People
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Jehan SparksI study biases, framing, and counterfactual thinking. My research integrates regulatory focus theory with the literatures on negativity and positivity biases to examine how the order in which people consider negative and positive information influences their attitudes, affective responses, and downstream behavior. Different lines of my research study how people get stuck in certain ways of thinking—a negative (vs. positive) frame or a downward (vs. upward) counterfactual (i.e., a thought of what could have been worse vs. what could have been better)—and some of the contexts that enable people to get unstuck and think more flexibly.
Yilin (Andre) WangI study how people connect abstract thinking to concrete experience. In particular, my research focuses on (1) the integrative processes underlying abstract and concrete cognition, (2) situations in which those processes fall apart, and (3) their consequences for social behaviors. I have examined these processes as they play out in prospecting about the future, expressing preferences for attributes, and reasoning about other people’s mental states. In addition, I am interested in methodological issues related to statistical validity in experimental design and data analyses, particularly statistical power and analytical decision-making.
Aline Da Silva FrostMy interests gravitate around how we process, evaluate and apply information about the social world. I am investigating attitudes towards attributes, how they develop and what factors influence our preferences.
Hannah KramerI study developmental changes and continuities in theory of mind, emotion understanding, and temporal reasoning. More specifically, I am interested in children's and adults' beliefs about the time course of mental states.
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Undergraduates |
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PAIGE
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ANYK
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CHELYAH
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CHRISTINA SAMANO
Research Assistant
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COOPER
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DAISY
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JANINE
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JINMENG
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KELSEY NEUENSWANDER
Research Assistant
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KEVIN
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KYMBERLEY
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SAMANTHA
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