Education:
Ph.D., Duke University - 1971 (Psychology, Social)
B.S., Georgia Tech - 1967 (Psychology)
Areas of Expertise:
Evolution and human social behavior, cognitive processes involved in human mating, perspective-taking, ambivalence and social attitudes.
Books and Publications
Davies, A.P.C., T.K. Shackelford and R.G. Hass, R.G. "When a 'Poach' Is Not a Poach: Redefining Human Mate Poaching and Re-estimating Its Frequency." Archives of Sexual Behavior. In press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2007
Hass, R.G., N. Chaudhary, E. Kleyman, A. Nussbaum, A. Pulizzi and J. Tison. "The Relationship between the Theory of Evolution and the Social Sciences, Particularly Psychology." Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Reproductive Behavior. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 907. Eds. D. LeCroy and P. Moller. New York: New York Academy of Sciences. 1-20. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2000
Hass, R.G., I. Katz, N. Rizzo, J. Bailey and L. Moore. "When Racial Ambivalence Evokes Negative Affect, Using a Disguised Measure of Mood." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 18: 786-97. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1992
Hass, R.G., I. Katz, N. Rizzo, J. Bailey and D. Eisenstadt. "Cross-Racial Appraisal as Related to Attitude Ambivalence and Cognitive Complexity." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 17: 83-92. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1991
Hass, R.G. and D. Eisenstadt. "The Effects of Self-Focused Attention on Perspective-Taking and Anxiety." Anxiety Research: An International Journal 2: 165-76. Reprinted in Anxiety and Self-Focused Attention. Eds. R. Schwarzer and R.A. Wicklund. Chur, Switzerland and New York: Harwood, 1991. 55-66. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1990
Katz, I. and R.G. Hass. "Racial Ambivalence and American Value Conflict: Correlational and Priming Studies of Dual Cognitive Structures." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 55: 893-905. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1988
Katz, I., R.G. Hass and J. Bailey. "Attitudinal Ambivalence and Behavior Toward People With Disabilities." Attitudes Toward People With Disabilities. Ed. H.E. Yuker. New York: Springer. 47-57. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1988
Katz, I., R.G. Hass, N. Parisi, J. Astone, D. McEvaddy and D.J. Lucido. "Lay People's and Health Care Personnel's Perception of Cancer, AIDS, Heart, and Diabetes Patients." Psychological Reports 60: 615-29. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1987
Katz, I., J. Wackenhut and R.G. Hass. "Racial Ambivalence, Value Duality, and Behavior." Prejudice Discrimination and Racism: Theory and Research. Eds. J. Dovidio and S.L. Gaertner. New York: Academic Press. 35-59. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1986
Brooks, B., G. Silverman and R.G. Hass. "When a Teacher Dies: A School-Based Intervention with Latency Children." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 55: 405-10. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1985
"Perspective Taking and Self-Awareness: Drawing an E on Your Forehead." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 46: 788-98. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1984
"Effects of Source Characteristics on the Cognitive Processing of Persuasive Messages and Attitude Change." Cognitive Responses in Persuasion. Eds. R.E. Petty, T.M. Ostrom and T.C. Brock. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 141-72. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1981
"Presentational Strategies and the Social Expression of Attitudes: Impression Management within Limits." Impression Management Theory and Social Psychological Research. Ed. J. Tedeschi. New York: Academic Press. 127-46. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 1981
Hass, R.G. and R.W. Mann. "Anticipatory Belief Change: Persuasion or Impression Management?" Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 34: 105-11. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1976
"Persuasion or Moderation? Two Experiments on Anticipatory Belief Change." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 31: 1155-62. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1975
Hass, R.G. and K. Grady. "Temporal Delay, Type of Forewarning, and Resistance to Influence." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 11: 459-69. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1975
Hass, R.G. and D.E. Linder. "Counterargument Availability and the Effects of Message Structure on Persuasion." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 23: 219-33. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1972
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Brooklyn College Provost's Lecture, "Evolution and Human Behavior." (Awards and Honors) 1998
Hass, R.G. and Irwin Katz. Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize - Honorable Mention (2nd Place), awarded by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues for the paper "Racial Ambivalence and American Value Conflict: Correlational and Priming Studies of Dual Cognitive Structure." (Awards and Honors) 1987
Hass, R.G. and Irwin Katz. National Science Foundation grant, for "Ambivalence and Behavior Toward Outgroups." 1984-86. (Grants and Fellowships) 1984
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Hass, R.G. and D. Eisenstadt. "Comparing Theories and Measures of Ambivalent Attitudes: A Three-Dimensional Surface Plot Analysis and a Reanalysis of Experimental Data." American Psychological Association Convention. Toronto, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 1993
"The Effects of Self-Focused Attention on Perspective-Taking." Conference on Perseveration and Perspective-Taking. University of Bielefeld. Germany, May 28-30. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 1990
