Professor of Psychology
Social & Cognition & Perception

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I am conducting three lines of research. The first investigates how psychological distance (temporal distance, spatial distance, social distance, and hypotheticality) influences the representations of objects and, thereby, the predictions, evaluations, and choice individuals make regarding those objects. The second line of research investigates self control processes, namely, how individual resolve conflicts between their long-term, global, concerns and their short-term local concerns. The third line of research distinguishes between analytic and associative thinking and examines the role of affective states and personal desires on social judgment and decision making.


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Psychological Distance

Maglio, S. J. & Trope, Y. (in press). Disembodiment: Abstract construal attenuates the influence of contextual bodily state in judgment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

Rim, S., Trope, Y., Liberman, N., & Shapira, O. (in press). The highs and lows of mental representation: A construal level perspective on the structure of knowledge. In D. E. Carlston (Ed.), Handbook of Social Cognition, Oxford University Press. 

Shapira, O., Liberman, N., Trope, N., & Rim, S. (in press). Levels of mental construal. In S. Fiske & N. McRae (Eds.), Sage Handbook of Social Cognition. New York.

Wakslak, C. J., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (in press).  Self conceptualization, self knowledge, and regulatory scope: A construal level view. In S. Vazire & T. D. Wilson (Eds.), Handbook of Self-Knowledge. New York: Guilford Press.

Kareev, Y., & Trope, Y. (2011). Correct Acceptance Weighs More Than Correct Rejection: A Decision Bias Induced by Question Framing. Psychonomic Bulletin Review, 18, 103-109.

Liberman, N., Trope, Y., & Rim, S. (2011). Prediction: A construal level perspective. In M. Bar (Ed.), Prediction in the brain: Using the past to generate the future (pp. 144-158). New York: Oxford University Press.

Maglio, Sam, J., & Trope, Y. (2011). Scale and construal: How larger measurement units shrink length estimates and expand mental horizons. Psychonomic Bulletin Review, 18, 165-170.

Stephan, E., Liberman, N., & Trope, Y. (2011). The effects of time perspective and level of construal on social distance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 397-402.

Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2011). Construal level theory.  In P. Van Lange, A. W. Kruglanski, and E. T. Higgins (Eds), Handbook of Theories of Social Psychology. London: Sage Publications.

Kyung, E. J., Menon, G., & Trope, Y. (2010). Reconstruction of things past: Why some meories seem so close and others so far away? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 217-220.

Stephan, E., Liberman, N., & Trope, Y. (2010). Politeness and Psychological Distance: A Construal Level Perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98 , 268-80.

Borovoi, L., Liberman, L., & Trope, Y. (2010). The effect of attractive but unavailable alternatives on the atttractiveness of near and distant menus. Judgment and Decision Making, 5, 102-109.

Ledgerwood, A., Trope, Y., & Chaiken, S. (2010). Flexibility now, consistency later: Psychological distance and construal shape evaluative responding. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 32-51.

Ledgerwood, A., & Trope, Y. (2010). Attitudes as global and local action guides. In J. Forgas, J. Cooper, & W. Crano (Eds.), The 12th annual Sydney symposium of social psychology: The psychology of attitudes and attitude change. New York: Psychology Press.

Ledgerwood, A., & Trope, Y. (2010). Local and global evaluations: Attitudes as self-regulatory guides for near and distant responding. In K. D. Vohs & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications (2nd edition). New York: Guilford.

Ledgerwood, A., & Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2010). Flexibility and consistency in evaluative responding: The function of construal level. In M. P. Zanna & J. M. Olson (Eds.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Vol. 43 (pp. 257-295). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Nussinson, R., Häfner, M., Seibt, B., Strack, F., & Trope, Y. (2010). Approach/avoidance orientations affect self-construal, experienced closeness to close others, and identification with in-group. Self and Identity, 28(1), 40-58.

Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2010). Construal level theory of psychological distance. Psychological Review, 117, 440-463.

Fujita, K., Trope, Y., &  Liberman, N. (2010). Seeing the Big Picture: A Construal Level Analysis of Self-Control. In R. Hassin, K. Ochsner, & Y. Trope (Eds)., ). Self control in society, mind, and the brain. New York: Oxford University Press.

Wakslak, C. J., & Trope, Y. (2009). The effect of construal-level on subjective probability estimates. Psychological Science, 20, 52-58.

Eyal, T., Liberman, N., & Trope, Y. (2009).  Psychological Distance and Consumer Behavior: A Construal Level Theory Perspective. In M. Wänke (Ed.), Social psychology of consumer behavior (Frontiers of social psychology). New York: Psychology Press.

Eyal, T., Sagristano, M. D., Trope, Y., Liberman, N., & Chaiken, S. (2009). When values matter: Expressing values in behavioral intentions for the near vs. distant future. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 35-43.

Amit, E., Algom, D., Trope, Y. (2009). Distance-dependent processing of pictures and words. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 138, 400-415.

Henderson, M.D., & Trope, Y. (2009). The effects of abstraction on integrative agreements: When seeing the forest helps avoid getting tangled in the trees. Social Cognition, 27, 399-415.

Rim, S., Uleman, J. S., & Trope, Y. (2009). Spontaneous trait inference and construal level theory: Psychological distance increases nonconscious trait thinking. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 1088-1097.

Wakslak, C., J., & Trope, Y. (2009 ). Cognitive consequences of affirming the self: The relationship between self-affirmation and object construal. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 927-932.

Kyung, E. J., Menon, G., & Trope, Y. (in press). Reconstruction of things past: Why some meories seem so close and others so far away? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Liberman, N. & Trope, Y. (2008). The psychology of transcending the here and now. Science, 322, 1201-1205.

Wakslak, C., J., Nussbaum, S., Liberman, N., & Trope, Y. (2008). Representations of the Self in the Near and Distant Future. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 757-773.

Eyal, T., Liberman, N., & Trope, Y. (2008). Judging near and distant virtue and vice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 44 , 1204-1209 .

Liviatan, I., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2008). Interpersonal Similarity as a Social Distance Dimension: Implications for Perception of Others’ Actions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 44 , 1256-1269 .

Fujita, K., Eyal, T., Chaiken, S., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2008). Influencing attitudes toward near and distant objects. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 44 , 562-572 .

Liberman, N., Trope, Y., & Stephan, E. (2007). Psychological distance. In A. W. Kruglanski & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Social psychology: Handbook of basic principles ( Vol. 2, pp. 353-383). New York: Guilford Press.

Bar-Anan, Y., Liberman, N., Trope, Y., & Algom, D. (2007). Automatic processing of psychological distance: Evidence from a stroop task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General , 136 , 610-622 .

Todorov, A., Goren, A., & Trope, Y. (2007). Probability as a psychological distance: Construal and preference. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 43 , 473-482 .

Trope, Y., Liberman, N., & Wakslak, C. (2007). Construal levels and psychological distance: Effects on representation, prediction, evaluation, and behavior. Journal of Consumer Psychology,17, 83-95.

Liberman, N., Trope, Y., & Wakslak, C. (2007). Construal level theory and consumer behavior. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 17, 113-117.

Liberman, N., Trope, Y., Macrae, S., & Sherman, S. J. (2007). The effect of level of construal on the temporal distance of activity enactment. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 43, 143-149 .

Henderson, M. D., Fujita, K., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2006). Transcending the “here”: The effect of spatial distance on social judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 845-856.

Bar-Anan, Y., Liberman, N., & Trope, Y. (2006). The association between psychological distance and construal level: Evidence from an implicit association test. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 135, 609-622.

Wakslak, C. J., Trope, Y., Liberman, N., & Aloni, R. (2006). Seeing the Forest When Entry is Unlikely: Probability and the Mental Representation of Events. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 135, 641-653.

Henderson, M. D., Trope, Y., & Carnevale, P. ( 2006). Negotiation from a near and distant time perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 712-729.

Nussbaum, S., Liberman, N., & Trope, Y. (2006). Predicting the near and distant future. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 135, 152-161 .

Smith, P. K., & Trope, Y. (2006). You focus on the forest when you’re in charge of the trees: Power priming and abstract information processing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 578-596.

Fujita, K., Henderson, M., Eng, J., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2006). Spatial distance and mental construal of social events. Psychological Science, 17, 278-282.

Eyal, T., Liberman, N., Trope, Y., & Walther, E. (2004). The pros and cons of temporally near and distant action.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 781-795.

Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2003). Temporal construal.Psychological Review, 110, 403-421.

Nussbaum, S., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2003). Creeping dispositionism: The temporal dynamics of behavior prediction.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 485-497.

Liberman, N., Sagristano, M. D., & Trope, Y. (2002). The effect of temporal distance on level of mental construal. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 38, 523-534.

Sagristano, M. D., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2002). Time-dependent gambling: Odds now, money later. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 131, 364-376.

Trope, Y., & Liberman N. (2000). Temporal construal and time-dependent changes in preference. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,79, 876-889.

Liberman, N., & Trope, Y. (1998). The role of feasibility and desirability considerations in near and distant future decisions: A test of temporal construal theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,75, 5-18.

Self-Control

Fishbach, A., Zhang, Y., & Trope, Y. (2010). Counteractive evaluation: Shifts in the implict value of conflicting motivations. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 29-38.

Myrseth, K. O.R., Fishbach, A., & Trope, Y. (2009). Counteractive Self-Control. Psychological Science, 20, 159-163.

Fishbach, A., & Trope, Y. (2008). Implicit and explicit counteractive self-control. In J. E. Shah and W. L. Gardner (Eds), Handbook of Motivation Science ( pp. 281-294). New York : Guilford Press.

Fujita, K., Trope, Y., Liberman, N., & Levin-Sagi, M. (2006). Construal levels and self-control. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 351-367.

Trope, Y., Igou, E. R., & Burke, C. T. (2006). Mood as a resource in structuring goal pursuit. In J. P. Forgas, (Ed.). Affect in social thinking and behavior. New York: Psychology Press

Fujita, K., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2006). The role of mental construal in self-control. In D. DeCremer, M. Zeelenberg, & J. K. Murnighan (Eds.), Social psychology and economics (pp. 193-212). NJ: Erlbaum.

Fishbach, A., & Trope, Y. (2005). The substitutability of external control and self-control.Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 256-270.

Trope, Y., & Fishbach, A. (2004). Going beyond the motivation given: Self-control and situational control over behavior. In R. Hassin, J. S. Uleman, & J. W. Bargh (Eds.) The new unconscious (pp. 537-565). New York : Oxford University Press.

Trope, Y., Gervey, B., & Bolger, N. (2003). The role of perceived control in overcoming defensive self-evaluations.Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39, 407-419.

Raghunathan, R., & Trope, Y. (2002). Walking the Tightrope Between Feeling Good and Being Accurate: Mood as a Resource in Processing Persuasive Messages. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 510-525.

Person Perception And Social Judgment

Cameron, J. A., & Trope, Y. (2004). Stereotype-biased search and processing of information about group members.Social Cognition, 22, 650-672.

Trope, Y., & Gaunt, R. (2003). Attribution and person perception. In M. A. Hogg & J. Cooper (Eds.), Handbook of Social Psychology (pp. 190-209). New York: Sage Publications.

Lieberman, M. D., Gaunt, R., Gilbert D. T., & Trope, Y. (2002). Reflexion and reflection: A social cognitive neuroscience approach to attributional inference. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 34, pp. 199–249). New York: Academic Press.

Address

Department of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place, Room 783
New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212) 998-3897
Fax: (212) 995-4966
Email: yaacov.trope@nyu.edu

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