Research
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Latest papers
Ecological affordances change with the seasons.
The Behavioral and brain sciences · 2026 · senior author
What do people want to know about another person? The answer depends on whether that person is an adult or a child.
PloS one · 2026 · senior author
Do moral values change with the seasons?
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024 · senior author
Latest funding
- $59,009
Seasonal Cycles in Attitudes and Dispositions
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $134,603
Person Perception in Context
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $19,300
Kinship, Conservatism, & Culture: Three Systematic Theory-Building Projects
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
28 publications.
Ecological affordances change with the seasons.
Hohm I, Schaller M
What do people want to know about another person? The answer depends on whether that person is an adult or a child.
Billet MI, Hohm I, Dunn RM, Hofer MK, Sidloski B, Schaller M
Do moral values change with the seasons?
Hohm I, O'Shea BA, Schaller M
High economic inequality is linked to greater moralization.
Kirkland K, Van Lange PAM, Gorenz D, Blake K, Amiot CE, Ausmees L, Baguma P, Barry O, Becker M, Bilewicz M, Boonyasiriwat W, Booth RW, Castelain T, Costantini G, Dimdins G, Espinosa A, Finchilescu G, Fischer R, Friese M, Gómez Á, González R, Goto N, Halama P, Hurtado-Parrado C, Ilustrisimo RD, Jiga-Boy GM, Kuppens P, Loughnan S, Mastor KA, McLatchie N, Novak LM, Onyekachi BN, Rizwan M, Schaller M, Serafimovska E, Suh EM, Swann WB, Tong EMW, Torres A, Turner RN, Vauclair CM, Vinogradov A, Wang Z, Yeung VWL, Bastian B
What Motives Do People Most Want to Know About When Meeting Another Person? An Investigation Into Prioritization of Information About Seven Fundamental Motives.
Billet MI, McCall HC, Schaller M
Social mindfulness predicts concern for nature and immigrants across 36 nations.
Kirkland K, Van Lange PAM, Van Doesum NJ, Acevedo-Triana C, Amiot CE, Ausmees L, Baguma P, Barry O, Becker M, Bilewicz M, Boonyasiriwat W, Castelain T, Costantini G, Dimdins G, Espinosa A, Finchilescu G, Fischer R, Friese M, Gómez Á, González R, Goto N, Halama P, Ilustrisimo RD, Jiga-Boy GM, Kuppens P, Loughnan S, Markovik M, Mastor KA, McLatchie N, Novak LM, Onyishi IE, Peker M, Rizwan M, Schaller M, Suh EM, Swann WB, Tong EMW, Torres A, Turner RN, Vauclair CM, Vinogradov A, Wang Z, Yeung VWL, Bastian B
Navigating between punishment, avoidance, and instruction: The form and function of responses to moral violations varies across adult and child transgressors.
White CJM, Schaller M, Abraham EG, Rottman J
Perceiving societal pressure to be happy is linked to poor well-being, especially in happy nations.
Dejonckheere E, Rhee JJ, Baguma PK, Barry O, Becker M, Bilewicz M, Castelain T, Costantini G, Dimdins G, Espinosa A, Finchilescu G, Friese M, Gastardo-Conaco MC, Gómez A, González R, Goto N, Halama P, Hurtado-Parrado C, Jiga-Boy GM, Karl JA, Novak L, Ausmees L, Loughnan S, Mastor KA, McLatchie N, Onyishi IE, Rizwan M, Schaller M, Serafimovska E, Suh EM, Swann WB, Tong EMW, Torres A, Turner RN, Vinogradov A, Wang Z, Yeung VW, Amiot CE, Boonyasiriwat W, Peker M, Van Lange PAM, Vauclair CM, Kuppens P, Bastian B
How strongly do moral character inferences predict forecasts of the future? Testing the moderating roles of transgressor age, implicit personality theories, and belief in karma.
White CJM, Norenzayan A, Schaller M
"Parental" responses to human infants (and puppy dogs): Evidence that the perception of eyes is especially influential, but eye contact is not.
Woo BM, Schaller M
Seasonal Cycles in Attitudes and Dispositions
Principal investigators: Schaller, Mark
Keywords: seasons; attitudes; values; motives; traits; social judgment
Person Perception in Context
Principal investigators: Schaller, Mark
Keywords: social psychology; social cognition; interpersonal goals; person perception; impression formation
Kinship, Conservatism, & Culture: Three Systematic Theory-Building Projects
Principal investigators: Schaller, Mark
Keywords: (1) Kinship; (2) Sociopolitical conservatism; (3) Culture; (4) Cultural change; (5) Social Psychology; (6) Cultural psychology; (7) Evolutionary psychology; (8) Methodology; (9) Theory
The parental care motivational system and social cognition
Principal investigators: Schaller, Mark
Keywords: social cognition; attitudes; person perception; self-concept; decision-making; interpersonal behavior; human motivation; parental care
The threat of disease and its socio-cultural consequences
Principal investigators: Schaller, Mark
Keywords: social conformity; social attitudes; cultural values; personality traits; perceived vulnerability to disease
Disease cues and person perception
Principal investigators: Schaller, Mark
Keywords: stigma; prejudice; social cognition; person perception
Mind, culture and evolution
Principal investigators: Collard, Mark
Keywords: cluster design; evolution; Darwinian theory; anthropology; archaeology; psychology; economics; religious studies; behaviour; cognition
Perceived vulnerabilities and prejudices
Principal investigators: Schaller, Mark
Keywords: Prejudice; stereotype activation; attitudes; theory-testing
Individual goals, interpersonal communication, and stereotype formation
Principal investigators: Schaller, Mark
Keywords: Stereotypes; social cognition; communication; belief systems; emergent structure
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Ara Norenzayan and Mark Schaller: 2 shared papers
- Mark Schaller and Peter Suedfeld: 1 shared paper
- Other
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