Attitudes; metacognition; self
My research examines the factors that predict whether or not people's mental contents (i.e., thoughts, feelings, attitudes, beliefs) will have impact in guiding judgment and behavior. Some of this work examines different metacognitive aspects of the mental contents themselves, such as attitude certainty, ambivalence, or self-concept clarity that predict the impactfulness of those mental contents to which they refer. Other work examines general mindsets that can affect reliance on one's mental contents more generally, such as trait and state levels or confidence and mindfulness-related concepts like decentering.