Research Interests
These are some of my broad research interests.
Optimism
Social comparison
Risk perception and risky decision-making (particularly in health contexts)
Norm perception and influence
Emotions and social comparison
Culture and self
Probability and comparative judgments
Attributions of causality
Here are some of my papers:
Rose, J.P. (2008). Are direct or indirect measures of comparative risk better predictors of concern and behavioral intentions? Invited to revise and resubmit at Psychology and Health. [pdf]
Rose, J.P., Endo, Y., Windschitl, P.D., & Suls, J. (in press). Cultural differences in unrealistic optimism and pessimism: The role of egocentrism and direct vs. indirect comparison measures. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. [pdf]
Rose, J. P., & Windschitl, P. D. (2008). How egocentrism and optimism change in response to feedback in repeated
competitions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 105, 201-220. [pdf]
Rose, J. P., Windschitl, P. D., & Jenson, M. E. (2008). The influence of consensus and mechanism information on trait inferences for targets and populations. Manuscript submitted for publication. [pdf]
Windschitl, P. D., Rose, J. P., Stalkfleet, M., & Smith, A. R. (in press). Are people excessive or judicious in their egocentrism? A modeling approach to understanding bias and accuracy in people's optimism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. [pdf]