APS
30th APS Annual Convention
The Psychology of Change
This symposium highlights advances in theory, methods, and empirical work concerning the psychology of change–responses to the prospect of altering the status quo. Presenters will describe lab and field studies addressing the conditions necessary to motivate change and detail methods through which effective cultural or institutional reform can occur.
Chairs & Discussants
- Kentaro FujitaChair
The Ohio State University - Laura WallaceCoChair
George Mason University
Presentations
- Assuming the Worst: Pessimistic Beliefs about Outgroups’ Intentions for PowerNour Kteily, Frank Kachanoff, Arnold Ho, Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington
- System Justification Vs. Change: Testing a Dual Motive Model of System-Level MotivationLaura Wallace, Kentaro Fujita
- The Psychological Time Course of Mandated Social ChangeKristin Laurin
- Creating Turning Points: Targeted, Tailored, and Timely InterventionsGeoffrey Cohen, Julio Garcia, Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, David Yeager
