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Alan Lambert
Titles
Associate Professor of Psychology

Office Contact Information

Degree
PHD, University of Illinois
Degree
MA, University of Illinois
Degree
BA, Cornell University
Office
Psychology Building 319B
Mailbox

Campus Box 1125

Phone
(314) 935-7176
Email
URL
Personal Site

Research specialization

Publications
  • Foundations of Social Cognition (2003) Bodenhausen, G. V. & Lambert, A. J. (Eds.) Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Payne, B.K., Jacoby, L. L. & Lambert, A. J. (2004). Memory monitoring and the control of stereotype distortion. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 52-64.
  • Olson, K.R., Lambert, A. J. & Zacks, J. M. (2004). Graded structure and the speed of category verification: on the moderating effects of SOA for social vs. nonsocial categories. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 40, 239-246.
  • Lambert, A. J., Chasteen, A. L. & Payne, B. K., & Shaffer, L. M. (2004). Typicality and group variability as dual moderators of category-based inferences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 708-722.
  • Lambert, A. J., Payne, B. K., Ramsey, S., & Shaffer, L. M. (2005) On the predictive validity of implicit attitude measures: The moderating effect of perceived group variability Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 114-128.
Courses
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Introduction to Social Psychology
  • Contemporary Topics in Social Psychology: Intolerance and Prejudice
Research Interests

Professor Lambert conducts research on the expression versus suppression of stereotypes. A primary goal of his research is to understand how aspects of the "situation," the perceiver's personality, as well as transitory mood states (e.g., happiness versus sadness) might lead people to either use-or avoid using-stereotypic knowledge as a basis for responding to others. In addition to his work on stereotyping, he is interested in the processes underlying perceptions of risk and self-vulnerability.

Departments
  • Psychology