Benjamin R. Meagher
My primary research interests focus on the intersection between social, environmental, and ecological psychology, which involves investigating how the physical environments and settings that humans occupy guide and constrain the social psychological processes that take place within them. For example, I study how social processes influence perceptions of the physical environment (e.g., spatial estimates, setting preferences), as well as how the physical environment affects the social processes taking place within it (e.g., territoriality, coping).
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Group Processes
- Person Perception
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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Self-Report and Consensus Ratings of Intellectual Humility
Certainly the Lord Is in This Place: Conceptions of Space in Christian Worship
Journal Articles:
- Garcia, R. L., Meagher, B. R., Kenny, D. A. (2015). Analyzing the effects of group members’ characteristics: A guide to the Group Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 18, 315-328. doi:10.1177/1368430214556370
- Hodges, B. H., Meagher, B. R., Norton, D., McBain, R., & Kimball, A. (2014). Speaking from ignorance: Not agreeing with others we believe are correct. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 218-234. doi:10.1037/a0034662
- Meagher, B. R. (2015). Perceiving sacred space: Religious orientation moderates impressions of religious settings. Environment and Behavior. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/0013916515581626
- Meagher, B. R., & Fowler, C. A. (2014). Embedded articulation: shifts in location influence speech production. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 29, 561-567. doi:10.1080/01690965.2013.791704
- Meagher, B. R., Leman, J. C., Bias, J. P., Latendresse, S. J., & Rowatt, W. C. (2015). Contrasting self-report and consensus ratings of intellectual humility and arrogance. Journal of Research in Personality, 58, 35-45. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2015.07.002
- Meagher, B. R., & Marsh, K. L. (2014). The costs of cooperation: Action-specific perception in the context of joint action. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 40, 429-444. doi:10.1037/a0033850
Benjamin R. Meagher
Department of Psychology
Hope College
Holland, Michigan 49423
United States of America
