Attitudes; metacognition; self
My research examines attitudes and attitude change, with a particular emphasis on motivational and metacognitive processes. For example, line of research examines people’s desire to change their own attitudes, including when and why people may want different attitudes and the means they use to pursue this change. Another line of research examines the strength of people’s mental contents (attitudes and thoughts) to better understand when they will change and when they will guide relevant outcomes. Newer work seeks to understand how our attitudes affect and are affected by our interpersonal interactions.