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2008

The Role of Gender Stereotypes in Mental Illness Stigma

Galen V. Bodenhausen, Northwestern University
James Wirth, Purdue University

With God on Our Side

Benjamin Converse, University of Chicago
Nicholas Epley, University of Chicago

Risk Attitudes and Bioterrorism

Cindy D. Kam, Vanderbilt University
Elizabeth N. Simas, University of California - Davis

About Face: The Association between Facial Appearance and Status Attainment among Military Personnel

Thomas R. Hochschild Jr., University of Connecticut
Casey Borch, University of Alabama at Birmingham

An Experimental Study of the Effects of Government Terror Warnings on Political Attitudes

Robb Willer, University of California - Berkeley

2007

The effects of gender and power on persuasion

Looking to the Future: How Political Rhetoric Shapes Policy Opinions

The Age-Gender Interaction Effect on Status Expectations: Investigation and Career Implications

Sources of Blame Attribution: Citizen Attitudes Towards Public Officials after 9/11

Predictors of Activism and Radicalism: past activism, past radicalism and grievance against the government.

Clark McCauley, Bryn Mawr College

Nature or Nurture?: Explanations for Observed Gender Differences and their Effect on Gender Ideology and Political Opinions

2006

Non-Verbal Cues in Politics: Assessing the Interaction between Facial Similarity, Gender, and Candidate Visibility

Jeremy Bailenson, Stanford University
Shanto Iyengar, Stanford University

Ethnicity and Episodic Framing in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina

The Candidate Evaluation Experiment: Testing Proximity and Directional Predictions on Policy Issues and Ideology

Motivational Mechanisms and Hazing Behavior

Aldo Cimino, University of California, Santa Barbara

From the Eye of the Beholder: Attitudes about Physical Attractiveness and their Social and Demographic Correlates

How Causal Attributions Influence Attitudes about Affirmative Action

After the Storms: Anticipated Effects of Gasoline Prices on Health Behaviors and Health-Related Consumption

The Political Impact of Message Attributes from Religious Elites

A randomized experiment on the determinants of generosity to the poor

Government Responsibility Attributions and the Room to Maneuver Debate

John R. Freeman, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Market Populism, Cultural Conservatism and Limited Government: Examining the Complexities of Contemporary Political Ideologies

The Role of News Media and Stereotypes in Hip-hop’s Bad Rap: Insights into narratives, movements, public opinion, and U.S. race relations.

Philip Garland, Stanford University

Political Elites and Public Support for War

William Howell, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
Douglas Kriner, Boston University

Sources of Individual Self-Identification: An Experimental Approach

Alexander Kuo, Stanford University
Yotam Margalit, Stanford University

Do People Agree on how much Punishment fits Crimes?

The Interaction of Fear and Framing in Influencing Perceptions of the Social Security Debate: An Internet Experiment

The Effect of Personal Experience and Mass Media on Public Confidence in Two Important Industries: Aviation and Medical Care

Assigning Blame: The Public’s Response to Hurricane Katrina

Public Opinion of Congress a Causal Examination

The impact of genetic causation of mental illness on attitudes and beliefs toward the illness

Jo Phelan, Columbia University

Perceiving Neighborhoods: Exploring the Effects of Subjective Evaluations on the Process of Social Organization

Does Self-Reported News Exposure Measure Political Interest, not Actual Exposure?

Markus Prior, Princeton University

Reducing Intergroup Bias: Does Dual Identification Help or Harm?

Elmar Schlueter, Philipps-University Marburg
Oliver Christ

Courting the Public: Judicial Behavior and Public Views of Court Decisions

The Impact of Information from similar or different advisors on judgment

Jen Shang, Indiana University, The Center on Philanthropy
Francesca Gino, Carnegie Mellon University
Rachel Croson, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton

Testing the Generalizability of the Moral Mandate Effect Under Conditions of Personal Voice

Linda J. Skitka, University of Illinois at Chicago

Capitalization, self-esteem, and building social resources

Shannon M. Smith, University of Rochester
Harry Reis, University of Rochester

Internalized Consensus: The Effect of Episodic Narratives on HIV/AIDS attitudes among African Americans

Reactions to Katrina: Emotions, Stereotypes, and Policy Evaluation

2005

Who Moves Presidential Approval?

Scott Althaus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Going Against the Grain: The Intersection of Framing, Source Credibility, and Predispositions

Kevin Arceneaux, Temple University

Public Reaction to Military versus Private Security Deaths in Iraq

Deborah Avant, George Washington University
Lee Sigelman, George Washington University

Generalization of the Valence Framing Effect

George Bizer, Union College
Jeff Larsen, Texas Tech University

Moral Luck, Loss of Chance, and Legal Liability

John Darley, Princeton University
Lawrence Solan, Brooklyn Law School

Motivational Systems in Political Collective Action: Managing Free Riders, Exiters, and Recruits

Andrew W. Delton, University of California, Santa Barbara
Leda Cosmides, University of California, Santa Barbara

The Appropriateness of Retaliatory Violence: Effects of Gender and Relationship

Scott Feld, Purdue University
Richard Felson, Pennsylvania State University

Effects of Ostracism and Stigma on Self-Esteem

Stephanie Goodwin, Purdue University
Kip Williams, Purdue University

In the Eye of the Beholder: How Information Shortcuts Shape Individual Perceptions of Bias in the Media

Phil Gussin, University of California, Los Angeles
Matthew Baum, University of California, Los Angeles

Experiments to understand how Americans react to new election procedures

Michael J. Hanmer, Georgetown University
Fred Conrad, University of Michigan
Michael Traugott, University of Michigan

Priming to Improve Survey Measurement through Anchoring Vignettes

Daniel Hopkins, Harvard University
Gary King, Harvard University

Value Choices in the Mass Public: Testing for Framing Effects and Hierarchical Structure

William G. Jacoby, Michigan State University

The Impact of Federalism on Citizen Support for Legislative Action

Cindy Kam, University of California, Davis
Robert Mikos, University of California, Davis

Maintaining a Sense of Belonging among the Socially Isolated

Megan L. Knowles, Northwestern University
Wendi L. Gardner, Northwestern University

Effects of Rejection on Multiple Relationships

Edward Lemay, Yale University

Public Opinion of Congress a Causal Examination

Monika L McDermott, University of Connecticut
David R. Jones, City University of New York, Baruch College

Does it Help or Hurt Kerry if Nader is on the Ballot?

Walter R. Mebane, Jr., Cornell University
Israel Waismel-Manor, Cornell University

Measuring Teenage Pregnancy Norms and Their Effect on Resource Provision

Stefanie Bailey Mollborn, Stanford University

An Experimental Test of Verification Threats in Political Debate

Brendan Nyhan, Duke University

Status Effects of Gender

Lisa Rashotte, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Murray Webster, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

Exploring the Generality of "Naive Realism": Perceptions of Bias in Others who Disagree with our Opinions

Glenn D. Reeder, Illinois State University
John B. Pryor, Illinois State University
Michael Griswell, Illinois State University

American Attitudes Toward the International Criminal Court: Framing Effects, Endorsement Effects, and the Idea of Multilateral Justice

Beth Simmons, Harvard University
Michael Hiscox, Harvard University

Estimating Number of Lifetime Sexual Partners: A Strategy Activation Study

Robert C. Sinclair, Laurentian University
Sean E. Moore

Perception of Synergistic Risk: Adjusted Anchoring Vignettes for Optimized Measurement

Craig W. Trumbo, University of Vermont

Political Knowledge, Political Thought, and Citizen Competence

Mathieu Turgeon, University of North Texas

The Dynamics of System Justification

Cheryl J. Wakslak, New York University
John T. Jost, New York University

Who has Narrow Brackets?

Georg Weizsacker, London School of Economics

2004

Effects of Outgroup Friendship Salience on Outgroup Attitudes and Moderating Conditions

Arthur Aron, State University of New York at Stony Brook

I Think, Therefore I Vote (Correctly?): Systematic Cognitive Processing and Electoral Behavior

David Barker, University of Pittsburgh
Susan B. Hansen, University of Pittsburgh

Statistical Discrimination, Stereotyping, and Evaluations of Worker Productivity

Stephen W. Benard, Cornell University

Assuming the Costs of War: The Effects of Knowledge of Casualty Rates on Support for Military Intervention

Adam Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Role of Gender Stereotypes in Mental Illness Stigma

Galen V. Bodenhausen, Northwestern University
James Wirth, Purdue University

Trust and Risk

Iris Bohnet, Harvard University
Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard University

Us vs. Them?: How Threat Shapes Opinions about Immigration

Ted Brader, University of Michigan
Nick Valentino, University of Michigan
Elizabeth Suhay, University of Michigan

Tone and Information in Negative Campaign Advertising

Deborah Jordan Brooks, Dartmouth College
John Geer, Vanderbilt University

When "No" Means "Yes": Measuring Social Desirability Effects on the Expression of Biological Concepts of Race

Hannah Brueckner, Yale University
Alondra Nelson, Yale University
Ann Morning, New York University

Affect and Cognition in Party Identification

Barry C. Burden, Harvard University
Casey Klofstad, University of Miami

Exploring the Dynamics of Personal Threat: The Effects of Anxiety on Policy Preferences

Erin Cassese, West Virginia University
Stanley Feldman, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Shame, Blame and Contamination: Mental Illness Stigma and the Family

Patrick Corrigan, Northwestern University
Amy Watson, Northwestern University

General Prejudice Versus Discrete Emotions: Understanding Patterns of Intergroup Emotions

Catherine A. Cottrell, Arizona State University
Steven L. Neuberg, Arizona State University

Preferences for Immunization Coverage in Health Plans

Matthew M. Davis, University of Michigan
Kathryn Fant, University of Michigan

An Experiment on Vote Intention

John DiNardo, University of Michigan
Eric Turkheimer, University of Virginia
Thomas Guterbock, University of Virginia

Party Responsiveness and Mandate Balancing

James Fowler, University of California, Davis

Heritage or Hate: An Examination of Attitudes on the Georgia State Flag Controversy

Vincent L. Hutchings, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Hanes Walton, Jr., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

The List Experiment as an Unobtrusive Measure of Attitudes Toward Immigration and Same-Sex Marriages

Alexander L Janus, University of California, Berkeley

Politeness Theory and Conversational Refusals

Danette Ifert Johnson, Ithaca College

Gender and Reactions to Political Campaigns

Cindy Kam, University of California, Davis

Effect of mood on creativity

Chu Kim-Prieto, The College of New Jersey
Ed Diener, University of Illinois

Question Order Effects on Political Interest Reports

Dominic L. Lasorsa, University of Texas at Austin

Public Attitudes Towards a Supplementary Income Program for Low-wage Workers: A Study of the Effects of Framing, Distributive Justice Criteria and Material Interests

Pablo A. Mitnik, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Measuring Perceptions and Attitudes about Overweight and Obesity

Eric Oliver, University of Chicago
Taeku Lee, University of California, Berkeley

Who Deserves a Helping Hand?: Attitudes about Government Assistance for the Unemployed by Race, Incarceration Status, and Worker History

Devah Pager, Northwestern University

The Roots of Sexual Prejudice

John B. Pryor, Illinois State University
John Ernst, Illinois Wesleyan University

Political Corruption and the Ethical Judgments of American Citizens

David Redlawsk, University of Iowa
James A McCann, Purdue University

Determinants of Trust: A Comparative Analysis

Juergen Schupp, German Institute for Economic Research
Gert Wagner, Berlin University of Technology

Consequences of Misperceptions of Public Opinion for Support of Specific Foreign Policies

Alexander Todorov, Princeton University
Anesu N. Mandisodza, Princeton University

Exploring the Social Bases of Attitude Strength

Penny S. Visser, University of Chicago

The Color of the Campaign: An Experimental Study of the Influence of Skin Color on Candidate Evaluation

Vesla M. Weaver, Harvard University
Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University

Racial Identification Confounds the Assessment of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in African-Americans

Monnica T. Williams, University of Virginia

Studying the Effect of Income on Punitive Attitudes with a Two-List Factorial

James Yocom, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sara Wakefield, University of Minnesota

2003

Indirect Effects of Discredited Stereotypes: Social and Political Traits in Judgments of Jewish Leaders

Adam Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University

An Investigation of Order Effects in the Measurement of Aggression and Aggressive Cognition

Paul Boxer, University of New Orleans and University of Michigan
Eric F. Dubow, University of Michigan
Rowell Huesmann, University of Michigan

A Study on Race of Interviewer Effects Using Visual Cues

Mick P. Couper, University of Michigan
Maria Krysan, University of Illinois - Chicago

Chronic Losers and Democracy

Todd Donovan, Western Washington University
Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside

Self-Esteem, Organization of Thoughts about Partners, and Context-Dependence of Partner Views

Steven Graham, Carnegie Mellon University
Margaret S. Clark, Carnegie Mellon University

Emotional Responses to Infidelity: Investigating Jealousy with a National Sample

Melanie C. Green, University of Pennsylvania
John Sabini, University of Pennsylvania

The Political Backlash Against Globalization? Framing Effects, Information, and Attitudes Toward International Trade

Michael J. Hiscox, Harvard University

Vote Over-Reporting: A Test of the Social Desirability Hypothesis

Allyson L. Holbrook, University of Illinois at Chicago
Jon A. Krosnick, Stanford University and The Ohio State University

Game Responses as Survey Instruments: Measuring the Constituents of Social Capital

Daniel Houser, George Mason University
Jason Shachat, National University of Singapore
Jonathan W. Leland, National Science Foundation

Cognitive Representations of Social Groups and Support for Public Policies

Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Yale University
Donald Green, Yale University

Who Deserves a Helping Hand?: Attitudes about Government Assistance for the Unemployed by Race, Incarceration Status, and Worker History

Devah Pager, Northwestern University
Jeremy Freese, University of Wisconsin

Recall vs. Judgment: Open-Closed Question Differences in Studying Collective Memory

Misperceptions of Public Opinion on Foreign Trade Policy and Their Implications

Alexander Todorov, Princeton University
Anesu N. Mandisodza, Princeton University

Audience Costs in International Crises

Michael Tomz, Stanford University

A Behavioral Theory of Political Choice

Michael Tomz, Stanford University
Paul Sniderman, Stanford University


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