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BOOK<\/span><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E. (ed.) (2011). \u00a0<\/span>The Social Psychology of Motivation<\/span><\/i>. Toronto: Oxford University Press. <\/span><\/p>\n ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS<\/span><\/p>\n Borthakur, D., Diep, P., & Plaks, J.E. (2025).\u00a0 Inequity aversion toward AI counterparts.\u00a0Scientific Reports<\/i>, 15, <\/i>37916.<\/i><\/p>\n Borthakur, D. Ahmed. H. & Plaks, J.E. (2025).\u00a0 Identifying proposers\u2019 behavioral patterns in human-AI economic interaction. Proceedings of the<\/i> IEEE International Conference on Future Machine Learning and Data Science.<\/i><\/p>\n Zanjanpour, D., Habib, N., Liu, H.T., & Plaks, J.E. (2025).\u00a0 Designing trustworthy autonomous systems:\u00a0 Integrating multi-dimensional trust measures for advanced air mobility. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine <\/i>Systems, <\/i>136-141.<\/i><\/p>\n Ayad, R. & Plaks, J.E. (2025).\u00a0 Attribution of intent and moral responsibility to AI agents. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 3,<\/i> 100107.<\/i><\/p>\n Xu, X. & Plaks, J.E. (2025).\u00a0 The 4D Model of American political conservatism:\u00a0 Disgust, disorder aversion, deontology, and (social) dominance.\u00a0 Review of General Psychology, <\/i>29, <\/i>85-96.<\/i><\/p>\n Staples, W. & Plaks, J.E. (2024).\u00a0 Observers\u2019 motivated sensitivity to stigmatized actors\u2019 intent.\u00a0 PLOS ONE, 19(9), <\/i>e0306119.<\/p>\n Zanjanpour, D., Kokate, S., Liu, H.T., & Plaks, J.E. (2024).\u00a0 Quantifying trust in human-robot interaction for advanced air mobility systems. \u00a0Proceedings of the<\/i> IEEE\u00a0<\/i>International Conference on Human-Machine Systems<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n Xu, X. & Plaks. J.E. (2023).\u00a0 Aspect-level personality characteristics of U.S. Presidential <\/span>candidate supporters in 2016 and 2020.\u00a0 Social Psychological and Personality Science, <\/i><\/span>14, <\/i>588\u2013598.<\/p>\n Xu, X., Burton, C., & Plaks, J.E. (2022). Three dimensions of American conservative political orientation differentially predict negativity bias and satisfaction with life. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, <\/i>1230-1245. Plaks, J.E., Bustos-Rodriguez, L. & Ayad, R. (2022).\u00a0 Identifying psychological features <\/span>of robots that encourage and discourage trust. <\/span>Computers in Human Behavior, 134, <\/span><\/i>107301<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Aberman, Y. & Plaks, J.E. (2022). When less is better: Messages that present dietary <\/span>carbon emissions data at the individual (vs. aggregate) level increase commitment to <\/span>sustainable beef consumption.\u00a0 <\/span>Appetite, 174, <\/span><\/i>105980.<\/span><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E, Robinson, J.S., & Forbes, R. (2022). Anger and sadness as moral signals. <\/span>Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13, <\/span><\/i>362-371.<\/span><\/p>\n Bergstrom, V.N.Z., Chasteen, A.L., & Plaks, J.E. (2022). To believe or not to believe: Stereotypes about agnostics.\u00a0 <\/span>Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. 14, <\/span><\/i>21\u201330.<\/span><\/p>\n Xu, X, Soto, C., & Plaks, J.E. (2021). Beyond Openness to Experience and Conscientiousness:\u00a0 Testing links between lower-level personality traits and American political orientation.\u00a0 Journal of Personality, 89,<\/i> 754-773.<\/span><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E., Lu, J., Zhao, M., Staples, W., & Robinson, J.S. (2021). Using conflict negativity to index psychological tension between impartiality and status-upholding principles. Social Neuroscience, 16, <\/i>500-512.<\/p>\n Marquet, M., Plaks, J.E., Balasubramaniam, L., Brunet, S., & Chasteen, A.L. (2021).\u00a0 Older adults\u2019 lay theories predict their willingness to engage in preventive health behaviors.\u00a0 <\/span>Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 93, <\/span><\/i>104291.<\/span><\/p>\n Xu, X., Burton, C., Plaks, J.E. (2021). Distinct types of conservative attitudes mediate the link between media preferences and presidential candidate endorsement. Media Psychology, 24, <\/i>190-213. Xu, X., Chapman, H., Karinen, M., Peterson, J.B., & Plaks, J.E. (2020). An orderly personality partially explains the link between trait disgust and political conservatism. Cognition and Emotion, 34, <\/i>302-315.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n Robinson, J.S., Xu, X. & Plaks, J.E. (2019). \u00a0Disgust and deontology: \u00a0Trait sensitivity to pathogens promotes a preference for clarity, hierarchy, and rule-based moral judgment. <\/span>Social Psychological and Personality Science,<\/span><\/i> 10, <\/em>3-14.<\/span><\/p>\n Joel, S., Plaks, J.E, & MacDonald, G. (2019). \u00a0Nothing ventured, nothing gained: \u00a0People anticipate and experience more regret from missed romantic opportunities than from rejection. \u00a0Journal of Social and Personal Relations,<\/i> 36, <\/em>305-336.<\/span><\/p>\n Zou, C., Plaks, J.E., & Peterson, J.B. (2019). \u00a0Don\u2019t get too excited: \u00a0Assessing individual differences in the down-regulation of positive emotions. \u00a0Journal of Personality Assessment, <\/i>101, <\/em>73-83. <\/span><\/p>\n Marquet, M., Chasteen, A., Plaks, J.E., & Balasubramaniam, L (2019). \u00a0Understanding the mechanisms underlying the effects of age stereotypes and discrimination on older adults\u2019 well-being. \u00a0Aging and Mental Health,\u00a0<\/i><\/span>66, <\/span><\/i>1666-1673<\/span>.<\/span><\/i> Sheldon, O., Plaks, J.E., Sridharan, V, & Shoda, Y. (2018). Strategic actors\u2019 in situ <\/i>impressions of systematically- versus unsystematically-variable counterparts. Social Cognition,\u00a036, <\/i>324-344.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n Robinson, J.S., Page-Gould, E, & Plaks, J.E. (2017). \u00a0I appreciate your effort: \u00a0Asymmetric effects of actors\u2019 exertion on observers\u2019 consequentialist versus deontological judgments. \u00a0Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 73, <\/i>50-64.<\/span><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E. (2017). \u00a0Implicit theories: \u00a0Assumptions that shape social and moral cognition. \u00a0<\/span>Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 56<\/span><\/i>, 259-310.<\/span><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E. & Robinson, J.S. (2017). \u00a0Proximal and distal intent: \u00a0Toward a new folk theory of intentional action. \u00a0Review of General Psychology, 21, <\/i>242-254.<\/i><\/p>\n Tullett, A. & Plaks, J.E. (2016). Testing the link between empathy and lay theories of happiness. <\/span>\u00a0Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, <\/span><\/i>1505-1521.<\/span><\/p>\n Xu, X., Plaks, J.E., & Peterson, J.B. (2016). \u00a0From dispositions to goals to ideology: \u00a0Toward a synthesis of personality and social psychological approaches to political orientation. \u00a0<\/span>Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 10, <\/span><\/i>267-280<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E., Fortune, J.L., Liang, L., & Robinson, J. (2016). \u00a0Effects of culture and gender on judgments of intent and responsibility. \u00a0<\/span>PLOS ONE, 11(4),<\/span><\/i> e0154467<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Xu, X. & Plaks, J.E. (2015). \u00a0The neural correlates of implicit theory violation. \u00a0<\/span>Social Neuroscience, 10, <\/span><\/i>431-447<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Robinson, J.S., Joel, S., & Plaks, J.E. (2015). \u00a0Empathy for the group versus indifference to the victim: \u00a0Effects of anxious and avoidant attachment on moral judgment. \u00a0<\/span>Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 56, <\/span><\/i>139-152<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E. & Robinson, J.S. (2015). \u00a0Construal level and free will beliefs shape perceptions of actors\u2019 proximal and distal intent. \u00a0<\/span>Frontiers in Personality and Social Psychology, 6:777.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Burton, C., Plaks, J.E., & Peterson, J.B. (2015). \u00a0Why do conservatives report being happier than liberals? The contribution of neuroticism. \u00a0<\/span>Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 3, <\/span><\/i>89-102<\/span>. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Kang, S., Plaks, J.E, \u00a0& Remedios, J. (2015). \u00a0Folk beliefs about genetic variation predict neural and behavioral withdrawal from biracial individuals. \u00a0<\/span>Frontiers in Personality and Social Psychology, 6<\/span><\/i>:357.<\/span><\/p>\n Laurin, K. & Plaks, J.E. (2014). \u00a0Religion and punishment: \u00a0Opposing influences of orthopraxy and orthodoxy on reactions to unintentional acts. \u00a0<\/span>Social Psychological and Personality Science, 5, <\/span><\/i>835-843.<\/span><\/p>\n Joel, S., Burton, C., & Plaks, J.E. (2014). \u00a0Conservatives anticipate and experience stronger emotional reactions to negative outcomes. \u00a0<\/span>Journal of Personality, 82, <\/span><\/i>32-43<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E. & Chasteen, A. (2013). \u00a0Entity versus incremental theories predict older adults\u2019 memory performance. \u00a0<\/span>Psychology and Aging, 28, <\/span><\/i>948-957.<\/span><\/p>\n Joel, S., MacDonald, G., & Plaks, J.E. (2013). \u00a0Romantic relationships conceptualized as a judgment and decision making domain. \u00a0<\/span>Current Directions in Psychological Science, 22, <\/span><\/i>461-465.<\/span><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E. & Halvorson, H.G. (2013). \u00a0Does accountability attenuate or amplify stereotyping? \u00a0The role of implicit theories. \u00a0<\/span>Social Cognition, 31,<\/span><\/i> 543-561.<\/span><\/p>\n Burton, C. & Plaks, J.E. (2013). \u00a0Lay theories of personality as cornerstones of meaning. \u00a0In K. Markman, T. Proulx, & M. Lindberg (eds.), <\/span>The Psychology of Meaning<\/span><\/i>, (pp. 115-133). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.<\/span><\/p>\n Joel, S., Macdonald, G., & Plaks, J.E. \u00a0(2012). \u00a0Attachment anxiety uniquely predicts interpersonal regret. \u00a0<\/span>Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3, <\/span><\/i>348-355<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E., Malahy, L.W., Sedlins, M. & Shoda, Y. \u00a0(2012). \u00a0Folk beliefs about human genetic variation predict discrete versus continuous race categorization and evaluative bias. \u00a0<\/span>Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3,<\/span><\/i> 31-39<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Remedios, J. D., Chasteen, A. L., Rule, N. O., Plaks, J.E. \u00a0(2011). \u00a0Evaluations at the intersection of ambiguous and obvious social categories: \u00a0Does Gay + Black = Likable? \u00a0<\/span>Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47,<\/span><\/i> 1312-1315.<\/span><\/p>\n Cesario, J., Plaks, J.E., Hagiwara, N. Navarrete, C.D., & Higgins, E.T. (2010). \u00a0The ecology of automaticity: \u00a0How situational contingencies shape action semantics and social behavior. \u00a0<\/span>Psychological Science, 21,<\/span><\/i> 1311-1317.<\/span><\/p>\n Malahy, L.W., Sedlins, M., Plaks, J.E., & \u00a0Shoda, Y. (2010). \u00a0Black, white, or shades of gray? Racial labeling of Barack Obama predicts implicit race perception. \u00a0<\/span>Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy, 10,<\/span><\/i> 207-222.<\/span><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E., McNichols, N.K., & Fortune, J<\/span>.<\/span><\/i>L. (2009). \u00a0Thoughts versus deeds: \u00a0Distal and proximal intent in lay judgments of moral responsibility. \u00a0<\/span>Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, <\/span><\/i>1687-1701<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Leach, F.R. & Plaks, J.E. \u00a0(2009). \u00a0Regret for errors of commission versus omission in the near-term and far-term: \u00a0The role of level of abstraction. \u00a0<\/span>Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35,<\/span><\/i> 221-229<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E., Levy, S.R., & Dweck, C.S. (2009). \u00a0Lay theories of personality: \u00a0Cornerstones of meaning in social cognition. \u00a0<\/span>Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 3,<\/span><\/i> 1069-1081.<\/span><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E & Stecher, K. (2007). \u00a0Unexpected improvement, decline, and stasis: \u00a0A prediction confidence perspective on achievement success and failure. \u00a0<\/span>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93,<\/span><\/i> 667-684. <\/span><\/p>\n Cesario, J., Plaks. J.E., & Higgins, E.T. \u00a0(2006). \u00a0Automatic social behavior as motivated preparation to interact. \u00a0<\/span>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90,<\/span><\/i> 893-910. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Molden, D.C., Plaks, J.E., & Dweck, C.S. \u00a0(2006). \u00a0\u201cMeaningful\u201d social inferences: \u00a0Effects of implicit theories on inferential processes.<\/span> \u00a0Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42,<\/span><\/i> 738-752.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E., Grant, H., & Dweck, C.S. (2005). \u00a0Violations of implicit theories and the sense of prediction and control: \u00a0Implications for motivated person perception. \u00a0<\/span>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88,<\/span><\/i> 245-262. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E., Levy, S.R., Dweck, C.S., & Stroessner, S. (2004). \u00a0In the eye of the beholder: \u00a0Lay theories and the perception of group variability, entitativity, and essence. \u00a0In V. Yzerbyt, O.Corneille, & C. Judd (Eds.), <\/span>The Psychology of Group Perception: Contributions to the Study of Homogeneity, Entitativity, and Essentialism<\/span><\/i>, (pp. 127-146), New York: \u00a0Psychology Press.<\/span><\/p>\n Plaks, J.E., Shafer, J.L., & Shoda, Y. (2003). \u00a0Perceiving individuals and groups as coherent: \u00a0How do perceivers make sense of variable behavior? \u00a0<\/span>Social Cognition<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>21,<\/span><\/i> 26-60.<\/span><\/p>\n Levy, S.R., Plaks, J.E., Hong, Y., Chiu, C., & Dweck, C.S. (2001). \u00a0Static vs. dynamic theories and the perception of groups: \u00a0Different routes to different destinations. \u00a0<\/span>
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