APS

2023 APS Annual Convention

The Social Relations Model Permits New Theoretical Advances: Examples from Organizational Behavior, Mate Evaluation, Person Perception, and Clinical Psychology

Friday, May 26, 2023 · Washington, DC

Oral · General

The Social Relations Model permits novel theoretical advances in fields as diverse as organizational behavior, mate evaluation, person perception, and clinical psychology. The model provides clear and operationalizable definitions for, and distinctions among, personal relationships, perceiver biases, and consensually observed personality. Presenters provide how-to examples across diverse subfields.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Brian LakeyChair
    Grand Valley State University

Presentations

  1. Mate Evaluation TheoryPaul Eastwick
  2. Modeling the Social Mind: Cognitive Representations of Dyadic RelationshipsThomas Malloy
  3. The Theoretical Power of the SRM in Organizational BehaviorSarit Pery
  4. Relational Regulation Theory and Its Implications for Interpersonal Theories of DepressionBrian Lakey