• Approaches to Studying the Evolution of Human Psychology
• Evolution and Social Cognition of Relationship Preferences
• Procrastination and Achievement Motivation
• Psychometrics of Personality and Social Psychological Constructs
• Perceptions of Interpersonal Justice

Teaching Interests:

• Social Psychology
• Industrial & Organizational Psychology
• Statistics, Research Methods, & Psychological Measurement
• Evolutionary Psychology

Publications

• Baumeister, R.F. & Scher, S.J (1988.). Self-defeating behavior patterns among normal individuals. Psychological Bulletin, 104, 3-22.
  


• Scher, S.J. & Cooper, J. (1989). The motivational basis of dissonance: The singular role of behavioral consequences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 56, 899-906.
  


• Scher, S.J. & Heise, D. M. (1993). Affect and the perception of injustice. In E. Lawler, B. Markovsky, & J. O'Brien (Eds.) Advances in Group Processes , 10 , 223-252. Greenwich, CT.: JAI Press.
  


• Cooper, J. & Scher, S.J. (1994). Actions and attitudes: The role of responsibility and aversive consequences in persuasion. In T. Brock & S. Shavitt (Eds.) The Psychology of Persuasion, 95-111. San Francisco: W. Freeman, Inc.
  


• Alder, A.G. & Scher, S.J. (1994).Using growth curve analyses to assess personality change and stability in adulthood. In T. Heatherton & J. Weingberger (Eds.) Can Personality Change?, 149-173. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association
  


• Scher, S.J. (1997). Measuring the consequences of injustice. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 482-497.
  


• Scher, S.J. & Darley, J.M. (1997). How effective are the things people say to apologize? Effects of the realization of the apology speech act set. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 26, 127-140
  


•  Scher, S.J. (1999).  Are adaptations necessarily genetic? American Psychologist, 54, 436-437.
  


• Scher, S.J. & Ferrari, J.R. (2000).  Recall of completed and non-completed tasks.  Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 15, 255-265
  


• Ferrari, J.R. & Scher, S.J. (2000).  The procrastination of academic and non-academic tasks.  Psychology in the Schools, 37, 359-366.
  


•  Scher, S.J & Osterman, N. (2002).   Procrastination, Conscientiousness, Anxiety, and Goals: Exploring the Measurement and Correlates of Procrastination among School-Aged Children. Psychology in the Schools, 39,385-398
  


•   Scher, S.J. & Rauscher, F., (Eds.)   (2003).  Evolutionary Psychology: Alternative Approaches. Kluwer Press.


•  Rauscher, F. & Scher, S.J. (2003).  Alternative Approaches to Evolutionary Psychology: Introduction. In S.J. Scher & F. Rauscher (Eds.). Evolutionary Psychology: Alternative Approaches. (pp. xi-xviii). Kluwer Press.


•   Scher, S.J. & Rauscher, F. (2003). Nature Read in Truth of Flaw: Locating Alternatives in Evolutionary Psychology. In S.J. Scher & F. Rauscher (Eds.)   Evolutionary Psychology: Alternative Approaches. (pp. 1 - 29). Kluwer Press.
 

•   Scher, S.J. (2004). A Lego model of the modularity of the mind.   Journal of Cultural and Evolutionary Psychology,2, 249-259
   
• Cooper, J., Mirable, R., & Scher, S.J. (2005). When do our actions affect our attitudes. In T. Brock & M.C. Green (Eds.). Persuasion: Psychological Insights and Perspectives (2nd Ed.). (pp. 63-79). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
  


• Scher, S.J. (2005). Finding Babies in Many Baths. (Review of Evolution: The History of an Idea, Third Edition. By Peter Bowler). American Journal of Psychology. 118, 305-311.


• Scher, S.J. (2005). Critique without a Center (Review of Love of Shopping is not a Gene.: Problems with Darwinian Psychology By Anne Innis Dagg). PsycCritiques: Contemporary Psychology. (Online Journal Available at www.psycinfo.com/psyccritiques).
  


• Scher, S.J. (2006). Mind, Development, and Evolution. (Review of Evolution and Learning: The Baldwin Effect Reconsidered, Edited by BH Weber & DJ Depew). American Journal of Psychology, 119, 164 -170.
  


• Scher, S.J. (2006). Review of David J. Buller, Adapting Minds. Philosophy in Review, 26, 245-247.

Unpublished Manuscripts

Scher, S.J., Vlasak, M., & White, C.M. (2003). Cannibalism & Sex: Shared Standards of Social Disgust. Manuscript under editorial review.


• Scher, S.J. (1996). Five Fallacies in Thinking about Evolution and Human Psychology
  


• Scher, S.J. (2001).  What does evolutionary psychology tell us about the evolution of behavior?  Natural history as metaphor.
  


• Scher, S.J. & Ferrari, J.R. (under revision).  Procrastination: A Task-Level Analysis.
  

Education (including links)

Employment (including links)

Links Related to Teaching

• Page for Psychology 3530 - Industrial Psychology


• Page for Psychology 3870 - Social Psychology


• How to Write About a Study in a Psychology Paper


• A Brief Guide to APA Style (NOTE: Not Yet Updated for the 5th Edition)

Here are two other APA Style Web Pages. I did not write them, and can not vouch for their accuracy (SJS):

• A Pretty Comprehensive Looking Guide by Mark Plonsky of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (although this one also has not been updated for the 5th Edition, as of 8/23/01)
   
• A Page of Links to Other Information on APA Style by Karl L. Wuensch, of East Carolina University (including a link to a list of changes between the 4th and 5th editions).