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D-Index
98
Citations
49415
World Ranking
670
National Ranking
30

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize, Canada Council
  • 1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences
  • 1997 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • 1993 - CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science, Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
  • 1979 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Mark P. Zanna was affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada, where they contributed to the field of psychology through research and publications. Their work primarily spanned the areas of psychology with specific focus on developmental and educational psychology, social psychology, education, as well as public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's research covered key topics such as science education and perceptions, animal and plant science education, science education and pedagogy, and health and medical research impacts. These topics were reflected throughout their scholarly output.

Mark P. Zanna co-authored several papers with frequent collaborators including John M. Darley, Emily Cyr, Kathryn M. Kroeper, Hilary B. Bergsieker, and Tara C. Dennehy. This collaboration expanded their work's scope across different subfields of psychology and education.

Some of their recent papers included:

  • "Girls are good at STEM: Opening minds and providing evidence reduces boys' stereotyping of girls' STEM ability" (2023) published in Child Development
  • "The Hiring Process in Academia" (2021) published by Psychology Press eBooks

The scientist also contributed to book publications, notably with Psychology Press eBooks where they published a book titled "The Compleat Academic" in 2021, which has been cited within the academic community.

Frequent publication venues for their work were:

  • Child Development
  • Psychology Press eBooks

Mark P. Zanna received several awards recognizing their contributions to psychology and academia. These included the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Prize from the Canada Council in 2011, fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada's Academy of Social Sciences in 1999, the Donald T. Campbell Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in 1997, the CPA Donald O. Hebb Award from the Canadian Psychological Association in 1993, and fellowship in the American Psychological Association in 1979.

Best Publications

  • Trust in close relationships.

    John K. Rempel;John G. Holmes;Mark P. Zanna

  • Establishing a causal chain: why experiments are often more effective than mediational analyses in examining psychological processes.

    Steven J. Spencer;Mark P. Zanna;Geoffrey T. Fong

  • Direct Experience And Attitude-Behavior Consistency

    Russell H. Fazio;Mark P. Zanna

  • Attitudes and Attitude Change

    James M. Olson;Mark P. Zanna

  • Attitudes: A new look at an old concept.

    Mark P. Zanna;John K. Rempel

  • The Nonverbal Mediation of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in Interracial Interaction.

    Carl O Word;Mark P Zanna;Joel Cooper

  • Let's not be indifferent about (attitudinal) ambivalence.

    Megan M. Thompson;Mark P. Zanna;Dale W. Griffin

  • Attitudinal qualities relating to the strength of the attitude-behavior relationship☆

    Russell H. Fazio;Mark P. Zanna

  • The Handbook of Attitudes

    Dolores Albarracin;Blair T. Johnson;Mark P. Zanna

  • Assessing the structure of prejudicial attitudes: the case of attitudes towards homosexuals

    Geoffrey Haddock;Mark P. Zanna;Victoria M. Esses

  • Dissonance and the pill: an attribution approach to studying the arousal properties of dissonance.

    Mark P. Zanna;Joel Cooper

  • Secure and defensive high self-esteem.

    Christian H. Jordan;Steven J. Spencer;Mark P. Zanna;Etsuko Hoshino-Browne

  • Compensatory conviction in the face of personal uncertainty: going to extremes and being oneself.

    Ian McGregor;Mark P. Zanna;John G. Holmes;Steven J. Spencer

  • On the predictive validity of attitudes: The roles of direct experience and confidence1

    Russell H. Fazio;Mark P. Zanna

  • Values, stereotypes, and emotions as determinants of intergroup attitudes

    Victoria M. Esses;Geoffrey Haddock;Mark P. Zanna

  • Two brief interventions to mitigate a “chilly climate” transform women’s experience, relationships, and achievement in engineering.

    Gregory M. Walton;Christine Logel;Jennifer M. Peach;Steven J. Spencer

  • Inequality, discrimination, and the power of the status quo: Direct evidence for a motivation to see the way things are as the way they should be.

    Aaron C. Kay;Danielle Gaucher;Jennifer M. Peach;Kristin Laurin

  • Thinking and caring about cognitive inconsistency: When and for whom does attitudinal ambivalence feel uncomfortable?

    Ian R. Newby-Clark;Ian McGregor;Mark P. Zanna

  • Dissonance and Self-perception: An integrative View of Each Theory's Proper Domain of Application

    Russell H Fazio;Mark P Zanna;Joel Cooper

  • Subliminal priming and persuasion: Striking while the iron is hot

    Erin J Strahan;Steven J Spencer;Mark P Zanna

  • Advances in experimental social psychology

    Leonard Berkowitz;Mark P. Zanna;James M. Olson

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Olson
James M. Olson University of Western Ontario
Steven J. Spencer
Steven J. Spencer The Ohio State University
Geoffrey Haddock
Geoffrey Haddock Cardiff University
Blair T. Johnson
Blair T. Johnson University of Connecticut
Russell H. Fazio
Russell H. Fazio The Ohio State University
Dolores Albarracín
Dolores Albarracín University of Pennsylvania
Joel Cooper
Joel Cooper Princeton University
John M. Darley
John M. Darley Princeton University
Victoria M. Esses
Victoria M. Esses University of Western Ontario
Ian McGregor
Ian McGregor University of Waterloo

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