Steven J. Scher

E-mail Dr. Scher at cfsjs@eiu.edu

 

Research Interests	Teaching Interests	Education
Publications	Employment	Links Related to Teaching

 

Research Interests:

• 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. & Rauscher, F., (Eds.)   (in press).  Evolutionary Psychology: Alternative Approaches. Kluwer Press..

 

Unpublished Manuscripts

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


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


•  Scher, S.J & Osterman, N. (under review).  Procrastination and Conscientiousness in School-Children: Measurement and Correlates
  
  

Education (including links)

Employment (including links)

Links Related to Teaching

• How to Write About a Study in a Psychology Paper

 
• A Brief Guide to APA Style