Hi!! I am Alicia Williams, a psychology major at Albright College

interested stubs for my project 1. attraction Malach Pines, A. (2001). The role of gender and culture in romantic attraction. European Psychologist, 6(2), 96-102. doi:10.1027//1016-9040.6.2.96 Herbst, K. C., Gaertner, L., & Insko, C. A. (2003). My head says yes but my heart says no: Cognitive and affective attraction as a function of similarity to the ideal self. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, 84(6), 1206-1219. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.84.6.1206

2. perceptions Gere, J., MacDonald, G., Joel, S., Spielmann, S. S., & Impett, E. A. (2013). The Independent Contributions of Social Reward and Threat Perceptions to Romantic Commitment. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, doi:10.1037/a0033874

3. self-image

Moeller, S. J., & Crocker, J. (2009). Drinking and desired self-images: Path models of self-image goals, coping motives, heavy-episodic drinking, and alcohol problems. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors, 23(2), 334-340. doi:10.1037/a0015913

Fein, S., & Spencer, S. J. (1997). Prejudice as self-image maintenance: Affirming the self through derogating others. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, 73(1), 31-44. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.73.1.31

4. personality traits Murdock, K. W., Oddi, K. B., & Bridgett, D. J. (2013). Cognitive correlates of personality: Links between executive functioning and the big five personality traits. Journal Of Individual Differences, 34(2), 97-104. doi:10.1027/1614-0001/a000104

5.positive illusions Robins, R. W., & Beer, J. S. (2001). Positive illusions about the self: Short-term benefits and long-term costs. Journal Of Personality And Social Psychology, 80(2), 340-352. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.80.2.340 Awilliams001 (talk) 22:23, 13 September 2013 (UTC)