B.A., University of Texas at San Antonio, 2006 Primary Adviser Donal E. Carlston
Contact Information Address: Purdue University                College of Liberal Arts                Department of Psychological Sciences                703 Third Street                Rm. PSYC 2188                West Lafayette, IN 47907-2081 Phone:    (765) 494-6892 Fax:        (765) 496-1264 E-mail:    schneid@psych.purdue.edu

Grad Student Adviser, Psychology club

RESEARCH INTERESTS & CURRENT PROJECTS

My general areas of interest are person memory and impression formation. More specifically, I am interested in the constructs of Spontaneous Trait Inferences (STIs) and Spontaneous Trait Transference (STT). We recently created and validated a new single-item measure that is able to replace the two current tasks typically used in STI/STT paradigms. I hope to use the new scale to both extract new information and streamline the experimental process. I am also currently exploring how people process and/or resolve incongruities in trait information. I am attempting to further tease apart the differences between inferential and associative processing based on the instructions given at the time of the task as well as whether the stimuli used are self- or other-descriptive.

Additionally, I am interested in the cognitive processes that underlie the individual difference construct of self-monitoring. I am currently working on a project that examines the relationship between self-monitoring and the Implicit Theories of Relationships (destiny vs. growth beliefs.). I also have plans for a program of research to determine whether being a high or low self-monitor is akin to having a cognitive load, as well as how much of our cognitive resources are used when we form impressions (both actively and passively).


RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Schneid, E.D., Carlston, D.E. (2009, April). Saving the savings measure: A simplified method for assessing strength of associations. Paper presented at the Social Psychologists of Indiana Conference, Bloomington, IN.

Schneid, E.D., Fuhrman, R.W. (2008, May). Vehicle type and color affect driver trait attribution. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science National Conference, Chicago, IL.