I received my B.A. (1995) from Eastern Illinois University, and my M.S. (2000) and Ph.D. (2003) in Social-Personality Psychology from Kansas State University. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at Ball State University.
My research interests include attitudes and persuasion, sex differences in reactions to infidelity, health psychology, and the Theory of Planned Behavior.
Brannon, L. A., Tagler, M. J., & Eagly, A. E. (2007). The moderating role of attitude strength on selective exposure to information. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 611-617.
Cozzarelli, C., Tagler, M. J., & Wilkinson, A. V. (2002). Do middle-class students perceive poor women and poor men differently? Sex Roles, 47, 519-529.
Cozzarelli, C., Wilkinson, A. V., & Tagler, M. J. (2001). Attitudes toward the poor and attributions for poverty. Journal of Social Issues, 57, 207-227.
Pease, M. E., McCabe, A. E., Brannon, L. A., & Tagler, M. J. (2003). Memory distortions for pre-Y2K expectancies: A demonstration of the hindsight bias. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 137, 397-399.
Tagler, M. J. (2012). Choking under the pressure of a positive stereotype: Gender identification and self-consciousness moderate men’s math test performance. The Journal of Social Psychology, 152, 401-416.
Tagler, M. J. (2000). Neuroscience and mainstream psychology. American Psychologist, 55, 271.
Tagler, M. J., & Cozzarelli, C. (in press). Feelings toward the poor and beliefs about the causes of poverty: The role of affective-cognitive consistency in help-giving. The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied.
Tagler, M. J., & Gentry, R. H. (2011). Gender, jealousy, and attachment: A (more) thorough examination across measures and samples. Journal of Research in Personality, 45, 697-701.
Courses Taught:
Empirical Research in Psychology
Health Psychology
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Research Methods
Social Psychology
Statistics
Empirical Research in Psychology
Health Psychology
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Research Methods
Social Psychology
Statistics
Michael J. Tagler Department of Psychological Science
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306 United States
Phone: (765) 285-4600
Fax: (765) 285-1702
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