Jim Olson
My primary research interests are: (1) attitudes and persuasion; (2) social psychology of justice; (3) humour and ridicule; (4) social cognition.
Primary Interests:
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Causal Attribution
- Interpersonal Processes
- Person Perception
- Persuasion, Social Influence
- Social Cognition
Books:
- Breckler, S. J., Olson, J. M., & Wiggins, E. C. (2006). Social psychology alive. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
- Roese, N. J., & Olson, J. M. (Eds.). (1995). What might have been: The social psychology of counterfactual thinking. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Seligman, C., Olson, J. M., & Zanna, M. P. (Eds.). (1996). The psychology of values. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Zanna, M. P., & Olson, J. M. (Eds.). (1994). The psychology of prejudice (The Ontario Symposium, Vol. 7). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Journal Articles:
- Callan, M. J., Kay, A. C., Olson, J. M., Brar, N., & Whitefield, N. (2010). The effects of priming legal concepts on perceived trust and competitiveness, self-interested attitudes, and competitive behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 325-335.
- Callan, M. J., Shead, N. W., & Olson, J. M. (2009). Foregoing the labor for the fruits: The effect of just world threat on the desire for immediate monetary rewards. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 246-249.
- Hafer, C. L., & Olson, J. M. (2003). An analysis of empirical research on the scope of justice. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 7, 311-323.
- Haynes, G. A., & Olson, J. M. (2006). Coping with threats to just world beliefs: Derogate, blame, or help? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 664-682.
- Hodson, G., & Olson, J. M. (2005). Testing the generality of the name letter effect: Name initials and everyday attitudes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1099-1111.
- Janes, L. M., & Olson, J. M. (2000). Jeer pressure: The behavioral effects of observing ridicule of others. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 474-485.
- Olson, J. M., Goffin, R. D., & Haynes, G. A. (2007). Relative versus absolute measures of attitudes: Implications for predicting diverse attitude-relevant criteria. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 907-926.
- Olson, J. M., & Janes, L. J. (2002). Vigilance for differences: Heightened impact of differences on surprise. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1084-1093
- Olson, J. M., Vernon, P. A., Harris, J. A., & Jang, K. (2001). The heritability of attitudes: A study of twins. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 845-860.
- Peterson, A. A., Haynes, G. A., & Olson, J. M. (2008). Self-esteem differences in the effects of hypocrisy induction on behavioral intentions in the health domain. Journal of Personality, 76, 305-322.
- Quinn, K. A., & Olson, J. M. (2003). Framing social judgment: Self-ingroup comparison and perceived discrimination. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 228-236.
- Roese, N. J., & Olson, J. M. (2007). Better, stronger, faster: Self-serving judgment, affect regulation, and the optimal vigilance hypothesis. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2, 124-141.
Other Publications:
- Hafer, C. L., Olson, J. M., & Peterson, A. A. (2008). Extreme harmdoing: A view from the social psychology of justice. In V. M. Esses & R. A. Vernon (Eds.), Explaining the breakdown of ethnic relations: Why neighbors kill (pp. 17-40). Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing
- Olson, J. M., Hafer, C. L., Cheung, I., & Conway, P. (2010). Deservingness, the scope of justice, and actions toward others. In D. R. Bobocel, A. C. Kay, M. P. Zanna, & J. M. Olson (Eds.), The psychology of justice and legitimacy: The Ontario symposium (Vol. 11, pp. 125-149). New York: Psychology Press.
- Olson, J. M., & Stone, J. (2005). The influence of behavior on attitudes. In D. Albarracin, B. T. Johnson, & M. P. Zanna (Eds.), Handbook of attitudes and attitude change (pp. 223-322). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Courses Taught:
- Attitudes and Persuasion
- Interpersonal Attraction
- Justice and Equity
- Social Cognition
- Social Psychology
Jim Olson
Department of Psychology
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario N6A 5C2
Canada
- Phone: (519) 661-2111, ext. 84637
- Fax: (519) 661-3961