Committees and Welcomes SPSP Execut ive and Com m it t ees Welcome to the Fourth Annual SPSP President Jim BlascovichMeeting! Past President Claude SteeleDear SPSP Colleagues, President Elect Hazel Markus It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the annual meetings Executive Officer Harry Reis of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Co-Secretary Treasurers Leslie Zebrowitz Sharon Brehm This is our fourth annual meeting – a remarkably brief history Members-at-Large David Dunning for a convention that is now so firmly established. Our confer- David Funder ences in Nashville, San Antonio, and Savannah each drew crowds that were greatly in excess of expectations. In so doing, Judith Harakiewicz they rapidly established SPSP as the major national or interna- APA Council Representatives Monica Biernat tional scientific meeting for personality and social psycholo- June Tangney gists. Publication Committee John Dovidio Gifford Weary We now look forward to building on this string of success in Universal City/Los Angeles, site of our 2003 meeting. This Joanne Wood year, we once again have an exceptionally strong and diverse Convention Committee Dan Cervone chair set of scientific presentations. Our program is expanded even Lynne Cooper beyond last year’s offerings, thanks in part to funding from the Rick Hoyle Decade of Behavior initiative, which is supporting a plenary Training Committee Lisa Aspinwall address by the renowned biologist and author Jared Diamond. Kim Bartholomew We also have expanded on the lighter side of things; on Satur- Allen Omoto day night, we will end our meetings with a social event featur- PSPB Editor Fred Rhodewalt ing DJ’d music at 8 pm followed by a live performance by the PSPR Editor Eliot Smith LA rock band Lustra. Your complete guide to the events can, of Dialogue Co-Editors Chris Crandall course, be found in this program. Monica Biernat I would like to thank my colleagues on the SPSP Convention Webmaster Scott Plous Committee, Lynne Cooper and Rick Hoyle, for their efforts on Listserve Manager Chuck Huff behalf of the conference. I'd also like to acknowledge and thank Office Manager Gina Reisinger Tim Strauman, the Chairperson of this year's Program Commit- Convention Director Tara Miller tee, and all the members of that Committee for their tireless efforts in organizing the presentations. Finally, we should all Program Committee acknowledge the work of the SPSP Meeting Planner, Ms. Tara Miller, whose work has contributed so greatly to the 4-year suc- Timothy Strauman, chair Steven Neuberg cess story that is the SPSP Convention. Philip Costanzo Abigail Panter Mark Leary I hope you all have a great time in LA! Post er C om m it t ee Dan Cervone University of Illinois at Chicago Timothy Strauman, chair Neil Jones Chair, 2003 SPSP Convention Committee Philip Costanzo Julie Paquette Stacie Craft Nicole Polanichka Joseph Crozier Ranak Trivedi Meeting Planning Staff Table of Contents Schedule of Events 1 Tara Miller, Convention Director Kathleen McFerrin Poster Schedule 5 Joan Carole Brenna Miller Exhibitors 6 Mari Conroy Gina Reisinger Symposia Abstracts 7 Linda Hacker Shauney Wilson Poster Abstracts 47 Alison McFerrin Index 209 Schedule of Events Thursday, February 6, 2003 Friday, February 7, 2003 8:00 am – Exhibits Set-U p 7:30 am – Pre-Registration Check-In and On-Site 7:00 pm Grand Ballroom, Sheraton 4:30 pm Registration Grand Ballroom, Sheraton 8:00 am – Pre-Conferences 3:30 pm Attitudes, Studio 2, Sheraton 8:30 am – Exhibits Open Evolutionary Psychology, Studio 4, Sheraton 7:30 pm Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Justice, Ballroom C, Hilton Personal Relationships, Ballroom D, Hilton 8:30 – Continental Breakfast 9:00 am Personality, Studio 1, Sheraton Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Positive Psychology, Ballroom B, Hilton 8:30 – Post er Session A Self and Identity, Studio 3, Sheraton 10:00 am Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Social Cognition, Ballroom A, Hilton Teaching Social and Personality Psychology, 9:00 – NIH Peer Review Workshop Salon 6AB, Hilton 10:00 am Michael Micklin, NIH Center for Scientific Review 3:00 – Pre-Registration Check-In and On-Site Sheraton Studio 1/2 6:00 pm Registration Ballroom Foyer, Hilton 10:15 – Sym posia Session A 11:30 am 4:30 – Opening Remarks & Presentations of A1: A MEANING SYSTEMS APPROACH TO 5:00 pm Awards for Research and Service PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY James Blascovich, President of SPSP Chair: Carol S. Dweck Sierra Ballroom, Hilton Speakers: Jason E. Plaks, Daniel Molden, Heidi Grant-Pillow, Ying-yi Hong Award for Service to the Disciplines Discussant: Arie Kruglanski Steve Breckler, National Science Foundation Ballroom A, Hilton Fred Rhodewalt, University of Utah A2: TEMPORAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE SELF Award for Service to SPSP AND SOCIAL WORLD: LINKS BETW EEN CUR- Martin Chemers, University of California, RENT EXPERIENCE AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE Santa Cruz PAST AN D FU T U RE Bibb Latane, Latane Center for Human Science Chair: Leaf Van Boven Speakers: Leaf Van Boven, Nancy Frye, Richard Jack Block Award for Distinguished Eibach, Anne Wilson, Emily Pronin Research in Personality Psychology Ballroom B, Hilton Paul Ekman, University of California, San Francisco A3: FUNCTIONS OF EMOTION IN SOCIAL BEH AVIOR Donald Campbell Award for Distin- Chair: Roy F. Baumeister guished Research in Social Psychology Speakers: Shelley E. Taylor, Antony S. R. Hazel Markus, Stanford University Manstead, Roy F. Baumeister Ballroom C, Hilton 5:00 – Sage Presidential Address 6:00 pm James Blascovich, "The Virtual Social Animal" A4: W HY DO I LOVE WE? INTEGRATING THE MULTIPLE PROCESSES AND ANTECEDENTS OF Sierra Ballroom, Hilton INGROUP FAVORITISM Chair: Lowell Gaertner 6:00 – Welcoming Reception Speakers: Ann Bettencourt, Geoffrey Leonardelli, 7:30 pm Sierra Ballroom, Hilton Richard H. Gramzow, Lowell Gaertner, Daan Scheepers Ballroom D, Hilton 1 B5: VULNERABILITY VS. RESILIENCE: RECENT Friday, February 7, 2003 (cont.) PERSPECTIVES ON THE EMOTIONAL CONSE- QUENCES OF PERCEIVED PREJUDICE A5: CURRENT APPROACHES TO INTIMACY AND Chairs: Brenda Major and Cheryl R. Kaiser ITS IMPACT ON WELL-BEING Speakers: Tom Postmes, J. Nicole Shelton, Cheryl Chair: Catherine Sanderson R. Kaiser, Brenda Major Speakers: Debra Mashek, Catherine Sanderson, Discussant: Jennifer Crocker Harry Reis, Susan Cross Studio 1/2, Sheraton Discussant: Art Aron B6: ATTITUDE CHANGE AND AND STRENGTH- Studio 1/2, Sheraton RELATED ATTITUDE PROPERTIES: COGNITIVE MECHANISMS OF INFLUENCE A6: CONSEQUENCES OF DISCREPANCIES BETW EEN EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT ATTITUDES Chair: Jon A. Krosnick AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES Speakers: Jon A. Krosnick, Shelly Chaiken, Gregory Chairs: Richard E. Petty and Pablo Briñol Maio, Rob W. Holland, Frenk van Harreveld Speakers: Pablo Briñol, Andrew Karpinski, John M. Discussant: Wendy Wood Zelenski, Jennifer Bosson Studio 3/4, Sheraton Discussant: Gregory R. Maio Studio 3/4, Sheraton 1:15 – Poster Session B with Box Lunch 2:45 pm Grand Ballroom, Sheraton 11:30 – Coffee Break 11:45 am Grand Ballroom, Sheraton 2:00 – GASP Graduate Coffee Hour 2:45 pm Open to all, Sheraton Pool Area 11:45 am – Sym posia Session B 1:00 pm 3:00 – Sym posia Session C B1: INTEGRATING EVOLUTIONARY AND 4:15 pm SO CIAL PSYCH O LO GY: RECEN T AD VAN CES IN C1: REJECTION MAKES ME FEEL BAD, BUT ALSO THEORY AND RESEARCH ON MATE SELECTION MAD, SAD, OR HAD? VARIETIES OF RESPONSE Chair: Garth Fletcher TO OSTRACISM, EXCLUSION, AND NEGATIVITY Speakers: Jeffry Simpson, Garth Fletcher, Pamela Chair: Susan T. Fiske Regan, David Buss Speakers: Cynthia Pickett, Mariko Yamamoto, Ballroom A, Hilton Kipling Williams, Mark Leary Ballroom A, Hilton B2: DYNAMIC MODELS OF PERSONAL AND INTERPERSONAL EXPERIENCE C2: W HAT IS HEALTHY EMOTION REGULA- Chairs: Stephen J. Read and Robin R. Vallacher TION? CHALLENGES IN DEFINING AND MEASUR- Speakers: Robin R. Vallacher, Douglas T. Kenrick, ING POSITIVE EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING Dan Simon, Stephen J. Read Chair: Jennifer G. La Guardia Ballroom B, Hilton Speakers: David Watson, Richard Ryan, James Gross B3: H OW CLOSE PART N ERS SH APE T H E SELF Discussant: Carol Ryff AND PERSONAL WELL-BEING Ballroom B, Hilton Chairs: Madoka Kumashiro and Caryl E. Rusbult Speakers: Nancy L. Collins, Sandra L. Murray, C3: RELATIONSHIPS IN CONTEXT: LINKS Madoka Kumashiro, Edward L. Deci BETW EEN EXTERNAL EVENTS AND INTERNAL RELATIONSHIP PROCESSES Discussant: Madoka Kumashiro Chair: Lisa A. Neff Ballroom C, Hilton Speakers: Shelly L. Gable, Niall Bolger, Lisa A. Neff B4: INNOVATIVE CONCEPTUAL AND APPLIED Discussant: John Holmes APPROACHES TO HIV/AIDS PREVENTION AND Ballroom C, Hilton INTERVENTION Chairs: Josephine D. Korchmaros and Jeffrey D. C4: EGOCENTRISM IN SOCIAL COMPARISON: Fisher ARE SOCIAL COMPARISONS REALLY COMPARA- Speakers: M. Lynne Cooper, Roberta L. Paikoff, TIVE? Josephine D. Korchmaros Chair: Justin Kruger Discussant: Christopher Gordon Speakers: Paul D. Windschitl, Justin Kruger, Ballroom D, Hilton Yechiel Klar, William Klein Ballroom D, Hilton 2 Friday, February 7, 2003 (cont.) Saturday, February 8, 2003 C5: LAY UNDERSTANDINGS OF BEHAVIOR, 8:00 am – Pre-Registration Check-In and On-Site PERSONS, AND SITUATIONS 3:00 pm Registration Chair: Walter Mischel Grand Ballroom Foyer, Sheraton Speakers: Bertram F. Malle, Glenn D. Reeder, Lara K. Kammrath, John McClure 8:30 am – Exhibits Open Studio 1/2, Sheraton 7:30 pm Grand Ballroom, Sheraton C6: QUICK TO JUDGE, SLOW ER TO CHANGE? AFFECT IN JUDGMENTS OF STIGMATIZED 8:30 – Continental Breakfast PEO PLE A N D A C T S 9:00 am Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Chair: Roger Giner-Sorolla Speakers: Glenn D. Reeder, Thalia Wheatley, 8:30 – Post er Session D Fredrik Björklund, Ira Roseman, Roger 10:00 am Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Giner-Sorolla Studio 3/4, Sheraton 8:30 – Workshop: Grant Funding Opportunities 10:00 am for Social and Personality Psychology 4:15 – Coffee Break Carolyn Morf, NIMH, Steven Breckler NSF, and 4:30 pm Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Robert T. Croyle, NCI Sheraton Studio 1/2 4:30 – Invited Speakers Alternatives to Academia 5:45 pm SESSIO N 1: Chairs: Jennifer J.