Ann Bettencourt

     
Institution
University of Missouri, Columbia

Current Position
Professor and Chair of Psychology

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Social Psychology from University of Southern California, 1992

Research Interests
Intergroup Relations
Prejudice/Stereotyping
Self/Identity

Courses Taught
Experimental Social Psychology
Intergroup and Interpersonal Processes
Introduction to Social Psychology
Theories of Social Psychology

 
Ann Bettencourt
210 McAlester Hall
Department of Psychology
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri 65211
U.S.A.

Home Page
Phone: (573) 882-0443
Fax: (573) 882-7710



Ann Bettencourt
Dr. Bettencourt's current research concerns the relationship between social identity and well-being, improving intergroup attitudes through cooperation, effects of stereotype violations, and gender and other individual differences in level of aggression.


Journal Articles:

  • Bartholow, B. D., Fabiani, M., Gratton, G., & Bettencourt, B. A. (2001). A psychophysiological analysis of cognitive processing of and affective responses to social expectancy violations. Psychological Science.
  • Bettencourt, B. A., Brewer, M., Croak, M. R., & Miller, N. (1992). Cooperation and the reduction of intergroup bias: The role of reward structure and task orientation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 28, 301-319.
  • Bettencourt, B. A, Charlton, K, Eubanks, J., Kernahan, C., & Fuller, B. (1999). Development of collective self-esteem among students: Predicting adjustment to college. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 21, 213-222.
  • Bettencourt, B. A., Charlton, K., & Kernahan, C. (1997). Cooperative interaction and intergroup bias: The interaction between numerical representation and social orientation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 33, 630-659.
  • Bettencourt, B. A., Dill, K. E., Greathouse, S., Charlton, K., & Mullhuland, A. (1997). Evaluations of ingroup and outgroup members: The role of category-based expectancy violation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 33, 244-275.
  • Bettencourt, B. A., & Dorr, N. (1998). Cooperative interaction and intergroup bias: Effects of representation and cross-cut role assignment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 24, 1270-1287.
  • Bettencourt, B. A., & Dorr, N. (1997). Collective self-esteem as a mediator of the relationship between allocentrism and subjective well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 963-972.
  • Bettencourt, B. A., & Hume, D. (1999). The cognitive contents of social-group identity: Values, emotions, and relationships. European of Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 113-121.
  • Bettencourt, B. A., Miller, N., & Hume, D. (1999). Cooperative interaction among numerical minority and majority groups: Mediators of bias among numerical minorities. British Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 265-267.
  • Bettencourt, B. A., Molix, L., Talley, A., & Eubanks, J. (2006). Numerical minority and majority groups: The influence of cross-cut task assignments. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
  • Bettencourt, B. A., Tally, A., Benjamin, A. J., & Valentine, J. (2006). Personality and aggressive behavior under provoking and neutral conditions: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin.
  • Kernahan, C., Bartholow, B., & Bettencourt, B. A. (2000). Effects of category-based expectancy violations: Toward a more comprehensive model. Basic and Applied Social Psychology.

Other Publications:

  • Bettencourt, B. A., Molix, L., Talley, A., & Sheldon, K. (2006). Social roles within group memberships: Meeting needs for connectedness and authentic self-expression. In J. Jetten & T. Postmes (Eds.), Individuality and the group: Advances social identity. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

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