About our Research
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?
Please feel free to browse our site for more information about our members and laboratory. If you are interested in getting research experience (for the future or fun) please click the "application" link on the menu sidebar.