Program
An overview of the program and the titles and authors for all poster presentations are provided here. Direct questions about the program to the Program Chair, Mike Furr.
The complete program in pdf is available here.
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Program Overview
Concurrent Symposia Sessions
Keynote Address
Poster Session A
Poster Session B
Friday, October 26
6:00-8:30: Welcome Reception
Saturday, October 27
8:00: Continental Breakfast/Registration
9:00-10:15: Concurrent Symposia Session A
10:20-11:10: Poster Session A
11:15-12:30: Concurrent Symposia Session B
12:30-1:50: Lunch and Business Meeting
2:00-3:15: Concurrent Symposia Session C
3:25-4:15: Poster Session B
4:30-5:30: Keynote Address
9:00am-10:15am, Concurrent Symposia Session A
Welcome to the Neighborhood: Social Psychologists Who are New to the Southeast (Chair: Mike Furr, Wake Forest University)
When Difference Becomes Us: Racial Diversity and Self Processes
Victoria Plaut, University of Georgia
Toward the Undefended Self: Mindful Responses to Social Threat
Kirk Warren Brown, Virginia Commonwealth University
Consequence of Increasing People's Daily Diets of Positive Emotions
Barbara Fredrickson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Positive Influences on Romantic Relationships (Chair: Doris Bazzini, Appalachian State University)
Making Narcissists Better Relationship Partners: The Role of Communal Activation
W. Keith Campbell, University of Georgia
Empathy and Social Support in Romantic Relationships
Presenter: Mark Davis, Eckerd College
Co-authors: L. Verhofstadt, I. Devoldre, & A. Buysse, Ghent University;
W. Ickes, University of Texas-Arlington
The Relationship-Enhancing Effects of Recycling Shared Laughter
Doris G. Bazzini, Appalachian State University
11:15am-12:30pm, Concurrent Symposia Session B
Interpersonal Perception and the Eye of the Beholder: Understanding the Role of Personality, Gender, and Relationship Variables in Perceiver Judgments (Chair: Jana Spain, High Point University)
The Role of the Perceiver-Target Relationship in Accurate Person Perception:
Evidence from an Experience Sampling Study
Jana S. Spain, High Point University
Perceiver Effects as Projective Tests: What Your Perception of Other Group
Members Says About You
Dustin Wood, Wake Forest University
On Being a Good Judge: Gender as a Moderator of Interpersonal Accuracy and
Meta-Accuracy in Mixed Gender Dyads
Maurice J. Levesque, Elon University
New Insights from the Science of Self-Regulation: Physiological, Behavioral, and Emotional Consequences (Chairs: Suzanne Segerstrom & Nathan DeWall, University of Kentucky)
When Socially Anxious Individuals Go Wild: Evidence for an Impulsive, Disinhibited
Subgroup
Todd B. Kashdan, George Mason University
Mental Energy and Aggression: Low State and Trait Self-Control Make the Heart
Grow Violent
C. Nathan DeWall, University of Kentucky
An EMG for the Self-Regulatory Muscle: Cardiac Regulation Reflects
Self-Regulation
Suzanne C. Segerstrom, University of Kentucky
2:00pm-3:15pm, Concurrent Symposia Session C
Becoming Aware of White Privilege: Methods and Consequences (Chair: Chris Wetzel, Rhodes College)
What's Inside the Invisible Knapsack?: Development of a Scale to Measure Beliefs
About White Privilege
Julie Woodzicka, Washington & Lee University
Increasing Awareness of White Privilege by Playing Games: Can a Fish Learn to
See the Water in Which it Swims?
Chris Wetzel, Jessica Copeland, & Emily Clark, Rhodes College
Changing Intergroup Attitudes and Actions: Effects of Efficacy Beliefs and
Awareness of White Privilege
Tracie Stewart, I. M. Latu, N. R. Branscombe, & A. C. Myers, Georgia State
University
Unpacking Privilege and Prejudice: American and South African Perspectives
Kristen Klaaren, Randolph-Macon College.
Everyday Considerations of Causation and Alternatives to Reality (Chairs: Cathy Seta & John Petrocelli, Wake Forest University)
Spontaneous Counterfactual Thinking among Baseball Sportscasters
Lawrence J. Sanna, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Counterfactual Thinking in Legal Reasoning
Barbara A. Spellman, University of Virginia
Thinking about What Might Have Been: Counterfactual Salience and Regret
Catherine E. Seta, Wake Forest University
Counterfactual Thinking and Subjective Confidence for the Future Following
General and Specific Events
John V. Petrocelli, Wake Forest University
4:30pm-5:30pm
Human Nature and Culture: What is the Human Psyche Designed For?
Roy Baumeister, Florida State University
Poster Session A
Posters should be set up by 9:00am and taken down at 12:30pm
1. Who is Really the Best Judge of Personality: The spouse or the friend?, Rebecca Albertson and Jana S. Spain, High Point University
2. Sexual Prejudice and Physiological Responses to Viewing Male Homosexual Couples as Measured by Mood and Cardiovascular Responsivity, Jennifer Bondurant, Kimberly Reed, and A. Celeste Gaia, Emory & Henry College
3. Gender Differences in Forgiveness, Andrea J. Miller, Everett L. Worthington, Jr., and Mike A. McDaniel; Virginia Commonwealth University
4. Relationship Length and Gender Role Beliefs as Predictors of Condom Use Intent among African American Women, Angela Fitzgerald, Cynthia Antezana-Rivas, and Karen Eggins, Virginia Commonwealth University
5. The Phenomenology of Overreacting to a Negative Event, Ashley A. Batts and Mark R. Leary, Duke University
6. Reducing Social Anxiety: Positive Imagery, Distraction, or Both?, Christina Kauffman, Catharine Brann, Molly Hensler, Jessica Wortman, and Beth Pontari, Furman University
7. Cardiac Vagal Tone and Social Engagement: Support for the Polyvagal Theory, Bethany E. Kok and Barbara L. Fredrickson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8. Gender Differences in Interpersonal Perception Accuracy and Meta-Accuracy, Brian C. Nelson, East Tennessee State University; Maurice J. Levesque, and Scott Rosenkrans, Elon University
9. Narcissism, Agency versus Communion, and Implicit Egotism: Different Roads to Implicit Self-Esteem, Chad E. Lakey, Diana L. Young, W. Keith Campbell, University of Georgia; Jennifer K. Bosson, University of South Florida; and Adam S. Goodie, University of Georgia
10. Daily Fluctuations in Self Control, Debbie Leech, Michelle vanDellen, and Rick Hoyle, Duke University
11. Combating Meaninglessness: Evidence of Fluid Compensation Following Implicit Threats to Meaning, Daryl R. Van Tongeren, and Jeffrey D. Green, Virginia Commonwealth University
12. The Effect of Message Frame and Speaker Insight on Perceptions of Behavioral Norms: Implications for Behavior Intentions and Outcomes in the Health Domain, Deborah L. Hall, Duke University, and Hart Blanton, Texas A & M University
13. Mindfulness and Control: Probing the Subjective Utility of Monetary Gains from a Prospect Theory Framework, Diana L. Young, Chad E. Lakey, and Adam S. Goodie, University of Georgia
14. The Influence of Temporal Imposition on Risky-Choice Framing Tasks, Dominic Mascari and Todd McElroy, Appalachian State University
15. Moral Disengaged in Support of War: Corresponding Political Attitudes and Information-Seeking Patterns, Lydia Eckstein Jackson, University of Tennessee and Jennifer Sparr, Konstanz University, Germany
16. “What It Means To Be a Woman”: Ambivalent Sexism in Female College Students’ Experiences and Attitudes, Alice M. Field, Suzanne Swan, and Bret Kloss, University of South Carolina
17. Individual and Collective Environmentalism: An Application to Watershed Conservation, Garrett Schlein and Donelson R. Forsyth, University of Richmond
18. Ego-Depletion Following a Time Delay: A Preliminary Study, Alissa Rockney, Kathryn Bieda, Deirdre Smith, Brian Nelson, East Tennessee State University; Andrea Veal, Winston-Salem State University; and Ginette C. Blackhart, East Tennessee State University
19. A Meta-Analytic Review of Aggression and Violence in Response to Parental Rejection, Andrea Veal, Winston-Salem State University and Ginette C. Blackhart, East Tennessee State University
20. Be All You Can Be: Personality and Motivation Factors that Predict Self-Improvement, Jonathan S. Gore and Allison Runyon, Eastern Kentucky University
21. “My Image Matters”: Self-Presentation in the Medical Interview, Giselle Iona, St. Thomas University; Steven E. R. Scarlett, Florida Atlantic University; and Jodi L. Grace, St. Thomas University
22. Do Variations in Disease Description Affect Medical Avoidance?, Sarah Grubbs, St. Thomas University; Kisha Baker, Chicago School of Professional Psychology; and Jodi Grace, St. Thomas University
23. Media, Acculturation, and Black Male Mate Preferences, Ondra Greene and Adebowale Asava, Winston-Salem State University
24. The Impact of Personal Investment on Automation Disuse and Misuse in a Fratricide Simulation Task, Hall P. Beck, Appalachian State University; J. Bates McKinney, University of South Carolina Upstate; Mary T. Dzindolet, Cameron University; Linda G. Pierce, Army Research Laboratory; and Meghan Graham, Appalachian State University
25. Interpersonal Values and Self-Presentational Strategies in Everyday Life Situations, Jenna N. Tucker and R. Michael Furr, Wake Forest University
26. Storytelling Ability as a Positive Evolutionary Trait, John K. Donahue and Melanie C. Green, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
27. Differential Consequences of Exposure to Actual and Fictional Stereotype-Related Depiction of Arabs: “It’s all about the Threat,” James Johnson and Kaitlin Rejzer, University of North Carolina at Wilmington; and Muhammad Haj-Yahia, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
28. Terror Management in Old Age: Mortality Salience Does Not Elicit Cultural Worldview Defense in Older Adults, Jonathan F. Bassett, Lander University
29. Regional Variation in Values and Well-Being, Jodi R. Treadway, Victoria Plaut, University of Georgia; Shinobu Kitayama, Hyekyung Park, University of Michigan; Luke Conway, University of Montana; and Paula Pietromonaca, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
30. Women Taking Control: Statistical Findings amongst Frequency of Sex, Sexual Assertiveness, and Desire, Kathryn Bieda and Ginette C. Blackhart, East Tennessee State University
Poster Session B
Posters should be set up by 2:00pm and taken down at 5:30pm
1. Contingencies of Self-Worth and the Social Monitoring System, Katya Fernandez, Michelle vanDellen, Melanie Hoy, and Rick Hoyle, Duke University
2. What Is This Thing Called Love?, Keith E. Davis and Raymond M. Bergner, University of South Carolina
3. The Role of Evaluative vs. Non-Evaluative Stimuli in Implicit Covariation Detection, Richard V. Kendrick, Michael A. Olson, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; and Russell H. Fazio, Ohio State University
4. Trait Emotional Intensity Predicts Better Performance at Identifying Positive Features of the Environment But Worse Performance on Negative Features, Kristen L. VonWaldner, Scott M. Desselles, University of Mississippi; Michael B. Kitchens, Lebanon Valley College; Grant C. Corser, Southern Utah University; and Carol L. Gohm, University of Mississippi
5. “Cold Feet”: Examining Pre-Wedding Anxiety with Approach and Avoidance Gradients, Laura E. Buffardi and W. Keith Campbell, University of Georgia
6. Self-Monitoring and Communication Among Friends, Kathryn Fleming and Christopher Leone, University of North Florida
7. Subjective Ease of Retrieval Fades Over Time in Hindsight Bias Judgments, Lindsay A. Kennedy, Paul M. Miceli, and Lawrence J. Sanna, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
8. Regret for Risky Decisions: A Function of the Decision-Maker’s Risk Orientation, Lori Mack and Catherine E. Seta, Wake Forest University
9. Predicting Marital Satisfaction from Self, Partner, and Couple Characteristics: Is it Me, You, or Us?, Shanhong Luo, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
10. Cultural Variability in Forgiveness Toward a Partner for Sex-Related Transgressions, Marie-Joelle Estrada and Mark R. Leary, Duke University
11. Capacity Limits in Affective Processing, Mark B. Stokes and B. Keith Payne, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
12. “And Then They Came For Me”: The Effectiveness of a Theatrical Performance and Study Guide on Middle-School Students’ Holocaust Knowledge and Empathic Concern, Mark Harvey, University of North Carolina at Asheville
13. Pride and Prejudice and Power-Cognizance: The Relationship between White Identity and Prejudice, Matt Goren and Victoria C. Plaut, University of Georgia
14. Attaching to Fido and Fluffy: Attachment Theory and Human-Pet Relationships, Maureen A. Matthews, Jeffrey D. Green, Karen E. Chervenak, Kimberly R. Marsh, Virginia Commonwealth University; and Craig A. Foster, United States Air Force Academy
15. An Investigation of the Situational Determinants of Repetitive Thought Purpose, Sarah E. McQueary, University of Kentucky
16. Self-Regulation of Gendered Behavior in Everyday Life, Melissa Guerrero Witt and Wendy Wood, Duke University
17. Do Different Standards for Male and Female Professors Account for Different Evaluations of Those Professors?,Andrea L. Meltzer and James K. McNulty, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
18. How Frame Valence, Background Picture, and Number of Arguments Influence Health Related Messages, Michael McCormick and Todd McElroy, Appalachian State University
19. Primary Prevention and Smoking Initiation: The Role of Smoke Free Policies, Annaliese Simms, Nell Valentine, and Robert McMillen, Mississippi State University
20. Emotions, Legal Judgments, and Victim Impact Statements: Why Death Qualification Matters, Sara Raab, Elizabeth Meyer, David Zimmerman, Emalee Weidemann, Bryan Myers, University of North Carolina at Wilmington; Andre Kehn, Michael Johns, and Narina Nunez, University of Wyoming
21. Cyber Bullying: Prevalence and Possible Effects, Kimball Zane, Robin Kowalski, Susan Limber, and Tyler Hassenfelt, Clemson University
22. Long-Distance Relationships and Relationship Satisfaction, Sarah Eisner and Robin Kowalski, Clemson University
23. Measurement Invariance of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale Across Adult Attachment Style, Shari L. Cordon, Kirk Warren Brown, Virginia Commonwealth University; and Sara J. Finney, James Madison University
24. Perceived Stress in Primary Care Patients, Stacie Harbuck Speers, Peter Warren, Peggy Wagner, and Ralph Gillies, Medical College of Georgia
25. Self-resilience: Reinstating the Self Can Offset Self-Control Failure, Steven Shirk and Leonard L. Martin, University of Georgia
26. Perceived Stigma and Beliefs about Psychological Problems as Predictors of Intent to Seek Treatment and Psychological Symptoms, Brittany N. Moree, Lauren M. Haack, Kristen L. Purvis, Tiffany Greene-Shortridge, and Thomas W. Britt, Clemson University
27. Mental Stamina as a Predictor of Performance, Distraction, Energy, and Engagement, Kristen Purvis, Lauren M. Haack, Genevieve Mendes, Brittany N. Moree, J. Adam Beeco, Mark Zajack, and Thomas W. Britt, Clemson University
28. Anonymity and Confidentiality: Do Survey Respondents Know the Difference?, Thomas J. Whelan, North Carolina State University
29. The Functional Classification of Gestures During Lectures: A Preliminary Test of Reliability, Carol Toris, College of Charleston; Jackie Egan, Charleston School of Law; Eva Hanouskova, Palackeho University; Carolyn Guagenti, College of Charleston
30. Self-Other Differences in Decision Making, YoonSun Choi and Eric R. Stone, Wake Forest University
** Thanks to Will Fleeson for his assistance with the poster reviews
