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Brett W. Pelham is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with a particular focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Demography, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their academic work covers a range of topics including Social and Intergroup Psychology, Cultural Differences and Values, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Culture, Economy, and Development Studies, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, and Family Dynamics and Relationships.

The scientist has published in several venues, including:

  • Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Brett W. Pelham include:

  • "A truly global, non-WEIRD examination of collectivism: The Global Collectivism Index (GCI)" (2021, Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology)
  • "East-West beliefs challenged by North-South evidence about collectivism versus individualism" (2024, Journal of Environmental Psychology)
  • "The husband-older age gap in marriage is associated with selective fitness." (2021, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)
  • "Identity Selection and the Social Construction of Birthdays" (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)

Frequent collaborators in Brett W. Pelham's research include Curtis D. Hardin, Mitsuru Shimizu, Joseph A. Vandello, Damian R. Murray, and Evert Van de Vliert. These collaborations have contributed to multiple publications and cross-disciplinary studies.

Best Publications

  • On cognitive busyness: When person perceivers meet persons perceived.

    Daniel T. Gilbert;Brett W. Pelham;Douglas S. Krull

  • From self-conceptions to self-worth: on the sources and structure of global self-esteem.

    Brett W. Pelham;William B. Swann

  • Social inequality and the reduction of ideological dissonance on behalf of the system: evidence of enhanced system justification among the disadvantaged

    John T. Jost;Brett W. Pelham;Oliver Sheldon;Bilian Ni Sullivan

  • Agreeable fancy or disagreeable truth? Reconciling self-enhancement and self-verification.

    William B. Swann Jr.;Brett W. Pelham;Douglas S. Krull

  • Allure of negative feedback: self-verification strivings among depressed persons.

    William B. Swann;Richard M. Wenzlaff;Douglas S. Krull;Brett W. Pelham

  • Non-conscious forms of system justification: Implicit and behavioral preferences for higher status groups

    John T Jost;Brett W Pelham;Mauricio R Carvallo

  • Why Susie sells seashells by the seashore: implicit egotism and major life decisions.

    Brett W. Pelham;Matthew C. Mirenberg;John T. Jones

  • What lies beneath: Parenting style and implicit self-esteem.

    Tracy DeHart;Brett W. Pelham;Howard Tennen

  • Two Roads to Positive Regard: Implicit and Explicit Self-Evaluation and Culture

    John J. Hetts;Michiko Sakuma;Brett W. Pelham

  • How do I love thee? Let me count the Js: implicit egotism and interpersonal attraction.

    John T. Jones;Brett W. Pelham;Mauricio Carvallo;Matthew C. Mirenberg

  • Of Thoughts Unspoken Social Inference and the Self-Regulation of Behavior

    Daniel T. Gilbert;Douglas S. Krull;Brett W. Pelham

  • On confidence and consequence: the certainty and importance of self-knowledge.

    Brett W. Pelham

  • The Easy Path From Many To Much: the Numerosity Heuristic

    Brett W. Pelham;Tin Tin Sumarta;Laura Myaskovsky

  • Name letter preferences are not merely mere exposure: Implicit egotism as self-regulation.

    John T. Jones;John T. Jones;Brett W. Pelham;Brett W. Pelham;Matthew C. Mirenberg;Matthew C. Mirenberg;John J. Hetts;John J. Hetts

  • The waxing and waning of the social self: Assimilation and contrast in social comparison.

    Brett W. Pelham;Jeff Orson Wachsmuth

  • Who Wants Out When the Going Gets Good? Psychological Investment and Preference for Self-Verifying College Roommates

    William B. Swann;Brett Pelham

  • Change through paradox: using self-verification to alter beliefs.

    William B. Swann;Brett W. Pelham;Thomas R. Chidester

  • The effect of motivation of judgment depends on the difficulty of the judgment.

    Brett W. Pelham;Efrat Neter

  • Name letter branding : Valence transfers when product specific needs are active

    C. Miguel Brendl;Amitava Chattopadhyay;Brett W. Pelham;Mauricio Carvallo

  • Self-investment and self-esteem: Evidence for a Jamesian model of self-worth.

    Brett W. Pelham

Frequent Co-Authors

William B. Swann
William B. Swann The University of Texas at Austin
John T. Jost
John T. Jost New York University
Daniel T. Gilbert
Daniel T. Gilbert Harvard University
Sandra L. Murray
Sandra L. Murray University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Sander L. Koole
Sander L. Koole Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Howard Tennen
Howard Tennen University of Connecticut
Hart Blanton
Hart Blanton Texas A&M University
Edward E. Jones
Edward E. Jones Princeton University
Jennifer K. Bosson
Jennifer K. Bosson University of South Florida

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