My primary research interests include (a) personality traits related to aggression, (b) romantic and sexual relationships, (c) heuristics and biases in perceptions of rare and random events such as natural disasters, and (d) novel applications of cutting-edge data collection and analytic methods to social–personality psychology, including meta analysis, multilevel modeling, and social network analysis.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Close Relationships
- Evolution and Genetics
- Helping, Prosocial Behavior
- Interpersonal Processes
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Person Perception
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Self and Identity
- Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
- Sociology, Social Networks
Web Lab currently has four major research programs:
- Personality traits (Big Five, Dark Triad, aggression)
- Personality perception of strangers & fictional characters
- Romantic and sexual relationships
- Heuristics and biases in perceptions of rare and random events such as natural disasters (e.g., hurricanes)
- Novel applications of cutting-edge data collection and analytic methods to social–personality psychology:
- Meta-analysis
- Measurement models
- Social network analysis
- Advanced regression techniques
Greg's primary research interests include (a) personality traits and perception (Big Five, Dark Triad, aggression), (b) romantic and sexual relationships, (c) novel applications of cutting-edge data collection and analysis, including measurement models, meta-analysis, and social network analysis
Expertise:
- Prosocial and aggressive behavior, self-esteem, judgment and decision making, methods and data modeling, dynamic systems, evolutionary psychology, social networks, and the psychology of science.
