Current Research and Publications
Research Interests
I conduct research in two areas, social psychology and teaching of statistics. My social psychology research focuses on intergroup relations (e.g., prejudice and discrimination). Currently, I am examining attitudes towards affirmative action, minority favoring biases, hate crime endorsement, and the effectiveness of web-based tutorials for the teaching of statistics. Much of my work involves student collaborators (noted in italics). Some articles have links to download or are accessible through on-line sources, others can be requested. See presentations page for more research.
19. Aberson, C. L. (2003). Support for race-based affirmative action: Self-interest and procedural justice. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 1212-1225. [download uncorrected proofs].
18. Aberson, C. L. (2003). Aversive bias towards gay men? Current Research in Social Psychology, 8, 266-275. [download]
17. Aberson, C. L., & Haag, S. C. (2003). Beliefs about affirmative action and diversity and their relationship to support for hiring policies. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 3, 121-138. [download]
16. Aberson, C. L., & Dora, J. M. (in press). Reactions to gay men: Contact effects on overcorrection in a employee selection simulation. Current Psychology.
15. Aberson, C. L., Berger, D. E., Healy, M. R., & Romero, V. L. (2003). Evaluation of an interactive tutorial for teaching hypothesis testing concepts. Teaching of Psychology, 30, 76-79.[download uncorrected proofs].
14. Nalbone, D. P., & Aberson, C. L. (2003). Psychology poster presentations: Analysis of characteristics and recommendations for improvement. North American Journal of Psychology, 5, 171-180. [download uncorrected proofs].
13. Aberson, C. L. (2002). Interpreting null results: Improving presentation and conclusions with confidence intervals. Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 1, 36-42.[download ]
12. Aberson, C. L., Berger, D. E., Healy, M. R., & Romero, V. L. (2002). An interactive tutorial for teaching statistical power. Journal of Statistics Education ,10, 3. [download ]
11. Aberson, C. L., & Howanski, L. M. (2002). Effects of self esteem, status, and identification on two forms of ingroup bias. Current Research in Social Psychology, 7, 225-242. [download]
10. Healy, M. R., Berger, D. E., Romero, V. L., Aberson, C. L., & Saw, A. (2002). Evaluating java applets for teaching on the internet. Proceedings of the Scuola Superiore G. Reiss Romoli Advances in Infrastructure for e-Business, e-Education, e-Science, and e-Medicine on the Internet International Conference. [Download]
9. Kalayjian, A., Kanazi, R. L., Aberson, C. L., & Feygin, L. A. (2002). A cross-cultural study of the psychosocial and spiritual impact of natural disaster. International Journal of Group Tensions, 31, 175-186. [Download]
8. Aberson, C. L., Berger, D. E., Romero, V. L., & Healy, M. R.(2001). Teaching statistics with web-based interactive tutorials. Proceedings of the 2001 Syllabus Conference.
7. Aberson, C. L., Berger, D. E., Healy, M. R., & Romero, V. (2001) Teaching statistics with web-technology: The WISE project. Syllabus, 14(7), 43-45.
6. Aberson, C. L., Berger, D. E., Healy, M. R., Kyle, D., & Romero, V. L. (2000). Evaluation of an interactive tutorial for teaching the Central Limit Theorem. Teaching of Psychology, 27, 289-291. [Download]
5. Aberson, C. L., Healy, M. R., & Romero, V. L. (2000). Ingroup bias and self-esteem: A meta-analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 4, 157-173.
4. Romero, V. L., Berger, D. E., Healy, M. R., & Aberson, C. L . (2000). Using cognitive theory to design effective on-line statistics tutorials. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 32, 246-249.
3. Aberson, C. L.(1999). Low self-esteem and ingroup bias. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 27, 17-28. [Download]
2. Aberson, C. L., Swan, D. J., & Emerson, E. P. (1999) Covert discrimination against gay men by U.S. college students. The Journal of Social Psychology, 139, 323-334. [Download].
1. Aberson,
C. L., Berger, D. E., Emerson, E. P., & Romero, V. (1997) WISE: A
web interface for statistics education. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 29, 217-221.
Current Projects (Papers Under Review/In Preparation)
Implicit Endorsement of Hate Crimes
Our lab group developed a measure of implicit hate crime endorsement. We are currently examining the reliability and validity of the measure through a series of studies.
Minority Favoring Evaluations
We are conducting a series of studies examining situations wherein minority targets receive overly favorable evaluations.
Aberson, C. L., & Ettlin, T. Are African Americans evaluated more favorably than Whites? Meta analytic evidence of context effects. In preparation.
Attitudes towards Affirmative Action
A series of studies examine support and opposition to affirmative action, the factor structure of attitudes towards affirmative action, and reactions to specific affirmative action policy applications. Papers include:
Aberson,
C. L. Influences of policy characteristics on attitudes towards affirmative action. In
preparation.
This research examines whether contact with members of minority groups (e.g., gay men, African-Americans) influences "unconscious" biases such as aversive racism and implicit attitudes.
Aberson, C. L. The relationship of contact, anxiety, and perspective taking to implicit and explicit attitudes. In preparation
Aberson, C. L., & McVean, A. D. M. The relationship of contact, anxiety, and perspective taking to attitudes towards the homeless. In preparation
Aberson, C. L., Shoemaker, C., & Tomolillo, C. Interethnic friendships predict implicit attitudes. In preparation.