Richard H. Gramzow

Institution University of Southampton Current Position Lecturer Highest Degree Ph.D. in Social Psychology from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997 Research Interests Intergroup Relations Personality Prejudice/Stereotyping Psychophysiology Research Methods/Assessment Self/Identity Social Cognition Courses Taught Introductory Psychology Latent Variable Analysis Personality Prejudice and Stigma Research Methods Social Psychology Statistics The Self   Richard H. Gramzow School of Psychology University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)23 8059 2638 My research examines the self-system. I focus on the role of the self in two areas: intergroup processes and psychological adjustment. Within the intergroup context, I am interested in (a) self-related processes associated with intergroup perception and (b) the effects of "stigma" (i.e., being socially devalued based on group membership) on self-esteem and ego-resilience. Within the area of psychological adjustment, I am interested in (a) self-related processes associated with psychological well-being and (b) the role of self-conscious emotions (shame and guilt) in psychopathology. I also have interests in psychological measurement and multivariate statistical techniques. Journal Articles: Gramzow, R. H., Elliot, A. J., Asher, E., & McGregor, H. (2003). Self-evaluation bias and academic performance: Some ways and some reasons why. Journal of Research in Personality, 37, 41-61. Gramzow, R. H., & Gaertner, L. (2005). Self-esteem and favoritism toward novel in-groups: The self as an evaluative base. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 801-815. Gramzow, R. H., Sedikides, C., Panter, A. T., Sathy, V., Harris, J. M., & Insko, C. A. (2004). Patterns of self-regulation and the Big Five. European Journal of Personality, 18, 367-385 Gramzow, R. H., & Willard, G. (2006). Exaggerating current and past performance: Motivated self-enhancement versus reconstructive memory. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32, 1114-1125. Gramzow, R. H., Willard, G., & Mendes, W. B. (2008). Big tales and cool heads: Academic exaggeration is related to cardiac vagal reactivity. Emotion, 8, 138-144. Willard, G., & Gramzow, R. H. (2009). Beyond oversights, lies, and pies in the sky: Exaggeration as goal projection. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 477-492. Willard, G., & Gramzow, R. H. (2008). Exaggeration in memory: Systematic distortion of self-evaluative information under reduced accessibility. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 246-259.

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