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Submitted Symposia

The following symposium submissions are completed and will be considered for inclusion in the SPSP 2010 program.

You can log into your account and make changes to your symposium submission through July 20, 2010. After July 20 all accounts will be locked and completed symposium submissions will be sent to the review committee.

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Title

Adams, Gabrielle 

Beyond Retribution: Bringing Other Justice Motives into Focus 

Adams, Glenn 

Social Psychology in African settings: Implications for Theory and Practice 

Albarracin, Dolores 

Window into the Soul: Natural Language Methods to Capture Social Motivation, Thoughts, and Action. 

Ashton-James, Claire E. 

Beyond Deception Detection: New Questions and Research Directions 

Balcetis, Emily 

Self-Regulation Through Visual Perception 

Bardi, Anat 

How does Personality Change? Dynamics of Change in Personality Traits, Goals, and Values 

Barrett, Lisa Feldman 

Psychological Construction as an Approach to Social Psychology 

Barry, Heather 

Imagining the Future: When Do We Do It, and What Are the Consequences? 

Bartz, Jennifer A. 

New perspectives on the neuroendocrine regulation of social perception and behavior 

Becker, D. Vaughn 

Ecological Perspectives on Outgroup Male Threat: Resonances with Biological Systems, Personality Variables and Environmental Context 

berger, jonah 

The Social Psychology of Talk: Causes and Consequences of Daily Discourse 

Bettencourt, Ann 

The Glass Ceiling Breaks, but Gender Stereotypes and their Implications Persist; Why? 

Brown, Stephanie L. 

Moving Beyond Self Interest: The Neuroscience of Prosocial Behavior 

Bryan, Christopher J. 

Making a Difference: Using Social Psychology to Motivate Prosocial Behavior 

Burum, Bethany 

The Co-Experiencing Mind 

Canevello, Amy 

The Benefits of Responsiveness: Beyond Good Relationships 

Canterberry, Melanie 

Cues and strategies for communicating interest in romantic relationship initiation 

Carlson, Erika 

Minding the Self: How Mindfulness Improves Self-Reflection and Self-Knowledge 

Cherkasskiy, Lillia 

The Motivational Properties of Anticipated Affect 

Cheung, Rick M. 

Minimal social connection in the regulation of subjective states 

Chou, Eileen 

New Perspectives on Conflict and Negotiation 

Cikara, Mina 

Us versus them: Effects of intergroup competition on tolerance of outgroup suffering 

Cohen, Taya 

The Psychology of Preventing Corruption and Unethical Behavior 

Conner, Mark 

Innovations in the Social Psychology of Health Behavior Change 

Corker, Katherine S. 

Development and hierarchical structures of achievement goals: Advances in theory and research 

Costa, Rui S. 

Spontaneous and intentional trait inferences: New challenges and bridges 

Creswell, J. David 

Self-Affirmation and Adaptive Behavior: Understanding Mechanisms and Advancing Theory 

Cullum, Jerry 

Untangling the Web: Understanding Psychological Processes in the Context of Social Networks 

Dawson, Erica Cantrell 

Moral, Skilled, Fair and Balanced: How Motivated Forgetting Facilitates Optimism and Positive Self-Assessments 

Edelstein, Robin S. 

The Neuroendocrinology of Intimacy and Social Connection 

Effron, Daniel A. 

Motivated Morality: How Self-Defense Shapes Moral Cognition and Behavior 

Finkel, Eli J. 

Self-Regulation and Eating Behavior in the Age of Obesity 

Freeman, Jonathan 

Hand in motion as a window into social cognition 

Galinsky, Adam 

Perspective Mistaking: When Stepping into the Minds of Others isn't Enough 

Gerbasi, Margaret 

When Self-Interest Matters and Why 

Gervais, Will M. 

Why not God? The psychological causes and consequences of religious disbelief 

Goldschmied, Nadav 

Underdog Support: The Psychology of Disadvantage 

Graham, Jesse 

The Power of Virtue: How Goodness Transforms and Compels 

Griskevicius, Vladas 

Integrating Life History Theory and Psychology: Implications for Decision-Making, Personality, Romantic Relationships, and Parenting 

Grossmann, Igor 

Culture “within”: the impact of religion, social class, and political ideology on cognition 

Guillory, Lucia 

Speechless: Examining the ordinary everyday nonverbal behaviors that profoundly impact our thoughts, actions, and perceptions 

Guinote, Ana 

New Theoretical Perspectives on Power 

Hall, Crystal 

The social psychology of financial decision making 

Hancock, Jean 

The Uncertain Self and Self-Evaluation 

Hayward, Richard David 

Religious coping and health outcomes: Complexity, contradictions, and the importance of the social context 

Hirsh, Jacob 

Advances in Political Psychology: Exploring the Contours of the Political Mind 

Hope Gonzales, Marti 

Crossing the Threshold: Personality and Social Psychology Research Beyond the Laboratory 

Inzlicht, Michael 

What is ego depletion? Exploring the mechanism via which exercising self-control affects subsequent self-control 

Jaremka, Lisa M. 

Connect or protect? New insights into motivated responses to social exclusion 

Josephs, Bob 

Kurt Lewin 2.0: Gene by Environment interactions in personality, culture, and emotion 

Kassam, Karim Sadik 

Language and Emotion: Labeling Creates and Shapes Emotion 

kassman, kyle 

New findings for the old problem of death awareness 

Kawakami, Kerry 

Visual Processing of Race 

Kim, John S. 

Maintaining Romantic Relationships: Evolution, Hormones, and Implicit Cognition 

Klein, William M. P. 

Antecedents, Consequences, and Communication in Risk Perception: From Experiments to Nationally-Representative Datasets 

Knowles, Eric D. 

Perceptions of Race and Racial Inequity in the Obama Era 

Kok, Bethany Ellen 

Promoting positive life change: Improving emotion regulation, cognition and physiological states through reflection and mind-training 

Konrath, Sara 

Shedding Light on The Dark Side of Human Nature 

Koole, Sander 

"I Feel Better But I Don't Know Why": Psychological Benefits of Implicit Emotion Regulation 

Krahé, Barbara 

Long-Term Effects of Media Violence Usage on Aggression in Childhood and Adolescence 

Kraus, Michael W. 

The Social Class Divide: Exploring a New Frontier of Cultural Psychology 

Kruglanski, Arie 

Serendipity and Tenacity in Theory Development: Personal Accounts 

Kumashiro, Madoka 

Integrating Laboratory and Longitudinal Research on Relationships 

Kwang, Tracy 

The self and love: The role of the self in romantic relationships 

Leu, Janxin 

Culture, Emotion, and Health: Are positive emotions just as ‘positive’ across cultures? 

Levine, Cynthia 

Race, stereotypes, and implicit theories about the capacity for change 

Lilgendahl, Jennifer Pals 

Negotiating Culture: The Role of Narrative Identity Processes in Cultural Challenges and Conflicts 

London-Thompson, Bonita 

New Directions in Status-Based Rejection Sensitivity Research. 

MacGregor, Jennifer 

Taking Others’ Self-esteem into Account: Perceptions and Accuracy, Beliefs, and Consequences 

Magee, Joe 

The Cognitive-Motivational Interface of the Psychology of Power: Theoretical Integrations and Empirical Distinctions 

Magnan, Renee E 

Current Social Psychological Perspectives on Affect and Health 

Marks, Michael 

Sexual heroes and promiscuous deviants: Sex, gender, sexual orientation, and attitudes toward sexual activity. 

Masten, Carrie 

In Support of Social Support: How Neurophysiological Responsivity Can Inform Our Understanding of Social Connection 

Mayo, Ruth 

Cognitive tuning: How contextual and embodied cues shift reasoning and decision making 

McCulloch, Kathleen C. 

Living Vicariously? Self-Regulation as a Social Process 

Meier, Brian P. 

Toward an Important Role for Mindfulness in Self-Regulation: Findings from Personality and Experimental Social Psychology 

Miller, Saul 

Affective, Cognitive, and Behavioral Responses to Disease Threat across Multiple Social Domains 

Morrison, Kimberly Rios 

Toward a cultural psychology of the existential self 

Murphy, Mary C. 

Ironic Consequences of Subtle Bias: How Negative and Positive Treatments Affect Targets of Prejudice 

Myers, Michael W. 

Growing closer to some and more distant from others: Perspective-taking and interpersonal relations 

Neuberg, Steven L. 

Sexual Prejudices, in the Plural: Nuanced Conceptions Resulting from Considerations of Gender, Emotions, and Threat 

O'Keefe, Paul A. 

How Fit Facilitates: Motivational Benefits of Matching Person and Context 

Okimoto, Tyler G. 

Forgiveness and Groups 

Ostafin, Brian 

New approaches to modulating the influence of implicit processes on behavior 

Park, Lora E. 

Women and STEM: Predicting Performance and Interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) 

Patrick, Heather 

PANEL DISCUSSION: SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES AT THE INTERFACE OF SOCIAL/PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY AND NIH ~ BEYOND FUNDING 

Pearson, Adam 

Connecting Social Minds: Perceptual, Physiological, and Behavioral Coordination Within and Between Groups 

Peery, Destiny 

Rational Basis or Legal Bias? Psychological Perspectives at the Intersection of Race, Policy and Law 

Pettersson, Erik 

Approach, Avoidance, and Anger 

Pronin, Emily 

Time and the Mind 

Pryor, John B. 

Almost 50 Years Since Goffman: Recent Advances in Stigma Research 

Rast, III, David E. 

Leadership, Identity, and Group Processes: New Directions in the Social Psychology of Leadership Research 

Rattan, Aneeta 

How Culture Justifies Intergroup Inequality in the U.S.: Intelligence, Choice, Colorblindness, and Social Location 

Rentfrow, Peter 

Explorations in Regional Psychology 

Risen, Jane 

Beyond The Rhetoric: Empirical Insights Into Current Hot-Button Political Issues 

Robinson, Michael 

Dominance: Perception, Motivation, and Behavior 

Roccas, Sonia 

Personal Values and Their Real-Life Consequences 

Rosenthal, Lisa 

Psychosocial Factors and Processes that Compromise and Foster Identity-Safety for Negatively Stigmatized and Underrepresented Groups 

Rule, Nicholas 

Confusing Categories and Concealing Stigmas: The Processes and Consequences of Resolving Ambiguity in Person Perception 

Sacharin, Vera 

New directions in mixed emotions research: The role of individual differences, temporal dynamics, and meaningfulness 

Salter, Phia 

Remember the Alamo? Representations of History as Tools for Collective Identity Regulation 

Salvatore, Jessica 

Stereotype threat effects: Powerful, but not inevitable 

Savani, Krishna 

Manifest Culture: An Analysis of the Psychological Basis and Influence of Sociocultural Landscapes 

Schubert, Thomas 

Synchrony, warmth, and closeness: The embodiment of affiliation 

Shook, Natalie J. 

Right or Left? The Psychology of Political Ideology 

Slotter, Erica Beth 

Examining the Stability of the Self Across Multiple Levels of Analysis 

Song, Hyunjin 

From the Social to the Physical World and Back: Bidirectional Influences in Grounded Cognition 

Stein, Randy 

Automatic Processes in Persuasion, Conformity, and Resistance 

Stevenson, Margaret 

Situational and Individual Difference Predictors of Conformity: A Return to Actual Behavior 

Strickland, April 

Social Dominance Orientation as a Predictor of Rigid Ideological Categorization 

Sweeny, Kate 

Illusions in Everyday Prophecies: Causes and Consequences 

Tamir, Maya 

Too Much of a Good Thing? A Closer Look at Happiness and Well-Being 

Tannenbaum, David 

Character counts: Person-centered approaches to moral judgment and decision making 

Tenney, Elizabeth R. 

Actor/Observer 2.0: New Directions in Judging Self and Others 

Thomas, Erin L. 

Moderating Prosociality: Meso-, Micro-, and Macro-Level Attenuators of Helping Behavior 

Tullett, Alexa 

When People Disgust Us: New Developments in our Understanding of Disgust Towards Social Targets 

Van Boven, Leaf 

Perspectives on psychological distance’s phenomenological foundations 

van den Bos, Kees 

Masculinity and Femininity in Associated Roles and Contexts 

Vohs, Kathleen D. 

Taking It To The Streets: The Study of Self-Control Beyond Sophomores in the Lab 

Wallaert, Matt 

Cues to confidence and consistency 

Waugh, Christian 

Emotional flexibility in risk and resilience 

Westaby, James 

Dynamic networks and systems: New theoretical and empirical advances 

Williams, Melissa J. 

Contextual Influences on Goal Pursuit in Relationships 

Xu, Xiaomeng 

As time goes on: Longitudinal predictors of relationship outcomes 

Yogeeswaran, Kumar 

Unexpected Costs and Benefits of Multiculturalism and Assimilation: Neither is All Good or All Bad! 

Zaki, Jamil 

What it means to get it right, and why it matters: Adventures in accuracy research 

Zayas, Vivian 

How Do Adult Attachment Relationships Form and Develop? 

Symposia Count: 127