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- Publications
- Influence
Biases in social comparative judgments: the role of nonmotivated factors in above-average and comparative-optimism effects.
- John R. Chambers, P. Windschitl
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological bulletin
- 1 September 2004
Biases in social comparative judgments, such as those illustrated by above-average and comparative-optimism effects, are often regarded as products of motivated reasoning (e.g., self-enhancement).… Expand
Conservatives are happier than liberals, but why? Political ideology, personality, and life satisfaction
- B. R. Schlenker, John R. Chambers, Bonnie M. Le
- Psychology
- 1 April 2012
Political conservatives are happier than liberals. We proposed that this happiness gap is accounted for by specific attitude and personality differences associated with positive adjustment and mental… Expand
Ideology and Prejudice
- John R. Chambers, B. R. Schlenker, Brian Collisson
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological science
- 3 January 2013
In three studies, we tested whether prejudice derives from perceived similarities and dissimilarities in political ideologies (the value-conflict hypothesis). Across three diverse samples in Study 1,… Expand
Egocentrism, Event Frequency, and Comparative Optimism: When what Happens Frequently is “More Likely to Happen to Me”
- John R. Chambers, P. Windschitl, J. Suls
- Psychology, Medicine
- Personality & social psychology bulletin
- 1 November 2003
Three studies investigated the role of nonmotivated egocentric processes in comparative optimism (and pessimism). According to an egocentric-processes account, when people judge their com-parative… Expand
The Ideological-Conflict Hypothesis
- M. Brandt, C. Reyna, John R. Chambers, Jarret T. Crawford, Geoffrey Wetherell
- Psychology
- 1 February 2014
Decades of research in social and political psychology have demonstrated that political conservatives appear more intolerant toward a variety of groups than do political liberals. Recent work from… Expand
Better Off Than We Know
- John R. Chambers, L. K. Swan, M. Heesacker
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological science
- 17 September 2013
Three studies examined Americans’ perceptions of incomes and income inequality using a variety of criterion measures. Contrary to recent findings indicating that Americans underestimate wealth… Expand
Why Do I Hate Thee? Conflict Misperceptions and Intergroup Mistrust
- John R. Chambers, D. Melnyk
- Psychology, Medicine
- Personality & social psychology bulletin
- 1 October 2006
Members of partisan social groups often exaggerate how much their own opinions differ from those of their rivals. In the present two studies, partisans estimated their own and their rivals' attitudes… Expand
Perceptions of U.S. Social Mobility Are Divided (and Distorted) Along Ideological Lines
- John R. Chambers, L. K. Swan, M. Heesacker
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychological science
- 13 February 2015
The ability to move upward in social class or economic position (i.e., social mobility) is a defining feature of the American Dream, yet recent public-opinion polls indicate that many Americans are… Expand
Perceiving Political Polarization in the United States
- Jacob Westfall, Leaf Van Boven, John R. Chambers, C. M. Judd
- Political Science, Medicine
- Perspectives on psychological science : a journal…
- 1 March 2015
An important component of political polarization in the United States is the degree to which ordinary people perceive political polarization. We used over 30 years of national survey data from the… Expand
The Rational Side of Egocentrism in Social Comparisons
- J. Kruger, P. Windschitl, J. Burrus, F. Fessel, John R. Chambers
- Psychology
- 1 March 2008
Prior work has found that when people compare themselves with others they egocentrically focus on their own strengths and contributions and pay less attention to strengths and contributions of the… Expand