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William C. Pedersen, Ph.D
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Area of Interest:
  1. Displaced Aggression
  2. Evolutionary perspective on gender differences in dating/mating strategies.
Courses Taught: Social Psychology (Psy 351), Statistical Design & Analysis of Experiment (psy 411/511)
Description of Research:
  1. Research in the area of displaced aggression attempts to explain situations in daily life in which retaliatory aggressive responses to a mild provocation often inappropriately exceed that expected from a tit-for-tat matching rule.
  2. I have also developed a new theoretical and empirical program of research that evaluates evolutionary approaches in explaining human behavior with a particular focus on gender differences and matching strategies.
Student Participation: Looking for 6-8 students.
Requirements:
  1. Ability to show up on time to experimental sessions and meetings
  2. Be able to pay close attention to detail
  3. Have about 6 hours per week to dedicate to project(s)
  4. Preferably (but not mandatory) have some exposure to SPSS (training will be provided if not familiar with SPSS).
Participation Descriptions:
  1. Running subjects in a laboratory setting
  2. Maybe a little data entry work.
Semester(s) Needed: Spring 2005 and Fall 2006.
Contact Information: Faculty Office Hours and Other Information

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