overview John R. Chambers, Ph.D.is a Assistant Professor in Psychology at the Univeristy of Florida in Gainesville. He is interested in "social psychology."
has course role IDH4917 Undergrad Research PSY3213L Lab Methods Psychol PSY3912 Intro Res In Psychol PSY4905 Individual Work PSY4940 Intro To Teach In Psy PSY4970 Senior Thesis PSY6905 Individual Work PSY6971 Masters Research PSY7979 Advanced Research PSY7980 Doctoral Research SOP3004 Social Psychology SOP4704 Adv Social Psychology SOP4704 Adv Social Psychology SOP4704 Adv Social Psychology SOP6419 Sem Attitude/social SOP6419 Sem Attitude/social SOP6929 Colloq Res Soc-pers SOP6929 Colloq Res Soc-pers
selected publications academic article Ideology and Prejudice: the Role of Value Conflicts. Psychological Science. 24:140-149. 2013-02-01 Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals, But Why? Political Ideology, Personality, and Life Satisfaction. Journal of Research in Personality. 46:127-146. 2012-04-01 The Role of the Self in Perspective-Taking and Empathy: Ease of Self-Simulation as a Heuristic for Inferring Empathic Feelings 2012-04-01 Testing Four Explanations for the Better/Worse-Than-Average Effect: Single- and Multi-Item Entities as Comparison Targets and Referents. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 113:62-72. 2010-09-01 Why the Parts Are Better (Or Worse) Than the Whole: the Unique-Attributes Hypothesis. Psychological Science. 21:268-275. 2010-02-01 Evaluating One Performance Among Others: the Influence of Rank and Degree of Exposure To Comparison Referents. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 35:776-792. 2009-06-01 Evaluating One Performance Among Others: the Influence of Rank and Degree of Exposure To Comparison Referents. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 35:776-792. 2009-06-01 Knowing Too Much: Using Private Knowledge To Predict How One Is Viewed By Others. Psychological Science. 19:542-548. 2008-06-01 The Rational Side of Egocentrism in Social Comparisons. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 44:220-232. 2008-03-01 Misperceptions in intergroup conflict. Disagreeing about what we disagree about.. Psychological Science. 17. 2006 Why do I hate thee? Conflict misperceptions and intergroup mistrust.. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 32. 2006
research overview I'm interested in the general question of how the self colors our thoughts about the social world. Decades of research suggest that people are "egocentric."
principal investigator on Better (Worse) Than All the Rest: Evaluativing and Contrasting Three Sources of Bias in Member awarded by US Israel Binational Science Foundation 2012 - 2013
teaching activities IDH4917 Fall 2008 3468 IDH4917 Fall 2008 3468 IDH4917 Spring 2011 2151 IDH4917 Spring 2011 2151 PSY3213L Fall 2009 1211 PSY3213L Fall 2009 1211 PSY3213L Summer 2009 403 PSY3213L Summer 2009 403 PSY3912 Fall 2008 7961 PSY3912 Fall 2008 7961 PSY3912 Fall 2009 7961 PSY3912 Fall 2009 7961 PSY3912 Fall 2010 7961 PSY3912 Fall 2010 7961 PSY3912 Fall 2011 7961 PSY3912 Fall 2011 7961 PSY3912 Spring 2009 6556 PSY3912 Spring 2009 6556 PSY3912 Spring 2010 6556 PSY3912 Spring 2010 6556 PSY3912 Spring 2011 6556 PSY3912 Spring 2011 6556 PSY3912 Summer 2010 0933 PSY3912 Summer 2010 0933 PSY3912 Summer 2010 8782 PSY3912 Summer 2010 8782 PSY4905 Fall 2008 7960 PSY4905 Fall 2008 7960 PSY4905 Fall 2010 7960 PSY4905 Fall 2010 7960 PSY4905 Spring 2009 6559 PSY4905 Spring 2009 6559 PSY4905 Spring 2010 6559 PSY4905 Spring 2010 6559 PSY4940 Fall 2012 7172 PSY4970 Fall 2010 7958 PSY4970 Fall 2010 7958 PSY4970 Spring 2009 6572 PSY4970 Spring 2009 6572 PSY4970 Spring 2011 6572 PSY4970 Spring 2011 6572 PSY6905 Fall 2008 7957 PSY6905 Fall 2008 7957 PSY6905 Summer 2010 0938 PSY6905 Summer 2010 0938 PSY6971 Fall 2010 7953 PSY6971 Fall 2010 7953 PSY6971 Spring 2009 6296 PSY6971 Spring 2009 6296 PSY6971 Spring 2010 6296 PSY6971 Spring 2010 6296 PSY6971 Spring 2011 6296 PSY6971 Spring 2011 6296 PSY6971 Summer 2009 4996 PSY6971 Summer 2009 4996 PSY6971 Summer 2009 8796 PSY6971 Summer 2009 8796 PSY6971 Summer 2010 8796 PSY6971 Summer 2010 8796 PSY7979 Fall 2011 7952 PSY7979 Fall 2011 7952 PSY7979 Spring 2011 6014 PSY7979 Spring 2011 6014 PSY7979 Summer 2011 8797 PSY7979 Summer 2011 8797 PSY7980 Fall 2012 7951 SOP3004 Fall 2011 4052 SOP3004 Fall 2011 4052 SOP3004 Spring 2009 3938 SOP3004 Spring 2009 3938 SOP4704 Fall 2008 8545 SOP4704 Fall 2008 8545 SOP4704 Fall 2010 8128 SOP4704 Fall 2010 8128 SOP4704 Fall 2011 8128 SOP4704 Fall 2011 8128 SOP4704 Fall 2012 8128 SOP4704 Spring 2010 3662 SOP4704 Spring 2010 3662 SOP4704 Spring 2011 3662 SOP4704 Spring 2011 3662 SOP4704 Spring 2012 3662 SOP4704 Summer 2011 4784 SOP4704 Summer 2011 4784 SOP6419 Spring 2009 5895 SOP6419 Spring 2009 5895 SOP6419 Spring 2012 02GC SOP6929 Fall 2009 2299 SOP6929 Fall 2009 2299 SOP6929 Fall 2012 2299 SOP6929 Spring 2011 4907 SOP6929 Spring 2011 4907
education and training Ph.D. in Social Psychology, University of Iowa 2000 - 2005 B.S. in Psychology, Colorado State University 1995 - 1999
awards and honors 1999 Cum Laude Graduate, Colorado State University 2003, 2005 University of Iowa Student Government Travel Award 2004 Department of Psychology Spence Award 1998 President’s Scholarship, Colorado State University 1995-1999 College of Natural Sciences Dean’s List, Colorado State University 2004 American Psychological Association Dissertation Award 2003, 2005 University of Iowa James K. Jakobsen Graduate Research Forum Award 2004 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Student Travel Award 2003, 2005 University of Iowa Graduate Student Senate Travel Award 2004 University of Iowa Social Sciences Dissertation Year Fellowship