Current Projects
Attitudinal Process Projection
With Leaf Van Boven and Chick Judd, I'm examing why people with extreme views project extreme views onto those with an opposing stance.
Instrinsic/Extrinsic Motivation
With Leaf Van Boven, I'm examining how people evaluate intrinsically vs. extrinsically motivated charity and creativity.
Empathy and Efficacy
To what degree does Empathy affect the desire to help? Does the degree one can help affect empathy?
Facial Morphology
With Laura Saslow @ Berkeley, I'm looking at the effect of Facial Morphology on Social Status. We are currently collecting cross-cultural data in China, as well as some genetic information.
Past Projects
Projects which I may restart when I have time:
- Cultural differences in Moral Reasoning
- Cross-cultural conceptions of free will
Projects that shall remain in the past: Food stereotypes
Themes
Culture & Cognition
Previously, I worked with Dr. Kaiping Peng in the Culture and Cognition Lab @ Berkeley. I hope to examine some of my new projects at Boulder cross-culturally.
Moral Reasoning
My college thesis was on Moral Cognition. My work will continue with that theme throughout grad school.
Political Cognition
Working with George Lakoff @ Berkeley I became interested in the political consequences of cognitive linguistics within politics. In the future, I hope to exmaine these ideas from a psychological perspective.
Genetics
From working on a Berkeley project with genetics, I'm interested in incorporating genetics in Social Psychology. I'm considering doing the Behavioral Genetics certificate at Boulder.