(This C.V.
last updated April 2011)
Mark Schaller
Department
of Psychology
2136
West Mall
Canada
V6T 1Z4
Phone:
604.822.2613
Fax: 604.822.6923
Email: schaller @ psych.ubc.ca
Education:
B.A. Psychology
(with Honors). University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. May 1984.
M.A. Psychology. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. December 1986.
Ph.D. Psychology. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. August 1989.
Ph.D.
Thesis: "An Integrated Process
Model of Stigma-Based Evaluation Biases."
Dissertation
Abstracts International, Vol. 50 (9-B), pp. 4278; March
1990.
Professional
Employment:
1989-1991 Assistant Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of Texas at Arlington.
1991-1993 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of Montana.
1993-1995 Assistant Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of Montana.
1995-1996 Associate Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of Montana.
1996-1999 Assistant Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of British Columbia.
1999-2004 Associate Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of British Columbia.
2004- Professor, Department of
Psychology, University of British Columbia
Publications – Books:
2004 Schaller, M., & Crandall, C. S.
(Editors) (2004). The psychological
foundations of culture. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
2005 Crandall,
C. S., & Schaller, M. (Editors) (2005).
Social psychology of prejudice:
Historical and contemporary issues.
Lawrence KS: Lewinian Press.
2006 Schaller, M., Simpson, J. A., &
Kenrick, D. T. (Editors) (2006). Evolution
and social psychology. New
York: Psychology Press.
2010 Schaller, M., Norenzayan, A., Heine, S.
J., Yamagishi, T., & Kameda, T. (Editors) (2010). Evolution, culture, and the human mind. New York: Psychology Press.
Publications – Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters:
1987 Cialdini, R. B., Schaller, M., Houlihan,
D., Arps, K., Fultz, J., & Beaman A. L. (1987). Empathy‑based helping:
Is it selflessly or selfishly motivated? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52, 749‑758.
1988 Schaller, M., & Cialdini, R. B. (1988). The economics of empathic helping: Support for a mood management motive. Journal of Experimental Social
Psychology, 24, 163‑181.
Fultz, J., Schaller, M., &
Cialdini, R. B. (1988). Empathy,
sadness, and distress: Three related
but distinct vicarious affective responses to another's suffering. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 14, 312‑325.
Eisenberg, N., Schaller, M., Fabes,
R. A., Bustamante, D., Mathy, R., & Shell, R. (1988). The
differentiation of personal distress and sympathy in children and adults. Developmental Psychology, 24, 766‑775.
Eisenberg, N., Schaller, M., Miller,
P. A., Fultz, J., Fabes, R. A., & Shell, R. (1988). Gender‑related
traits and helping in a nonemergency situation. Sex Roles, 19, 605‑618.
1989 Schaller, M., & Maass, A.
(1989). Illusory correlation and social
categorization: Toward an integration
of motivational and cognitive factors in stereotype formation. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 56, 709‑721.
Reprinted
(1994) as "Corrélation illusoire et catégorisation sociale: Vers une intégration des facteurs
motivationnels et cognitifs dans las formation des stéréotypes" in: E. Drozda-Senkowska (Ed.), Irrationalités
collectives. Paris: Delachaux et Niestlé.
Eisenberg, N., Miller, P. A.,
Schaller, M., Fabes, R. A., Fultz, J., Shell, R. & Shea, C. L. (1989). The role of sympathy and altruistic
personality traits in helping: A re‑examination. Journal of Personality, 57, 41‑67.
Reprinted (1994) in: B. Puka (Ed.), Reaching out: Caring, altruism, and prosocial behavior. New York:
Garland.
Eisenberg, N., Fabes, R. A.,
Schaller, M., & Miller, P. A. (1989).
Sympathy and personal distress: Development, gender differences, and
interrelations of indices. In N. Eisenberg
(Ed.), Empathy and related emotional responses. New directions for child development (No. 44, pp. 107‑126).
San Francisco: Jossey‑Bass.
1990 Schaller, M., & Cialdini, R. B.
(1990). Happiness, sadness, and
helping: A motivational
integration. In E. T. Higgins & R.
M. Sorrentino (Eds.) Handbook of motivation and cognition: Foundations of
social behavior (Vol. 2, pp. 265‑296). New York: Guilford Press.
1991 Schaller, M. (1991). Social categorization and the formation of
group stereotypes: Further evidence for
biased information processing in the perception of group‑behavior
correlations. European Journal of
Social Psychology, 21, 25‑35.
Eisenberg, N., Fabes, R. A.,
Schaller, M., Miller, P., Carlo, G., Poulin, R., Shea, C., & Shell, R. (1991). Personality and socialization correlates of
vicarious emotional responding. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 459‑470.
Eisenberg, N., Fabes, R. A.,
Schaller, M., Carlo, G., & Miller, P. (1991). The relations of parental characteristics and practices to
children's' vicarious emotional responding.
Child Development, 62, 1393-1408.
Maass, A., & Schaller, M.
(1991). Intergroup biases and the
cognitive dynamics of stereotype formation.
In W. Stroebe & M. Hewstone (Eds.), European review of social
psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 189‑209).
West Sussex, UK: Wiley.
1992 Schaller, M. (1992). Sample size, aggregation, and statistical
reasoning in social inference. Journal
of Experimental Social Psychology, 28, 65-85.
Schaller, M., & O'Brien, M.
(1992). "Intuitive analysis of
covariance" and group stereotype formation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 18, 776-785.
Schaller, M. (1992). Ingroup favoritism and statistical reasoning
in social inference: Implications for
formation and maintenance of group stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 61-74.
1993 Schaller, M. (1993). Feeling bad to feel good: Comments and observations. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 14,
285-294.
1994 Schaller, M. (1994). The role of statistical reasoning in the
formation, preservation, and prevention of group stereotypes. British Journal of Social Psychology, 33,
47-61.
1995 Schaller, M., Boyd, C., Yohannes, J.,
& O'Brien, M. (1995). The
prejudiced personality revisited: Personal need for structure and formation of
erroneous group stereotypes. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 544-555.
Schaller, M., Crandall, C. S.,
Stangor, C., & Neuberg, S. L. (1995).
"What kinds of social psychology experiments are of value to
perform": Comment on Wallach and
Wallach (1994). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69,
611-618.
1996 Schaller, M., Asp, C. H., Rosell, M. C.,
& Heim, S. J. (1996). Training in
statistical reasoning inhibits the formation of erroneous group
stereotypes. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 22, 829-844.
Schaller, M., & Latané, B.
(1996). Dynamic social impact and the
evolution of social representations: A
natural history of stereotypes. Journal
of Communication, 46(4), 64-71.
Stangor, C., & Schaller, M.
(1996). Stereotypes as individual and
collective representations. In C. N. Macrae, C. Stangor, & M. Hewstone
(Eds.), Stereotypes and stereotyping (pp. 3-37). New York: Guilford Press.
Reprinted
(2000) in: C. Stangor (Ed.), Stereotypes
and prejudice: Essential readings. Philadelphia: Psychology Press.
1997 Schaller, M. (1997). The psychological consequences of fame: Three tests of the self-consciousness hypothesis. Journal of Personality, 65, 291-309.
Schaller, M. (1997). Beyond "competing", beyond
"compatible". American
Psychologist, 52, 1379-1380.
1998 Schaller, M., & Crandall, C. S.
(1998). On the purposes served by
psychological research and its critics.
Theory and Psychology, 8, 205-212.
Conway, L. G., III, & Schaller,
M. (1998). Methods for the measurement
of consensual beliefs within groups. Group
Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 2, 241-252.
Schaller, M., Rosell, M. C., &
Asp, C. H. (1998). Parsimony and
pluralism in the psychological study of intergroup processes. In C. Sedikides, J. Schopler, & C.
Insko, (Eds.), Intergroup cognition and intergroup behavior (pp.
3-25). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
1999 Schaller, M., & Conway, L. G., III
(1999). Influence of
impression-management goals on the emerging contents of group stereotypes: Support for a social-evolutionary process. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 25, 819-833.
Schaller, M., & Crandall, C. S.
(1999). Individual goals in evolving
organizations. American Psychologist,
54, 778-779.
2000 Schaller, M., & Conway, L. G., III
(2000). The illusion of
unfalsifiability and why it matters. Psychological
Inquiry, 11, 49-52
Johnson, C., Schaller, M., &
Mullen, B. (2000). Social
categorization and stereotyping:
"You mean I'm one of 'them'?"
British Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 1-25.
2001 Conway, L. G., III, Schaller, M., Tweed,
R. G., & Hallett, D. (2001). The
complexity of thinking across cultures:
Interactions between culture and situational context. Social Cognition, 19, 228-250.
Crandall, C. S., & Schaller, M.
(2001). Social psychology and the
pragmatic conduct of science. Theory and Psychology, 11, 479-488.
Schaller, M., & Conway, L. G.,
III (2001). From cognition to
culture: The origins of stereotypes
that really matter. In G. B. Moskowitz
(Ed.), Cognitive social psychology:
The Princeton symposium on the legacy and future of social cognition
(pp. 163-176). Mahwah NJ: Erlbaum.
Schaller, M. (2001). Unintended influence: Social-evolutionary processes in the
construction and change of culturally-shared beliefs. In J. P. Forgas and K. D. Williams (Eds.), Social
influence: Direct and indirect
processes (pp. 77-93).
Philadelphia: Psychology Press.
2002 Conway, L. G., III, & Schaller, M.
(2002). On the verifiability of
evolutionary psychological theories: An
analysis of the psychology of scientific persuasion. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6, 152-166.
Schaller, M., Conway, L. G., III,
& Tanchuk, T. L. (2002). Selective
pressures on the once and future contents of ethnic stereotypes: Effects of the communicability of traits. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 82, 861-877.
Schaller, M. (2002). Any theory can be useful theory, even if it
gets on our nerves. Personality and
Social Psychology Review, 6, 199-203.
Kenrick, D. T., Maner, J. K.,
Butner, J., Li, N. P., Becker, D. V., & Schaller, M. (2002). Dynamical evolutionary psychology: Mapping the domains of the new
interactionist paradigm. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6,
356-367.
Schaller, M. (2002). The evidentiary standard of special design
is a little bit like Heaven. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 25, 527-528.
Suedfeld, P., & Schaller, M.
(2002). Authoritarianism and the
Holocaust: Some cognitive and affective
implications. In L. S. Newman & R.
Erber (Eds.), What social psychology
can tell us about the Holocaust:
Understanding perpetrator behavior (pp. 68-90). Oxford UK: Oxford University Press.
2003
Schaller, M., Park, J. H., & Mueller, A. (2003). Fear of the dark:
Interactive effects of beliefs about danger and ambient darkness on
ethnic stereotypes. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 29, 637-649.
Park, J. H., Faulkner, J., &
Schaller, M. (2003). Evolved
disease-avoidance mechanisms and contemporary anti-social behavior: Prejudicial attitudes and avoidance of people
with physical disabilities. Journal
of Nonverbal Behavior, 27, 65-87.
Schaller, M, Park, J. H., &
Faulkner, J. (2003). Prehistoric
dangers and contemporary prejudices. European Review of Social Psychology,
14, 105-137.
Schaller, M. (2003). Ancestral environments and motivated social
perception: Goal-like blasts from the
evolutionary past. In S. J. Spencer, S.
Fein., M. P. Zanna, & J. M. Olson (Eds.), Motivated social perception
(pp. 215-231). Mahwah NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.
2004 Lehman, D. R., Chiu, C.-Y., &
Schaller, M. (2004). Psychology and
culture. Annual Review of
Psychology, 55, 689-714.
Faulkner, J., Schaller, M., Park, J.
H., & Duncan, L. A. (2004). Evolved
disease-avoidance mechanisms and contemporary xenophobic attitudes. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations,
7, 333-353.
Schaller, M., Faulkner, J., Park, J.
H., Neuberg, S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2004). Impressions of danger
influence impressions of people: An
evolutionary perspective on individual and collective cognition. Journal of Cultural and Evolutionary
Psychology, 2, 231-247.
Schaller, M. (2004). Cognition and communication in culture's
evolutionary landscape. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 27, 748-749.
Schaller, M., Conway, L. G., III,
& Crandall, C. S. (2004). The
psychological foundations of culture:
An introduction. In M. Schaller
& C. S. Crandall (Eds.), The psychological foundations of culture
(pp. 3-12). Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.
Crandall, C. S., & Schaller, M.
(2004). Scientists and science: How individuals' goals shape cultural
norms. In M. Schaller & C. S.
Crandall (Eds.), The psychological foundations of culture (pp.
200-223). Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.
2005 Maner, J.
K., Kenrick, D. T., Becker, D. V., Robertson, T. E., Hofer, B., Neuberg, S. L.,
Delton, A. W., Butner, J., & Schaller, M. (2005). Functional projection:
How fundamental social motives can bias interpersonal perception. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 88, 63-78.
Conway, L. G., III, & Schaller,
M. (2005). When authorities' commands
backfire: Attributions about consensus and effects on deviant
decision-making. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 89, 311-326.
Park, J. H., & Schaller, M.
(2005). Does attitude similarity serve as a heuristic cue for kinship? Evidence
of an implicit cognitive association. Evolution
and Human Behavior, 26, 158-170.
Ashworth, L., Darke, P. R., &
Schaller, M. (2005). No one wants to
look cheap: Tradeoffs between social distinctiveness and the economic and psychological
incentives to redeem coupons. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 15,
295-306.
Neuberg, S. L., Kenrick, D. T.,
Maner, J. K., & Schaller, M. (2005).
From evolved motives to everyday mentation: Evolution, goals, and cognition.
In J. P. Forgas, K. D. Williams, & S. M. Lahan (Eds.), Social
motivation: Conscious and unconscious
processes (pp. 133-152). Cambridge
UK: Cambridge University Press.
Schaller, M., & Conway, L. G.,
III (2005). The substance of
prejudice: Biological- and
social-evolutionary perspectives on cognition, culture, and the contents of
stereotypical beliefs. In C. S.
Crandall & M. Schaller (Eds.), Social psychology of prejudice: Historical and contemporary issues (pp.
145-160). Lawrence KS: Lewinian Press.
2006 Schaller,
M., & Abeysinghe, A. M. N. D. (2006).
Geographical frame of reference and dangerous intergroup attitudes: A
double-minority study in Sri Lanka. Political
Psychology, 27, 615-631.
Schaller, M. (2006). Parasites, behavioral defenses, and the
social psychological mechanisms through which cultures are evoked. Psychological Inquiry, 17, 96-101.
Norenzayan, A., Atran, S., Faulkner,
J., & Schaller, M. (2006). Memory
and mystery: The cultural selection of minimally counterintuitive
narratives. Cognitive Science, 30,
531-553.
Ackerman, J., M., Shapiro, J. R.,
Neuberg, S. L., Kenrick, D. T., Becker, D. V., Griskevicius, V., Maner, J. K.,
& Schaller, M. (2006). They all
look the same to me (unless they're angry): From out-group homogeneity to out-group
heterogeneity. Psychological
Science, 17, 836-840.
Kenrick, D. T., Schaller, M., &
Simpson, J. A. (2006). Evolution is the
new cognition. In M. Schaller, J. A. Simpson, & D. T. Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution
and social psychology (pp. 1-13).
New York: Psychology Press.
Norenzayan, A., Schaller, M., &
Heine, S. J. (2006). Evolution and
culture. In M. Schaller, J. A. Simpson,
& D. T. Kenrick (Eds.), Evolution and social psychology (p.
343-366). New York: Psychology Press.
2007 Maner, J.
K., DeWall, C. N., Baumeister, R. F., & Schaller, M. (2007). Does social exclusion motivate interpersonal
reconnection? Resolving the "porcupine problem." Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 92, 42-55.
Duncan, L. A., Park, J. H.,
Faulkner, J., Schaller, M., Neuberg, S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2007).
Adaptive allocation of attention: Effects of sex and sociosexulaity on visual
attention to attractive opposite-sex faces.
Evolution and Human Behavior, 28, 359-364.
Ackerman, J. M., Kenrick, D. T.,
& Schaller, M. (2007). Is
friendship akin to kinship? Evolution
and Human Behavior, 28, 365-374.
Park, J. H., Schaller, M., &
Crandall, C. S. (2007). Pathogen-avoidance mechanisms and the
stigmatization of obese people. Evolution
and Human Behavior, 28, 410-414.
Faulkner, J., & Schaller, M.
(2007). Nepotistic nosiness: Inclusive
fitness and vigilance of kin members' romantic relationships. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28,
430-438.
Schaller, M. (2007). Is secure attachment the antidote to
everything that ails us? Psychological
Inquiry, 18, 191-193.
Conway, L. G., III, & Schaller,
M. (2007). How communication shapes
culture. In K. Fiedler (Ed.), Social
communication (pp. 107-127). New
York: Psychology Press.
Schaller, M. (2007). Turning garbage into gold: Evolutionary
universals and cross-cultural differences.
In S. W. Gangestad & J. A. Simpson (Eds.), The evolution of mind (pp 363-371). New York: Guilford Press.
Schaller, M., Park, J. H., &
Kenrick, D. T. (2007). Human evolution
and social cognition. In R. I. M.
Dunbar & L. Barrett (Eds.), Oxford handbook of evolutionary psychology
(491-504). Oxford UK: Oxford University
Press.
Schaller, M., & Duncan, L. A.
(2007). The behavioral immune system:
Its evolution and social psychological implications. In J. P. Forgas, M. G. Haselton, & W. von Hippel (Eds.), Evolution
and the social mind: Evolutionary psychology and social cognition (pp.
293-307). New York: Psychology Press.
2008 Van Vugt, M., & Schaller, M.
(2008). Evolutionary approaches to
group dynamics: An introduction. Group
Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 12, 1-6.
Fincher, C. L., Thornhill, R.,
Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (2008).
Pathogen prevalence predicts human cross-cultural variability in
individualism / collectivism. Proceedings
of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275, 1279-1285.
Schaller, M., & Murray, D. R.
(2008). Pathogens, personality, and
culture: Disease prevalence predicts worldwide variability in sociosexuality,
extraversion, and openness to experience.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 212-221.
Park, J. H., Schaller, M.,
& Van Vugt, M. (2008). Psychology of human kin recognition: heuristic cues,
erroneous inferences, and their implications.
Review of General Psychology, 12, 215-235.
Schaller, M., & Neuberg, S. L.
(2008). Intergroup prejudices and
intergroup conflicts. In C. Crawford & D. L. Krebs (Eds.), Foundations
of evolutionary psychology: Ideas, issues, and applications (pp.
399-412). Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Schaller, M. (2008). Evolutionary bases of first
impressions. In N. Ambady & J. J.
Skowronski (Eds.), First impressions (pp. 15-34). New York: Guilford Press.
2009 Duncan, L. A., Schaller, M., & Park,
J. H. (2009). Perceived vulnerability to
disease: Development and validation of a 15-item self-report instrument. Personality and Individual Differences,
47, 541-546.
Duncan, L. A., & Schaller, M.
(2009). Prejudicial attitudes toward
older adults may be exaggerated when people feel vulnerable to infectious
diseases: Evidence and implications. Analyses
of Social Issues and Public Policy, 9, 97-115.
2010 Murray, D.
R., & Schaller, M. (2010).
Historical prevalence of infectious diseases within 230 geopolitical
regions: A tool for investigating origins of culture. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 41, 99-108.
Schaller, M., Miller, G. E.,
Gervais, W. M., Yager, S., & Chen, E. (2010). Mere visual perception of other people's disease symptoms
facilitates a more aggressive immune response. Psychological Science, 21, 649-652.
Becker, D. V., Anderson, U. S.,
Neuberg, S. L., Maner, J. K., Shapiro, J. R., Ackerman, J. M., Schaller, M.,
& Kenrick, D. T. (2010). More
memory bang for the attentional buck: Self-protection goals enhance encoding efficiency
for potentially threatening males. Social
Psychology and Personality Science, 1, 182-189.
Thornhill, R., Fincher, C. L.,
Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (2010).
Zoonotic and non-zoonotic diseases in relation to human personality and
societal values: Support for the parasite-stress model. Evolutionary Psychology, 8, 151-169.
Kenrick, D. T., Neuberg, S. L.,
Griskevicius, V., Becker, D. V., & Schaller, M. (2010). Goal-driven cognition and functional
behavior: The fundamental-motives framework.
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 19, 63-67.
Kenrick, D. T., Griskevicius, V.,
Neuberg, S. L., & Schaller, M. (2010).
Renovating the pyramid of needs: Contemporary extensions built upon
ancient foundations. Perspectives on
Psychological Science, 5, 292-314.
Schaller,
M., Neuberg, S. L., Griskevicius, V., & Kenrick, D. T. (2010). Pyramid power: A reply to commentaries. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5,
63-67.
Hoben, A. D., Buunk, A. P., Fincher, C. L., Thornhill, R., &
Schaller, M. (2010). On the adaptive
origins and maladaptive consequences of human inbreeding: Parasite prevalence,
immune functioning, and consanguineous marriage. Evolutionary Psychology, 8, 658-676.
Neuberg, S. L., Kenrick, D.
T., & Schaller, M. (2010). Evolutionary
social psychology. In S. T. Fiske, D.
T. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (5th
Edition, Vol. 2, pp. 761-796). New
York: John Wiley & Sons.
Norenzayan, A., Schaller, M.,
& Heine, S. J. (2010). Evolution, culture,
and the human mind. In M. Schaller, A. Norenzayan, S. J. Heine, T. Yamagishi,
& T. Kameda (Eds.), Evolution, culture, and the human mind (pp.
1-5). New York: Psychology Press.
Schaller, M., & Murray, D. R. (2010). Infectious diseases and the evolution of
cross-cultural differences. In M.
Schaller, A. Norenzayan, S. J. Heine, T. Yamagishi, & T. Kameda (Eds.), Evolution,
culture, and the human mind (pp. 243-256).
New York: Psychology Press.
Becker, D. V., Anderson, U. S.,
Neuberg, S. L., Maner, J. K., Shapiro, J. R., Ackerman, J. M.,
Schaller, M., Conway, L. G., III,
& Peavy, K. M. (2010). Evolutionary
processes. In J. F. Dovidio, M.
Hewstone, P. Glick, & V. M. Esses (Eds.), Handbook of prejudice,
stereotyping, and discrimination (pp. 81-96). Thousand Oaks CA: Sage.
2011 and Forthcoming
Schaller, M. (in press). The behavioral immune system and the
psychology of human sociality. Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
Schaller, M., & Park, J. H. (2011).
The behavioral immune system (and why it matters). Current Directions in Psychological
Science, 20, 99-103.
Murray, D. R., Trudeau,
R., & Schaller, M. (2011). On the
origins of cultural differences in conformity: Four tests of the pathogen
prevalence hypothesis. Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 318-329.
Neuberg, S. L., Kenrick, D. T., & Schaller, M. (2011). Human threat management systems:
Self-protection and disease avoidance. Neuroscience
& Biobehavioral Reviews, 35, 1042-1051.
Schaller, M., Neuberg, S. L., &
Kenrick, D. T. (in press). Six degrees
of Bob Cialdini: And five principles of scientific influence. In D. T. Kenrick, N. Goldstein, & S. L.
Braver (Eds.), Six degrees of social influence: Science, application, and
the psychology of Robert Cialdini.
New York: Oxford University Press.
Schaller, M., & Murray. D. R.
(2011). Infectious disease and the
creation of culture. In M. Gelfand,
C.-y. Chiu, & Y.-y. Hong (Eds.), Advances in culture and psychology
(Vol. 1, pp. 99-151). New York: Oxford
University Press.
Other Publications:
1988 Schaller, M. (1988). A subjective assessment of the oral doctoral
defense process in psychology: I don't
feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth (by Holden Caulfield). Journal
of Polymorphous Perversity, 5, 3‑5.
Reprinted (1989) in: G. C. Ellenbogen (Ed.), The primal
whimper. New York: Guilford Press.
1995 Schaller, M. (1995). Love and friendship, swallows and the sound
of rain. Textual Studies in Canada,
6, 9-10.
1998 Schaller, M. (1998). Book review of Stereotype accuracy: Toward appreciating group differences. Political Psychology, 19, 652-655.
2002 Schaller, M. (2002). The Mission Mountains. In M. Aleksiuk & T. Nelson (Eds.), Landscapes
of the heart: Narratives of place
(pp. 25-44). Edmonton: NeWest Press.
Schaller, M. (2002). Prizing theoretical innovation: An editorial. Dialogue (The Official Newsletter of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology), 17, 7.
Crandall, C. S., & Schaller, M.
(2002). Scientists' response to
innovative research: An empirical
demonstration. Dialogue (The
Official Newsletter of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology),
17(2), 10-11,15.
2009 Park, J. H., & Schaller, M.
(2009). Parasites, minds and cultures. The Psychologist, 22, 942-945.
Conference Presentations (Posters, Symposia, and Invited Talks):
1986 Schaller, M., & Cialdini, R. B.
(1986). The empathy‑altruism
effect: A case for negative‑state
relief. Annual Convention of the
American Psychological Association. Washington DC, USA. (Poster)
1987 Schaller, M., & Maass, A.
(1987). The effects of own group
membership on illusory correlations.
Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society. Oxford, U.K. (Invited Talk).
1988 Schaller, M., & Maass, A.
(1988). Polarized appraisals of
blacks: Cognitive and motivational
processes. Annual Convention of the
Western Psychological Association. San
Francisco CA, USA. (Poster)
Pillow, D. R., Reich, J. W.,
Dougherty, R., & Schaller, M. (1988).
Depression, social comparison, and failure to utilize discounting
cues: An attributional analysis. Annual Convention of the Western
Psychological Association. San Francisco CA, USA. (Poster)
Schaller, M., & Pillow, D. R.
(1988). Contextual effects in the
perception of life events. Annual
Convention of the American Psychological Association. Atlanta GA, USA. (Poster)
Eisenberg, N., Schaller, M., Fabes,
R. A., Bustamante, D., Mathy, R., Shell, R., & Rhodes, K. (1988). Sympathy and personal distress: Verbal, facial, and physiological correlates. Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Association. Atlanta GA,
USA. (Poster)
1989 Schaller, M. (1989). Intuitive analysis of covariance. Third Annual Metroplex Miniconference on
Social Psychology. Dallas TX, USA. (Invited Talk)
1990 Schaller, M. (1990). Group‑based biases in complex
social inference. Third
International Conference on Stereotypes and Intergroup Relations. Kill Devil Hills, NC, USA. (Invited Talk)
Schaller, M. (1990). Retrospective influence of social
categorization on group stereotype formation. Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Boston MA, USA. (Poster)
1991 Schaller, M. (1991). Statistical reasoning and stereotyping.
Social Psychology in Texas
Conference. Austin TX, USA. (Invited Talk)
1992 Schaller, M. (1992). The prejudiced personality revisited. Fifth International Conference on
Stereotypes and Intergroup Relations.
Highland Beach FL, USA. (Invited
Talk)
1993 Schaller, M. & Mohr, A. (1993). Can self-categorization save the planet? Invitational Conference on Self and Social
Identity. Highland Beach FL, USA. (Invited Talk)
Schaller, M. (1993). Statistical thinking in the formation and
prevention of group stereotypes. Annual Meeting of the Society of
Experimental Social Psychology. Santa
Barbara CA, USA. (Symposium on "Stereotypes in Operation"; Ziva
Kunda, Chair)
Asp, C. A., Ceynar, M. L., &
Schaller, M. (1993). The effects of
statistical training on group perception.
Annual Convention of the Western Psychological Association and Rocky
Mountain Psychological Association.
Phoenix AZ, USA. (Poster)
1994 Schaller, M. (1994). Cultural representation of
stereotypes: Stereotypes as species and
as commodities. Sixth International
Conference on Stereotypes and Intergroup Relations. Highland Beach FL, USA.
(Invited talk)
1995 Schaller, M. (1995). Fame. Invitational Conference on Self and Social Identity. Highland Beach FL, USA. (Invited Talk)
Schaller, M. (1995). Need for structure and the evolution of
group stereotypes. Joint Meeting of
the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology and the Society of
Experimental Social Psychology.
Washington DC, USA. (Symposium
on "Need for Cognitive Closure and Social Behaviour"; Lucia Mannetti,
Chair)
Asp, C. H., & Schaller, M.
(1995). The effects of personal need
for structure on changing prejudicial attitudes. Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. Boulder CO, USA. (Poster)
Ceynar, M. L., & Schaller, M.
(1995). Implications of descriptive
and evaluative social labels. Annual Convention of the Rocky Mountain
Psychological Association. Boulder CO,
USA. (Poster)
1996 Murphy-Southwick, C., Hill, F. A., &
Schaller, M. (1996). Gender
moderates the effect of stress on blood cortisol levels. Annual Convention of the Western
Psychological Association. San Jose CA,
USA. (Poster)
Murphy-Southwick, C., Hill, F. A.,
& Schaller, M. (1996). Individual
differences in health outcomes: The effects of state and action orientation. Annual Convention of the Western
Psychological Association. San Jose CA,
USA. (Poster)
Asp, C. H., Taylor, L., &
Schaller, M. (1996). How do children
form stereotypes: Exploring the role of
statistical reasoning. Annual
Convention of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. Park City UT, USA. (Poster)
1997 Schaller, M. (1997). Discussant remarks. Society for Personality and Social
Psychology Pre-Conference to the Meeting of the American Psychological
Society. Washington, DC. (Symposium on "Motivated
Reasoning"; Mark P. Zanna, Chair)
Asp, C. H., Hill, F. A., &
Schaller, M. (1997). Understanding
the relationship between affect and attitudes with differing heritability
estimates. Annual Convention of the
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association.
Reno NV, USA. (Poster)
Conway, L. G., III, & Schaller,
M. (1997). Communication goals
influence the content of consensually-shared stereotypes. Annual Convention of the Western
Psychological Association. Seattle WA,
USA. (Poster)
1998 Schaller, M. (1998). From cognition to culture: The origins of stereotypes that really
matter. Future Directions in Social
Cognition Conference. Princeton
University; Princeton NJ, USA. (Invited
Talk)
Schaller, M. (1998). Social-evolutionary origins of group
stereotypes. Annual Convention of
the American Psychological Society, Washington DC, USA. (Symposium on "Psychological
Foundations of Culture"; Mark Schaller, Chair)
Schaller, M. (1998). The effects of individual goals on the
contents of culture. Invitational
Conference on Groups, Networks, and Organizations. Highland Beach FL, USA.
(Invited Talk)
Schaller, M. (1998). Intergroup vigilance theory. Duck Conference on Social Cognition. Duck NC, USA. (Invited Talk)
Schaller, M. (1998). Intergroup vigilance theory: Impact of evolutionary environments on
prejudice and person memory.
Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Lexington KY, USA. (Symposium on "Evolutionary Social
Cognition"; Mark Schaller and Douglas Kenrick, Chairs)
Conway, L. G., III, & Schaller,
M. (1998). The power of abstract
communication in influencing stereotype formation. Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Association. San
Francisco CA, USA. (Poster)
Conway, L. G., III, & Schaller,
M. (1998). Indirect influence of
impression management goals on stereotype formation. Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Association. San
Francisco CA, USA. (Poster)
1999 Schaller, M., & Crandall, C. S.
(1999). Individual goals, collective
norms, and scientific knowledge.
Invitational Conference on Stereotypes and Other Socially Transmitted
Attitudes. Highland Beach FL, USA.
(Invited Talk)
Crandall, C. S., & Schaller, M.
(1999). Individual reviewer behavior
and the social nature of scientific progress. Invitational Conference on Stereotypes and Other Socially
Transmitted Attitudes. Highland Beach
FL, USA. (Invited Talk)
Schaller, M. (1999). Intergroup vigilance theory: Implications for prejudice and
discrimination. Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association. Boston MA, USA. (Invited Talk)
Schaller, M., & Conway, L. G.,
III (1999). Communication and the
accidental construction of consensually-shared stereotypes. Society of Experimental Social Psychology,
St. Louis MO, USA. (Symposium on
"Stereotypes as Consensually-Shared Structures: Insights and Implications"; Charles Stangor and Mark
Schaller, Chairs)
2000 Schaller, M. (2000). Unintended influence: Social-evolutionary processes in the
construction and change of culturally-shared beliefs. Sydney Symposium on Social Psychology. Sydney, Australia. (Invited Talk)
Schaller, M. (2000). Ancestral environments and motivated
social perception: Goal-like blasts
like the evolutionary past. Ontario
Symposium: Motivated Social
Perception. Waterloo, Ontario. (Invited
Talk)
Schaller, M., & Neuberg, S. L.
(2000). How social psychologists’ minds work: Implications for evolutionary inquiries. Human Behavior and Evolution Society. Amherst, MA, USA. (Symposium on "Providing Evidence for Psychological
Mechanisms"; Jeff Simpson, Chair)
Suedfeld, P., & Schaller, M.
(2000). The role of authoritarianism
in actions during the Holocaust.
International Society of Political Psychology. Seattle WA, USA.
(Symposium on "Authoritarianism"; Ted Sturman, Chair)
2002 Park, J. H., & Schaller, M.
(2002). Effects of ambient darkness
and beliefs about danger on activation of implicit racial stereotypes. Annual meeting of the Society of Personality
and Social Psychology. Savannah GA,
USA. (Poster)
Schaller, M., Park, J. H., Duncan,
L. A., Kelly, C., & Dhanoa, G. (2002).
Fear of contagion and its effects on ethnic prejudice. Annual meeting of the Society of Personality
and Social Psychology. Savannah GA, USA.
(Poster)
Faulkner, J., Park, J. H., &
Schaller, M. (2002). Perceived
vulnerability to disease predicts prejudice against culturally unfamiliar
peoples. Annual meeting of the
Human Behavior and Evolution Society.
New Brunswick NJ, USA. (Poster)
Park, J. H., Faulkner, J., Duncan,
L. A., Messmer, R., & Schaller, M. (2002).
Disease-avoidance and prejudice against people with disabilities. Annual meeting of the Human Behavior and
Evolution Society. New Brunswick NJ,
USA. (Poster)
Schaller, M., & Neuberg, S. L.
(2002). An evolutionary threat-based
perspective on stigma. General Meeting of the European Association of
Experimental Social Psychology. San
Sebastian, Spain. (Symposium on
“Towards Understanding the Process of Stigmatization: New Developments in
Theory and Research”; Arjan Box, John Pryor, & Anton Djiker, Chairs).
Kenrick, D. T., Maner, J., &
Schaller, M. (2002). Dynamical
evolutionary psychology. Society of
Experimental Social Psychology.
Columbus OH, USA. (Symposium on
“Approaches to Micro-Macro Dynamics in Social Psychology”; Yoshihisa Kashima,
Chair).
2003 Leighton, D., Pirani, Z., Hoffmann,
K., & Schaller, M. (2003). Individuals’
belief in a dangerous world moderates the impact of group outcomes on group
impressions. Annual meeting of
the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Los Angeles CA, USA.
(Poster)
Faulkner, J., Schaller, M., &
Park, J. H. (2003). Contagious disease
threats and avoidance of foreigners.
Annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. Lincoln NB, USA. (Poster)
Schaller, M. (2003). Stereotypes are like viruses: Causes and consequences of communicability.
Small Group Meeting on “Communication-based Approaches to Stereotype Research”
(Klaus Fiedler and Yoshihisa Kashima, organizers). Heidelberg, Germany.
(Invited talk)
Schaller, M., Park, J. H., Faulkner,
J., Neuberg, S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2003). How impressions of danger influence impressions of
people: An evolutionary perspective on individual and collective cognition. Small Group Meeting on “Social
Cognition: Evolutionary and Cultural
Perspectives” (Joe Forgas, Janos Laszlo, and Csaba Pleh, organizers). Budapest, Hungary. (Invited talk)
Schaller, M., & Kenrick, D. T.
(2003). Evolution, cognition,
communication, culture. Symposium on “Evolutionary Approaches to
Social Norms” (Tatsuya Kameda and Toshio Yamagishi, organizers). Sapporo,
Japan. (Invited talk)
2004 Schaller, M. (2004). Impact of disease-avoidance mechanisms on
prejudice. Evolutionary Psychology
Pre-Conference, Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social
Psychology. Austin TX, USA. (Invited
talk)
Park, J. H., Schaller, M., Crandall,
C. S., & Faulkner, J. (2004). Disease-avoidance
mechanisms and anti-fat attitudes. Evolutionary Psychology Pre-Conference,
Annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Austin TX, USA. (Poster)
Schaller, M. (2004). The
epidemiology of stereotypes and other ideas: Causes and consequences of
communicability. Conference on
Selection in the Marketplace of Ideas.
Durham NC, USA. (Invited talk)
Schaller, M. (2004). Parasites and prejudices. Conference on Adaptations, Environments, and
Behavior (Third Annual Conference on Cognitive Science). Ottawa, Ontario. (Invited talk)
2005 Duncan, L. A., & Schaller, M.
(2005). Facial disfigurement
activates disease concepts despite conflicting knowledge. Annual Meeting of
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. New Orelans LA, USA. (Poster)
Faulkner, J., & Schaller, M.
(2005). Effects of chronic and
temporary social exclusion on interpersonal perception. Annual Meeting of
the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. New Orelans LA, USA.
(Poster)
Park, J. H., & Schaller, M.
(2005). Attitude similarity can
serve as a kinship cue. Annual
Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. New Orelans LA, USA. (Poster)
Neuberg, S. L., & Schaller, M.
(2005). The nature in prejudice(s). Conference on "Looking Toward the
Future: Discrimination and Prejudice in the 21st Century." Madison WI, USA. (Invited talk)
2006 Duncan, L. A., Park, J. H., Faulkner,
J., Schaller, M., Neuberg, S. L., & Kenrick, D. T. (2006). Sociosexual
orientation and visual attention to attractive men and women. Annual
Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Palm Springs CA, USA. (Poster)
Schaller, M., & Park, J. H.
(2006). The evolved psychology of
kin recognition and why it matters.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology. Palm Springs CA, USA. (Symposium on “Motivation, Cognition, and
Social Domains: New Theory and Research in Evolutionary Social Psychology”;
Douglas Kenrick, Chair)
Schaller, M., & Duncan, L. A.
(2006). The behavioral immune
system: Its evolution and social psychological implications. Conference on “The Evolution of the Social
Mind" (Joseph Forgas, Martie Haselton, & William von Hippel,
organizers) Sydney, Australia. (Invited
talk)
Faulkner, J., & Schaller, M.
(2006). Involvement in kin's
romantic relationships: An evolutionary analysis. Annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. Philadelphia PA, USA. (Poster)
Shariff, A., Kozak, R., &
Schaller, M. (2006). Why it hurts,
and when and how: The evolution and psychology of pain. Annual meeting of the Human Behavior and
Evolution Society. Philadelphia PA,
USA. (Poster)
Schaller, M. (2006). Enduring threats, adaptive responses, and
the psychology of intergroup relations.
Small Group Meeting on "Evolution and Group Processes" (Mark
Van Vugt and Mark Schaller, organizers).
Canterbury, UK. (Invited talk)
2007 Duncan, L. A., & Schaller, M. (2007).
Evolved disease-avoidance processes and implicit antipathy toward the
elderly. Evolutionary Psychology Pre-Conference, Annual Meeting of the
Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Memphis TN, USA. (Poster)
Schaller, M. (2007). Evolution, cognition, context, and
culture (and the opposite of everything you thought was true). Annual Meeting of the Society for
Personality and Social Psychology. Memphis TN, USA. (Symposium on “Emerging Themes, Issues, and Controversies in the
Evolutionary Sciences”; Jeff Simpson, Chair)
Park, J.
H., Visser, R., & Schaller, M. (2007). Pathogen salience amplifies
incest-avoidance responses. Annual
Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society. Williamsburg VA, USA.
(Poster)
2008 Duncan, L. A., & Schaller, M.
(2008). Is extreme thinness an especially
strong signal of infectious disease?
Evolutionary Psychology Pre-Conference, Annual Meeting of the Society of
Personality and Social Psychology. Alburquerque, NM, USA. (Poster)
Gervais, W., & Schaller, M.
(2008). Reasoning about disease. Evolutionary Psychology Pre-Conference,
Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology.
Alburquerque, NM, USA. (Poster)
Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M.
(2008). Pathogens, personality, and
culture: Disease prevalence predicts worldwide variability in sociosexuality,
extraversion, and openness to experience.
Evolutionary Psychology Pre-Conference, Annual Meeting of the Society of
Personality and Social Psychology. Alburquerque, NM, USA. (Poster)
Schaller, M. (2008). The problems with an evolutionary
approach to prejudice. Annual
Meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology. Sacramento CA,
USA. (Symposium on “Evolutionary Bases
of Prejudice"; Steven Neuberg, Chair)
2009 Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M.
(2009). Pathogen prevalence predicts
cross-cultural differences in conformity.
Evolutionary Psychology Pre-Conference, Annual Meeting of the Society of
Personality and Social Psychology. Tampa, FL, USA. (Poster)
2010 Murray, D. R., Jones, D. N., &
Schaller, M. (2010). Chronic germ aversion and temporary disease salience
predict more restrictive sociosexual orientation. Evolutionary Psychology Pre-Conference, Annual Meeting
of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Las Vegas, NV, USA.
(Poster)
Gervais,
W. M., Schaller, M., Chen, E., Miller, G., & Yager, S. (2010). Mere
visual perception of others' disease symptoms facilitates a more
aggressive immune response. Annual Meeting of the Human Behavior and
Evolution Society. Eugene OR, USA.
Murray, D.
R., & Schaller, M. (2010). Disease prevalence and conformity. Annual
Meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolutionary Society. Eugene OR, USA.
2011 Schaller, M. (2011). The behavioral immune system. Social, Personality, and Health Psychology
Preconference. Annual Meeting of the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
San Antonio TX, USA. (Invited
talk)
Colloquia and Other Invited Research Presentations:
1992 Schaller, M. (November 1992) Statistics
and stereotypes. Department of
Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, USA.
1993 Schaller, M. (April 1993). Statistical thinking and group stereotype
formation. Department of
Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT, USA.
1994 Schaller, M. (October 1994). Statistical reasoning in stereotypes. Department of Psychology, University of
California, Davis CA, USA.
Schaller, M. (November
1994). The psychology of fame: The celebrity, self-consciousness, and
self-destruction of Cole Porter and John Cheever. Department of Psychology, University College of the Cariboo,
Kamloops, BC.
1995 Schaller, M. (May 1995). The psychological consequences of fame. Department of Psychology, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver BC.
1996 Schaller, M. (March 1996). The psychology of fame. Psi Chi, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS,
USA.
Schaller, M. (March 1996). Cognition, communication, and the
evolution of shared beliefs.
Department of Psychology, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS, USA.
1997 Schaller, M. (January 1997). Motivation, communication, and the
evolution of socially-shared beliefs.
Department of psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.
Schaller, M. (February 1997). Why are people so predictably wrong in
their perceptions of groups?
Evolutionary origins of psychological causes. Department of Psychology, University of
Montana, Missoula MT, USA.
1998 Schaller, M. (February 1998). From cognition to culture: The social-evolutionary bases of group
stereotypes. Department of
Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, USA.
1999 Schaller, M. (October 1999). Dangers in the past and prejudices in the
present: Some implications of
intergroup vigilance theory.
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park MD, USA.
Schaller, M. (November 1999). The dangers of group membership: Implications of intergroup vigilance theory. Department of Psychology, Western Washington
University, Bellingham WA, USA.
2001 Schaller, M. (September 2001). Fear, disgust, prejudice, and immigration. Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies,
Vancouver BC.
2002 Schaller, M. (April 2002). Danger, disease, and prejudice. Solomon Asch Center for the Study of
Ethnopolitical Conflict.
2003 Schaller, M. (January 2003). Fear and ethnic prejudice. Department of Philosophy and Psychology,
University of Peradeniya. Peradeniya,
Sri Lanka.
Schaller, M. (November 2003).
Evolutionary influences on contemporary prejudices. Department of
Anthropology, Washington State University.
Pullman WA, USA.
2004 Schaller, M. (March, 2004). Parasites and prejudice: Implications of an evolutionary approach to
social cognition. Keynote Address,
Royce Conference, University of Alberta.
Edmonton, Alberta.
Schaller, M.
(April 2004). Parasites and
prejudices. Department of
Psychology, University of Kansas,
Lawrence KS, USA.
2007 Schaller, M. (June 2007). Infectious Disease and the Creation of
Culture. Keynote Address,
PsychFest, Western Washington University.
Bellingham WA, USA.
Schaller, M. (September
2007). Infectious Disease, Adaptive
Cognition, and the Creation of Culture. Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen,
Netherlands.
2008 Schaller, M. (January 2008). Infectious Disease, Adaptive Cognition,
and the Creation of Culture. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM,
USA.
Schaller, M. (March 2008). Infectious Disease, Adaptive Cognition,
and the Creation of Culture. Department
of Psychology, University of Victoria, BC.
Schaller, M. (May 2008). Infectious Disease, Adaptive Cognition,
and the Creation of Culture. Department of Psychology, University of
Washington, Seattle WA, USA.
Schaller, M. (September
2008). Infectious Disease, Adaptive
Cognition, and the Creation of Culture.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
2009 Schaller, M. (May 2009). The Behavioral Immune System:
Implications for Social Interaction. Faculté des Hautes Etudes Commerciale,
University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Schaller, M. (May 2009). Infectious
Disease, Adaptive Behaviors, and Human Cultures. Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne,
Lausanne, Switzerland.
Schaller, M. (May 2009). Infectious Disease, Adaptive Cognition,
and the Creation of Culture. Institute of Work and Organizational
Psychology, University of Neuchatel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Schaller, M. (October 2009). Infectious Disease, Adaptive Cognition,
and the Creation of Culture. Department of Psychology, Arizona State
University, Tempe AZ, USA.
Schaller, M. (November
2009). Evolution, Motivation, and
Social Cognition: The 'Old Look.' Department of Psychology, Cornell
University, Ithaca NY, USA.
Schaller, M. (November
2009). Infectious Disease, Adaptive
Cognition, and the Creation of Culture. Department of Psychology, Cornell
University, Ithaca NY, USA.
2010 Schaller, M. (November 2010). The Behavioral Immune System (And
Why it Matters). Department of
Psychology. University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill NC, USA.
Schaller,
M. (November 2010). Behavior,
Disease, and Humans. Department of
Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, USA.
Schaller,
M. (November 2010). New Look 4: The
'Old Look.' Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
TN, USA.
Schaller,
M. (November 2010). The Behavioral Immune System (And Why it Matters). Department of Psychology, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville TN, USA.
Honors and Awards:
Undergraduate
Research Award, Sigma Xi, 1983.
Regents
Graduate Academic Scholarship, Arizona State University, 1984‑1985.
Regents
Graduate Academic Scholarship, Arizona State University, 1988‑1989.
Early
Career Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, 2000-2001.
Robert
Knox Master Teacher Award, Dept. of Psychology, University of British Columbia,
2002.
Killam
Research Prize, University of British Columbia, 2007
Fellow,
Association for Psychological Science, since 2007
Fellow,
Society of Experimental Social Psychology, since 2009
Fellow,
American Psychological Association, since 2010
Fellow,
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, since 2010
Research Grants – External
"Effects of Motivation and
Ability on Statistical Reasoning and Stereotyping" (Principal
Investigator). Montanans On a New Trac
for Science (MONTS; Montana's NSF EPSCoR Program). July 1, 1992 - June 30, 1993.
$14,723.
"Statistical Reasoning and
Stereotype Prevention" (Principal Investigator). Montanans On a New Trac for Science (MONTS; Montana's NSF EPSCoR
Program). July 1, 1994 - June 30,
1995. $28,000.
"Individual Goals, Interpersonal
Communication, and Stereotype Formation" (Principal Investigator). Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council. April 1, 1998 - March 31,
2001. $63,522.
"Perceived Vulnerabilities and
Prejudices" (Principal Investigator).
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. April 1, 2001 - March 31, 2005. $77,600.
“Fundamental Goals and Social
Perception” (Co-Principal Investigator).
National Institutes of Health.
July 1, 2002 – June 30, 2005. Direct
costs: $475,000.
"Disease Cues and Person
Perception" (Principal Investigator).
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. April 1, 2005 - March 31, 2008. $89,600.
"The Threat of Disease and its
Socio-Cultural Consequences" (Principal Investigator). Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council. April 1, 2008 - March 31,
2011. $88,282.
Research Grants – Internal
"Amplified Responses to the
Stigmatized" (Co‑principal Investigator). Arizona State University, Graduate College Research Associateship
Award. August 1988 ‑ July
1989. $10,900.
"Statistical Reasoning in
Social Inference" (Principal Investigator). University of Texas at
Arlington, Research Enhancement Program.
January 1990 ‑ August 1990.
$4623.
"Statistical Training as a
Means of Inhibiting Group Stereotype Formation" (Principal
Investigator). University of Montana,
University Grant Program. July 1, 1992
- June 30, 1993. $2000.
"Self-regulation of
emotion" (Principal Investigator).
University of Montana, University Grant Program. July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1994. $1084.
"Motivation, Communication, and
Stereotype Formation" (Principal Investigator). UBC-HSS Hampton Research Grants Program. January 1, 1997 - June 30, 1997. $1700.
"Evolution of Stereotyping
Processes" (Principal Investigator).
UBC-HSS Hampton Research Grants Program. September 1, 1997 - April 30, 1998. $1434.
"Intergroup Vigilance
Theory: Evolutionary Approach to
Intergroup Cognition" (Principal Investigator). UBC Hampton Research Fund.
April 1, 1998 - March 31, 1999. $15,000.
"Disease Avoidance:
Evolutionary Origins and Social Implications" (Principal
Investigator). UBC Hampton Research
Fund. May 1, 2005 - April 30, 2007. $21,400.
Other
Competitive Grants:
Instructional Development
Award. University of Montana, Faculty
Development Committee (Instructional Development Program). December, 1991. $1140.
Visiting Scholar Award. University of Montana, Faculty Development
Committee (Visiting Scholar Program).
December, 1992. $1100.
International Travel Grant. UBC-HSS.
June 2002. $2800.
Professional
Memberships:
American
Psychological Association (Fellow)
Association
for Psychological Science (Fellow)
Evolution
and Human Behavior Society
Society
for Personality and Social Psychology (Fellow)
Society of
Experimental Social Psychology (Fellow)
Professional Service:
Grant Review Panels:
Montanans On a New Trac for Science
(USA NSF EPSCoR Program), 1993.
National Institute of Mental Health
(USA), 1999 - 2000.
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
(USA), 2008.
Ad Hoc Grant Review:
Social Science and Humanities Research
Council (Canada)
Economic and Social Research Council
(U.K.)
National Science Foundation (Switzerland)
National Science Foundation (USA)
Editorships:
Co-editor,
Group Dynamics, special issue on "Evolutionary Perspectives on
Group Dynamics"
(2008).
Editorial Boards:
European
Journal of Social Psychology (1991 - 1994)
Canadian
Journal of Behavioural Science (1998 - 2000)
Group
Processes and Intergroup Relations (1997 - 2002)
Basic
and Applied Social Psychology (1997 - 2002; 2005 - 2008)
Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin (1994 - 1998, 2005 - )
Psychological
Bulletin (2008 - 2010)
Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology (1995 - )
Evolutionary
Psychology (2006 - )
Social
and Personality Psychology Compass (2007 - )
Ad Hoc Action Editor:
European
Journal of Social Psychology
Basic
and Applied Social Psychology
Ad Hoc Manuscript Review:
Advances in Experimental Social
Psychology, American Psychologist, Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Basic
and Applied Social Psychology, British Journal of Psychology, British Journal
of Social Psychology, Cahiers de
Psychologie Cognitive, Canadian Journal of Behavioural
Science, Child Development, Cognition and Emotion, Emotion, European Journal of
Personality, European Journal of Social Psychology, Evolution and Human
Behavior, Group Dynamics, Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, Human
Nature, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Cross-Cultural
Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Personality,
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Research in
Personality, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews,
Perspectives on Psychological Science, Personality and Individual Differences,
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Personality and Social Psychology
Review, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Proceedings of the
Royal Society B, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Inquiry, Psychological
Methods, Psychological Reports, Psychological Review, Psychological Science,
Social Behavior and Personality, Social Cognition, Social and Personality
Psychology Compass, Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Advisory Boards:
Annual
Editions: Social Psychology
(1996 - 2000)
Advances
in Culture and Psychology, Oxford University Press (2008 - )
Textbook Consultant:
Holt, Rinehart, & Winston Inc.;
Houghton Mifflin Company; West Educational Publishing; Worth Publishing, Inc.; Brown & Benchmark Publishers;
Blackwell Publishers; Allyn & Bacon
Other Professional Service
and Activities:
Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Student Travel Award Committee, 1995
Co-Chair for Division 8 (Division of
Social and Personality Psychology) program at the Convention of the American
Psychological Association, 1996.
Organizer and Chair of Invited
Symposium on "Psychological Foundations of Culture", Convention of
the American Psychological Society, 1998.
Organizer and Co-Chair of symposium,
"Evolutionary Social Cognition" presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 1998.
Organizer and Co-Chair of symposium,
"Stereotypes as Consensually-Shared Structures: Insights and Implications" presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 1999.
Co-organizer of conference on
"The Social Psychology of Prejudice:
Past and Future Trends," sponsored by the U.S. National Science
Foundation. August 2000. Seattle, Washington.
Co-organizer of conference on
"Evolution and Group Processes," sponsored by the European
Association of Experiment Social Psychology and the British Academy. July 2006.
Canterbury, UK.
Initiator and sponsor of Theoretical
Innovation Prize, awarded annually by the Society for Personality and Social
Psychology; 2001 and ongoing.
Teaching Interests and
Experience:
General Domains:
Social Psychology
Personality Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychological Research Methods
Undergraduate Courses:
Introductory Psychology
Research Methods and Design
Introductory Statistics
Advanced Research Methods
Social Psychology
Personality Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Globalization and Social Interaction
Applied Social Psychology
Graduate Courses and Seminars:
Research Methods
Statistical Methods
Advanced Social Psychology
Advanced Personality Psychology
Social Cognition
Affect and Social Behavior
The Motivated Self
Evolutionary Social Psychology
Additional Teaching Gigs of Some Substance:
Volunteer Instructor, Personality
Psychology. Department of Philosophy
and Psychology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. November 2002 – April
2003.
Invited Instructor, Graduate
workshop on "Social Psychological Processes in the Diffusion of Ideas."
Neuchatel, Switzerland. August 29 –
September 1, 2005.
Invited Instructor, Graduate summer
school course on "Threats, Prejudices, and Intergroup Conflict" (as
part of a summer school organized by the International Graduate College, University
of Jena, Germany). Menaggio,
Italy. April 18 – 25, 2006.