why collective apologies promote forgiveness less than interpersonal apologies: The problem
(and solution) lies in communicating sincerity
Matthew J. Hornsey, University of Queensland, Tyler Okimoto, University of
Queensland, Michael Wenzel, Flinders University, Michael Wohl , Carleton University
3B. A new look at emotion recognition: Culture and language construct perceptions of emotion on faces
Location: Catalina ABC (Lower level)
Chair: Kristen A. Lindquist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emotion Recognition in Two Indigenous Societies
James A. Russell, Boston College
Four not Six: Revealing Culturally Common Facial Expressions of Emotion
Rachael E. Jack, University of Glasgow, Wei Sun, University of Glasgow, Ioannis Delis,
University of Glasgow, Oliver G.B. Garrod, University of Glasgow, Philippe G. Sychnns,
University of Glasgow
Perceptions of Emotion and Mind in Indigenous Societies
Maria Gendron, Northeastern University, Katie Hoemann, Northeastern University, Alyssa
Crittenden, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University
When a word is worth a thousand faces: Language supports perceptual categories for emotion
Kristen A. Lindquist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3C. New Perspectives on Social Hierarchy and Inequality
Location: Venice Room (Lower level)
Chair: Adam Galinsky, Columbia University
An Agentic-Communal Model of Inequality: How the Psychology of Advantage and Disadvantage
Integrates Research on Social Class, Gender, Race, and Power
Derek D. Rucker, Northwestern University, Adam D. Galinsky, Columbia University, Joe
C. Magee, New York University
The Psychological Experience of Middle Power
Jacob Hirsh, University of Toronto, Eric Anicich, University of Southern California
Inequality Rules: Resource Distribution and the Evolution of Dominance- and Prestige-Based
Leadership
Richard Ronay, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Will Maddux, INSEAD, William Von Hippel,
University of Queensland, Australia
The Interdependence Theory of Status: Understanding the Psychological Experience of Status
Nicolas Hays, Michigan State University, Steve Blader, New York University, Alice Lee,
Columbia University
12:25pm – 2:10pm Lunch and Award Addresses
Location: Arcadia Ballroom (Upper level)
Career Trajectory Award
Distinguished Scientist Award
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2:10pm – 3:20pm Symposia: Session 4
4A. Recent Advances in the Psychology of Power: Implications for Individuals, Dyads, and Groups
Location: Palisades Salon (Upper level)
Chairs: Nickola C. Overall, University of Auckland, NZ & Jon K. Maner, Northwestern University
Just be Yourself: The Experience of Authenticity Enhances Power
Serena Chen, University of California, Berkeley, Muping Gan, University of California,
Berkeley, Daniel Heller, Tel Aviv University
The Dangers of Dominance, and the Pitfalls of Prestige
Jon K. Maner, Northwestern University, Charleen R. Case, Northwestern University
When Relationship Power Predicts Aggression: The Importance of Situational Power and
Masculinity
Nickola, C. Overall, University of Auckland, NZ, Matthew D. Hammond, University of
Auckland, NZ, James K. McNulty, Florida State University, Eli J. Finkel, Northwestern
University
A Dyadic Model and Measure of Power in Relationships
Jeffry A. Simpson, University of Minnesota, Allison K. Farrell, University of Minnesota,
Alexander J. Rothman, University of Minnesota
4B. Psychological Effects of Multiple Identities
Location: Catalina ABC (Lower level)
Chair: Sarah Gaither, Duke University
A Multiple Identity Mind-Set Affects Flexible Thinking in Adult and Child Populations
Sarah Gaither, Duke University, Jessica Remedios, Tufts University, Diana Sanchez,
Rutgers University, Samuel Sommers, Tufts University, Samantha Fan, University of
Chicago, Katherine Kinzler, Cornell University
Multiple Identity Configurations: The Benefits of Focused Enhancement for Prosocial Behavior
Lakshmi Ramarajan, Harvard Business School, Ida Berger, Ryerson University, Itay
Greenspan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The (diverse) Company you Keep: Content and Structure of Personal Social Networks, Multiple
Cultural Identities, and Adjustment
Verónica Benet-Martinez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Lydia Repke, Universitat Pompeu
Fabra
Identity Conflict and the Behavioral Inhibition System
Sonia K. Kang, University of Toronto, Jacob B. Hirsh, University of Toronto
4C. Changing Smart: Optimizing Tradeoffs to Build a Better Science
Location: Venice Room (Lower level)
Chairs: Alison Ledgerwood, UC Davis & Eli Finkel, Northwestern University
Replicability and Other Features of a High-Quality Science: Toward a Balanced and Empirical
Approach
Paul Eastwick, UC Davis, Eli Finkel, Northwestern University, Harry Reis, University of
Rochester
Perceived Barriers to Best Practices
Linda Skitka, University of Illinois at Chicago, Brittany Hanson, Anthony Washburn,
Caitlyn Yantis, Kendall Wong, Jiaqing Sun, Julia Prims, Ali Mueller, Zach Melton, Matt
Motyl, Tim Carsel, University of Illinois at Chicago
Modeling Tradeoffs to Identify Optimal Research Strategies: The Case of Covariates
Alison Ledgerwood, UC Davis
Yilin Andre Wang, Jehan Sparks, Joseph E. Gonzales, UC Davis, Yanine D. Hess, SUNY
Purchase College
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Explore Small, Replicate Big, Demonstrate Relevance: A Model for Social Psychological Research
that is Robust and Addresses Important Social Issues
Steve Spencer, OSU
3:20pm – 3:35pm Coffee and Snacks
Location: Arcadia Foyer (Upper level)
3:35pm – 4:45pm Symposia: Session 5
5A. The Upside of Deception
Location: Palisades Salon (Upper level)
Chairs: Katharine H. Greenaway, The University of Queensland & Michael L. Slepian, Columbia University
Deception: The Trust Benefits of Prosocial Lies
Emma E. Levine, University of Chicago, Maurice E. Schweitzer, University of
Pennsylvania
Concealment: The Personal Benefits of Keeping Secrets
Michael L. Slepian, Columbia University, Nicholas P. Camp, Stanford University
Nir Halevy, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Adam D. Galinsky, Columbia
University
Suppression: The Social Benefits of Hiding Emotions
Elise K. Kalokerinos, KU Leuven, Katharine H. Greenaway, The University of Queensland,
William Bingley, The University of Queensland
Dishonesty: How to Catch a Liar
Dana R. Carney, University of California, Berkeley
5B. Seen of the Crime: How Perceptual Distortions can Explain Intergroup Bias in Legal Contexts
Location: Catalina ABC (Lower level)
Chairs: Shana Cole, Rutgers University & Yael Granot, Yale Law School
The Role of Race and Distance in Police Shooting Decisions
Yi (Jenny) Xiao, Macalester College, Jay J. Van Bavel, New York University
Time Perception Bias and the Shooter Task
Gordon B. Moskowitz, Lehigh University, Irmak Olcaysoy Okten, Lehigh University,
Cynthia Gooch, Temple University
"If They Gunned Me Down": "Street" Dress and Posture Activate Negative Stereotypes and
Influence Attributions of Blame
Shana Cole, Rutgers University, Analia Albuja, Rutgers University
The Eyes of the Law: Visual Attention Exaggerates and Attenuates Intergroup Legal Biases
Yael Granot, Yale Law School, Emily Balcetis, New York University
5C. Mapping the Social Space of the Face
Location: Venice Room (Lower level)
Chair: Alexander Todorov, Princeton University
How Faces Emerge from the Unconscious: Data Driven Methods for Probing Selection for
Consciousness
Ran Hassin & Yaniv Abir, Hebrew University, Israel, Ron Dotsch, Utrecht University, The
Netherlands, Alexander Todorov, Princeton University
Statistical Learning Shapes Social Face Perception
Ron Dotsch, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Ran Hassin, Hebrew University, Israel
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Alexander Todorov, Princeton University
Learning about Others Shapes Evaluation of Novel Faces
Sara Verosky, Oberlin College, Alexander Todorov, Princeton University
Much Ado About Not Much: Reconsidering the Validity of Facial Stereotypes
Chris Olivola, Carnegie Mellon University, Alexander Todorov, Princeton University
4:45pm – 4:50pm Break
4:50pm – 6:00pm Symposia: Session 6
6A. What’s “Social” about Climate Change? New Insights and Opportunities for Social Psychology
Location: Palisades Salon (Upper level)
Chairs: Adam R. Pearson, Pomona College & Jonathon P. Schuldt, Cornell University
Climate Change Spillover: When Does One Pro-Climate Behavior Affect Subsequent Climate
Action?
Kaitlin T. Raimi, University of Michigan, Amanda R. Carrico, University of ColoradoBoulder, Heather Barnes Truelove, University of North Florida
Support for Environmental Policies: The Role of Perceived Justice and Ideology
Susan Clayton, The College of Wooster
Communicating the Benefits for Society from Climate Change Mitigation: The Effects of Temporal
Distance and Message Valence on People’s Motivations to Act
Paul Bain, Queensland University of Technology, Genesta Nicolson, University of
Queensland, Matthew Hornsey, University of Queensland
Race, Ethnicity, and Climate Change Polarization: Evidence from a U.S. National Survey
Experiment
Jonathon P. Schuldt, Cornell University, Adam R. Pearson, Pomona College
6B. Facing Your Own Prejudice – Reactions to Confrontations with Implicit Biases
Location: Catalina ABC (Lower level)
Chair: Adam Hahn, Social Cognition Center Cologne, University of Cologne
Responding defensively to IAT feedback: Predictors and moderators
Jennifer L. Howell, Ohio University, Kate A. Ratliff, University of Florida
Individual Differences in Whites’ Racial Bias Awareness Predict their Perceptions of IAT Feedback
and Others’ Racial Biases
Sylvia P. Perry, Northwestern University, Mary C. Murphy, Indiana University, John F.
Dovidio, Yale University
Facing One's Implicit Bias: Prediction of IAT Scores, but not IAT Completion, Leads to
Acknowledgment of Intergroup Bias
Adam Hahn, Social Cognition Center Cologne, University of Cologne, Bertram Gawronski,
University of Texas at Austin
Implicit Bias and the Illusion of Conscious Ill Will
Erin Cooley, Colgate University, B. Keith Payne, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
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6C. The brain in interpersonal contexts: New approaches and future directions in social neuroscience
Location: Venice Room (Lower level)
Chairs: Matthias S. Gobel, UCSB & B. Locke Welborn, UCSB
Interactions between lower and higher rank shape low-level visual attention
Matthias S. Gobel, UCSB, Tom Bullock, UCSB, Daniel C. Richardson, UCL, Heejung S. Kim,
UCSB, Barry Giesbrecht, UCSB
A sociocultural neuroscience approach to understanding ethnic differences in pain report
Elizabeth R. Losin, University of Miami, Natalia A. Medina, University of Miami, Steven R.
Anderson, University of Miami, Tor D. Wager, University of Colorado at Boulder
Perceiving and Mis-perceiving others: neural representation of others attitudes during consensus
estimation and social influence
B. Locke Welborn, UCSB, Eva Telzer, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Matthew D.
Lieberman, UCLA
Brains of a Feather: Similarity of Neural Responses to Naturalistic Stimuli Predicts Social Network
Proximity
Carolyn Parkinson, UCLA, Adam M. Kleinbaum, Dartmouth College, Thalia Wheatley,
Dartmouth College
6:00pm – ??? Dinner on your own
Saturday, October 1, 2016
7:00am – 7:50am Workout on the Beach with Adam Michael Brewer
Location: Meet at Back Loews Exit (Lower level)
*** If you would like to join us, but did not register, bring $25 and join the group for a great
workout in a spectacular location!
8:00am – 1:00pm Registration
Location: Arcadia Foyer (Upper level)
7:30am – 8:30am Continental Breakfast
Location: Arcadia Foyer (Upper level)
8:30am – 9:40am Symposia: Session 7
7A. Both sides now: On the psychology of conflict and ambivalence
Location: Palisades Salon (Upper level)
Chairs: Ran Hassin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Tali Kleiman, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem
Self-control in movement: Tracking the real-time resolution of self-control decisions
Melissa J. Ferguson, Cornell University, Paul Stillman, Ohio State University
Go this way or that way? How intra-personal conflicts affect inter-group perceptions
Tali Kleiman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Chadly Stern, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Disliking one's likes: Consequences of actual-desired attitude discrepancies
S. Christian Wheeler, Stanford University, Kenneth G. DeMarree, University at Buffalo
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Cory Clark, University at Buffalo, Pablo Briñol, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,
Richard E. Petty, Ohio State University, Kimberly Rios, Ohio University, J. Adam Randell,
Cameron University, Darcy A. Reich, Texas Tech University
Confidence moderates the impact of ambivalence on behavior
Richard E. Petty, Ohio State University, Pablo Briñol, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid,
Andrew Luttrell, College of Wooster, Geoffrey Durso, Ohio State University
7B. The role of intergroup relations in mental and physical health disparities: Experimental social
psychological evidence
Location: Catalina ABC (Lower level)
Chairs: Nao Hagiwara, Virginia Commonwealth University & Luis M. Rivera, Rutgers University, Newark
Religion can backfire: The detrimental effect of stereotypes on Muslims’ mental health
Luis M. Rivera, Rutgers University, Newark
The role of skin tone in Black Americans’ mental and physical health: An issue revisited
Nao Hagiwara & Randl Dent, Virginia Commonwealth University
A social psychological approach to reducing group disparities in body mass
Jonathan Cook, Pennsylvania State University
Identity-based motivation and health
Daphna Oyserman & Oliver Fisher, University of Southern California
7C. Cultural Belonging: Biology, Social Interaction, and Cultural Goals as Mechanisms for Individuals’ Fit
to their Culture
Location: Venice Room (Lower level)
Chairs: Batja Mesquita, University of Leuven & Heejung Kim, University of California, Santa Barbara
Oxytocin and Cultural Fit: A Case of Social Openness
Heejung Kim, David Sherman, Kimin Eom, Jessica LeClair, Taraneh Mojaverian,
University of California, Santa Barbara, Keiko Iishi, Kobe University, Shelly Taylor, UCLA
Culturally normative emotions are created in the course of social interactions
Batja Mesquita & Michael Boiger, University of Leuven, Michaela Riediger, Planck
Institute for Human Development, Yukiko Uchida, Kyoto University
Emotional belonging primed: The role of cultural goals and concerns in bicultural’s frameswitching of emotions
Jozefien De Leersnyder & Batja Mesquita, University of Leuven
Culture and social fit: Devaluation of non-normative characteristics
Zoe Kinias, INSEAD Singapore, Heejung Kim, University of California Santa Barbara,
Andrew C. Hafenbrack, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Jina Lee, Yonsei University,
Republic of Korea
9:40am – 9:45am Break
9:45am – 10:55am Symposia: Session 8
8A. Emerging perspectives on sexual prejudice: From perceptual processing to behavioral outcomes
Location: Palisades Salon (Upper level)
Chairs: Angela G. Pirlott, Saint Xavier University & Gabrielle Filip-Crawford, Saint Catherine University
Fluency of Social Categorization Predicts Evaluative Bias Against Sexual Minorities
David J. Lick, New York University, Kerri L. Johnson, University of California-Los Angeles
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Concerns about Misidentification of Sexual Orientation: Implications for Bullying Behavior
E. Ashby Plant, Christopher L. Beck, & Jessica Cascio; Florida State University
Perceived Threats to Religious Ingroup Predict Moral Disgust toward, Aggression against, and
Expulsion of LGB Individuals on the Individual- and Country-Levels
Angela G. Pirlott, Saint Xavier University
Believing that Homosexuality is Contagious: Implications for Anti-Gay Behaviors
Gabrielle Filip-Crawford, Saint Catherine University
8B. Self-Control and Morality
Location: Catalina ABC (Lower level)
Chair: Jesse Graham, University of Southern California
Belief in Free Will Predicts Tolerance of Unethical Behavior, Desire to See Criminals Punished, and
Addictive Tendencies: Data from Large-Scale, Multi-Country Studies and Experiments
Kathleen Vohs, University of Minnesota, Davide Rigoni, Ghent University, Nathan
Martin, Arizona State University, Andy Vonasch, Cory Clark, & Roy Baumeister, Florida
State University
The Moralization of Self-Control: A Moral Foundations Perspective
Marlon Mooijman, University of Southern California, Peter Meindl, University of
Pennsylvania, Daphna Oyserman, John Monterosso, & Morteza Dehghani, University of
Southern California, John Doris, University of Washington, St. Louis, Jesse
Graham, University of Southern California
Understanding the Process of Moralization: How Eating Meat Becomes a Moral Issue
Matthew Feinberg, Rimma Teper, & Yoel Inbar, University of Toronto
Beyond Simply a History of Bad Behavior: Self-Control is the Best Malleable Psychological
Predictor of Recidivism
June P. Tangney, Dan V. Blalock, Jordan Daylor, Emily A. Boren, Shannon W. Schrader, &
Jeffrey B. Stuewig, George Mason University
8C. Opening Our Own File Drawers: Issues in Creating a More Complete and Useful Psychological
Science
Location: Venice Room (Lower level)
Chairs: Traci Mann, University of Minnesota & Bobbie Spellman, University of Virginia
Distraction and the Self-Control of Eating: Studies from the File Drawer
Traci Mann, University of Minnesota, Andrew Ward, Swarthmore College, Nathaniel
Helwig, University of Minnesota
Is the White Bear Extinct? Novel Techniques for Enhancing Thought Suppression
Andrew Ward, Swarthmore College, Matthew Wallaert, Swarthmore College, Traci
Mann, University of Minnesota
High Rejection Rates and Motivated Biases in Peer-Review Produce File Drawers and Hamper
Scientific Objectivity
Ulrich Schimmack, University of Toronto
What Should We Value in Research, and What Do We Actually Value?
Geoffrey Cohen, Stanford University, Joe Powers, Stanford University, David Yeager,
University of Texas at Austin
10:55am – 11:10am Coffee break
Location: Outside Arcadia Ballroom (Upper level)
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11:10am – 12:20pm Symposia: Session 9
9A. Implicit Social Cognition in Romantic Relationships
Location: Palisades Salon (Upper level)
Chair: James K. McNulty, Florida State University
Saying One Thing and (Implicitly) Feeling Another
Vivian Zayas, Cornell University, Cindy Hazan, Cornell University, Steve Strycharz, Cornell
University, Emre Selcuk, Middle East Technical University
Automatic Attitudes as a Relationship Resource
Sandra L. Murray, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Implicit Attitudes and Ambiguous Behavior in Relationships
Shelly L. Gable, University of California, Santa Barbara, Jason F. Anderson, University of
California, Santa Barbara
Evidence for a Brief and Effortless Marital Intervention Using Evaluative Conditioning
James K. McNulty, Florida State University, Michael A. Olson, University of Tennessee
9B. Beneficial and Harmful Habits: Surprising Insights from Behavioral Automaticity
Location: Catalina ABC (Lower level)
Chairs: Wendy Wood, University of Southern California, & David M. Amodio, New York University
Self-Control Builds on Beneficial Habits
Brian Galla, University of Pittsburgh, Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania
Social Interactions Guided by Habits
Leor M. Hackel, Stanford University, David M. Amodio, New York University
Planning to Act Habitually?
Jennifer Labrecque, University of Southern California, Wendy Wood, University of
Southern California
Situating Interventions to Change Habits
Esther K. Papies, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, UK;
Dept. of Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
9C. Social Psychological Approaches to Poverty and Inequality: Insights and Interventions
Location: Venice Room (Lower level)
Chair: Dacher Keltner, UC Berkeley
Spreading the Health: Americans' Estimated and Ideal Distributions of Death and Health(care)
Sorapop Kiatpongsan, Chulalongkorn University, Michael I. Norton, Harvard Business
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Social Class, Inequality, and Prosocial Behavior
Stéphane Côté, University of Toronto
The “Dark Side” of Sociality: Neural and Immune Mechanisms Linking SES and Health
Keely Muscatell, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
When Bias and Threat Interact: How Targeted Intervention Can Mitigate Inequality in Suspension
Rates
Jason Okonofua, UC Berkeley
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12:25pm – 2:25pm Lunch, Award Addresses, and Business Meeting
Location: Arcadia Ballroom (Upper level)
Scientific Impact Award
Dissertation Award
2:30pm – 3:40pm Symposia: Session 10
10A. Moral Disgust: An Interrogation
Location: Palisades Salon (Upper level)
Chair: Roger Giner-Sorolla, University of Kent
Character Explanations for Moral Disgust
Roger Giner-Sorolla, University of Kent; John Sabo, University of Kent; Hanah Chapman,
Brooklyn College
What’s the difference between assault and incest?
Liane Young, Boston College
Attributing contamination and injury across the moral dyad: A psycholinguistics approach
Laura Niemi, Harvard University
Is the Self Pure, or is it Good?
Nina Strohminger, Yale University
10B. Psychological Contagion: Examining the Spread of Attitudes, Affect, and Physiology
Location: Catalina ABC (Lower level)
Chairs: Allison L. Skinner, University of Washington & Kristina R. Olson, University of Washington
Affect Contagion Via Physiological Covariation: Mediators and Moderators of Stress Transmission
Sara F. Waters, Washington State University, Tessa West, New York University, Helena
R. Karnilowicz, University of California, Berkeley, Wendy Berry Mendes, University of
California, San Francisco
Brain-to-brain synchrony during real-world dynamic group interactions: A classroom EEG study
Suzanne Dikker, New York University & Utrecht University, Lu Wan, University of Florida,
Ido Davidesco, New York University, Lisa Kaggen, New York University, Matthias Oostrik
James McClintock, Trevor Day School, Jess Rowland, New York University, Jay van Bavel,
New York University
Mingzhou Ding, University of Florida
David Poeppel, New York University & Max Planck Institute of Empirical Aesthetics
Social Bias Contagion: Exposure to Biased Nonverbal Signals Creates Social Biases in Children
Allison L. Skinner, Kristina R. Olson, & Andrew N. Meltzoff, University of Washington
A Human Unique Mind-Meld?: From Behavior-Contagion to Mind-Contagion
Laurie Santos, Yale University
10C. Beyond classic social influence: Pervasive effects of other people’s thoughts, feelings, and actions
Location: Venice Room (Lower level)
Chair: Eliot R. Smith, Indiana University
The Broadcast of Shared Attention and its Impact on Political Persuasion
Garriy Shteynberg, University of Tennessee, James M. Bramlett, University of
Tennessee, Elizabeth H. Fles, University of Tennessee, Jaclyn Cameron, University of
Tennessew
“They See Us As Less Than Human”: Meta-Dehumanization Contributes to Vicious Cycles of
Intergroup Conflict
Nour S. Kteily, Northwestern University
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Intersubjective perceptions: How did they form and how do they influence judgments, behaviors,
and psychological well-being?
C.-Y. Chiu, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Effect of simulated responses of others on mental representations and evaluations
Diane M. Mackie, University of California, Santa Barbara, Eliot R. Smith, Indiana
University, Megan Reed, University of California, Santa Barbara, Stephanie Lochbihler,
Indiana University
3:40pm – 3:55pm Coffee and snack break
Location: Arcadia Foyer (Upper level)
3:55pm – 5:05pm Symposia: Session 11
11A. Advances in self-enhancement: How to measure it, when it occurs, and what it predicts
Location: Palisades Salon (Upper level)
Chairs: Hyunji Kim & Joni Sasaki, York University, Canada
Vicissitudes of self-enhancement
Joachim Krueger & Patrick Heck, Brown University, USA
Bad to the bone, except….
Mark Alicke, Ohio University, USA, Gregory Preuss, North Carolina Wesleyan College,
USA
Seeing through rose-colored glasses? A cross-cultural investigation of self-enhancement bias
Hyunji Kim, York University, Canada
Ulrich Schimmack, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada
Self-enhancement facilitates task performance
Erin M. O’Mara, University of Dayton, USA, Lowell Gaertner, University of Tennessee,
USA
11B. Emerging Evidence on the Interaction Between Attention and Emotion in Everyday Life
Location: Catalina ABC (Lower level)
Chair: Leaf Van Boven, University of Colorado Boulder
Flipping Preferences: How Bottom-Up and Top-Down Mechanisms of Differentiation Shape
Valence?
Piotr Winkielman, University of California, San Diego, Evan Carr, University of California,
San Diego, Diane Pecher, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rene Zeelenberg, Erasmus
University Rotterdam, Jamin Halberstadt, University of Otago
Affective Flexibility: Amygdala Tuning From Goals
William Cunningham, University of Toronto
How Emotions Drive Attention: Emotional Salience Quantified With Model Based Eye Tracking
Ralph Adolphs, California Institute of Technology, Shuo Wang, California Institute of
Technology, Ming Jiang, National University of Singapore, Qi Zhao, National University of
Singapore
Attention Drives Emotion: Repeated Sequential Search Increases Emotional Intensity
of Attended Objects
Leaf Van Boven, University of Colorado Boulder, Kellen Mrkva, University of Colorado
Boulder, Jacob Westfall, University of Texas at Austin
11C. The Intergroup Psychology of Religion: God in a Diverse Society
Location: Venice Room (Lower level)
Chair: Azim Shariff, University of California, Irvine
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Any God is Better than No God: Trust and the Religious Other
Azim Shariff, University of California, Irvine, Brian Clark, University of Oregon
How Christians, Muslims, and Atheists Trust Religious Costly Signalers
Adam B. Cohen, Arizona State University, Stefanie B. Northover, Arizona State
University, Gene A. Brewer, Jr., Arizona State University
Religion, Essences and Identity Transformation
Mostafa Salari Rad, New School for Social Research, Jeremy Ginges, New School for
Social Research
Devout Nation: The Puzzle of American Religious Fervor
Ara Norenzayan, University of British Columbia
5:10pm – 6:25pm Symposia: Session 12
12A. Mistaken Intuitions About Hedonic Experience: Unforeseen Pleasures of the Monotonous, the
Mundane, and the Unknown
Location: Palisades Salon (Upper level)
Chair: Ed O'Brien, University of Chicago
The Surprising Thrill of Repeated Experience
Ed O'Brien, University of Chicago, Michael Kardas, University of Chicago
Mistaking the Journey for the Destination: Overestimating the Fruits of (More) Labor
Eva C. Buechel, University of Southern Carolina, Jiao Zhang, University of Oregon, Carey
K. Morewedge, Boston University
Underestimating the Pleasure of Not Knowing: The Untapped Potential of Curiosity
Christopher K. Hsee, University of Chicago, Bowen Ruan, University of Wisconsin
Madison
When It Could Have Been Worse, It (Surprisingly) Gets Better: How Favorable Uncertainty
Resolution Slows Hedonic Adaptation
Yang Yang, University of Florida, Yangjie Gu, HEC Paris, Jeff Galak, Carnegie Mellon
University
12B. The good, the bad, and the ugly of interpersonal relationships for individuals’ goal pursuit
Location: Catalina ABC (Lower level)
Chairs: Catalina Kopetz, Wayne State University and Kathleen Vohs, University of Minnesota
With Friends Like These, Who Needs Money? Feeling Socially Supported Weakens the Desire for
Money
Kathleen Vohs, University of Minnesota
When People Serve as Means to Multiple Goals: Perceived Instrumentality and Relationship
Evaluations
Edward Orehek1, Amanda Forest1, Sara Wingrove1, 1University of Pittsburgh, 2Duke
University
Relationship commitment can excuse and thus encourage partner violence: Evidence from
experimental and longitudinal studies
Ximena Arriaga, Purdue University
Risky Sexual Behavior as Means to Interpersonal Goals
Catalina Kopetz, Jaqueline Woerner, Ximena Arriaga, William Lechner, Wayne State
University, Purdue University, University of Maryland
12C. Punishment in Life and Law: New Perspectives from Psychology
Location: Venice Room (Lower level)
Chair: Larisa Heiphetz, Columbia University
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Blame and Punishment: Discrepancies Between the Legal System and Community Moral
Regulation
Bertram F. Malle, Brown University
Children's and Adults' Essentialist Perceptions of Offenders
Larisa Heiphetz, Columbia University, Youth-Police Interactions are Criminogenic
Jillian Swencionis, Center for Policing Equity, UCLA and John Jay College of Criminal
Justice, Summer Robins, Center for Policing Equity, UCLA, Tracey Lloyd, The Urban
Institute, Nicole Johnson-Ahorlu, Center for Policing Equity, UCLA, Lucy Zhang Bencharit,
Stanford University, Meredith Smiedt, Center for Policing Equity, UCLA, Phillip Atiba
Goff, Center for Policing Equity, UCLA; Harvard Kennedy School; John Jay College of
Criminal Justice
We Can't Breathe: Police Brutality in Society as a Stressor among African Americans and White
Americans
Cheryl R. Kaiser, University of Washington, Daniel Kort, University of Washington, Katie
A. McLaughlin, University of Washington
6:30-8:30pm Drinks and Appetizers (Dinner on Your Own)
Location: Poolside Bar (Lobby level)
Informal Paper Session
Social Hour in Honor of New SESP Members
Newly elected members of SESP
Steven Blader
Justin Cavallo
Mina Cikara
Jasmin Cloutier
Alin Coman
Catherine Cottrell
Clayton R. Critcher
Daniel A. Effron
Rebecca A. Ferrer
Jeremy Frimer
Philip Gable
Yuthika Girme
Lindred Greer
Jacob Hirsh
Colin Holbrook
Hans Ijzerman
Satoshi Kanazawa
Sonia Kang
Sara Konrath
Michael Kraus
Jennifer Kubota
Jonathan Kunstman
E.J. Masicampo
Nicole Mead
Julia Minson
Corinne Moss-Racusin
Erin Marie O’Mara
Johanna Peetz
Devin Ray
Donald Sacco
Donald Saucier
Krishna Savani
Tamera Schneider
Michelle See
Erica Slotter
Amy Summerville
Robbie Sutton
Jennifer Tomlinson
Lotte Van Dillen
Michael Varnum
Samine Vazire
Clara Wilkins
Scott Wiltermuth
John Zalenski
Informal Papers
Dolores Albarracin (University of Illinois): Changing Multiple Behaviors Using a Systems Approach
Steven R. Anderson and Elizabeth A. Reynolds Losin: A Sociocultural Neuroscience Approach to Pain
Angela Bahns (Wellesley College), Christian Crandall (University of Kansas), Omri Gillath (University of Kansas),
Kristopher Preacher (Vanderbilt University): Similarity in Relationships as Niche Construction: Choice, Stability,
and Influence within a Free Choice Environment
Jennifer S Beer, Ana Rigney, David Schnyer, XIaoqing Hu (University of Texas at Austin): Mechanisms of a
spotless self-image: Is Negative Self-Relevant Feedback Truly Forgotten?
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Ann Bettencourt (University of Missouri, Columbia): Intergroup Contact: Does a Mindfulness Intervention
Improve Generalization
Kevin Blankenship (Iowa State University): Thought Counterarguing, Thought Bolstering, and Attitude Strength
Pablo Briñol (Universidad Autonoma Madrid), Richard Petty (Ohio State University), Geoff Durso (Ohio State
University), and Beatriz Gandarillas (Universidad Francisco de Vitoria): Power Validates Ambivalence and
Beyond
Jason Deska, Emily Paige Lloyd, and Kurt Hugenberg (Miami University): Facing Humanness: Facial Width-toHeight Ratio Predicts Ascriptions of Humanity
Cydney H. Dupree and Susan Fiske (Princeton University): Egalitarianism Ironically Predicts Patronizing SelfPresentation in Inter-Group Settings: The Competence Downshift by Liberals
Phillip Ehret, Kimin Eom, Heejung Kim, and David Sherman (University of California, Santa Barbara): Examining
the role of subjective socioeconomic status and perceived control on the relationship between alcohol attitudes
and drinking behavior
Kimin Eom (University of California, Santa Barbara), Heejung S. Kim (University of California, Santa Barbara),
David K. Sherman (University of California, Santa Barbara), and Keiko Ishii (Kobe University): Cultural Variability
in the Link between Environmental Concern and Support for Environmental Action
Russell H. Fazio (Ohio State University): Recalibrating valence weighting biases to promote changes in rejection
sensitivity and risk-taking
Howard Friedman (UC Riverside), and Miriam Schsutack (CSU San Marcos): Personality and Health
Richard H. Gramzow (UCSB): Gender-based wage disparities and young women's career aspirations
Judith Harackiewicz, Elizabeth Canning, Yoi Tibbetts, Stacy Priniski, and Janet Hyde (University of Wisconsin):
Closing Achievement Gaps in College STEM Courses with a Utility-Value Intervention
Jeffrey Huntsinger and Cara Ray (Loyola University Chicago): A flexible influence of anger on perceptual
orientation: An affect-as-cognitive-feedback account
Camille Johnson (San Jose State University), Kevin Zabel (University of Tennessee Knoxville), and Michael Olson
(University of Tennessee Knoxville): Not talking about race is depleting when you hold pro-white attitudes
Francine Karmali and Kerry Kawakami (York University): Differentiating responses to a derogatory comment:
Intergroup versus same-race contexts
Laura Kiken (Kent State University), Eric Garland (University of Utah), Karen Bluth (University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill), Olafur Palsson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Susan Garland (University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill): From a state to a trait: Trajectories of state mindfulness in meditation during
intervention predict changes in trait mindfulness.
Zlatan Krizan and Garrett Hisler: Why Sleep Matters for Social Behavior
Bibb Latane (Center for Human Science): Fellowships at the Center for Human Science for Sabbatical/Retired
Faculty
Uri Lifshin, Jeff Greenberg, and Daniel Sullivan (University of Arizona): The Evil Animal: A Terror Management
Theory Perspective on the Human Tendency to Kill Animals
Emily Paige Lloyd, Kurt Hugenberg, Allen McConnell, Jonathan Kunstman, and Jason Deska, (Miami University):
Black and White Lies: Race-Based Biases in Deception Detection
Robyn K. Mallett (Loyola University Chicago), Kala J. Melchiori (James Madison University), and Timothy D.
Wilson (The University of Virginia): The use of ingratiation and self-promotion affect the positivity of interracial
interactions
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Allen R McConnell and Emily Paige Lloyd (Miami University): Ingroups as social resources: Group value,
entitativity, and identification promote well-being
Kala J. Melchiori (James Madison University), Robyn K. Mallett (Loyola University Chicago), River H. Simpson
(Loyola University Chicago): Parenthood and Race affect Gender Discrimination
Andrea L. Meltzer (Florida State University), Anastasia Makhanova (Florida State University), Lindsay L. Hicks,
(Florida State University), Juliana E. French (Florida State University), James K. McNulty (Florida State
University), and Thomas N. Bradbury (University of California, Los Angeles): Quantifying the Sexual Afterglow:
The Lingering Benefits of Sex and Their Implications for Pair-Bonded Relationships
Marlon Mooijman (University of Southern California): On the causes of self-control moralization: A moral
foundations perspective
Morelli, Ong, Makati, Jackson, & Zaki (University of Illinois at Chicago & Stanford University): Empathetic
individuals become important sources of support in emerging social networks
Elizabeth Mullen (San Jose State University) and Benoit Monin (Stanford University): Consistency vs. Licensing
Effects of Past Moral Behavior
Francesca Righetti (VU Amsterdam), Judith Gere (Kent State University), Wilhelm Hofmann (University of
Cologne), Mariko Visserman (VU Amsterdam), and Paul Van Lange (VU Amsterdam): The burden of empathy:
Partners' response to divergence of interests in daily life
Tamera Schneider (Wright State University): National Science Foundation Funding Opportunities
Ya Hui Michelle See (National University of Singapore) and Andy Luttrell (Ohio State University): Mixed
emotions or mixed beliefs? Intra-component conflict predicts subjective ambivalence depending on affectivecognitive meta-bases
Amanda K. Sesko (University of Alaska Southeast): The consequences of historical representations for
stereotyping and perceived behavioral attributes of American Indians and Alaska Natives
Jeffrey Sherman (UC Davis): Context-Based Attitude Formation and Change
Stephanie S. Spielmann (Wayne State University) and Geoff MacDonald (University of Toronto): Nice guys finish
first when presented second: Responsive daters are evaluated more positively following exposure to
unresponsive daters
Russell Steiger and Christine Reyna (DePaul University): Trait Emotions and Moral Foundations
R. Scott Tindale & Jeremy Winget (Loyola University Chicago): Learning While Deciding in Groups
Andrew Vonasch (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Roy Baumeister (Florida State University): Sacred
values and intention judgments: Taboo harms are judged as more intended than routine and tragic harms
Gregory D. Webster, Joy E. Losee, and David J. Cox (University of Florida): Individual Differences in Delayed and
Probabilistic Discounting of Hurricane Preparation
Duane T. Wegener, Laura E. Wallace, and Richard E. Petty (Ohio State University): The Role of Source Bias in
Source Credibility and Persuasion
Aaron Wichman (Western Kentucky University): Breaking Under Threat: Low Self Esteem Predicts both Positive
and Negative Self-Description Acceptance when Insecurity Primed
Kipling Williams (Purdue University): Subtle Forms of Ostracism
Gabriel Weinberger (RAND) and Michele Wittig (California State University, Northridge): Policing in Santa
Monica: Transparency, Accountability and Oversight
John Paul Wilson (Montclair State University), Kurt Hugenberg (Miami University), and Nicholas Rule (University
of Toronto): Racial Bias in Estimates of Others' Physical Size and Formidability
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Thank you!
We hope you enjoy SESP and Santa Monica!
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