Primary Interests:
- Group Processes
- Interpersonal Processes
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Person Perception
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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My research examines how people form and maintain a coherent sense of self. In my primary research program, I examine how people evaluate their abilities, and the influence of different types of performance feedback (e.g., social comparisons) on self-evaluations. Other topics that I research include self-talk, information seeking, blame judgments, as well as age and cultural differences in self-processes.
Journal Articles:
- Alicke, M. D., Zell, E., & Bloom, D. L. (2010). Mere categorization and the frog-pond effect. Psychological Science, 21, 174-177.
- Zell, E., & Alicke, M. D. (2010). Comparisons over time: Temporal trajectories, social comparison, and self-evaluation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 40, 375-382.
- Zell, E., & Alicke, M. D. (2010). The local dominance effect in self-evaluation: Evidence and explanations. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 14, 368-384.
- Zell, E., & Alicke, M. D. (2009). Contextual neglect, self-evaluation, and the frog-pond effect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 467-482.
- Zell, E., & Alicke, M. D. (2009). Self-evaluative effects of temporal and social comparison. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 223-227.
- Zell, E., & Balcetis, E. (in press). The influence of social comparison on visual representation of one’s face. PLoS ONE.
- Zell, E., Warriner, A. B., & Albarracin, D. (in press). Splitting of the mind: When the you I talk to is me and needs commands. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
Courses Taught:
- Social Psychology
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Ethan Zell
Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
P.O. Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402
United States
Phone: 336-334-5014