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Jon K. Maner is a researcher affiliated with Florida State University in the United States, specializing in psychology with a focus on social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. Their work encompasses 65 publications primarily in the field of psychology.

Their research centers on several core topics including evolutionary psychology and human behavior, social and intergroup psychology, cultural differences and values, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, obesity and health practices, attachment and relationship dynamics, and eating disorders and behaviors. These areas reflect a broad interest in understanding human behavior and social dynamics from both evolutionary and psychological perspectives.

Jon K. Maner has published multiple papers in high-profile venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

Some recent publications include:

  • "What factors underlie attitudes regarding protective mask use during the COVID-19 pandemic?" (2021) in Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Perceptions of childhood unpredictability, delay discounting, risk-taking, and adult externalizing behaviors: A life-history approach" (2022) in Development and Psychopathology
  • "Two Ways to Stay at the Top: Prestige and Dominance Are Both Viable Strategies for Gaining and Maintaining Social Rank Over Time" (2021) in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • "The behavioral ecology of moral dilemmas: Childhood unpredictability, but not harshness, predicts less deontological and utilitarian responding." (2021) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • "A qualitative analysis of people's experiences with weight-based discrimination" (2021) in Psychology and Health

Collaborations have been an important aspect of Jon K. Maner's research, frequently working with several scholars including Connor R. Hasty, Mary A. Gerend, Anastasia Makhanova, E. Ashby Plant, and Angelina R. Sutin.

Best Publications

  • Self-control relies on glucose as a limited energy source: willpower is more than a metaphor.

    Matthew T. Gailliot;Roy F. Baumeister;C. Nathan DeWall;Jon K. Maner

  • Does social exclusion motivate interpersonal reconnection? Resolving the "porcupine problem."

    Jon K. Maner;C. Nathan DeWall;Roy F. Baumeister;Mark Schaller

  • Evolutionary Social Psychology

    Douglas T. Kenrick;Jon K. Maner;Norman P. Li

  • The Good-Subject Effect: Investigating Participant Demand Characteristics

    Austin Lee Nichols;Jon K. Maner

  • Functional projection: how fundamental social motives can bias interpersonal perception.

    Jon K. Maner;Douglas T. Kenrick;D. Vaughn Becker;Theresa E. Robertson

  • Depletion Makes the Heart Grow Less Helpful: Helping as a Function of Self-Regulatory Energy and Genetic Relatedness

    C. Nathan DeWall;Roy F. Baumeister;Matthew T. Gailliot;Jon K. Maner

  • Anxiety sensitivity: Prospective prediction of panic attacks and Axis I pathology

    Norman B. Schmidt;Michael J. Zvolensky;Jon K. Maner

  • Social exclusion and early-stage interpersonal perception: Selective attention to signs of acceptance.

    C. Nathan DeWall;Jon K. Maner;D. Aaron Rouby

  • The confounded nature of angry men and happy women.

    D. Vaughn Becker;Douglas T. Kenrick;Steven L. Neuberg;K. C. Blackwell

  • The essential tension between leadership and power: When leaders sacrifice group goals for the sake of self-interest.

    Jon K. Maner;Nicole L. Mead

  • Sexually Selective Cognition: Beauty Captures the Mind of the Beholder

    Jon K. Maner;Douglas T. Kenrick;D. Vaughn Becker;Andrew W. Delton

  • Dispositional anxiety and risk-avoidant decision-making.

    Jon K. Maner;J. Anthony Richey;Kiara Cromer;Mike Mallott

  • The effects of perspective taking on motivations for helping: Still no evidence for altruism.

    Jon K. Maner;Carol L. Luce;Steven L. Neuberg;Robert B. Cialdini

  • They All Look the Same to Me (Unless They're Angry): From Out-Group Homogeneity to Out-Group Heterogeneity

    Joshua M. Ackerman;Jenessa R. Shapiro;Steven L. Neuberg;Douglas T. Kenrick

  • Can't take my eyes off you: Attentional adhesion to mates and rivals.

    Jon K. Maner;Matthew T. Gailliot;D. Aaron Rouby;Susan L. Miller

  • The role of risk avoidance in anxiety.

    Jon K. Maner;Norman B. Schmidt

  • Altruism and egoism: prosocial motivations for helping depend on relationship context

    Jon K. Maner;Matthew T. Gailliot

  • Scent of a Woman Men’s Testosterone Responses to Olfactory Ovulation Cues

    Saul L. Miller;Jon K. Maner

  • Does self-threat promote social connection? The role of self-esteem and contingencies of self-worth.

    Lora E. Park;Jon K. Maner

  • Automatic inattention to attractive alternatives: the evolved psychology of relationship maintenance

    Jon K. Maner;David Aaron Rouby;Gian C. Gonzaga

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas T. Kenrick
Douglas T. Kenrick Arizona State University
Joshua M. Ackerman
Joshua M. Ackerman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Norman B. Schmidt
Norman B. Schmidt Florida State University
Roy F. Baumeister
Roy F. Baumeister University of Queensland
C. Nathan DeWall
C. Nathan DeWall University of Kentucky
Steven L. Neuberg
Steven L. Neuberg Arizona State University
Mary A. Gerend
Mary A. Gerend Florida State University
E. Ashby Plant
E. Ashby Plant Florida State University
James K. McNulty
James K. McNulty Florida State University
Mark Schaller
Mark Schaller University of British Columbia

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