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Publications

Grossmann, I. et al. (in press). Insights into accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change. Nature Human Behaviour. preprint

Feinberg, M. & Frimer, J. A. (in press). Incivility diminishes interest in what politicians have to say. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 
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Frimer, J. A., Aujla, H., Feinberg, M., Skitka, L. J., Aquino, K., Eichstaedt, J. C., & Willer, R. (2023). Incivility is rising among American politicians on Twitter. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14(2), 259-269. doi: 10.1177/19485506221083811   download article    supplement

Kinsman, L. & Frimer, J. A. (in press). A psychological profile of extreme Trump supporters. In J. W. van Prooijen (ed.) Political Polarization. Routledge.  download

Frimer, J. A. & Skitka, L. J. (2020). Are politically diverse dinners shorter than politically uniform ones? PLoS ONE 15(10). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239988  link

Frimer, J. A. & Skitka, L. J. (2020). Americans hold their political leaders to a higher discursive standard than rank-and-file co-partisans. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 86. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103907   download

Frimer, J. A. (2019). Do liberals and conservatives use different moral languages?  Two replications and six extensions of Graham, Haidt, and Nosek’s (2009) moral text analysis. Journal of Research in Personality. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103906   download article      supplement
 
Mallinas, S., Crawford, J. & Frimer, J. A. (2019). Sub-Components of Right-Wing Authoritarianism differentially predict attitudes toward obeying authorities. Social Psychological and Personality Science. doi: 10.1177/1948550619843926   download

Frimer, J. A. (2019). Does the left hair part look better (or worse) than the right? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(3), 326-334. doi: 10.1177/1948550618762500   download

Frimer, J. A., Brandt, M. J., Melton, Z., & Motyl, M. (2019). Extremists on the left and right use angry, negative language. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(8), 1216-1231. doi: 10.1177/0146167218809705  download     methods     supplemental materials

Frimer, J. A. & Skitka, L. J. (2018). The Montagu Principle. Incivility decreases politicians' public approval, even with their political base. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(5), 845-866. doi: 10.1037/pspi0000140   download

Frimer, J. A. & Skitka, L. J. (2018). Political diversity reduces Thanksgiving Dinners by 4-11 minutes, not 30-50 [letter to the editor]. Science, 6392. doi: 10.1126/science.aaq1433  link

Frimer, J. A. (2018). Moral heroes are puppets.  In K. Gray & J. Graham (Eds.), The Atlas of Moral Psychology. (pp. 252-257) New York: Guilford Press.  download

​Frimer, J. A., Skitka, L. J., & Motyl, M. (2017). Liberals and conservatives are similarly motivated to avoid exposure to one another’s opinions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 72, 1-12. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2017.04.003    download            supplemental materials

Decter-Frain, A., Vanstone, R., & Frimer, J. A. (2017). Why and how do moralistic groups create heroes?  In Allison, S. T., Goethals, G. R., & Kramer, R. M. (Eds.) Handbook of heroism and heroic leadership. (pp. 120-138) New York: Routledge. download

Frimer, J. A., Motyl, M., & Tell, C. E. (2016). Sacralizing liberals and fair-minded conservatives: Ideological symmetry in the moral motives in the Culture War. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy. doi: 10.1111/asap.12127   download

Frimer, J. A. (2016). Groups create moral superheroes to defend sacred values. In J. Forgas, P. van Lange, & L. Jussim. The Social Psychology of Morality. (pp. 304-315) New York: Psychology Press. download

Decter-Frain, A. & Frimer, J. A. (2016). Impressive words: Linguistic predictors of public approval of the U.S. Congress. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00240.  download

Frimer, J. A. & Sinclair, L. (2016). Moral heroes look up and to the viewer’s right. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42, 400-410. doi: 10.1177/0146167215626707  download    supplemental materials

Frimer, J. A., Aquino, K., Gebauer, J. E., Zhu, L. & Oakes, H. (2015). A decline in prosocial language helps explain public disapproval of the U.S. Congress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112, 6591-6594. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1500355112          download            supporting information

Frimer, J. A., Tell, C. E. & Haidt, J. (2015).  Liberals condemn sacrilege too: The harmless desecration of Cerro Torre. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6, 878-886. doi: 10.1177/1948550615597974    download      supporting information

Walker, L. J. & Frimer, J. A. (2015).  Developmental trajectories of agency and communion in moral motivation. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 61, 412-439. doi:10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.61.3.0412    download   

Kurt, D. & Frimer, J. A. (2015). Agency and communion as a framework to understand consumer behavior.  In M. Norton, D. Rucker & C. Lamberton (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology. (pp. 446-475) Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press. download 

Frimer, J. A., Gaucher, D. & Schaefer, N. K. (2014). Political conservatives’ affinity for obedience to authority is loyal, not blind. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 1205-1214.  doi: 10.1177/0146167214538672    download

Frimer, J. A., Schaefer, N. K., & Oakes, H. (2014).  Moral actor, selfish agent.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106, 790-802. doi:10.1037/a0036040    download

Frimer, J. A. & Oakes, H. (2014). Spoken words reveal selfish motives: An individual difference approach to moral motivation. In H. Sarkissian & J. C. Wright (Eds.), Advances in Experimental Moral Psychology: Affect, Character, and Commitments. (pp. 36-54).  London, UK: Bloomsbury.     download

Frimer, J. A., Biesanz, J. C., Walker, L. J., & MacKinlay, C. W. (2013).  Liberals and conservatives rely on common moral foundations when making moral judgments about influential people.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 1040-1059. doi:10.1037/a0032277     download

Frimer, J. A., Walker, L. J., Riches, A., Lee, B., & Dunlop, W. L. (2012). Hierarchical integration of agency and communion: A study of influential moral figures. Journal of Personality, 80, 1117-1145. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00764.x    download

Frimer, J. A., Walker, L. J., Dunlop, W. L., Lee, B., & Riches, A.  (2011).  The integration of agency and communion in moral personality: Evidence of enlightened self-interest.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 149-163. doi:10.1037/a0023780    download    

Walker, L. J., Frimer, J. A., & Dunlop, W. L.  (2011).  Paradigm assumptions about moral behavior: An empirical battle royal.  In M. Mikulincer & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), The social psychology of morality: Exploring the causes of good and evil (pp. 275-292).  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. doi:10.1037/13091-015    download    

Walker, L. J., & Frimer, J. A.  (2011).  The science of moral development.  In M. K. Underwood & L. H. Rosen (Eds.), Social development: Relationships in infancy, childhood, and adolescence (pp. 235-262).  New York: Guilford Press.    download

Walker, L. J., Frimer, J. A., & Dunlop, W. L. (2010). Varieties of moral personality: Beyond the banality of heroism.  Journal of Personality, 78, 907-942. doi:10.1111/j14676494201000637x    download    

Frimer, J. A. & Walker, L. J. (2009). Reconciling the self and morality: An empirical model of moral centrality development. Developmental Psychology, 45, 1669-1681. doi:10.1037/a0017418    download    

Walker, L. J., & Frimer, J. A. (2009). “The song remains the same”: Rebuttal to Sherblom’s re-envisioning of the legacy of the care challenge. Journal of Moral Education, 38, 53-68. doi:10.1080/03057240802601599    download    

Walker, L. J., & Frimer, J. A. (2009). Moral personality exemplified. In D. Narvaez & D. K. Lapsley (Eds.), Personality, identity and character: Explorations in moral psychology (pp. 232-255). New York: Cambridge University Press.    download

Frimer, J. A., & Walker, L. J. (2008). Towards a new paradigm of moral personhood.  Journal of Moral Education, 37, 333-356. doi:10.1080/03057240802227494    download    

Walker, L. J., & Frimer, J. A. (2008). Being good for goodness’ sake: Transcendence in the lives of moral heroes. In F. K. Oser & W. M. M. H. Veugelers (Eds.), Getting involved: Global citizenship development and sources of moral values (pp. 309-326). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.    download

Frimer, J. A. (2008). Self-understanding (stages of). In F. C. Power, R. J. Nuzzi, D. Narvaez, D. K. Lapsley, & T. C. Hunt (Eds.), Moral education: A handbook (Vol. 2, pp. 402-404). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Walker, L. J., & Frimer, J. A.  (2007).  Moral personality of brave and caring exemplars. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 845-860. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.93.5.845    download    

Walker, L. J., Gustafson, P., & Frimer, J. A. (2007).  The application of Bayesian analysis to issues in developmental research.  International Journal of Behavioral Development, 31, 366-373. doi:10.1177/0165025407077763    download

Walker, L. J., & Frimer, J. A. (2006). [Review of the book Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Vol. 51. Moral motivation through the life span]. Journal of Moral Education, 35, 271-274.
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