Publications

Ledgerwood, A., & Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (in press) Construal Level Theory and Regulatory Scope. Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Sage: New York.

Kleiman, T., Hassin, R., & Trope, Y. (in press). The Control-Freak Mind: Stereotypical Biases are Eliminated Following Conflict-Activated Cognitive Control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Maglio, S. J. & Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (in press). The common currency of psychological distance. Current Directions in Psychological Science.

Steinhart, Y., Carmon, Z., & Trope, Y. (in press). Distant warning of adverse side-effects can backfire. Psychological Science.

Irmak, C., Wakslak, C., & Trope, Y. (in press). Selling the Forest, Buying the Trees: The Effect of Construal Level on Seller-Buyer Price Discrepancy. Journal of Consumer Research.

Fujita, K., Trope, Y., Liberman, N., & Cunnigham, W. (in press). What is control? A conceptual analysis. In J. W. Sherman, B. Gawronski, B., & Y. Trope (Eds.), Dual-process theories of the social mind. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Rim, S. Hansen, J., & Trope, Y. (2013). What happens why: Psychological distance and focusing on causes versus consequences of events. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology.

Maglio, S. J. & Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2012). Distance from a distance: Psychological distance reduces sensitivity to any further psychological distance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

Rim, S., Trope, Y., Liberman, N., & Shapira, O. (2013). 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.

Aviezer, H., Trope, Y., & Todorov, A. (2012). Body cues, not facial expressions, discriminate between intense positive and negative emotions. Science, 338, 2225-2229.

Hansen, J., & Trope, Y. (2012). When Time Flies: How Abstract and Concrete Mental Construal Affect the Perception of Time. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

Amit, E., Mehoudar, E., Trope, Y., & Yovel, G. (2012). Do object-category selective regions in the ventral visual stream represent distance information? Brain & Cognition, 80, pp. 201-213.

Shapira, O., Liberman, N., Trope, N., & Rim, S. (2012). Levels of mental construal. In S. Fiske & N. McRae (Eds)., Sage handbook of Social Cognition.

Wakslak, C. J., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2012). 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.

Aviezer, H., Trope, Y., & Todorov, A. (2012). Holistic Person Processing: Faces with Bodies Tell the Whole Story. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 12, 20-37.

Maglio, S. J. & Trope, Y. (2012). Disembodiment: Abstract construal attenuates the influence of contextual bodily state in judgment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 141, 211-216.

Nussinson, R., Häfner, M., Seibt, B., Strack, F., & Trope, Y. (2012). Approach/ avoidance orientations affect self-construal, experienced closeness to close others, and identification with in-group. Self and Identity, 28(1), 40-58.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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., and Chaiken, S. (2010). Flexibility Now, Consistency Later: Psychological Distance and Construal Shape Evaluative Responding. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 32-51.

Trope, Y. & Liberman, N. (2010). Construal Level Theory of Psychological Distance. Psychological Review, 117, 440-463.

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

Stephan, E., Liberman, N., and Trope, Y. (2010). Politeness and social distance: A construal level perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98, 268-280.

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

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

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

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

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.

Amit, E., Algom, D., Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2008). “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image:” The distance-dependence of representation. In K.D. Markman, W.M.P. Klein, & J.A. Suhr (Eds.),The handbook of imagination and mental simulation. New York: Psychology Press.

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

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.

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.

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.

Soman, Dilip, George Ainslie, Shane Frederick, Xiuping Li, John Lynch, Page Moreau, Andrew Mitchell, Daniel Read, Alan Sawyer, Yaacov Trope, Klaus Wertenbroch, and Gal Zauberman (2005). The Psychology of Intertemporal Discounting: Why are Distant Events Valued Differently from Proximal Ones? Marketing Letters. 16 (3-4). 347-360.

Trope, Y. (2004). Theory in social psychology: Seeing the forest and the trees. Personality & Social Psychology Review, 8, 193-200.

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.

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.

Freitas, T., Gollwitzer, P., & Trope, Y. (2004). Inferring others self-evaluative goals: The influence of abstract and concrete representations of feedabck situations. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 739-750.

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

Fishbach, A., & Trope, Y. (2004). The substitutability of external control and self-control. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 256-270.

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.

Liberman, N., & Trope, Y. (2003).  Temporal construal theory of intertemporal judgment and decision. In G. Loewenstein, D. Read and R. Baumeister (Eds.), Time and choice: Economic and Psychological Perspectives on Intertemporal Choice. New York: Sage Publications.

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

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

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

Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2003). Temporal Construal Theory of Time-Dependent Preferences.  In J. Carillo & I. Brocas and J. D. Carrill (Eds.), The psychology of economic decisions: Rationality and well-being.  Oxford: 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.

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.

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.

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.

Chartrand, T. L., Ruble, D. N., & Trope, Y. (2001). Changes in task orientation and self-evaluation across phases of a transition. In A. Efklides, J. Kuhl., & R. M. Sorrentino (Eds.), Trends and prospects in motivation research. The Netherlands:  Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Trope, Y., Ferguson, M., & Raghunatan, R. (2001).  Mood as a resource in processing self-relevant information. In J. Forgas (Ed.). Handbook of affect and cognition (Vol. 1).  Guilford Press.

Trope, Y., Hassin, R., & Gervey, B. (2001) Overcoming defensive feedback seeking: The role of perceived ability and controllability.  In A. Efklides, J. Kuhl., & R. M. Sorrentino (Eds.), Trends and prospects in motivation research. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Trope, Y., &  Ferguson, M.. (2000). Wishful thinking: When preferences influence inferences. In J. A. Bargh D. K. Appley (Ed.). Uncovering the mysteries of social life: Feschtrift in the honor of  Robert Zajonc.  Washington, D.C.: APA Press.

Hassin, R., & Trope, Y. (2000). Facing faces: Studies on the cognitive aspects of Physgionomy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 837-852.

Trope, Y., & Fishbach, A. (2000).  Counteractive control processes in overcoming temptation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 493-506.

Trope, Y., Gaunt, R. (2000).  Processing alternative explanations of behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 79, 344-354.

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

Books
Self Control in Society, Mind, and Brain, Edited by Ran Hassin, Kevin Ochsner, Yaacov Trope
Dual Process Theories in Social Psychology, Edited by Shelly Chaiken and Yaacov Trope