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Jacquie D. Vorauer

Jacquie D. Vorauer

Much of my research centers on "metaperceptions," people's beliefs about how they are viewed by others. I focus in particular on examining communication breakdowns in these perceptions that pose obstacles to positive relationships between individuals and groups in society, with the long term goal of identifying ways in which these obstacles can be overcome. A key line of research focuses on how evaluative concerns affect people's interactions with outgroup members. Most recently, I have been examining the positive and negative effects of empathy and perspective-taking in the context of romantic and intergroup relations.

Primary Interests:

  • Intergroup Relations
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition

Research Group or Laboratory:

Journal Articles:

  • Sasaki, S. J., & Vorauer, J. D. (2010). Contagious resource depletion and anxiety? Spreading effects of evaluative concern and impression formation in dyadic social interaction. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 1011-1016.
  • Sassenrath, C., Vorauer, J. D., & Hodges, S. D. (2022). The link between perspective taking and prosociality – not as universal as you might think. Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 94-99.
  • Vorauer, J. D. (2012). Completing the Implicit Association Test (IAT) reduces positive intergroup interaction behavior. Psychological Science, 23, 1168-1175.
  • Vorauer, J. D. (2006). An information search model of evaluative concerns in intergroup interaction. Psychological Review, 113, 862-886.
  • Vorauer, J. D., & Cameron, J. J. (2002). So close, and yet so far: Does collectivism foster transparency overestimation? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1344-1352.
  • Vorauer, J. D., Cameron, J. J., Holmes, J. G., & Pearce, D. G. (2003). Invisible overtures: Fears of rejection and the signal amplification bias. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 793-812.
  • Vorauer, J. D., Gagnon, A., & Sasaki, S. J. (2009). Salient intergroup ideology and intergroup interaction. Psychological Science, 20, 838-845.
  • Vorauer, J. D., Hunter, A. J., Main, K. J., & Roy, S. (2000). Meta-stereotype activation: Evidence from indirect measures for specific evaluative concerns experienced by members of dominant groups in intergroup interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 690-707.
  • Vorauer, J. D., & Kumhyr, S. (2001). Is this about you or me? Self- versus other directed thoughts and feelings in response to intergroup interaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 706-719.
  • Vorauer, J. D., Main, K. J., & O'Connell, G. B. (1998). How do individuals expect to be viewed by members of lower status groups? Content and implications of meta-stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 917-937.
  • Vorauer, J. D., & Martens, V., & Sasaki, S. J. (2009). When trying to understand detracts from trying to behave: Effects of perspective-taking in intergroup interaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96, 811-827.
  • Vorauer, J. D., & Miller, D. T. (1997). Failure to detect the effect of implicit social influence on the presentation of self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 281-295.
  • Vorauer, J. D., & Petsnik, C. (2022). Imagined empathy and anger intensity: Distinct emotional implications of perceiving that a close versus distant other is privy to an anger-inducing experience. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 99, 1-14.
  • Vorauer, J. D., Petsnik, C., & Quesnel, M. (2020). Who brings you up when you're feeling down? Distinct implications of dispositional empathy versus situationally-prompted empathic mindsets for targets' affective experience in face-to-face interpersonal interaction. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 89.
  • Vorauer, J. D., & Quesnel, M. (2017). Ideology and voice: Salient multiculturalism enhances minority group members’ persuasiveness in intergroup interaction. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8 (8), 867-874.
  • Vorauer, J. D., & Quesnel, M. (2013). You don’t really love me, do you? Negative effects of imagine-other perspective-taking on lower self-esteem individuals’ relationship well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 1428-1440.
  • Vorauer, J. D., & Sakamoto, Y. (2006). I thought we could be friends, but... Systematic miscommunication and defensive distancing as obstacles to cross-group friendship formation. Psychological Science, 17, 326-331.
  • Vorauer, J. D., & Sasaki, S. J. (2009). Helpful only in the abstract? Ironic effects of empathy in intergroup interaction. Psychological Science, 20, 191-197.

Other Publications:

  • Shelton, J. N., Richeson, J. A., & Vorauer, J. D. (2006). Threatened identities and interethnic interactions. European Review of Social Psychology, 17, 321-358.
  • Vorauer, J. D. (2019). Empathy and concern with negative evaluation in intergroup relations: Implications for designing effective interventions (Elements in Applied Social Psychology). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Vorauer, J. D. (2013). The case for and against perspective-taking. In M. P. Zanna & J. Olson (Eds.), Advances in experimental social psychology, vol 48, pp. 59-115. Burlington: Academic Press.
  • Vorauer, J. D., & Quesnel, M. (2017). Antecedents and consequences of evaluative concerns experienced during intergroup interaction: When and how does group status matter? In C. Sibley and F. Barlow (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Prejudice, pp. 519-541. Cambridge University Press.

Courses Taught:

  • Intergroup Relations
  • Social Psychology
  • The Self and Social Perception

Jacquie D. Vorauer
Department of Psychology
Duff Roblin Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
Canada

  • Phone: (204) 474-8250
  • Fax: (204) 474-7599

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