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Tyler, James
Associate Professor, Social Area

Contact
Address:
703 Third Street
PSYC, room 2148
West Lafayette
IN 47907

Telephone: (765) 494-3313
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~tyler/

Information: Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2006

Much of my research focuses on the interpersonal aspects of the self as embedded in social relationships. Specifically, how do the behavioral, motivational, and emotional components of the self influence interpersonal functioning? This work is incorporated under three generalized categories: 1) people’s self-presentations (automatic and controlled), 2) self-regulation and interpersonal functioning, and 3) relational dependency models and interdependent information/processes in social systems. Underscoring all is the central tenet that people’s behaviors and emotions are influenced by their concerns about others’ impression and social acceptance of them.


Recent Publications:

Tyler, J. M. (in press). Triggering Self-presentation Efforts Outside of People’s Conscious Awareness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Carmichael, K. & Tyler, J. M. (in press). The Impact of Self-presentational Intimacy and Attachment on Depletion of the Self’s Regulatory Resources. Social Influence.

Fedesco, H. & Tyler, J. M. (2011). The communication of sexual identity-images in a self-presentational context. Social Influence, 6, 57-67.

Tyler, J. M. & Gill-Rossier, J. (2009). Examining self-presentation as a motivational explanation for comparative optimism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 716-727

Tyler, J. M. (2009). Compensatory self-presentation in upward comparison situations. Human Communication Research, 35, 511-539.

Tyler, J. M., & Burns, K. C. (2009). The conservation of the self’s regulatory resources. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 31, 255-266.

Tyler, J. M. (2008). In the eyes of others: Monitoring for relational value cues. Human Communication Research, 34, 521–549.

Tyler, J. M., & Burns, K. C. (2008). After depletion: The replenishment of the self’s regulatory resources. Self and Identity, 7, 305-321.

Tyler, J. M., & Feldman, R. S. (2007). The double-edged sword of excuses: When do they help, when do they hurt? Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 659-688.

Tyler, J. M., Reichert, A., & Feldman, R. S. (2006). The price of deceptive behavior: Disliking and lying to people who lie to us. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 69-77.

Tyler, J. M., & Feldman, R. S. (2004). Cognitive demand and self-presentation efforts: The influence of situational importance and interaction goal. Self and Identity, 3, 364-377.