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Leonard Martin

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Recently, my students and I have been exploring the factors that lead individuals to lose and re-gain contact with their authentic values. We have found, for example, that engaging in self-control in one task leads individuals to guide their behavior in a subsequent task using generic knowledge structures (e.g., stereotypes) rather than more idiosyncratic structures (personal attitudes). A wake-up call, on the other hand, such as contemplating one's mortality, leads individuals to guide their behavior on the basis of their personal attitudes rather than the generic ones.

Primary Interests:

  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Person Perception
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition

Books:

  • Martin, L. L., & Clore, G. L. (2001). Theories of affect and cognition: A user’s guidebook. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Journal Articles:

  • Martin, L. L. (1999). Another look at I-D compensation theory: Addressing some concerns and misconceptions. Psychological Inquiry, 10, 258-268.
  • Martin, L. L. (1999). I-D compensation theory: Some implications of trying to satisfy immediate-return needs in a delayed-return culture.
  • Martin, L. L., Shelton, J., & Shrira, I. (2002). The role of context in determining mood effects. Psychological Inquiry, 13, 74-76.
  • Shrira, I. & Martin, L. L. (2005). Stereotyping, self-affirmation, and the cerebral hemispheres. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 846-856.
  • Stapel, D., Martin, L. L., & Schwarz, N. (1998). The smell of bias: What instigates correction processes in social judgments? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 797-806.
  • Tamir, M. Robinson, M. D., Clore, L., Martin, L. L., & Whitaker, D. (2004). Are we puppets on a string? The contextual meaning of unconscouis expressive cues. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 237-249.

Other Publications:

  • Martin, L. L., Campbell, W. K., & Henry, C. D. (2004). The roar of awakening: Mortality acknowledgement as a call to authentic living. In J. Greenberg, T. Pyszczynski, & S. Koole (Eds.), The Handbook of Experimental Existentialism (pp. 431-448). New York: Guilford Publishers.

Leonard Martin
Department of Psychology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
United States of America

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