Clayton R. Critcher--University of California, Berkeley

Publications and Manuscripts

Critcher, C. R., & Ferguson, M. J. (in press). The cost of keeping it hidden: Decomposing concealment reveals what makes it depleting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

Critcher, C. R., & Dunning, D. (2013). Predicting persons' versus a person's goodness: Behavioral forecasts diverge for populations versus individuals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 28-44.

Critcher, C. R., Inbar, Y, & Pizarro, D. A. (2013). How quick decisions illuminate moral character. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 308-315.

Critcher, C. R., & Dunning, D. (2011). No good deed goes unquestioned: Cynical reconstruals maintain belief in the power of self-interest. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 1207-1213.

Wall Street Journal (on-line)

Critcher, C. R., & Ferguson, M. J. (2011). Affect in the abstract: Abstract mindsets promote sensitivity to affect. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 1185-1191.

Critcher, C. R., Helzer, E. G., & Dunning, D. (2011). Self-Enhancement via redefinition: Defining social concepts to ensure positive views of self. In M. D. Alicke & C. Sedikides (Eds.), Handbook of self enhancement and self-protection (pp. 69-91). New York: Guilford Press.

Risen, J. L., & Critcher, C. R. (2011). Visceral fit: While in a visceral state, associated states of the world seem more likely. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 777-793.

Editors' Choice. (2011). Climate change, viscerally. Science, 332, 398.

New York Times (on-line), Time (on-line), Miller-McCune

Critcher, C. R., Dunning, D., & Armor, D. A. (2010). When self-affirmations reduce defensiveness: Timing is key. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 947-959.

Critcher, C. R., & Gilovich, T. (2010). Inferring attitudes from mindwandering. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 1255-1266.

The Boston Globe, Psychology Today (online: 9/22/10)

Critcher, C. R., & Dunning, D. (2009). Egocentric pattern projection: How implicit personality theories recapitulate the geography of the self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 1-16.

Critcher, C. R., & Dunning, D. (2009). How chronic self-views influence (and mislead) self-assessments of performance: Self-views shape bottom-up experiences with the task. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 931-945.

Critcher, C. R., Huber, M., Ho, A. K., & Koleva, S. P. (2009). Political orientation and ideological inconsistencies: (Dis)comfort with value tradeoffs. Social Justice Research, 22, 281-305.

Critcher, C. R., & Gilovich, T. (2008). Incidental environmental anchors. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 21, 241-251.

Critcher, C. R., & Pizarro, D. A. (2008). Paying for someone else’s mistake: The effect of bystander negligence on perpetrator blame. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1357-1370.

Critcher, C. R. (2007). Gain-loss framing. In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage publications.

Manuscripts under revision

Critcher, C. R., & Risen, J. L. (under revision). If he can do it, so can they: Incidental exposure to counterstereotypically-successful exemplars prompts implicit inferences.

Critcher, C. R., & Rosenzweig, E. L. (under revision). The performance heuristic: A misguided reliance on past success when predicting prospects for improvement.

Critcher, C. R., & Zayas, V. (under revision). The involuntary excluder effect: Those included by an excluder are seen as exclusive themselves.

Manuscripts under review

Critcher, C. R., & Dunning, D. (under review). Self-affirmations provide a broader perspective so threats do no loom as large.

Critcher, C. R., & Dunning, D. (under review). Why I think I'm better than them, but not him.

Critcher, C. R., Rosenzweig, E. L., & Gilovich, T. (under review). Beyond anchoring: Contextual influence on adjustment.

Manuscripts in Preparation (Draft available)

Critcher, C. R., & Dunning, D. Causal thinking guides implicit personality theories: An explanation of egocentric pattern projection.

Critcher, C. R., & Ferguson, M. J. "Whether I like it or not, it's important": Implicit importance of regulatory means predicts self-regulatory success.

Critcher, C. R., Helzer, E. G., Tannenbaum, D., & Pizarro, D. A. It's the thoughts that count: Mindreading moral principles underlies judgments of praise.