Friday sessions
8:30-9:40 am
The Optimal Balance: Motivation and Behavior as a Function of Order and (un-)Predictability
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
“It’s the End of the World as We Know It”: Deadly Disease, Terrorism, Insult, Marginalization, and How Culture Affects Threat Responses
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 self-affirmation.
Kevin R. Binning, University of Pittsburgh
ConstantinaBadea, 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
KiminEom, University of California Santa Barbara
Phillip J. Ehret, University of California Santa Barbara
MattiasGobel, 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
HediehMirahmadi, 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. ArzuWasti, Sabanci University
Phia Salter, Texas A&M University
CerenGunsoy, Iowa State University
K. DuyguErdas, Sabanci University
Data for Change: Leveraging data to improve police-community interactions and re-imagine policing
Chairs: Jennifer L. Eberhardt, BenoîtMonin, & Hazel Rose Markus, Stanford University
Getting Pulled Over: Lessons from an analysis of police stops, handcuffings, searches, and arrests
Rebecca C. Hetey, Stanford University
BenoîtMonin, 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
9:45-10:55 am
New Cues to Mind Perception: Inferring Inner States from Voices, Faces, Emotions, and Time
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
Eugene M. Caruso, University of Chicago
Zachary C. Burns, University of San Francisco
Benjamin A. Converse, University of Virginia
Reference dependence in intergroup evaluation and discrimination
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
What We Got Wrong about Morality, and How We Can Get It Right
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
11:10-12:20 pm
New Discoveries in Research on Apologies
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
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
A new look at emotion recognition: Culture and language construct perceptions of emotion on faces
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
New Perspectives on Social Hierarchy and Inequality
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, VrijeUniversiteit 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
2:10-3:20 pm
Recent Advances in the Psychology of Power: Implications for Individuals, Dyads, and Groups
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
MupingGan, 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
Psychological Effects of Multiple Identities
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, UniversitatPompeuFabra
Lydia Repke, UniversitatPompeuFabra
Identity Conflict and the Behavioral Inhibition System
Sonia K. Kang, University of Toronto
Jacob B. Hirsh, University of Toronto
Changing Smart: Optimizing Tradeoffs to Build a Better Science
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
Explore Small, Replicate Big, Demonstrate Relevance: A Model for Social Psychological Research that is Robust and Addresses Important Social Issues
Steve Spencer, OSU
3:35-4:45 pm
The Upside of Deception
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
MauriceE. 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
Seen of the Crime: How Perceptual Distortions can Explain Intergroup Bias in Legal Contexts
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 OlcaysoyOkten,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
Mapping the Social Space of the Face
Chair: Alexander Todorov, Princeton University
How Faces Emerge from the Unconscious: Data Driven Methods for Probing Selection for Consciousness
Ran HassinYanivAbir, 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
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
4:50-6:00 pm
What’s “Social” about Climate Change? New Insights and Opportunities for Social Psychology
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 Colorado-Boulder
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
Facing Your Own Prejudice – Reactions to Confrontations with Implicit Biases
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
The brain in interpersonal contexts: New approaches and future directions in social neuroscience
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
Saturday sessions
8:30-9:40 am
Both sides now: On the psychology of conflict and ambivalence
Chairs: Ran Hassin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & TaliKleiman, 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
TaliKleiman, 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
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
The role of intergroup relations in mental and physical health disparities: Experimental social psychological evidence
Chairs: Nao Hagiwara, Virginia Commonwealth University & Luis M. Rivera, Rutgers University, Newark
Religion can backfire: The detrimental effect of stereotypeson 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
Cultural Belonging: Biology, Social Interaction, and Cultural Goals as Mechanisms for Individuals’ Fit to their Culture
Chairs: BatjaMesquita, University of Leuven & Heejung Kim, University of California, Santa Barbara
Oxytocin and Cultural Fit: A Case of Social Openness
Heejung Kim, David Sherman, KiminEom, Jessica LeClair, TaranehMojaverian, University of California, Santa Barbara
Keiko Iishi, Kobe University