Melissa J. Ferguson

     
Institution
Cornell University

Current Position
Assistant Professor

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Social Psychology from New York University, 2002

Research Interests
Attitudes
Emotion
Judgment/Decision Making
Motivation/Goal Setting
Person Perception
Political Psychology
Social Cognition

 
Melissa J. Ferguson
Department of Psychology
211 Uris Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853-7601
U.S.A.

Home Page
Phone: (607) 254-8791
Fax: (607) 255-8433



Current research interests include: automaticity; social cognition; the generation and consequences of automatic evaluation; nonconscious and conscious goal pursuit and evaluative processing; the role of evaluation and emotion in judgment and decision-making; the automaticity of ideology (e.g., American nationalism)


Journal Articles:

  • Bargh, J. A., & Ferguson, M. J. (2000). Beyond behaviorism: On the automaticity of higher mental processes. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 925-945.
  • Ferguson, M. J., & Bargh, J. A. (in press). Liking is for doing: Effects of goal pursuit on automatic evaluation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
  • Ferguson, M. J., & Bargh, J. A. (2004). How social perception automatically influences behavior. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 8, 33-39.
  • Ferguson, M. J., Bargh, J. A., & Nayak, D. (in press). After-affects: How automatic evaluations influence the interpretation of unrelated, subsequent stimuli. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
  • Hassin, R. R., Aarts, H., & Ferguson, M. J. (in press). Automatic goal inferences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
  • Swim, J. K., Ferguson, M. J., & Hyers, L. L. (1999). Avoiding stigma by association: Subtle prejudice against lesbians as a form of social distancing. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 21, 61-68.
  • Swim, J. K., Hyers, L. L., Cohen, L. L., & Ferguson, M. J. (2001). Everyday sexism: Evidence for its incidence, nature, and psychological impact from three daily diary studies. Journal of Social Issues, 57, 31-53.

Other Publications:

  • Ferguson, M. J., & Bargh, J. A. (2003). The constructive nature of automatic evaluation. In J. Musch & K. C. Klauer (Eds.), The psychology of evaluation: Affective processes in cognition and emotion (pp.169-188). NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Ferguson, M. J., & Bargh, J. A. (2002). Sensitivity and flexibility: Exploring the knowledge function of automatic attitudes. In L. F. Barrett & P. Salovey (Eds.), The wisdom in feeling: Psychological processes in emotional intelligence (pp. 383-405). Guilford Press.
  • Ferguson, M. J., Hassin, R., & Bargh, J. A. (in press). Implicit motivation: Past, present, and future. In J. Shah and W. Gardner (Eds.), Handbook of motivation science. NY: Guilford.
  • Trope, Y., & Ferguson, M. J. (2000). How and when preferences influence inferences. In J. Bargh & D. K. Apsley (Eds.), Unraveling the complexities of social life: A festschrift in honor of Robert B. Zajonc. Washington, D.C.: APA Press.
  • Trope, Y., Ferguson, M., & Raghunatan, R. (2000). Mood as a resource in processing self-relevant information. In J. Forgas (Ed.), Handbook of affect and cognition (Vol. 1). Guilford Press.

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