What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Law
- World War II
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Social psychology, Social identity theory, Developmental psychology, Social group and Outgroup.
His Social psychology research includes elements of Criticism and Social perception.
His work carried out in the field of Social identity theory brings together such families of science as Self-concept, Loyalty, Deviance and Quality of life.
His Developmental psychology research integrates issues from System justification, Conformity, Social cognition and Social environment.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Context, Optimal distinctiveness theory, Norm, Individualism and Normative.
His work deals with themes such as Empathy, Ingroups and outgroups and Forgiveness, which intersect with Outgroup.
His most cited work include:
- Social Identity Theory and Self‐categorization Theory: A Historical Review (551 citations)
- Assimilation and Diversity: An Integrative Model of Subgroup Relations: (524 citations)
- Meta-analyses of the determinants and outcomes of belief in climate change (369 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His scientific interests lie mostly in Social psychology, Social identity theory, Developmental psychology, Ingroups and outgroups and Forgiveness.
His Social psychology study combines topics in areas such as Criticism and Perception.
His research in Social identity theory focuses on subjects like Superordinate goals, which are connected to Common ingroup identity.
His research investigates the connection with Developmental psychology and areas like Conformity which intersect with concerns in Norm.
Matthew J. Hornsey interconnects Remorse, Sincerity and Empathy in the investigation of issues within Forgiveness.
His research in Social group intersects with topics in Social relation and Optimal distinctiveness theory.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (76.34%)
- Social identity theory (20.09%)
- Developmental psychology (13.39%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Social psychology (76.34%)
- Skepticism (4.02%)
- Perception (8.93%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of study are Social psychology, Skepticism, Perception, Ideology and Measure.
His Social psychology research focuses on subjects like Racism, which are linked to Social perception.
His research integrates issues of Optimism, Political economy, Psychological intervention and Motivated reasoning in his study of Skepticism.
In his study, Biology and political orientation and Predictive power is strongly linked to Positive economics, which falls under the umbrella field of Ideology.
Matthew J. Hornsey studies Identity, focusing on Social identity theory in particular.
His Social identity theory research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Politics and Social group.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Meta-analyses of the determinants and outcomes of belief in climate change (369 citations)
- The psychological roots of anti-vaccination attitudes: A 24-nation investigation. (124 citations)
- A Social Identity Analysis of Climate Change and Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors: Insights and Opportunities. (121 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Law
- World War II
His main research concerns Social psychology, Collective action, Skepticism, Distrust and Ideology.
He has included themes like Perception and Politics in his Social psychology study.
His studies in Politics integrate themes in fields like Social identity approach, Social relation and Ingroups and outgroups.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Social change and Feminism in addition to Collective action.
In Skepticism, Matthew J. Hornsey works on issues like Psychological intervention, which are connected to Motivated reasoning and Information deficit model.
The Ideology study combines topics in areas such as Pessimism, Predictive power, Conservatism and Action.
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