William P. Hart, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Primary Concentration:
  Secondary Concentration:
Social Psychology  
     
Contact Information:
  Courses:
Office: 360B Gordon Palmer

Advanced Social Psychology
Introductory Psychology            Social Cognition

Phone: (205) 348-1930
FAX: (205)  348-8648  
E-Mail: wphart@ua.edu 
  Website: http://www.bama.ua.edu/~wphart  

Research Interests:

I am interested in social cognition with a specific focus on how people form and change evaluations, make decisions, and pursue goals.

 
Research Affiliations:
 
 
Recent Publications:

Hart, W., Ottati, V., Krumdick, N. D (in press). Physical attractiveness and candidate evaluation: A model of correction. Political Psychology.

 

Hart, W., & Albarracin, D. (in press). What we learn others were doing: Verb aspect and attributions of mundane and criminal intent for past actions. Psychological Science.

 

Hart, W., & Albarracin, D. (2009). The Effects of Chronic Achievement Motivation and Achievement Primes on the Activation of Achievement and Fun Goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97(6), 1129-1141.

 

Hart, W., Albarracin, D., Eagly, A. H., Brechan, I., Lindberg, M., Lee, K., & Merrill. L. (2009). Feeling validated versus being correct: A meta-analysis of selective exposure to information. Psychological Bulletin, 135, 555-588.

  Hart, W., & Albarracin, D. (2009). What I was doing vs. what I did: Verb aspect influences memory and future actions. Psychological Science, 20(2), 238-244