Michigan State University Department of Psychology


Center for Gender in Global Context	The Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen), in International Studies and Programs (ISP), draws together the strengths of the program in Women, Gender, and Social Justice (WGSJ) in the College of Arts and Letters (CAL) and the College of Social Science (SSC) and the Gender, Development and Globalization Program (GDG) in ISP. These programs have historically looked at gender in the US and in international contexts, respectively. The new center emphasizes women and gender in a global context, with distinctive new programs promoting teaching, research, and outreach relevant to 21st century concerns.
Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research	Our primary mission is to generate and apply psychological science to increase our understanding of multicultural issues in both domestic and international contexts.
Human Development Initiative	The Human Development Initiative is a community of scholars throughout the university interested in development across the lifespan. The initiative is focused on cutting-edge research involving genetics, neuroscience, and psychosocial development and how these different factors intersect.
Intergroup Relations Lab	Research in the lab adopts an evolutionary perspective on cognition, attitudes and behavior relevant to intra and inter-group phenomena. Current projects explore the links among intergroup bias, coalitional and sexual aggression, and moral judgment. Methods include experiments that employ questionnaires, physiological measurement, preferences for certain visual stimuli, and reactions to 3-D images in immersive, virtual environments (or "virtual reality").
Motivation and Social Cognition Lab	In our laboratory, we study motivation science across a variety of domains (health behaviors, academic achievement, attitude change, intergroup behavior, etc.). A primary focus is to understand the general processes of self-regulation, which means to uncover consistencies across both domains and levels of psychology. We also take a pragmatic, functionalist philosophical position, with an emphasis on the ecology of the person in understanding behavior and cognition.
Relationships, Aggression, Stereotyping, and Prejudice (RASP) Lab	The Relationships, Aggression, Stereotyping, and Prejudice (RASP) Lab is a collaboration of social/personality psychology graduate students at Michigan State University. The diversity of our research is embodied in the types of questions we seek to answer, such as: * How do individuals’ personalities in close relationships influence their partners’ experiences of relationship phenomena? * How do college students view one another when given basic background information? * How do we form impressions of others? Do our racial/ethnic group memberships matter? Do the other’s racial/ethnic group memberships matter? Do we rely on stereotypes? * Why do some people retaliate when insulted while others don’t? What is different about their personality? * Can writing about traumatic events improve health? * Is telling other people secrets good or bad for you?

Center for Gender in Global Context

The Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen), in International Studies and Programs (ISP), draws together the strengths of the program in Women, Gender, and Social Justice (WGSJ) in the College of Arts and Letters (CAL) and the College of Social Science (SSC) and the Gender, Development and Globalization Program (GDG) in ISP. These programs have historically looked at gender in the US and in international contexts, respectively. The new center emphasizes women and gender in a global context, with distinctive new programs promoting teaching, research, and outreach relevant to 21st century concerns.

Consortium for Multicultural Psychology Research

Our primary mission is to generate and apply psychological science to increase our understanding of multicultural issues in both domestic and international contexts.

Human Development Initiative

The Human Development Initiative is a community of scholars throughout the university interested in development across the lifespan. The initiative is focused on cutting-edge research involving genetics, neuroscience, and psychosocial development and how these different factors intersect.

Intergroup Relations Lab

Research in the lab adopts an evolutionary perspective on cognition, attitudes and behavior relevant to intra and inter-group phenomena. Current projects explore the links among intergroup bias, coalitional and sexual aggression, and moral judgment. Methods include experiments that employ questionnaires, physiological measurement, preferences for certain visual stimuli, and reactions to 3-D images in immersive, virtual environments (or "virtual reality").

Motivation and Social Cognition Lab

In our laboratory, we study motivation science across a variety of domains (health behaviors, academic achievement, attitude change, intergroup behavior, etc.). A primary focus is to understand the general processes of self-regulation, which means to uncover consistencies across both domains and levels of psychology. We also take a pragmatic, functionalist philosophical position, with an emphasis on the ecology of the person in understanding behavior and cognition.

Relationships, Aggression, Stereotyping, and Prejudice (RASP) Lab

The Relationships, Aggression, Stereotyping, and Prejudice (RASP) Lab is a collaboration of social/personality psychology graduate students at Michigan State University. The diversity of our research is embodied in the types of questions we seek to answer, such as: * How do individuals’ personalities in close relationships influence their partners’ experiences of relationship phenomena? * How do college students view one another when given basic background information? * How do we form impressions of others? Do our racial/ethnic group memberships matter? Do the other’s racial/ethnic group memberships matter? Do we rely on stereotypes? * Why do some people retaliate when insulted while others don’t? What is different about their personality? * Can writing about traumatic events improve health? * Is telling other people secrets good or bad for you?

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