Michael R. Andreychik
- SPN Mentor
I am interested in explanatory processes and their relation to social emotions and attitudes; the psychological bases of variation in identity-related defensive responding; prosocial cognition, emotion,and behavior; and stereotyping and prejudice.
Primary Interests:
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Group Processes
- Helping, Prosocial Behavior
- Intergroup Relations
- Person Perception
- Political Psychology
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
Research Group or Laboratory:
Journal Articles:
- Andreychik, M. R., & Gill, M. J. (2009). Ingroup identity moderates the impact of social explanations on intergroup attitudes: External explanations are not inherently prosocial. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1632-1645.
- Gill, M. J., & Andreychik, M. R. (2009). Getting emotional about explanations: Social explanations and social explanatory styles as bases of prosocial emotions and intergroup attitudes. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 3(6), 1038-1054.
- Gill, M. J., & Andreychik, M. R. (2007). Explanation and intergroup emotion: Social explanations as a foundation of prejudice-related compunction. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations [Special Issue on Intergroup Emotion], 10, 87-106.
Courses Taught:
- General Psychology
- Internship in Teaching Psychology
- Person Perception
- Research Methods in Psychology
- Social Psychology
Michael R. Andreychik
Department of Psychology
Fairfield University
1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield, Connecticut 06824
United States of America
- Phone: (203) 254-4000, x2176