Social & Personality Psychology

Ours is a vigorous research and training program in social and personality psychology. The following topics show what we explore:

• Close Relationships
• Emotions
• Personality
• Writing and Talking
• Social Neuroendocrinology
• Self and Identity
• Animal Personality
• Social Neuroscience
• Social Cognition
• Natural Language
• Social Media
• Social Interactions
• Group Processes
• Interpersonal perception
• Psychology of Physical Space

Very broadly, the goals of our faculty and graduate students are:

• To conduct research on problems that capture our interest and captivate the imagination
• To understand basic psychological processes and their implications for real-world behavior
• To conduct the highest caliber research and have fun in the process (after all, life is short!)