Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Group Processes
- Intergroup Relations
- Organizational Behavior
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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My core research interests are rooted in social categorization, that is, the process and consequences of applying categories to people. My resulting work spans categorization processes in intergroup relations and comparison processes in cooperative interaction. My early work focused on the flexible use of categories in self-definition (self-categorization). More recently, my focus has expanded to include the role of categories in identity recognition (own group recognition bias) and to include multiple simultaneously influential category divisions (crossed-categorization). Additionally, in interdisciplinary work, I apply the core processes involved in social categorization, for example comparative self-evaluation, to better understand knowledge sharing and learning in cooperative interaction.
Journal Articles:
- Mackie, D. M, Smith, E. R, & Ray, D. G. (2008). Intergroup emotions and intergroup relations. Social and Personality Psychology Compass 2, 1866-1880.
- Ray, D. G., & Mackie, D. M. (2009). A commitment approach to understanding group exit: When will an ex-member want to rejoin a former group? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations,12, 479-494.
- Ray, D. G., Mackie, D. M., Rydell, R. J., & Smith, E. R. (2008). Changing categorization of self can change emotions about outgroups. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 1210-1213.
- Ray, D. G., Mackie, D. M., Smith, E. R., & Terman, W. (2012). Discrete emotions elucidate the effects of crossed-categorization on prejudice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48(1), 55-69.
- Ray, D. G., & Matschke, T. (2012). Cross-group recognition bias generalizes to diverse non-face representations of digital identity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48(1), 387-390.
- Ray, D. G., Way, N., & Hamilton, D. L. (2010). Crossed-categorization, evaluation, and face recognition. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
- Rydell, R. J., Hugenberg, K., Ray, D. G., & Mackie, D. M. (2007). Implicit theories about groups and stereotyping: The role of group entitativity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 549-558.
Devin G. Ray
Knowledge Media Research Center
Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 40
72076 Tuebingen
Germany
Phone: +49 7071 979-229
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