My research primarily examines cognitive and affective processes in intergroup conflict. This work includes research on the mechanisms underlying collective blame and intergroup aggression, as well as group-based shame and guilt.
Primary Interests:
Causal Attribution
Close Relationships
Culture and Ethnicity
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Group Processes
Intergroup Relations
Interpersonal Processes
Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
Political Psychology
Prejudice and Stereotyping
Self and Identity
Social Cognition
Causal Attribution
Close Relationships
Culture and Ethnicity
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Group Processes
Intergroup Relations
Interpersonal Processes
Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
Political Psychology
Prejudice and Stereotyping
Self and Identity
Social Cognition
Journal Articles:
Iyer, A., Schmader, T., & Lickel, B. (2007). Why individuals protest the perceived transgressions of their country: The role of anger, shame, and guilt. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Johns, M., Schmader, T., & Lickel, B. (2005). Ashamed to be an American? The role of identification in predicting vicarious shame for Anti-Arab prejudice after 9-11. Self and Identity, 4, 331-348.
Lambert, A. J., Cronen, S., Chasteen, A. L., & Lickel, B. (1996). Private versus public expressions of racial prejudice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 32, 437-459.
Lambert, A. J., Khan, S., Lickel. B., & Fricke, K. (1997). Mood and the correction of positive versus negative stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 1002-1016.
Lickel, B., Hamilton, D. L., & Sherman, S. J. (2001). Elements of a lay theory of groups: Types of groups, relational styles, and the perception of group entitativity. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 5, 129-140.
Lickel, B., Hamilton, D. L., Wieczorkowska, G., Lewis, A., Sherman, S. J., & Uhles, A. N. (2000). Varieties of groups and the perception of group entitativity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 223-246.
Lickel, B., Miller, N., Stenstrom, D. M., Denson, T. F., & Schmader, T. (2006). Vicarious retribution: The role of collective blame in intergroup aggression. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 10, 372-390.
Lickel, B., Rutchick, A., Hamilton, D. L., & Sherman, S. J. (2006). Intuitive theories of group types and relational principles. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 28-39.
Lickel, B., Schmader, T., Curtis, M, Scarnier, M., & Ames, D. R. (2005). Vicarious shame and guilt. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 8, 145-147.
Lickel, B., Schmader, T., & Hamilton, D. L. (2003). A case of collective responsibility: Who else was to blame for the Columbine High School shootings? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 194-204.
Mendes, W. B., Blascovich, J., Hunter, S., Lickel, B., & Jost, J. T. (2007). Threatened by the unexpected: Physiological responses during social interactions with expectancy-violating partners. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Morris, M.W., Leung, K., Ames, D., & Lickel, B. (1999). Views from inside and outside: Integrating emic and etic insights about culture and justice. Academy of Management Review, 24, 781-796.
Ronquillo, J., Denson, T. F., Lickel, B., Lu, Z. L., Nandy, A., & Maddox, K. B. (2007). The effects of skin tone on race-related amygdala activity: An fMRI investigation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.
Brian Lickel Department of Psychology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
United States
Phone: (413) 577-0493
Fax: (413) 545-0996
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