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Travis J. Carter - Vita Social Psychology PhD Candidate
Broadly speaking, my research lives at the intersection of judgment and decision-making, social cognition, and motivations. I examine the mental processes that produce judgments and behavior, and especially those that are influenced by internal motivations or the external environment.
BA - Psychology (2001) - The University of Chicago PhD - Social Psychology (2009) - Cornell University Interests: SOCIAL COGNITION
- Automatic operation of higher cognitive functions - Influence of motivations of implicit processes SOCIAL JUDGMENT/DECISION MAKING - Consumer behavior and happiness - Metacognition Selected Publications [All Publications]
Carter, T.J. & Dunning, D. (2008). Faulty Self-Assessment: Why Evaluating One’s Own Competence Is an Intrinsically Difficult Task. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2(1), 346-360. [pdf | abstract | website]
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