Cynthia L. Pickett
Cindy Pickett completed her undergraduate studies at Stanford University and received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State University. Dr. Pickett is a social psychologist by training and teaches and conducts research in the areas of social identity, intergroup relations, the self, social cognition, and social inclusion and belonging. Her work has appeared in journals such as The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Her recent writings have focused on the benefits of implementing more inclusive and open scientific practices within the field of psychology and beyond.
Dr. Pickett is Past-President of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. She is also a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Primary Interests:
- Group Processes
- Intergroup Relations
- Interpersonal Processes
- Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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Journal Articles:
- Gardner, W. L., Pickett, C. L., & Brewer, M. B. (2000). Social exclusion and selective memory: How the need to belong influences memory for social events. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 486-496.
- Gardner, W.L., Pickett, C.L., Jefferis, V., & Knowles, M. (2005). On the outside looking in: Loneliness and social monitoring. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1549-1560.
- Hess, Y. D. & Pickett, C. L. (2010). Social rejection and self- versus other-awareness. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 453-456.
- Leonardelli, G. L., Pickett, C. L., & Brewer, M. B. (2010). Optimal distinctiveness theory: A framework for social identity, social cognition, and intergroup relations. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 43, pp. 66-115) San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press.
- Pickett, C. L. (2001). The effects of entitativity beliefs on implicit comparisons between group members. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 515-525.
- Pickett, C. L., & Brewer, M. B. (2001). Assimilation and differentiation needs as motivational determinants of perceived in-group and out-group homogeneity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 37, 341-348.
- Pickett, C. L., & Perrott, D. A. (2004). Shall I compare thee? Perceived entitativity and ease of comparison. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 283-289.
- Pickett, C. L., Bonner, B. L., & Coleman, J. M. (2002). Motivated self-stereotyping: Heightened assimilation and differentiation needs result in increased levels of positive and negative self-stereotyping. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 543-562.
- Pickett, C. L., Gardner, W. L., & Knowles, M. (2004). Getting a cue: The need to belong and enhanced sensitivity to social cues. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1095-1107.
- Pickett, C. L., Silver, M. D., & Brewer, M. B. (2002). The impact of assimilation and differentiation needs on perceived group importance and judgments of ingroup size. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 546-558.
- Wesselmann, E. D., Butler, F. A., Williams, K. D., & Pickett, C. L. (2010). Adding injury to insult: Unexpected rejection leads to more aggressive responses. Aggressive Behavior, 36, 232-237.
Other Publications:
- Leonardelli, G. J., Pickett, C. L., Joseph, J. E., & Hess, Y. D. (in press). Optimal distinctiveness in nested categorization contexts: Moving from dueling identities to a dual identity. In Kramer, R., Leonardelli, G. J., & Livingston, R. (Eds.), Festschrift volume in honor of Marilynn B. Brewer. Association for Psychological Science Festschrift series.
- Nielsen, B.D., Pickett, C.L., & Simonton, D.K. (2008). Conceptual versus experimental creativity: Which works best on convergent and divergent thinking tasks? Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
- Pickett, C. L., & Brewer, M. B. (2004). The role exclusion in maintaining ingroup inclusion. In D. Abrams, J. Marques, and M. Hogg (Eds.), Social Psychology of Inclusion and Exclusion. Philadelphia: Psychology Press.
- Pickett, C.L. & Leonardelli, G.J. (2006). Collective identities as a resource for the satisfaction of assimilation and differentiation needs. In T. Postmes and J. Jetten (Eds.), Individuality and the Group: Advances in Social Identity. London: Sage Publications.
- Pickett, C.L., & Gardner, W.L. (2005). The social monitoring system: Enhanced sensitivity to social cues as an adaptive response to social exclusion. In K. Williams, J. Forgas, and W. von Hippel (Eds.), The social outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying. New York: Psychology Press.
- Pickett, C.L., Smaldino, P.E., Sherman, J.W., & Schank, J. (in press). Agent-Based Modeling as a Tool for Studying Social Identity Processes: The Case of Optimal Distinctiveness Theory. In R. Kramer, G.J. Leonardelli, & R. Livingston (Eds.), Festschrift volume in honor of Marilynn B. Brewer. Association for Psychological Science Festschrift series.
- Sauerwein, K.A., & Pickett, C.L. (2009). Optimal distinctiveness model. In D. Matsumoto (Ed.), Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Courses Taught:
- Directed Group Study
- Psychology of the Self
- Research in Personality and Social
- Social Cognition
- Social Psychology
- Topics in Social and Personality
Cynthia L. Pickett
Department of Psychology
California State University, Pomona
3801 West Temple Avenue, Building 5
Pomona, California 91768
United States of America
- Phone: (909) 869-3889
