Brent McFerran


Papers

 

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  4. McFerran, Brent and Anirban Mukhopadhyay (in press), “Lay Theories of Obesity Predict Actual Body Mass”, Psychological Science.  paper  supplement

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  6. Aquino, Karl, Brent McFerran, and Marjorie Laven (2011), “Moral Identity and the Experience of Moral Elevation in Response to Acts of Uncommon Goodness”, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100(4), 703-718.  paper

  7.      *Lead article

  8.      Media:  Globe and Mail  CBC  Yahoo!  Psychology Today

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  10. McFerran, Brent, Darren W. Dahl, Gavan J. Fitzsimons, and Andrea C. Morales (2011), “Social Influence and Body Type Effects On Eating Behavior”, in Rajeev Batra, Punam Anand Keller, and Victor Strecher (Eds.) Leveraging Consumer Psychology for Effective Health Communications: The Obesity Challenge. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe.  paper

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  12. McFerran, Brent, Darren W. Dahl, Gerald J. Gorn, and Heather Honea (2010), “Motivational Determinants of Transportation Into Marketing Narratives”, Journal of Consumer Psychology, 20(3), 306-316.  paper

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  14. McFerran, Brent, Darren W. Dahl, Gavan J. Fitzsimons, and Andrea C. Morales (2010), “Might an Overweight Waitress Make You Eat More? How the Body Type of Others is Sufficient to Alter Our Food Consumption”, Journal of Consumer Psychology, 20(2), 146-151.  paper

  15.      Media: Psychology Today   

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  17. McFerran, Brent, Darren W. Dahl, Gavan J. Fitzsimons, and Andrea C. Morales (2010), I’ll Have What She’s Having: Effects of Social Influence and Body Type on the Food Choices of Others”, Journal of Consumer Research, 36 (6, April) 915-929.  paper 

  18.      *Robert Ferber Award, honorable mention 2010   

  19.      Media: New York Times  Sydney Morning Herald  China Daily  Daily Telegraph  YouTube

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  21. McFerran, Brent, Karl Aquino, and Michelle Duffy (2010), “How Personality and Moral Identity Relate to Individuals’ Ethical Ideology”, Business Ethics Quarterly, 30(1), 35-56.  paper

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  23. Freeman, Dan, Karl Aquino, and Brent McFerran (2009), “Overcoming Beneficiary Race as an Impediment to Charitable Donations: Social Dominance Orientation, Moral Elevation, and Donation Behavior”, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35(1), 72-84.  paper

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  26. Under Review, Revision, & Working Papers:

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  28. “Status By Association”, with Jennifer Argo.

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  30. “The Entourage Effect”, with Jennifer Argo.

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  32. “The (Ironic) Dove Effect: Normalizing Obesity Leads to Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Food and Lowers Desire to Engage in Healthy Behaviors”, with Lily Lin.

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  34. “Are You Rich Enough to Eat Organic? Moral Judgements Depend on the Income of the Target”, with Jenny Olson, Andrea Morales, and Darren Dahl. 

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  36. “Symbolic Self-Completion and Luxury Brand Consumption: A Proposed Model and Empirical Test”, with Dan Freeman, Karl Aquino, and Stefan Thau.

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  38. “Evidence For Two Faces of Pride In Consumption: Findings From Luxury Brands”, with Karl Aquino and Jessica Tracy.

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  40. “What Makes Affirmative Action Seem (Un)Fair to Whites?”, with Karl Aquino, Jun Gu, and Tai Gyu Kim.


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