Jon Maner
My research focuses broadly on the interplay between motivation, emotion, and social cognition and is guided by evolutionary and social cognitive perspectives. Specific research areas include: close relationships (e.g., romantic attraction and the maintenance of long-term relationships), power and leadership, social affiliation and rejection, and self-protective processes. Our recent work has focused on identifying endocrinological process underlying adaptive social phenomena.
Primary Interests:
- Close Relationships
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Evolution and Genetics
- Intergroup Relations
- Interpersonal Processes
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
- Person Perception
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Social Cognition
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Journal Articles:
- Ainsworth, S. E., & Maner, J. K. (2012). Sex begets violence: Mating motives, social dominance, and aggressive behavior in men. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 819-829.
- Kunstman, J., & Maner, J. K. (2011). Sexual overperception: Power, mating goals, and biases in social judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 282-294.
- Maner, J. K., DeWall, C. N., Baumeister, R. F., & Schaller, M. (2007). Does social exclusion motivate interpersonal reconnection? Resolving the "porcupine problem." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 42-55.
- Maner, J. K., Gailliot, M. T., Rouby, D. A., & Miller, S. L. (2007). Can't take my eyes off you: Attentional adhesion to mates and rivals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 389-401.
- Maner, J. K., Kenrick, D. T., Neuberg, S. L., Becker, D. V., Robertson, T., Hofer, B., Delton, A., Butner, J., & Schaller, M. (2005). Functional projection: How fundamental social motives can bias interpersonal perception. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 63-78.
- Maner, J. K., & Mead, N. (2010). The essential tension between leadership and power: When leaders sacrifice group goals for the sake of self-interest. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 482-497.
- Maner, J. K., & Miller, S. L. (2014). Hormones and Social Monitoring: Menstrual Cycle Shifts in Progesterone Underlie Women’s Sensitivity to Social Information. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35, 9-16.
- Maner, J. K., Miller, S. L., Moss, J., Leo, J., & Plant, E. A. (2012). Motivated social categorization: Fundamental motives enhance people’s sensitivity to basic social categories. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 70-83.
- Maner, J. K., Miller, S. L., Rouby, D. A., & Gailliot, M. T. (2009). Intrasexual vigilance: The implicit cognition of romantic rivalry. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 74-87.
- Maner, J. K., Miller, S. L., Schmidt, N. B., & Eckel, L. A. (2010). The endocrinology of exclusion: Rejection elicits motivationally tuned changes in progesterone. Psychological Science, 21, 581-588.
- Mead, N. L. & Maner, J. K. (2012). On keeping your enemies close: Powerful leaders seek proximity to ingroup power-threats. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 576-591.
- Miller, S. L., & Maner, J. K. (2011). Ovulation as a mating prime: Subtle signs of female fertility influence men’s mating cognition and behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 295-308.
Courses Taught:
- Evolutionary Psychology
- Introduction to Social Psychology
- Regression (Graduate)
Jon Maner
Tallahassee, Florida 32306
United States of America