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  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

William G. Graziano is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with nine publications spanning various subfields such as clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, sociology and political science, and developmental and educational psychology.

The scientist has contributed to multiple main topics including personality traits and psychology, personality disorders and psychopathology, social and intergroup psychology, psychological and educational research studies, educational strategies and epistemologies, education, achievement, and giftedness, as well as media influence and health.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by William G. Graziano include the following:

  • "Liking guides learning: The role of interest in memory for STEM topics," 2020, published in Learning and Individual Differences
  • "Agreeableness," 2020, published in The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
  • "More than fantasy: Prosocial daydreams relate to prosocial dispositions and behaviour," 2020, published in International Journal of Psychology
  • "Agreeableness," 2020, published in The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences

Frequent coauthors with whom William G. Graziano has collaborated include:

  • Renée M. Tobin
  • Miranda M. McIntyre
  • Jessica L. Gundlach
  • Peter O. Kearns
  • James Tyler

William G. Graziano's work has appeared repeatedly in the following publication venues:

  • The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences
  • Learning and Individual Differences
  • International Journal of Psychology

In 1989, William G. Graziano was honored as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Best Publications

  • Agreeableness: A Dimension of Personality

    William G. Graziano;Nancy Eisenberg

  • Perceiving interpersonal conflict and reacting to it: the case for agreeableness.

    William G. Graziano;Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell;Elizabeth C. Hair

  • Agreeableness, empathy, and helping: a person x situation perspective.

    William G. Graziano;Meara M. Habashi;Brad E. Sheese;Renée M. Tobin

  • Agreeableness as a moderator of interpersonal conflict.

    Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell;William G. Graziano

  • Outcome dependency: Attention, attribution, and attraction.

    Ellen Berscheid;William Graziano;Thomas Monson;Marshall Dermer

  • Personality, emotional experience, and efforts to control emotions.

    Renée M. Tobin;William G. Graziano;Eric J. Vanman;Louis G. Tassinary

  • The five-factor model, conscientiousness, and driving accident involvement

    Winfred Arthur;William G. Graziano

  • The Oxford handbook of prosocial behavior

    David A. Schroeder;William G. Graziano

  • Agreeableness: dimension of personality or social desirability artifact?

    William G. Graziano;Renée M. Tobin

  • Dominance, Prosocial Orientation, and Female Preferences: Do Nice Guys Really Finish Last?

    Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell;William G. Graziano;Stephen G. West

  • Searching for the Prosocial Personality: A Big Five Approach to Linking Personality and Prosocial Behavior

    Meara M. Habashi;William G. Graziano;Ann E. Hoover

  • Parent Perceptions and Parent-Child Interactions in Clinic-Referred Children: A Preliminary Investigation of the Effects of Maternal Depressive Moods

    Rex Forehand;Gary J. Lautenschlager;Jan Faust;William G. Graziano

  • You Can't Always Get What You Want Effortful Control and Children's Responses to Undesirable Gifts

    Jessica E. Kieras;Renée M. Tobin;William G. Graziano;Mary K. Rothbart

  • Competitiveness mediates the link between personality and group performance

    William G. Graziano;Elizabeth C. Hair;John F. Finch

  • The self as a mediator between personality and adjustment.

    William G. Graziano;Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell;John F. Finch

  • Probing the big five in adolescence: personality and adjustment during a developmental transition.

    William G. Graziano;David Ward

  • Emotional expression in cyberspace: searching for moderators of the Pennebaker disclosure effect via e-mail.

    Brad E. Sheese;Erin L. Brown;William G. Graziano

  • Self-esteem, personality and achievement in high school: a prospective longitudinal study in Texas.

    Elizabeth C. Hair;William G. Graziano

  • Attraction, personality, and prejudice: liking none of the people most of the time.

    William G. Graziano;Jennifer Bruce;Brad E. Sheese;Renée M. Tobin

  • Social influence, sex differences, and judgments of beauty: Putting the interpersonal back in interpersonal attraction.

    William G. Graziano;Lauri A. Jensen-Campbell;Laura J. Shebilske;Sharon R. Lundgren

  • Effortful Control and Children's Responses to Undesirable Gifts

    Jessica E. Kieras;Renee M. Tobin;William G. Graziano;Mary K. Rothbart

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth C. Hair
Elizabeth C. Hair Johns Hopkins University
Stephen G. West
Stephen G. West Arizona State University
Ellen Berscheid
Ellen Berscheid University of Minnesota
Gene H. Brody
Gene H. Brody University of Georgia
Christopher R. Agnew
Christopher R. Agnew Purdue University West Lafayette
Rex Forehand
Rex Forehand University of Vermont
Janice R. Kelly
Janice R. Kelly Purdue University West Lafayette
Winfred Arthur
Winfred Arthur Texas A&M University
Mary K. Rothbart
Mary K. Rothbart University of Oregon
Nancy Eisenberg
Nancy Eisenberg Arizona State University

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