Staff details

Teaching interests

In 2009-10, I will be involved in teaching the following courses:

Stage 1 Research Methods (Social Psychology Practical - Term 2)

Stage 1 Social Psychology (Term 2)

Stage 2 Social Psychology (Term 2)

Stage 3 Option - Stereotyping & Prejudice (Term 2)

Research interests

My research interests cover the areas of social categorization, stereotyping, the interaction between motivation and cognition in social judgment and behaviour, social exclusion.

Other research

Grants & contracts

2010-2012         Construal, Processing Style and Memory for Social Events. Economic and Social Research Council, £246k (principal investigator).

2009-2011         Social Exclusion: Cues and Consequences. British Academy Research Development Award, £104k (principal investigator).

2007-2008         Mental Control and the Self: Ironic Effects of Thought Suppression on the Perception, Behaviour, and Memory of the Self. Economic and Social Research Council, £132k (principal investigator).

2005-2008         Social and Cognitive Explanations of the Own-Age Bias in Face Recognition. Leverhulme Foundation, £56k (co-investigator).

2001-2003                  Context Effects on Stereotype Threat. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, $2000 (co-investigator).

1999-2001         Automatic Effects of Social Interaction Goals. National Institute of Mental Health (principal investigator).

Publications

Wyer, N. A., Perfect, T. J., & Pahl, S. (in press). Temporal distance and person memory: Thinking about the future changes memory for the past. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Wyer, N. A. (in press). Salient egalitarian norms moderate activation of out-group approach and avoidance. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.

            Wyer, N. A. (in press). Selective self-categorization: Meaningful categorization and the in-group persuasion effect. Journal of Social Psychology.

            Wyer, N. A. (in press). You never get a second chance to make a first (implicit) impression. Social Cognition.

Wyer, N. A. (2008). Cognitive consequences of perceiving social exclusion.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1003-1012.

Wyer, N. A. (2007). Motivational influences on compliance with and consequences of stereotype suppression. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 417-424.

            Wyer, N. A. (2004). Not all stereotypic biases are created equal: Evidence for a stereotype disconfirmation bias. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 706-720.

            Wyer, N. A. (2003). Value conflicts in intergroup perception: A social cognitive perspective. In G. V. Bodenhausen & A. J. Lambert (Eds.), Foundations of Social Cognition, 263-289. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum

            Wyer, N. A., Judd, C. M., & Sadler, M. (2002). Contrast effects in stereotype formation and change: The role of comparative context. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 443-458.

Reports & invited lectures

2009     Wyer, N. A., Perfect, T. J., & Pahl, S. Construal Effects on Event Memory. Paper presented at the 2^nd annual meeting of the UK Social Cognition Network, University College London.

2008     Wyer, N. A., Mazzoni, G., Perfect, T. J., Neilens, H., & Calvini, G. Suppression and the Self. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Sacramento, CA.

2008     Wyer, N. A., Perfect, T. J., & Pahl, S. Construal Effects on Event Memory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Person Memory Interest Group, Petaluma, CA.

2008     Wyer, N. A. Suppression and the Self. Paper presented at the 10^th annual meeting of the European Social Cognition Network, Volterra, IT.

2008     Wyer, N. A. Ironic processes and the Self. Paper presented at the 1^st annual meeting of the UK Social Cognition Network, University of Kent, Canterbury.

2008     Wyer, N. A. Mechanisms Underlying Automatic Avoidance: Simulation or Preparation? Invited talk at the University of Hull.

2008     Wyer, N. A. Activating Interaction Goals – Implications of Intergroup Prejudice. Invited talk at Brunel University.

2008     Wyer, N. A. Goal Conflicts in Intergroup Interaction. Invited talk at the University of Exeter.

2007     Filappou, D., Perfect, T., & Wyer, N. How Changes in Pose and Facial Expression Moderate the Own Age Bias in Face Recognition. Poster presented at the Cognitive Section of the British Psychological Society, Aberdeen, Scotland.

2007     Wyer, N. A. & Mazzoni, G. Manipulating Memories: Priming Effects on Spontaneous Autobiographical Memory. Paper presented at the Social Cognition pre-conference to the 8^th Annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

2007     Wyer, N. A. Category Change: Implicit Effects of Disregarded Categorizations. Symposium presentation at the 8^th Annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

2006     Wyer, N. A. Individual Differences in Stereotype Regulation. Invited talk at the University of Birmingham

2005     Wyer, N. A. Social Exclusion as Categorization: Testing a Model of Relationship Representation. Paper presented at the meeting of the European Association for Experimental Social Psychology, Wuerzburg, Germany

2005     Wyer, N. A. Representing Social Exclusion: A Personal Categorization Model. Paper presented at the 6^th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA

2005     Calvini, G. & Wyer, N. A. Motivational Inferences in Stereotype Suppression and Expression. Paper presented at the 6^th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA

2004     Wyer, N. A. Drawing social boundaries: A categorization model of relationship representation. Invited talk at the University of Dundee, Scotland

2003     Wyer, N. A. Reclaiming control over stereotypes. Invited talk at the University of Genoa, Italy

2001     Wyer, N. A. Intergroup context effects on stereotype formation and change. Invited talk at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

2001     Wyer, N. A. Strategies for stereotype inhibition. Symposium presentation at the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX

Other academic activities
Social Psychology Research Group Organiser