Search Results - "Jefferis, Valerie"

On the Outside Looking In: Loneliness and Social Monitoring by Gardner, Wendi L., Pickett, Cynthia L., Jefferis, Valerie, Knowles, Megan

“…The skill-deficit view of loneliness posits that unskilled social interactions block lonely individuals from social inclusion. The current studies examine…”
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The chameleon effect as social glue: Evidence for the evolutionary significance of nonconscious mimicry by Lakin, Jessica L, Jefferis, Valerie E, Cheng, Clara Michelle, Chartrand, Tanya L

“…The "chameleon effect" refers to the tendency to adopt the postures, gestures, and mannerisms of interaction partners (Chartrand & Bargh, 1999). This type of…”
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The influence of social groups on goal contagion by Loersch, Chris, Aarts, Henk, Keith Payne, B., Jefferis, Valerie E.

“…Goal contagion is the automatic adoption of a goal upon perceiving another’s goal-directed behavior (Aarts, H., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Hassin, R. R. (2004). Goal…”
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Increasing Social Engagement Among Lonely Individuals: The Role of Acceptance Cues and Promotion Motivations by Lucas, Gale M., Knowles, Megan L., Gardner, Wendi L., Molden, Daniel C., Jefferis, Valerie E.

“…Lonely individuals typically fear negative evaluation and engage in overly cautious social behaviors that perpetuate their social isolation. Recent research…”
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Accessibility as input: The use of construct accessibility as information to guide behavior by Jefferis, Valerie E., Fazio, Russell H.

“…Priming typically increases behavioral enactments of primed constructs. The current work explored a novel mechanism for the behavioral effects of priming,…”
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