Elicia Lair (Faculty Member is Retired, or has otherwise left the University)
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Phone Number:
Email: eclair@olemiss.edu
http://sites.olemiss.edu/socialcoglab

Key Words: Emotion, Social Cognition, Social Psychology, Information Processing

Research Description: My research examines how affect (feelings/emotions) interact with ways of thinking (cognitive processing styles) to influence a variety of judgments, decisions, and behaviors. Some of my work has focused on how emotion and information processing styles (big picture vs. detailed thinking) influence judgments about the self, political candidates, people from stigmatized groups and other outgroups, and moral transgressions. I also have a line of research that examines how these two processes influence attention to visual stimuli (both neutral and emotional stimuli).

Honors Theses:

Curtis, Peyton D. (2018) Effects of Emotion and Construal Level on Obesity Stigma (full text)

Fowler, Erin Davis (2017) Close Relationships, The Self-Concept, and Health Behaviors in College Students. (full text)