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| Department of Psychology Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 Phone: 828.262.2720 Fax: 828.262.2974 Email: mcelroygt@appstate.edu Website: http://www.appstate.edu/~mcelroygt |
| Education |
| Ph.D., 2003, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Social Psychology |
| M.A., 2000, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Social Psychology |
| B.A., 1995, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Psychology |
| Research Interests |
| My research interests currently focus on several areas. I am interested in understanding rational processing of decision tasks. I am working to understand the decision-making process holistically. My work in this area focuses on examining the very early stages of processing, how individual differences come to play in the process and how contextual factors influence this process. I have similar interests in understanding feelings of regret that people posses over decisions that they have made. I am also interested in how individual differences affect human behavior, abilities, perceptions and feelings. I also have interest in investigating the influence of laterality in individual thoughts and behavior. I believe that students should gain both descriptive and conceptual understanding of their area of study. My teaching interests often reflect this belief. I enjoy teaching social psychology across the different levels that we offer. This allows me to develop both the descriptive and conceptual aspects of social psychology that I believe are important for understanding the area. Further, I enjoy teaching research methods. I believe that research is at the heart of understanding any area of psychology so it is essential that students of psychology come to appreciate and understand this process. |
| Representative Publications |
McElroy, T., Conrad, J. & Mascari, D. (Invited chapter). Exploring the influence of unconscious processing in rational decision-making. Cognitive Psychology Research Developments. |
Seta, C.E., Seta, J.J., McElroy, T., & Hatz, J. (In Press). The roles of consistency-fit and the availability of alternatives on judgments of regret. Social Cognition. |
| McElroy, T., & Dowd. K. (2007). Action orientation, consistency and feelings of regret. Judgment and Decision Making, 2, 333-341. [PDF Format] |
| McElroy, T., Seta, J. J. (2007). Framing the frame: How task goals determine the likelihood and direction of framing effects. Judgment and Decision Making, 2, 251-256. [PDF Format] |
| McElroy, T. (2007). The simulation heuristic. In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. |
| McElroy, T., Seta, J. J., & Waring, D. (2007). Reflections of the Self: How Self-esteem Imposes onto Risky-choice Framing Tasks. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 20, 223-240. [PDF Format] |
| McElroy, T. (2007). Rational decision making, dual processes and framing:Current thoughts and perspectives. In: Decision Making and Decision Support Technologies. |
| McElroy, T. & Mascari, D. (2007). When is it going to happen? How temporal distance influences processing for risk-choice framing tasks. Social Cognition, 25, 550-572. [PDF Format] |
| McElroy, T. & Dowd, K. (2007). Susceptibility to anchoring effects: How openness-to-experience influences responses to anchoring cues. Judgment and Decision Making, 2, 48-53. [PDF Format] |
| McElroy, T., & Mosteller, L. (2006). The influence of circadian type, time of day and class difficulty on students’ grades. Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 4, 611-622. |
| McElroy, T., & Seta, J. J. (2006). Framing and collective importance in a group based task. Social Cognition, 24, 496-510. [PDF Format] |
| Seta, J. J., Seta, C. E. & McElroy, T. (2006). Better Than Better-Than-Average (or Not): Elevated and Depressed Self-evaluations Following Unfavorable Social Comparisons. Self and Identity, 5, 51-72. |
| McElroy, T., & Seta, J. J. (2004). Framing and Hemispheric Specialization. Brain and Cognition, 55, 572-580. [PDF Format] |
| McElroy, T., & Seta, J. J. (2003). Framing effects: An analytic-holistic perspective. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 39, 610 617. [PDF Format] |
| Seta, J. J., Seta, C. E., & McElroy, T. (2003). Attributional biases in the service of stereotype maintenance: A schema-maintenance through compensation analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 151-163. |
| Seta, J. J., Seta, C. E., & McElroy, T. (2002). Strategies for educing the stress of negative life experiences: An averaging/summation analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1574-1585. |
| Seta, J. J., McElroy, T., & Seta, C. E. (2001). To do or not to do: Desirability and consistency mediate judgments of regret. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 861-870. |
| Papers In Revision |
| McElroy, T. & Dowd. K. (Pending minor revision). Action orientation, consistency and feelings of regret.Judgment and Decision Making. |
| Papers Under Review |
| McElroy, T., Galloway, A. (under review). Completing or sampling? Investigating the effects of eating behavior. Psychological Science . |
| Herr, M., & McElroy, T. (under review). Net Prospect Theory: An Examination of Multi-Faceted Decision-Making. Risk and Uncertainty. |
| McCormick, M., McElroy, T. (under review). How Frame Valence and Number of Arguments Influence Health Related Messages. Basic and Applied Social Psychology. |
| Seta, J. J., Seta, C. E., & McElroy, T. (under review). Influences of collective and personal identity on judgments. Self & Identity. |
| Current Topics of Research |
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Department Chair: Paul Fox foxpa@appstate.edu
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