CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Thursday, October 4, 2018

3:00pm – 8:00pmREGISTRATION

Location: Princessa Foyer

6:00pm – 9:00pmRECEPTION (drink ticket and cash bar, appetizers)

Location: Leonesa Ballroom

6:00pm – 10:00pmEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AND DINNER

Location: Menzies Suite – 6th Floor

Friday Eliza Anderson Amphitheater Princessa I Princessa II

7:30am - 8:30am Continental Breakfast || Leonesa BallroomSESSION 1

Reducing Inequality Health Behaviors Novel Approaches to Understand Stigma8:30am - 9:40am

SESSION 2Honoring John T. Cacioppo Economic Inequality Nonverbal Behaviors & Intergroup

Bias9:45am - 10:55am

10:55am - 11:10am Coffee break || Leonesa FoyerSESSION 3

Social Synchrony Intersectionality Online Misbehavior11:10am - 12:20pm

LUNCH & BUSINESS12:25pm - 2:10pm

Lunch & Business Meeting : Scientific Impact Award & Dissertation Award Addresses Leonesa Ballroom

SESSION 4 Education & Social Psychology Newness Status-Based Perception2:10pm - 3:20pm

3:20pm - 3:35pm Coffee break || Leonesa Foyer

SESSION 5 Nationality, Immigrants, & Refugees Multi-Process Accounts Negative Emotions3:35pm - 4:45pm

SESSION 6 Gender Roles Indirect Measures Psychology in Everyday Life4:50pm - 6:00pm

Saturday Eliza Anderson Princessa I Princessa II

Amphitheater 7:30am - 8:30am Continental Breakfast || Leonesa Ballroom

SESSION 7Gender & Racial Disparities How Others Influence

Life Decisions Life Transitions8:30am - 9:40amSESSION 8 Applying & Withholding

HumanitySocial Neuroscience &

Social Cognition Parochial Altruism9:45am - 10:55am

10:55am - 11:10am Coffee break || Leonesa FoyerSESSION 91

Justifications of Inequalities Real-World Contexts Reciprocity11:10am - 12:20pm

LUNCH & BUSINESS Lunch: Career Trajectory & Distinguished Scientist Award Addresses Leonesa Ballroom

SESSION 10Sustainability Regulation Social Networks2:10pm - 3:20pm

3:20pm - 3:35pm Coffee break || Leonesa Foyer

SESSION 11Politics & Science Sexual Violence Replacement Machines3:35pm - 4:45pm

SESSION 12 Income Inequality Bias Expression Moral Meanings & Social Media4:50pm - 6:00pm

6:00- 9:00pm Reception, Informal Paper Session, Toast to New SESP Members|| Leonesa Foyer1Please note that a scientific writing workshop will take place in the Discovery Room on the 1st floor during Session 9

Friday, October 5, 20188:00am – 5:00pm Registration

Location: Princessa Foyer

7:30am – 8:30am Continental BreakfastLocation: Leonesa Ballroom

1A. INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO REDUCING INEQUALITYEliza Anderson Amphitheater

Symposia Session 1Fr ida y, 8 :30am – 9 :40a m

Chair: Larisa Heiphetz, Columbia UniversityThe Role of Essentialism in InequalityLarisa Heiphetz, Columbia University; James P. Dunlea, Columbia UniversityShifting Mindsets: Combat the Effects of Bias if De-Biasing Strategies Are Not ViableAmanda Perez-Ceballos, University of California at Berkeley; Jason Okonofua, University of California at BerkeleyThe Implications of Multiracialism for Racial Equality in the U.S.Arnold K. Ho, University of Michigan; Nour S. Kteily, Northwestern University; Jacqueline M. Chen, University of UtahConsequences of Setting (Unrealistic) Expectations for the Business Case for DiversityEvan P. Apfelbaum, Questrom School of Business, Boston University; Hannah J. Birnbaum, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Adam Waytz, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

1B. EAT, DRINK, (EXERCISE, SLEEP WELL) AND BE MERRY? HOW HEALTH BEHAVIORS AFFECT OUR SOCIAL WORLDPrincessa IChair: Jeffrey M. Hunger, University of California, Los AngelesSocial closeness shifts after unhealthy eating with strangers and friends A. Janet Tomiyama, University of California, Los Angeles; Jenna R. Cummings, University of Michigan Drinking with Strangers: Examining the Effect of Social Familiarity on

Alcohol’s Emotional Rewards in Everyday Life Catharine E. Fairbairn, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPhysical activity as psychological resiliency: Its role in mitigated negative affective reactivity to naturally occurring and laboratory stressorsEli Puterman, School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia; Adam Caplin, School of Kinesiology, University of British ColumbiaPoor sleep as a contributor to negative affect in response to stressful events Aric A. Prather, University of California, San Francisco

1C. NOVEL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING OLD STIGMASPrincessa IICo-Chairs: Steven L. Neuberg, Arizona State University; Jaimie Arona Krems, Oklahoma State University

Overturning Long-held Assumptions about Fat Stigma: Evidence from Cross-Ethnic/Societal SamplesJaimie Arona Krems, Oklahoma State University; Steven L. Neuberg, Arizona State UniversityThe stigma of perceived irrelevance: An affordance-management theory of interpersonal invisibilityRebecca Neel, University of Toronto; Bethany Lassetter, University of TorontoStigma by Prejudice Transfer and Lay Theories of the Prejudiced Mind

Friday, October 5

Diana T. Sanchez, Rutgers University; Kimberly Chaney, Rutgers University; Jessica Remedios, Tufts UniversityManaging stigma: The effect of Blacks’ perspective-taking in White-dominated spacesCynthia Shih-Chia Wang, Northwestern University; Alexis Smith, Oklahoma State University; Ed Scott, Point Park University; Bryan Edwards, Oklahoma State University; Gillian Ku, London School of Economics; Adam Galinsky, Columbia Business School

2A. ONE SCHOLAR, MANY IDEAS AND COLLABORATORS: A SYMPOSIUM IN HONOR OF JOHN T. CACIOPPOEliza Anderson AmphitheaterChair: Richard E. Petty, Ohio State UniversityA hedonic mindset can reverse the impact of personal involvement on persuasionPablo Briñol, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Richard E. Petty, Ohio State University; Ana Cancela, Villanueva Centro UniversitarioBeyond self-reports: The face of mixed emotions?Jeff T. Larsen, University of Tennessee; Nicholas A. Coles, University of Tennessee; Deanna K. Jordan, University of Tennessee

Flipping beauty: How categorization shapes evaluationsPiotr Winkielman, University of California, San DiegoSocial neuroscience of lasting loveStephanie Cacioppo, University of Chicago

2B. ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: WHY IT PERSISTS AND HOW IT MIGHT CHANGEPrincessa ICo-Chairs: Paul K. Piff, UC Irvine; Michael W. Kraus, Yale UniversityMotivational Accounts of the Vicious Cycle of Social Status: An Integrative FrameworkKristin Laurin, University of British Columbia; Holly Engstrom, University of British Columbia; Adam Alic, University of British ColumbiaThe Reproduction of Social Class in Brief SpeechMichael W. Kraus, Yale University; Brittany Torrez, Yale University; Jun Won Park, Yale University; Fariba Ghayebi, Yale University; Monique Baca, Yale UniversityEconomic Inequality and Subjective Socioeconomic Status Inform Attitudes toward RedistributionJazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, University of Kentucky; Kristjen B. Lundberg, University of Richmond; Stephanie E. McKee, University of KentuckyThe Self-made Poor? Deservingness and the Defense of Economic InequalityPaul K. Piff, UC Irvine; Dylan Wiwad, Simon Fraser University; Angela Robinson, UC Irvine; Azim Shariff, University of British Columbia; Lara Aknin, Simon Fraser University

Break9:40a m– 9 :45a m

Symposia Session 2Fr ida y, 9 :45am – 10: 55am

2C. EXPLORING THE LINKS BETWEEN NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR AND INTERGROUP BIASESPrincessa IICo-Chairs: Allison Skinner, Northwestern University; Sylvia Perry, Northwestern UniversityThe Role of Nonverbal Signals in Creating Group PrejudicesAllison L. Skinner, Northwestern University; Sylvia Perry, Northwestern UniversityRace-based Deficits in Discerning Pain AuthenticityE. Paige Lloyd, University of Denver; Kurt Hugenberg, Indiana University ; Allen R. McConnell, Miami University

Thinking out loud: Investigating White individuals’ verbal and nonverbal responses to examples of subtle and blatant racismSylvia Perry, Northwestern University; Allison Skinner, Northwestern UniversitySuspicious Smiles: Suspicion of Whites' motives moderates responses and conceptions of Whites' smilesJonathan W. Kunstman, Miami University

3A. SOCIAL SYNCHRONY IN COGNITION, AFFECT, AND NEURAL RESPONDINGEliza Anderson AmphitheaterCo-Chairs: David Kalkstein, Stanford University, Yaacov Trope, New York UniversityThe affective basis of social connectionKevin Ochsner, Columbia University; Michael Gilead, Ben-Gurion University; Noam Zerubavel, Columbia UniversityAffect contagion: Physiologic covariation among strangers and close othersWendy Berry Mendes, University of California San Francisco; Tessa West, New York UniversityPerson-centered cognition: Social synchrony in mental representationDavid Kalkstein, Stanford University; Yaacov Trope, New York UniversityThe future of social neuroscience: neural synchrony and mobile neuroscienceMatthew D. Lieberman, University of California Los Angeles

3B. SOCIAL CATEGORY INTERSECTIONALITY: MECHANISMS AND APPLICATIONSPrincessa IChair: Jessica Remedios, Tufts UniversitySocial Categories as Context for Emotion PerceptionJon Freeman, New York University

Coffee Break10: 55am– 11:10am

Leones a Foyer

Symposia Session 3Fr ida y, 11: 10a m – 12:20pm

Friday, October 5

Intersectional approaches to the study of detecting and confronting prejudiceJessica Remedios, Tufts UniversityThe importance of scientists’ race and gender for encouraging Black women’s belonging and comfort in STEM environmentsEvava Pietri, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

3C. DISINFORMATION AND DEHUMANIZATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE: PSYCHOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF ONLINE MISBEHAVIORPrincessa IIChair: David Rand, MITMisinformation: Who falls for it and how to fight itDave Rand, MIT; Gordon Pennycook, University of ReginaA Fake News Vaccine: Inoculating the Public against MisinformationSander van der Linden, University of Cambridge; Jon Roozenbeek, University of Cambridge; Anthony Leiserowitz, Yale UniversityThe role of social identity in moral contagion on social mediaWilliam Brady, New York University; Andrea Pereira, New York University; Jay Van Bavel, New York UniversityExpressing dissent: How communication medium shapes dehumanization during disagreementJuliana Schroeder, University of California, Berkeley

4A. LEVERAGING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IN EDUCATION: THE INTERACTION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS, INSTRUCTORS, AND INSTITUTIONSEliza Anderson AmphitheaterChair: Elizabeth Canning, Indiana UniversityLeveraging Messages from Institutions, Parents, and Peers to Support Student MotivationMesmin Destin, Northwestern UniversityMessage Intended is Not Message Received: Shame, Stigma, and DisengagementShannon Brady, Wake Forest University; Greg Walton, Stanford University; Kathryn Kroeper, Indiana University; Elise Ozier, Indiana University; College Transition CollaborativeDetrimental effects of observed subtle stereotyping on women in STEMDenise Sekaquaptewa, University of MichiganFaculty Mindsets: How Professor’s Beliefs About Ability Trigger Stereotype ThreatElizabeth Canning, Indiana University; Katherine Muenks, Indiana University;

Lunch, Business Meeting, and Award Addresses

12: 25pm– 2 :10pmLeones a Bal l room

S c i e nti fi c I m p a c t A w a r d & D i s s e r ta ti o n A w a r d

Symposia Session 4Fr ida y, 2 :10pm – 3 : 20pm

Friday, October 5

Dorainne Green, Indiana University; Elise Ozier, Indiana University; Mary Murphy, Indiana University

4B. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF NEWNESSPrincessa IChair: Joshua Ackerman, University of MichiganWhy beginners are so overconfident: A little learning as a dangerous thingDavid Dunning, University of Michigan; Carmen Sanchez, Cornell UniversityLearning new things about peopleMelissa J. Ferguson, Cornell University; Thomas C. Mann, Harvard University; Jeremy Cone, Williams College; Xi Shen, Cornell University

Married with children: The novelty of marriage and children impact couples’ sexual relationships and overall marital functioningAndrea L. Meltzer, Florida State University; Jessica A. Maxwell, Florida State University; James K. McNulty, Florida State University; Roy F. Baumeister, Florida State UniversityThe upgrade effect: Availability of new products increases cavalier behavior toward possessionsJoshua Ackerman, University of Michigan; Silvia Bellezza, Columbia Business School; Francesca Gino, Harvard Business School

4C. STATUS-BASED PERCEPTION AND EVALUATION OF OTHERS VARYING IN SOCIAL CATEGORY MEMBERSHIPS

Princessa IICo-Chairs: Jasmin Cloutier, University of Delaware; Bradley D. Mattan, University of DelawareThe changing face of race in a “majority-minority” America: Perceptual effects of advancing minority statusAmy Krosch, Cornell UniversityExternal motivation to respond without racial prejudice modulates target-specific and task-general responses when forming impressions of faces varying in race and socioeconomic statusBradley D. Mattan, University of Delaware; Jennifer T. Kubota, University of Delaware; Jasmin Cloutier, University of DelawareDo race and class have distinct psychological foundations?Ryan Lei, New York University; Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi, University of KentuckyNatural language analysis of information seeking and stereotype contentSusan T. Fiske, Princeton University; Gandalf Nicolas, Princeton University; Xuechunzi Bai, Princeton University

5A. NATIONALITY, IMMIGRANTS, AND REFUGEES: A SOCIAL,

Coffee & Snacks3:20pm– 3 : 35pm

Leones a Foyer

Symposia Session 5Fr ida y, 3 :35pm – 4 : 45pm

Friday, October 5

COGNITIVE, AND DEVELOPMENTAL ANALYSISEliza Anderson AmphitheaterChair: Mostafa Salari Rad, Princeton UniversityThe development of thinking about nationality, language, and raceKatherine D. Kinzler, Cornell University; Jasmine M. DeJesus, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Radhika Santhanagopalan, Cornell UniversityFolk Theories of nationality and anti-immigrant attitudesMostafa Salari Rad, Princeton University; Jeremy Ginges, The New SchoolCriminality racializes, excellence equalizes: narratives shape representations of immigrant groupsMina Cikara, Harvard University; Joel E. Martinez, Princeton University; Lauren A. Feldman, Princeton University; Mallory Feldman, Northeastern UniversityA ‘wise’ intervention highlighting hypocrisy reduces collective blame of Muslims and hostility towards Muslim refugees over timeEmile Bruneau, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania and Beyond Conflict Innovation Lab; Nour Kteily, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Emily Falk, Annenberg School for Communication

5B. BEYOND DUAL-PROCESS: NEW MULTI-PROCESS ACCOUNTS OF ATTITUDES, IMPRESSIONS, AND BEHAVIORSPrincessa ICo-Chairs: David M. Amodio, New York University & University of Amsterdam; Melissa J. Ferguson, Cornell University

Instrumental learning of attitudes and impressions: A multiple memory systems accountDavid M. Amodio, New York University and University of Amsterdam; Leor M. Hackel; Rutgers University

A Dual Implicit Process Model of EvaluationMichael A. Olson, University of Tennessee; David S. March, University of Tennessee; Lowell Gaertner, University of TennesseeHabits are Not AttitudesWendy Wood, University of Southern California; Guy Itzchakov, Ono College; Asaf Mazar, University of Southern California; Allie Lieberman, University of California, San Diego; Liad Uziel, Bar-Ilan UniversityMore than Meets the Eye: Updating Visual Cue-Based Impressions with Behavioral Information Perceiving Groups from a GlimpseJeremy Cone, Williams College; Xi Shen, Cornell University; Thomas Mann, Harvard University; Kathryn Flaharty, Williams College; Melissa Ferguson, Cornell University

5C. VALUING NEGATIVE EMOTIONS: CULTURAL ANTECEDENTS AND HEALTH AND INTERGROUP CONSEQUENCES Princessa IIChair: Yuri Miyamoto, University of Wisconsin-MadisonValuations and Preferences for Worry before a Demanding Task: A Socio-Cultural Instrumental ApproachYuri Miyamoto, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Xiaoming Ma, University of

Wisconsin-Madison; Jiah Yoo, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Maya Tamir, The Hebrew UniversityDoes a Culture of Happiness Cause Mood Disorder?Brock Bastian, The University of MelbourneFeeling Bad is Not Always Bad: Cultural Moderation of the Link between Negative Affect and Diurnal Cortisol ProfilesJiyoung Park, University of Texas at Dallas; Shinobu Kitayama, University of MichiganValuing Anger and Other High Arousal Negative States Increases Prejudice Against Minorities in the U.S.Magali Clobert, Université catholique de Louvain & The Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS); Jeanne L. Tsai, Stanford University

6A. WHO CARES? COMMUNAL VALUES AND GENDERED ROLE “CHOICES”Eliza Anderson AmphitheaterChair: Toni Schmader, University of British ColumbiaHow Communal Goals Relate to Sex Segregation in the pSTEM Workforce

David I. Miller, American Institutes for Research; Alice H. Eagly, Northwestern UniversityHEED the gap: A goal congruity perspective on the gender gap in communal occupationsToni Schmader, University of British Columbia; Katharina Block, University of British ColumbiaCircumventing pluralistic ignorance to change men’s communal self-descriptions, attitudes, and behavioral intentionsColette Van Laar, University of Leuven; Sanne Van Grootel, University of Leuven; Loes Meeussen, University of Leuven; Toni Schmader, University of British Columbia; Sabine Sczesny, University of Switzerland, BernMen in Communal Occupations: Can Masculine Hobbies Boost the Perception of their Agency? Sarah E. Martiny, UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Jill Allen, Drake University; Carolin Schuster, Leuphana University; Leire Gartzia, Deusto Business SchoolDo People Care if Men Don’t Care? The Asymmetry in Support for Changing Gender RolesAlyssa Croft, University of Arizona; Katharina Block, University of British Columbia; Lucy De Souza, University of British Columbia; Toni Schmader, University of British Columbia

6B. WHAT IS THE MEANING AND USE OF INDIRECT MEASURES? A NUANCED THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVEPrincessa IChair: Mandy Hütter, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Symposia Session 6Fr ida y, 4 :50pm – 6 : 00pm

Friday, October 5

Break4:45pm– 4 : 50pm

The 4 original sins of misunderstanding direct (explicit) versus indirect (implicit) measuresJeff Sherman, University of California, DavisA process-level analysis of implicit attitudes formed through experience- versus instruction-based evaluative learningJimmy Calanchini, University of California, Riverside; Colin T. Smith, University of Florida; Pieter Van Dessel, Ghent University; Sean Joseph Hughes, Ghent University; Jan De Houwer, Ghent UniversityAcademic Identity IAT largely predicts academic persistence over and above Theory of Planned Behavior measures: Empirical support for the dual-attitude approach?Olivier Corneille, Université catholique de Louvain; Nathalie Roland, Université catholique de Louvain; Adrien Mierop, Université catholique de Louvain; Mariane Frenay, Université catholique de LouvainInvestigating ambivalence via sequential priming: A window to ambivalent attitude structure

Mandy Hütter, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Katharina T. Berger, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Olivier Corneille, Université catholique de Louvain

6C. PSYCHOLOGY IN EVERYDAY LIFEPrincessa IICo-Chairs: Katharine Greenaway, University of Melbourne; Elise Kalokerinos, University of Newcastle; Michael Slepian, Columbia UniversityEmotions in Everyday LifeElise K. Kalokerinos, The University of Newcastle; Maya Tamir, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Peter Kuppens, KU LeuvenSecrecy in Everyday LifeMichael L. Slepian, Columbia UniversityRelationships in Everyday LifeNickola C. Overall, University of AucklandPower in Everyday LifePamela K. Smith, University of California, San Diego; Wilhelm Hofmann, University of Cologne

Saturday, October 6, 20188:00am – 1:00pm Registration

Location: Princessa Foyer

7:30am – 8:30am Continental BreakfastLocation: Leonesa Ballroom

Symposia Session 7Saturda y, 8 :40am – 9 :40a m

Saturday, October 6

Dinner on your Own6:00pm

7A. HOPE AND DESPAIR(ITIES): GENDER AND RACE DISPARITIES AND INTERVENTIONS IN ACADEMIAEliza Anderson AmphitheaterChair: Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, Indiana University – Purdue University IndianapolisThe influence of gatekeepers: Gender disparities in colloquium speakers at top universitiesChristine L. Nittrouer, Rice University; Mikki R. Hebl, Rice University; Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Rachel Trump-Steele, Rice University; David M. Lane, Rice University; Virginia Valian, Hunter CollegeSage on the Stage: Women’s Representation at the SPSP ConferenceCamille S. Johnson, San Jose State University; Pamela K. Smith, University of California, San Diego; Chunlei Wang, San Jose State UniversityExplaining Gender-Biased Reactions to Findings of Gender Bias in STEMIan M. Handley, Montana State University; Lucca A. Reiter, Montana State University; Ashley Kerkaert, Montana State University; Summer R. Whillock, Montana State University; Jessi L. Smith, Montana State UniversityExamining Valuable and Viable Experiences that Enhance Minoritized Scholars’ Professional VisibilityAdrienne R. Carter-Sowell, Texas A&M University; Gabe H. Miller, Texas A&M University; and Carla A. Zimmerman, Colorado State University – Pueblo

7B. EXPLORING HOW OTHER PEOPLE PROFOUNDLY SHAPE OUR MOST CONSEQUENTIAL LIFE DECISIONSPrincessa ICo-Chairs: Aaron C. Weidman, University of Michigan; Ethan Kross, University of Michigan

Tipping the loyalty dilemma: How close relationships influence moral judgmentsAaron Weidman, University of Michigan; Walter Sowden, University of Michigan; Ethan Kross, University of MichiganHow interdependent are stay/leave decisions? On staying in a romantic relationship for the sake of the romantic partnerSamantha Joel, Western University; Emily A. Impett, University of Toronto; Stephanie S. Spielmann, Wayne State University; Geoff MacDonald, University of TorontoPerceived convergence of moral beliefs with close others and the acceptability of using violenceMarlon Mooijman, Northwestern University; Joe Hoover, University of Southern California; Mohammad Atari, University of Southern California; Morteza Dehghani, University of Southern CaliforniaEmerging evidence for transactive goal dynamics theory: The role of relationships in goal outcomesGrainne Fitzsimons, Duke University

7C. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LIFE TRANSITIONS: PREDICTORS, CONSEQUENCES, AND MODERATORSPrincessa IICo-Chairs: Jennifer L. Howell, University of California, Merced; Kate Sweeny, University of California, Riverside

Saturday, October 6

Predicting Early Childhood Social TransitionsKristina R. Olson, University of Washington; James R. Rae, University of MassachusettsLatinx health and well-being during the transition to college at a Hispanic-Serving InstitutionJennifer L. Howell, University of California, Merced“It’s Not You, It’s Me:” Implicitly Assessed Partner Attitudes Predict Mood and Self-Evaluations, but Not Partner or Marital EvaluationsJames K. McNulty, Florida State University; Jordan A. Turner, Florida State UniversityFinding Flow During Life TransitionsKate Sweeny, University of California, Riverside; Kyla Rankin, University of California, Riverside; Lisa Walsh, University of California, Riverside

8A. APPLYING AND WITHHOLDING HUMANITY: INSIGHTS FROM SOCIAL PERCEPTIONS INVOLVING PETS, ROBOTS, OUTGROUPS, AND GENDEREliza Anderson AmphitheaterChair: Allen R. McConnell, Miami University

Pets, anthropomorphism, social support, and well-being benefitsAllen R. McConnell, Miami University; E. Paige Lloyd, University of Denver; Brandon T. Humphrey, Miami University; Christina M. Brown, Arcadia UniversityThe social psychology of non-social perception: Human category associations with shapes and robotsSteve Stroessner, Barnard CollegeHomogeneous groups are denied mental sophisticationKurt Hugenberg, Indiana University; Jason Deska, University of Toronto; Steven Almaraz, Indiana UniversitySmart looks and pretty pictures: People dehumanize men and women differentlyNick Rule, University of Toronto; Ravin Alaei, University of Toronto; Jason Deska, University of Toronto; Kurt Hugenberg, Indiana University

8B. USING A SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE APPROACH TO GAIN NEW INSIGHTS INTO SOCIAL COGNITIONPrincessa IChair: Anne Krendl, Indiana University, Bloomington

Believing is Seeing: Arbitrary Stigma Labels Affect the Visual Representation of FacesAnne C. Krendl, Indiana University, Bloomington; Brittany S. Cassidy, University of North Carolina, GreensboroSocial Identity Threats as a Catalyst for Learned Domain AversionsChad E. Forbes, University of Delaware; Rachel Amey, University of Delaware; Adam Magerman, University of Delaware; Mengting Liu, University of Delaware

Symposia Session 8Saturda y, 9 :45am –10: 55a m

Break9:40a m– 9 :45a m

New insights about social attention within dyads and groups from interpersonal physiological linkageKatherine R. Thorson, New York University; Tessa V. West, New York UniversityThe Neural Representation of the Self is Recapitulated in the Brains of FriendsRobert Chavez, University of Oregon8C. BELIEFS WORTH DYING FOR? THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PAROCHIAL ALTRUISMPrincessa IIChair: Hammad Sheikh, New School for Social Research

Identity fusion: The common mechanism underlying a suite of strong sentiments?William B. Swann, Jr., University of Texas at Austin; Michael Buhrmester, University of OxfordThe Devoted Actor and the Willingness to Fight and Die for a Group or CauseHammad Sheikh, New School for Social ResearchMoralization in social networks and the emergence of violence during protestsJo Hoover, University of Southern California; Marlon Moojiman, The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern UniversityThe Three Ns of Violent Extremism: The Need, the Narrative and the NetworkArie W. Kruglanski, University of Maryland

9A. CONTEMPORARY JUSTIFICATIONS OF INEQUALITIESEliza Anderson AmphitheaterCo-Chairs: Crystal L. Hoyt, University of Richmond; Jeni L. Burnette, North Carolina State UniversityDiversity interventions that increase awareness of inequality may inadvertently increase perceptions that inequality is inevitableErin P. Hennes, Purdue University; Evava S. Pietri, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Corinne A. Moss-Racusin, Skidmore College; Katherine A. Mason, Purdue University; John F. Dovidio, Yale University; Victoria L. Brescoll, Yale University; April H. Bailey, Yale University; Jo Handelsman, University of Wisconsin - MadisonThe numbers don’t speak for themselves: Racial disparities and the persistence of inequality in the criminal justice systemRebecca C. Hetey, Stanford University; Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Stanford UniversityEffective to a fault: Organizational structure predicts attitudes toward minority organizationsDevon Proudfoot, Cornell University; Sean Fath, Duke University; Aaron C. Kay, Duke UniversityContending with wealth inequality: The role of perceiving procedural injustice in galvanizing social changeCrystal L. Hoyt, University of Richmond; Jeni L. Burnette, North Carolina State University; Aaron J. Moss, Tulane

Symposia Session 9Saturda y, 11: 10a m – 12:20pm

Saturday, October 6

Coffee Break10: 55am– 11:10am

Leones a Foyer

University; Annette Schieffelin, University of Richmond; Abigail Goethals, University of Richmond

9B. CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO STUDYING THOUGHTS, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR IN REAL-WORLD CONTEXTS: FROM SOCIAL NETWORKS TO SMARTPHONE SENSINGPrincessa ICo-Chairs: Dylan D. Wagner, The Ohio State University; Carolyn Parkinson, University of California, Los Angeles

Social competence in children correlates with centrality in peer networksSylvia Morelli, University of Illinois at ChicagoHow social network position shapes individual thought and behaviorCarolyn Parkinson, University of California, Los AngelesPsychological insights from smartphone sensing technologiesSandrine Müller, University of CambridgeRegional evidence that gay-marriage legalization caused reductions in implicit and explicit anti-gay biasEric Hehman, McGill University

9C. THE PROMISE AND PERILS OF RECIPROCITYPrincessa IIChair: Yarrow Dunham, Yale University

Paying back those who harm us, but not those who help us: Negative direct reciprocity emerges early, but positive direct reciprocity is learned through social norms

Nadia Chernyak, University of California, Irvine; Kristin L. Leimgruber, Franklin & Marshall College; Yarrow Dunham, Yale University; Jingshi Hu, Boston University; Peter R. Blake, Boston UniversityIn defense of the commons: Children’s emerging intuitions about sanctioning free-ridersYarrow Dunham, Yale UniversityA signaling account of one-shot anonymous punishmentJillian Jordan, Kellog School of Management, Northwestern UniversityPropagation of economic inequality through reciprocity and reputation: A reinforcement learning account Jamil Zaki, Stanford University; Leor Hackel, Rutgers University

9D. SCIENCE WRITING FOR A POPULAR AUDIENCEDiscovery (1st floor)Facilitator: Mandy Len Catron, University of British Columbia

Mandy Len Catron teaches English and creative writing at UBC; her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Rumpus, and The Walrus, as well as literary journals and anthologies. Her article “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This” was one of the most popular articles published by the New York Times in 2015.

Lunch & Award Addresses12: 25pm– 2 :10pmLeones a Bal l room

Care er Tra je ctory Award & D isti nguished Sc ienti st Awa rd

Symposia Session 10Saturda y, 2 :10pm – 3 : 20pm

Saturday, October 6

10A. SOCIAL CLIMATE SCIENCE: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING BARRIERS TO SUSTAINABILITYEliza Anderson AmphitheaterChair: David Sherman, University of California, Santa Barbara; Leaf Van Boven, University of Colorado Boulder

Motivated Attention in Climate Change Perception and ActionJiaying Zhao, University of British Columbia; Yu Luo, University of British ColumbiaMaking Cool Choices for Sustainability: Testing the Effectiveness of a Game-based Approach to Promoting Pro-environmental Behaviors in Organizational SettingsMarkus Brauer, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Michael Ro, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kathy Kuntz, Cool Choices, MadisonParty Over Planet: The Dominating Influence of Peers’ Political Partisanship in Evaluating Climate PolicyLeaf Van Boven, University of Colorado Boulder; Jennifer C. Cole, University of Colorado Boulder; Phillip J. Ehret, University of Southern California ; David K. Sherman, University of California, Santa BarbaraWhy do I Recycle?: Socio-Cultural Diversity in Predictors of Support for Pro-Environmental ActionsHeejung S. Kim, University of California Santa Barbara; Kimin Eom, Singapore Management University; David K. Sherman, University of California Santa Barbara

10B. PUTTING THE “SELF” IN SELF-REGULATIONPrincessa IChair: Rima Touré-Tillery, Northwestern University

You Won’t Remember This: The Effect of Metamemory on Self-Regulatory BehaviorRima Touré-Tillery, Northwestern University; Maryam Kouchaki, Northwestern UniversityComplementary Benefits for First- and Third-Person Perspectives for Self-ControlE.J. Masicampo, Wake Forest University; Kathleen Vohs, University of Minnesota; Shaun Nicholas, University of ArizonaThe Self-Control Costs of Social Identity Threat Coping: Should We Blow Out Others’ Candles or Put Our Best Foot Forward?Nicole Verrochi Coleman, University of Pittsburgh; Hristina Nikolova, Boston College; Cait Lamberton, University of PittsburghExamining the Structure of Self for Self-RegulationJordan L. Livingston, University of Oregon; Lauren E. Kahn, University of Oregon; Elliot T. Berkman, University of Oregon

10C. THE SOCIAL (NETWORK) PSYCHOLOGY OF CONTENDING WITH THREAT: NETWORK STRUCTURE AS CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCEPrincessa IIChair: Hilary B. Bergsieker, University of Waterloo

A (Collective) Threat in the Network: STEM Women in Less Influential Positions Exclude Feminine Peers

Saturday, October 6

Hilary B. Bergsieker, University of Waterloo; Matthew O. Wilmot, The Ohio State University; Emily N. Cyr, University of Waterloo; Charnel Grey, University of WaterlooIntervening on Academic Social Networks to Promote Persistence in Threatening STEM EnvironmentJonathan E. Cook, The Pennsylvania State University; Kate Turetsky, Columbia University; James P. Curley, University of Texas at Austin; Geoffrey L. Cohen, Stanford University; Valerie Purdie Greenaway, Columbia UniversityDoes Social Network Integration Protect Volatile Cross-Group Friendships from the Threat of Dissolution?Cara C. MacInnis, University of Calgary; Elena Buliga, University of Calgary; Phuong Nguyen, University of Calgary; Elizabeth Page-Gould, University of TorontoCountering the Threat of Social Isolation in Later Life: Does Loneliness Motivate or Inhibit Older Adults’ Efforts to Expand their Social Ties?Karen S. Rook, University of California, Irvine; Kristin J. August, Rutgers University, Camden; Dara H. Sorkin, University of California, Irvine; Anna M. Smith, University of Iowa

11A. THE POLITICS OF SCIENCE IN THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS

Eliza Anderson AmphitheaterCo-Chairs: Linda J. Skitka, University of Illinois at Chicago; Cory J. Clark, Durham University

Ideological symmetry in motivation to deny attitude-inconsistent scienceLinda J. Skitka, University of Illinois at Chicago; Anthony N. Washburn, University of Illinois at ChicagoIdeology between the lines: Lay inferences about scientists’ values and motivesIvar R. Hannikainen, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de JaneiroCosmic egalitarianism as a source of liberal biasCory J. Clark, Durham University; Bo M. Winegard, Marietta College; Connor R. Hasty, Florida State University; Roy F. Baumeister, University of QueenslandIs research in social psychology politically biasedYoel Inbar, University of Toronto; Orly Eitan, INSEAD; Domenico Viganola, Stockholm School of Economics; Anna Dreber, Stockholm School of Economics and University of Innsbruck; Magnus Johannesson, Stockholm School of Economics; Thomas Pfeiffer, Massey University; Stefan Thau INSEAD; Eric Luis Uhlmann, INSEAD

11B. PSYCHOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN THE ERA OF #METOOPrincessa IChair: Theresa K. Vescio, Pennsylvania State University

Pictures in our head: Prototypes narrow the social construction of sexual harassment victimization

Symposia Session 11Saturda y, 3 :35pm – 4 : 45pm

Saturday, October 6

Coffee & Snacks3:20pm– 3 : 35pm

Leones a Foyer

Cheryl R. Kaiser; University of Washington; Jin X. Goh, University of WashingtonResponding to threats to masculinity and the sexualization of threatening womenTheresa K. Vescio, Pennsylvania State University; Jonathan Gallegos, Pennsylvania State UniversityReactions to Confronting Sexism Using Social MediaLaurie A. Rudman, Rutgers University; Rachel A. Cultice, Rutgers UniversityFrom #MeToo to #TimesUp: Predictors of Bystander Intervention Behaviors to Reduce Sexual ViolenceSarah Gervais, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

11C. REPLACEMENT MACHINES: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PITFALLS AND PERILS ON THE ROAD TO OUR POST-HUMAN FUTUREPrincessa IIChair: Azim Shariff, University of British Columbia

Anthropomorphism, Trust, and Blame in Human/Machine InteractionsDavid Pizarro, Cornell University; Sydney Scott, Washington University, St. Louis; Yoel Inbar, University of TorontoEthical Opt-Out and the Roadblocks to Self-Driving Cars, an Example of Applied Moral PsychologyAzim Shariff, University of British Columbia; Iyad Rahwan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Jean-François Bonnefon, Toulouse School of EconomicsSmartphone Use Undermines Enjoyment of Face-to-Face Social Interactions

Elizabeth W. Dunn, University of British Columbia; Ryan Dwyer, University of British Columbia; Kostadin Kushlev, Georgetown UniversityWho Knows What? Knowledge Misattribution in the Digital AgeMatthew Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University; Daniel M. Oppenheimer, Carnegie Mellon University

12A. WHY INCOME INEQUALITY MATTERS: NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE LEVEL OF INDIVIDUALS, DYADS, AND SOCIETYEliza Anderson AmphitheaterCo-Chairs: Lora E. Park, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Ashley Whillans, Harvard Business SchoolInequality All Around Me: Egalitarians Are More Attentive to Inequality-Related Information in Everyday LifeJennifer Sheehy-Skeffington, London School of Economics and Political Science; Nour Kteily, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Hannah Waldfogel, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Arnold Ho, University of Michigan; Oliver Hauser, Harvard Business SchoolThe Gap Between Us: The Harmful Effects of Income Inequality on Social Perceptions and BehaviorsSerena Chen, University of California, Berkeley; Daniel M. Stancato, University of California, Berkeley

Symposia Session 12Saturda y, 4 :50pm – 6 : 00pm

Saturday, October 6

Break4:45pm– 4 : 50pm

Income Inequality in Childhood Predicts Financial Contingency of Self-Worth and Well-Being in AdulthoodLora E. Park, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Kristen Schultz Lee, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Han Young Jung, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Deborah Ward, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Paul K. Piff, University of California, Irvine; Ashley V. Whillans, Harvard Business SchoolIncome Inequality Between Millionaires and the General Population Shapes Time-Use and HappinessAshley Whillans, Harvard Business School; Paul Smeets, Maastricht University; Rene Bekkers, VU Amsterdam; Mike Norton, Harvard Business School

12B. NOVEL PERSPECTIVES ON BIAS EXPRESSION: INDIRECT AND IRONIC EFFECTS Princessa ICo-Chairs: Ivuoma N. Onyeador; Yale University; Andrea C. Vial, Yale University

Self-presentation in interracial settings: The competence downshift by white liberalsCydney H. Dupree, Yale School of Management; Susan Fiske, Princeton University

They said it first: The ironic consequences of negative minority group member opinions on Whites’ prejudice expressionInes Jurcevic, University of Washington; Jenessa R. Shapiro, University of California, Los Angeles; Sophie Trawalter, University of Virginia; Miguel M. Unzueta, University of California, Los Angeles

Once biased, always biased? Lay theories of bias and condemnation of past prejudiceIvuoma N. Onyeador, Yale University; Rebecca Neel, University of Toronto; Jenessa R. Shapiro, University of California, Los Angeles; Andrew Todd, University of California, Davis; Bethany Lassetter, University of TorontoThe third-party prejudice effect: Channeling others’ biases to meet role demandsAndrea C. Vial, Yale University; John F. Dovidio, Yale University; Victoria L. Brescoll, Yale School of Management

12C. USING CUTTING-EDGE COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODS TO EXTRACT MORAL MEANING FROM SOCIAL MEDIAPrincessa IIChair: Simone Schnall, University of Cambridge

Measuring Moral Rhetoric in Text: Attempts to Capture ContextMorteza Dehghani, University of Southern California; Justin Garten, University of Southern California; Branden Kennedy, University of Southern California; Joe Hoover, University of Southern CaliforniaFollowers Forever: Maintaining Positive Moral Character Evaluations on Social Media Despite Extreme TransgressionsSimone Schnall, University of Cambridge; Simon Karg, University of Cambridge; Michelle Lim, University of CambridgeThe Value of Values: Quantifying and Understanding Human Value Systems on Social Media and BeyondRyan L. Boyd, The University of Texas at Austin; Steven Wilson, University of Michigan; Rada Mihalcea, University of

Saturday, October 6

Michigan; James W. Pennebaker, The University of Texas at AustinSocial Media as a Tool to Understand Moral and Political SubculturesMatt Motyl, University of Illinois at Chicago; Zachary J. Melton, University of Illinois at Chicago

Angela Bahns Jessica Good Spike LeeHilary Bergsieker Larisa Heiphetz Bernhard LeidnerMarco Brambilla Tony Hermann Debbie Ma

Kristi A. Costabile Li Huang Lisa MolixLucian Gideon Conway

IIILisa Jaremka Rebecca Neel

Jonathan Cook Camille Johnson David RastIllan Dar-Nimrod Jessica Kennedy Kyle Ratner

Anja Eller Katherine Kinzler Karina SchumannTal Eyal Anne Krendl Stephanie

SpielmannMathew Feinberg Nour Kteily Negin Toosi

Marci Gleason Kristin Laurin Jojanneke van der Toorn

ReceptionInformal Paper Session and Toast to New SESP

Members6:00pm– 9 : 00pm

Leones a Foyer

Informal Conference Papers

Newly Elected Members of SESP