The specialization in social/personality psychology trains students to examine how features of the social environment and characteristics of individuals interact to influence behavior, cognition, and affect. Training will allow students to develop a strong foundation in the theoretical perspectives, research methods, and current controversies in the field of social/personality psychology. Special emphases include social cognition, emotion, subjective well-being, self and identity, personality resilience, interpersonal relations, cultural psychology, and adaptation to stress and perceived risks.
Faculty
Campos, Belinda, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Culture, relationships, positive emotion, health
Dietze, Pia, Ph.D., New York University
Social psychology, social class, economic inequality, social cognition, and intergroup relations
Ditto, Peter H., Ph.D., Princeton University
Social cognition, motivated judgment and decision-making process, social psychology
Güney, Şule, Ph.D., University of New South Wales, Australia
Judgment and decision making under risk and ambiguity, strategic decision making, cognitive psychology
Heckhausen, Jutta, Ph.D., University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Life-span developmental psychology, motivation and developmental regulation in children, adolescents, and adults, control and health, cultural universals and differences in achievement behavior
Jamner, Larry, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Health psychology, psychophysiology, biopsychosocial factors related to tobacco use in youth
Levine, Linda J., Ph.D., The University of Chicago
Relations between cognitive and emotional development, how emotions influence attention and memory, the development of children's strategies for coping with negative emotions
Loftus, Elizabeth F., Ph.D., Stanford University
Human memory, psychology and the law, how facts, ideas, suggestions and other forms of post-event information can modify our memories
Molina, Kristine, Ph.D., University of Michigan
Racism and discrimination, social inequality, health disparities, Latinx health
Piff, Paul K., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Social psychology, group processes, altruism and cooperation, socioeconomic status, inequality, social emotion, moral judgment, ethics, uncertainty
Pressman, Sarah, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Health psychology, positive emotions, stress physiology, psychosocial, effects on physiology and health
Scurich, Nicholas, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Psychology & law; judgment and decision making; violence risk assessment
Sng, Oliver, Ph.D., Arizona State University
Social psychology, evolutionary psychology, cultural psychology, stereotyping, behavioral ecology
Silver, Roxane Cohen, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Coping with stressful life events (e.g., personal traumas, natural disasters, terrorism)
Zinger, Joanne, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Expressive writing, meta-analysis, positive psychology, health psychology, preventive medicine, educational psychology