Research Terms
Health Psychology Social Psychology
Carroll, P. J., Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2006). Forsaking optimism. Review of General Psychology, 10, 56-73.
Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2007). Being the best bearer of bad tidings: The bad news response model. Review of General Psychology, 11, 235-257.
Shepperd, J. A., Malone, W., & Sweeny, K. (2008). Exploring Causes of the Self-serving Bias, Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 895–908. (URL: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/ 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2008.00078.x)
Sweeny, K., Melnyk, D., Malone, W., & Shepperd, J. A. (2010). Information avoidance: Who, what, when & why. Review of General Psychology, 14, 340-353.
Sweeny, K., & Shepperd, J. A. (2010). The costs of optimism and the benefits of pessimism: Timing matters. Emotion, 10, 750-753.
Society of Personality & Social Psychology, Fellow; 2014 - present
Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Fellow; 2009 - present
Consulting Editor, Health Psychology Review; 2018 - 2021
Consulting Editor, Review of General Psychology; 2015 - 2021
Consulting Editor, Psychological Bulletin; 2015 - 2021
Consulting Editor, Society of Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin; 2009 - 2021
Associate Editor, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; 2007 - 2009
Consulting Editor, Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology; 2002 - 2021
Consulting Editor, Basic & Applied Social Psychology; 1998 - 2021
Managing Threat by Avoiding Information; Invited Talk; National Cancer Institute; 2013
Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions; Invited talk; College of Central Florida; 2019
A Psychological Perspective on the Gun Divide in America; Symposium on Gun Violence in America; University of Florida School of Law; 2019
Union and Division: A Psychological Perspective on the Gun Debate in American; Inivted Talk; Institute of American Universities, Aix-en-Provence, France; 2018
Maintaining Quality of Life by Avoiding Information; Invited Talk; University of Nice, France; 2018
Gun attitudes on college campus: United and divided by safety needs; Inivted Talk; University of Colorado; 2017
Information Avoidance; Invited talk; University of Leads, United Kingdom; 2017
Calculated Ignorance; Invited talk; University of Freiburg, Germany; 2016
General audience talk about why people opt the remain ignorant about important things in their lives
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Audience:
Adults
Duration:
1 hour or less
Fee:
Less than $500
Even-handed, general audience talk about why Americans recognize violence as a problem but cannot reach agreement on the solution
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Audience:
Adults
Duration:
1 hour or less
Fee:
Less than $500
General audience talk about the social and psychological processes that lead people reject science and accept fake news, and how we can respond.
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Audience:
Adults
Duration:
1 hour or less
Fee:
Less than $500