Meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology 2012 Austin, TX Sponsored by the University of Texas, Austin With support from Elsevier, publisher of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 1 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012 4:00 – 8:00pm Registration Balcony 6:00 – 8:00pm Reception (hors d’oeuvre and cash bar) Capital Ballroom 6:00 – 10:00pm Executive committee meeting and dinner Justice Boardroom 2 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012 8:00am – 5:00pm Registration Balcony 7:30 – 8:30am Continental Breakfast Capital Ballroom, Foyer 8:30 – 9:40am Symposia Session 1 New Frontiers in Culture and Psychology Research (Capital Ballroom A) Chair: Shinobu Kitayama, University of Michigan Cultural Neuroscience: Current Evidence and Future Directions Shinobu Kitayama, University of Michigan Religion and Cognition: Is the Fundamental Attribution Error Really Fundamentalist? Adam Cohen, Arizona State University Culture’s Constraints: Differences Between Tight and Loose Cultures Michele J. Gelfand, University of Maryland Culture, Social Class, and Health Hazel Rose Markus, Stanford University What Formal Modeling Procedures Can Tell Us About Social Psychological Phenomena (Capital Ballroom B) Chair: Bertram Gawronski, The University of Western Ontario Deontological versus Utilitarian Inclinations in Moral Decision Making: A Process Dissociation Approach Paul Conway, The University of Western Ontario Bertram Gawronski, The University of Western Ontario A Multinomial Model to Disentangle Stereotype Activation and Stereotype Application Jeffrey W. Sherman, University of California at Davis Regina Krieglmeyer, University of Würzburg, Germany What 1/ƒ Noise Can Reveal about Terrorism and Homicide over Time Gregory D. Webster, University of Florida Agent-based Modeling: Relating Complex Outcomes to Simple Processes by Crossing Levels Eliot R. Smith, Indiana University 3 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012 The Invisible Black Woman? A Discussion of Evidence for, Nuances of, and Limitations to the Theory of Intersectional Invisibility (Congress) Chair: Erin L. Thomas, Yale University Re-Envisioning Representation: Testing a General Model of Intersectionality Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Columbia University The (In)visibility of Black Women: Drawing Attention to Individuality Amanda K. Sesko, University of Alaska Southeast Monica Biernat, University of Kansas No Threat in the Air: Examining the Link Between Relevance to the Self and Black Female Invisibility Erin L. Thomas, Yale University & John F. Dovidio, Yale University Failure is not an Option for Black Women: Effects of Organizational Performance on Leaders with Single Versus Dual-Subordinate Identities Ashleigh Rosette, Duke University Robert W. Livingston, Northwestern University 9:40 – 9:45am – Break 9:45 – 10:55am Symposia Session 2 Political Polarization (Capital Ballroom A) Chair: Leaf Van Boven, University of Colorado Predictably (and Politically) Illogical: Partisan Bias in the Evaluation of Logical Syllogisms Peter H. Ditto, University of California, Irvine Sean P. Wojcik, University of California, Irvine The Politics of Luck David K. Sherman, University of California, Santa Barbara Dena M. Gromet, University of Pennsylvania Kimberly Hartson, University of California, Santa Barbara How Moral Migration Geographically Polarizes the Electorate Matt Motyl, University of Virginia False Polarization in the American Electorate: 1970-2004 Leaf Van Boven & Jacob Westfall, University of California Boulder John Chambers, University of Florida 4 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012 Status- and Power-Based Asymmetries in Trust, Betrayal, and Retaliation (Capital Ballroom B) Chairs: Hilary B. Bergsieker, University of Waterloo & J. Nicole Shelton, Princeton University The Impact of Self-Status on Judgments of Initial Trust Robert B. Lout, Jr., The Ohio State University Nathan C. Pettit, New York University Blinding Trust: The Effect of Perceived Group Victimhood on Intergroup Trust Katie N. Rotella, Jennifer A. Richeson, & Joan Y. Chiao, Northwestern University Meghan G. Bean, University of Arizona Building, Betraying, and Buffering Trust: Asymmetries in Interracial Interactions Hillary B. Bergsieker, University of Waterloo Nicole Shelton, Princeton University When Positive Expectations Are Not Met: Disadvantaged Group Members’ Reactions to Unfair Treatment Following Different Forms of Intergroup Contact Tamar Saguy, Herzliya, Israel Diala R. Hawi & linda R. Tropp, University of Massachusetts John F. Dovidio, Yale University Conceptual and Methodological Approaches to Uncovering the True Self (Congress) Chairs: Kees van den Bos, Utrecht University & Lowell Gaertner, University of Tennessee Evidence that the True Self is Represented Metaphorically as a Core-Like Physical Entity Mark J. Landau, University of Kansas Matthew Vess, Ohio University A Motivational Approach to Identifying the True Self: Evidence for a Motivational Hierarchy Among the Individual, Relational, and Collective Selves Lowell Gaertner, University of Tennessee Constantine Sedikides & Michelle Luke, University of Southhampton Huajian Cai, Chinese Academy of Sciences Quiping Wu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Decision Satisfaction and Self-Relevant Metacognition Pertaining to the True Self Rebecca J. Schlegel & Joshua A. Hicks, Texas A&M University Behavioral Disinhibition and its Liberating Effects on the True Self Kees van den Bos, Utrecht University 10:55 – 11:10am – Coffee break Capital Ballroom, Foyer 5 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012 11:10 – 12:20pm Symposia Session 3 Emotional and Motivational Influences on Perception (Capital Ballroom A) Chair: Jeanine Stefanucci, University of Utah Motivated Perception in the Service of Self-Regulation Emily Balcetis & Shana Cole, New York University Motivated Looking for Emotion Regulation? The View from Aging Derek Isaacowitz, Nik Skogsberg, Daniel Rovenpor, & Julia Harris, Northeastern University The Adaptive Influence of Emotion on Perception Jeanine Stefanucci, Kyle Gagnon & Michael Greuss, University of Utah What You Feel Influences What You See Lisa Feldman Barrett, Eric Anderson, & Erika Siegel, Northeastern University Reasons for and Effects of Trying Harder: New Perspectives on Striving in Social Circumstances (Capital Ballroom B) Chair: Rex A. Wright, University of North Texas & Guido H.E. Gendolla, University of Geneva, Switzerland Value From Engagement E. Tory Higgins, Columbia University How Effort Requirements Affect Unconscious Reward Responses and Conscious Reward Decisions Ruud Custers, University of College London, UK Erik Bijleveld & Henk Aarts, Utrecht University, The Netherlands “Go!” Putting the Automaticity of Effort Mobilization Into Context Guido H.E. Gendolla & Nicolas Silvestrini, University of Geneva, Switzerland When Fatigue Promotes Striving: Success Importance Moderates Cognitive Resource Depletion Influence on Effort-Related Cardiovascular Response Rex A. Wright, University of North Texas 6 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012 The Cognitive, Developmental, and Motivational Underpinnings of Essentialist Thought (Congress) Chair: Jaime L. Napier, Yale University The Inherence Heuristic as a Source of Essentialist Thought Andrei Cimpian & Erika Salomon, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign The Cultural Transmission of Social Essentialism Sarah-Jane Leslie, Princeton University Marjorie Rhodes, New York University Psychological Responses to Violations of Social-Category Structure Deborah A. Prentice & Margaret E. Tankard, Princeton University Taking Solace in Nature: The Draw of Essentialist Explanations for Inequality Among Members of Disadvantaged Groups Jaime Napier, Yale University 12:25 – 2:10 pm Lunch and Award Addresses (Longhorn) Distinguished Scientist Award and Scientific Impact Award 2:10 – 3:20 pm Symposia Session 4 Social Psychological Antecedent of Extreme Pro-Group Behavior (Capital Ballroom A) Chair: Jolanda Jetten, University of Queensland, Australia Identity Fusion and the Ultimate Sacrifice for the Group Jolanda Jetten, University of Queensland, Australia William B. Swann, Jr., University of Texas, Austin Ángel Gómez, UNED, Madrid, Spain Sacred Values and Intergroup Violence Jeremy Ginges & Hammad Sheikh, The New School for Social Research New York Moral Vitalism: Exploring the Foundations of Righteous Violence Within Everyday Secular Thought Brock Bastian & Paul Bain, University of Queensland, Australia William B. Swann, Jr., University of Texas, Austin Conceiving the National Group as an Eternal Entity and the Willingness to Sacrifice for the Group Yechiel Klar, Dennis Kahn, Tel Aviv University, Israel Sonia Roccas, The Open University, Israel 7 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012 When Diversity and Legitmacy Collide: New Directions in Diversity Science (Capital Ballroom B) Chairs: Cheryl R. Kaiser, University of Washington, & Brenda Major, University of California, Santa Barbara On the Precipice of a “Majority-Minority” America: How the Increasingly-Diverse Racial Landscape Affects Whites’ Racial Attitudes and Political Ideology Maureen A. Craig & Jennifer A. Richeson, Northwestern University Blinded by Diversity: Diversity Structures Create Illusions of Fairness Among High Status Groups Cheryl R. Kaiser, University of Washington Brenda Major, University of California, Santa Barbara Ines Jurcevic & Jenessa Shapiro, University of California, Los Angeles Is it Fair for us Now? How System Justifying Beliefs Influence Illusion of Fairness Effects Among Low Status Groups Brenda Major & Tessa Dover, University of California, Santa Barbara Cheryl R. Kaiser, University of Washington Define