Mark Schaller

Institution University of British Columbia Current Position Professor Highest Degree Ph.D. in Psychology from Arizona State University, 1989 Research Interests Culture/Ethnicity Evolution/Genetics Social Cognition Laboratory Home Page UBC Social Cognition Laboratory   Mark Schaller Department of Psychology 2136 West Mall University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4 Canada Home Page Phone: (604) 822-2613 Fax: (604) 822-6923 My research focuses on stereotypes, prejudices, person perception and other aspects of social cognition. In doing so, I've also been exploring bigger, broader questions about the influence of human evolutionary history on psychological processes, and about the impact of psychological processes on human culture. Books: Schaller, M., & Crandall, C. S. (Eds.). (2004). The psychological foundations of culture. Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Schaller, M., Simpson, J. A., & Kenrick, D. T. (Eds.). (2006). Evolution and social psychology. New York: Psychology Press. Journal Articles: Conway, L. G., III, & Schaller, M. (2002). On the verifiability of evolutionary psychological theories: An analysis of the psychology of scientific persuasion. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 6, 152-166. Faulkner, J., Schaller, M., Park, J. H., & Duncan, L. A. (2004). Evolved disease-avoidance processes and contemporary xenophobic attitudes. Group Processes and Intergroup Behavior, 7, 333-353. Fincher, C. L., Thornhill, R., Murray, D. R., & Schaller, M. (2008). Pathogen prevalance predicts human cross-cultural variability in individualism/collectivism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275, 1279-1285. Maner, J. K., DeWall, C. N., Baumeister, R. F., & Schaller, M. (2007). Does social exclusion motivate interpersonal reconnection? Resolving the "porcupine problem." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 42-55. Maner, J. K., Kenrick, D. T., Becker, D. V., Robertson, T. E., Hofer, B., Neuberg, S. L., Delton, A. W., Butner, J., & Schaller, M. (2005). Functional projection: How fundamental social motives can bias interpersonal perception. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 63-78. Norenzayan, A., Atran, S., Faulkner, J., & Schaller, M. (2006). Memory and mystery: The cultural selection of minimally counterintuitive narratives. Cognitive Science, 30, 531-553. Park, J. H., & Schaller, M. (2005). Does attitude similarity serve as a heuristic cue for kinship? Evidence of an implicit cognitive association. Evolution and Human Behavior, 26, 158-170. Park, J. H., Schaller, M., & Crandall, C. S. (2007). Pathogen-avoidance mechanisms and the stigmatization of obese people. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28, 410-414. Schaller, M., & Abeysinghe, A. M. N. D. (2006). Geographical frame of reference and dangerous intergroup attitudes: A double-minority study in Sri Lanka. Political Psychology, 27, 615-631. Schaller, M., Conway, L. G., III, & Tanchuk, T. L. (2002). Selective pressures on the once and future contents of ethnic stereotypes: Effects of the communicability of traits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 861-877. Schaller, M., & Murray, D. R. (2008). Pathogens, personality, and culture: Disease prevalance predicts worldwide variability in sociosexuality, extraversion, and openness to experience. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 212-221. Schaller, M., Park, J. H., & Faulkner, J. (2003). Prehistoric dangers and contemporary prejudices. European Review of Social Psychology, 14, 105-137. Schaller, M., Park, J. H., & Mueller, A. (2003). Fear of the dark: Interactive effects of beliefs about danger and ambient darkness on ethnic stereotypes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 637-649.

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