Professor of Psychology, Social Program Coordinator
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.

Ph.D. 1974, M.A. 1972, University of Michigan
B.A. 1970, Tel Aviv University

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Psychological Distance

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., & 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.

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.

Address

Department of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place, Room 782
New York, NY 10003
Tel: (212) 998-3897
Fax: (212) 995-4966
Email: yaacov.trope@nyu.edu

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