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Anne E. Wilson

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I am interested in a broad range of areas related to the self and social cognition. Specific interests include:
Self and identity, autobiographical memory, self-prediction, motivation and goal pursuit, time perception, temporal and social comparisons, sociocultural influences on identity, close relationships and interpersonal conflict.

Primary Interests:

  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Close Relationships
  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Gender Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition
  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Close Relationships
  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Gender Psychology
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition

Research Group or Laboratory:

Journal Articles:

  • Peetz, J., Wilson, A. E., & Strahan, E. J. (2009). So far away: The role of subjective temporal distance to future goals in motivation and behavior. Social Cognition, 27(4), 475-495.
  • Ross, M., Heine, S. J., Wilson, A. E., & Sugimori, S. (2005). Cross-cultural discrepancies in self-appraisals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31,1175-1188.
  • Ross, M., & Wilson, A. E. (2003). Autobiographical memory and conceptions of self: Getting better all the time. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 66-69.
  • Ross, M., & Wilson, A. E. (2002). It feels like yesterday: Self-esteem, valence of personal past experiences, and judgments of subjective distance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 792-803.
  • Ross, M., Xun, W. Q., & Wilson, A. E. (2002). The effect of language on the bicultural self. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1040-1050.
  • Slugoski, B. R., & Wilson, A. E. (1998). Contribution of conversational skills to the production of judgmental errors. European Journal of Social Psychology, 28, 575-601.
  • Strahan, E. J., Lafrance, A., Wilson, A. E., Ethier, N., Spencer, S. J., & Zanna, M. P. (2008). Victoria's Dirty Secret: The impact of media images on adolescent girls and women. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 288-301.
  • Strahan, E. J., Wilson, A. E., Cressman, K., & Buote, V. (2006). Comparing to perfection: How cultural norms for appearance affect social comparisons and self-image. Body Image, 3, 211-227.
  • Wilson, A. E., & Ross, M. (2003). The identity function of autobiographical memory: Time is on our side. Invited paper in Memory: Special Issue Exploring the Functions of Autobiographical Memory, 11, 137-149.
  • Wilson, A. E., & Ross, M. (2001). From chump to champ: People's appraisals of their earlier and current selves. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 572-584.
  • Wilson, A. E., & Ross, M. (2000). The frequency of temporal-self and social comparisons in people's personal appraisals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 928-942.
  • Wilson, A. E., Smith, M. D., & Ross, H. (2003). The nature and effects of young children's lies. Social Development, 12, 21-45.
  • Wilson, A. E., Smith, M. D., Ross, H., & Ross, M. (2004). Young children's personal accounts of their sibling disputes. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 50, 39-60.

Other Publications:

  • Ross, M., & Wilson, A. E. (2000). Constructing and appraising past selves. In D. L. Schacter & E. Scarry (Eds.), Memory, brain, and belief (pp. 231-258). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Wood, J. V., & Wilson, A. E. (2003). How important are social comparisons for self-evaluation? In M. R. Leary & J. P. Tangney (Eds.), Handbook of Self and Identity (pp. 344-366). New York: Guilford Press.

Anne E. Wilson
Department of Psychology
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5
Canada

Phone: (519) 884-0710, x3037
Fax: (519) 746-7605

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