Jon Maner
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Education
Arizona State University, 2003
Research Interests
Jon Maner's research focuses on the interplay between motivation, emotion, and social cognition. His work draws on a blend of theories and methods from evolutionary and social psychology. Specific research areas include: close relationships (e.g., romantic attraction and the maintenance of long-term relationships), social hierarchy (e.g., power and leadership, dominance and prestige), social affiliation and rejection, and self-protective processes (e.g., disgust, anxiety, and fear)
Lab Description
Research focuses on the interplay between motivation, emotion, and social cognition. His work draws on a blend of theories and methods from evolutionary and social psychology. Specific research areas include: close relationships (e.g., romantic attraction and the maintenance of long-term relationships), social hierarchy (e.g., power and leadership, dominance and prestige), social affiliation and rejection, and self-protective processes (e.g., disgust, anxiety, and fear)
Maner, J. K., & Case, C. R. (2016). Dominance and prestige: Dual strategies for navigating social hierarchies. In J. Olson & M. Zanna (Eds.) Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol 54) (Ch3, pp.129-180). San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press.
Case, C. R. & Maner, J. K. (2014). Divide and conquer: When and why leaders undermine the cohesive fabric of their group. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107, 1033-1050.
Maner, J. K., & Miller, S. L. (2014). Hormones and Social Monitoring: Menstrual Cycle Shifts in Progesterone Underlie Women’s Sensitivity to Social Information. Evolution and Human Behavior, 35, 9-16.
Ainsworth, S. E., & Maner, J. K. (2012). Sex begets violence: Mating motives, social dominance, and aggressive behavior in men. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 819-829.
Miller, S. L., & Maner, J. K. (2012). Overperceiving disease cues: The basic cognition of the behavioral immune system. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 1198-1213.
Kunstman, J., & Maner, J. K. (2011). Sexual overperception: Power, mating goals, and biases in social judgment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 282-294.
Miller, S. L., & Maner, J. K. (2011). Ovulation as a mating prime: Subtle signs of female fertility influence men’s mating cognition and behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 295-308.
Maner, J. K., & Mead, N. (2010). The essential tension between leadership and power: When leaders sacrifice group goals for the sake of self-interest. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 482-497.
Maner, J. K., Miller, S. L., Schmidt, N. B., & Eckel, L. A. (2010). The endocrinology of exclusion: Rejection elicits motivationally tuned changes in progesterone. Psychological Science, 21, 581-588.
Maner, J. K., Miller, S. L., Rouby, D. A., & Gailliot, M. T. (2009). Intrasexual Vigilance: The Implicit Cognition of Romantic Rivalry. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 74-87.
Maner, J. K., Gailliot, M. T., & Miller, S. L. (2009). The implicit cognition of relationship maintenance: Inattention to attractive alternatives. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 174-179.
Maner, J. K., Miller, S. L., Schmidt, N. B., & Eckel, L. A. (2008). Submitting to Defeat: Social Anxiety, Dominance Threat, and Decrements in Testosterone. Psychological Science, 19, 264-268.
Maner, J. K., Rouby, D. A., & Gonzaga, G. (2008). Automatic inattention to attractive alternatives: The evolved psychology of relationship maintenance. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29, 343-349.
Maner, J. K., Gailliot, M. T., Rouby, D. A., & Miller, S. L. (2007). Can’t take my eyes off you: Attentional adhesion to mates and rivals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 389-401.
Maner, J. K., DeWall, C. N., Baumeister, R. F., & Schaller, M. (2007). Does social exclusion motivate interpersonal reconnection? Resolving the “porcupine problem.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 42-55.
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