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California State University, Bakersfield |
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Antelope Valley Campus |
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Social Perception, Attitudes, Mental Simulation Lab |
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The Social Perception, Attitudes, Mental Simulation (SPAMS) lab is directed by social/personality psychologist Chuck Tate and focuses on (a) the perception of social categories [social perception], (b) attitudes toward social categories [attitudes], and (c) prediction and counterfactual thinking [mental simulation]. Specifically, we examine individual differences in how people define social categories (e.g., ‘race,’ gender, sexual orientation) and the implications these definitions have for prejudice, self-concepts, and other aspects of person-perception. We also study the processes underpinning and supporting predictions of future events in social and non-social domains, as well as the interplay between prediction (what might be) and counterfactual thinking (what might have been). |
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Chuck Tate, Ph.D. Department of Psychology California State University, Bakersfield Antelope Valley Campus 43909 30th Street West Lancaster, CA 93536 |
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Contact info: |
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Phone: 661-952-5003 Fax: 661-952-5127 E-mail: ctate@csub.edu |
