David Yeager
My work lies at the intersection of social, developmental and educational psychology. Much of my research focuses on implicit theories and their role in shaping responses to social and academic adversities. As a developmental psychologist, I am interested in how construals arising from implicit theories can lead to recursive influences on adolescent development over time. In one line of work, I investigate how differences in adolescents' implicit theories of people's traits can determine their interpretations of victimization or ostracism and, in turn, lead to differences in aggression, depression, stress and academic achievement across the transition to secondary school.
I am also interested in how and under what conditions the results of psychological studies can used to solve pressing social problems. In line with this, I have secondary interests in the conduct of social-psychological intervention experiments in naturalistic settings and, more broadly, in social science research methodology. For instance, I am investigating the factors that enable relatively brief but psychologically precise interventions to produce sustained behavior change. In addition, I am testing the role of sample type -- convenience samples vs. representative samples -- in determining the effects and interpretation of classic psychological experiments. Relatedly, I am interested in the psychology of asking and answering questions, so as to increase confidence in studies relying on self-report.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Causal Attribution
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Person Perception
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
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37:25 Belonging, Trust, and the Risk of Effort
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1:10:01 The Future of Growth Mindset Research
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44:27 Beliefs Count Twice: How to Harness the Human Stress Response to Promote Well-Being and Skill Development
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7:37 Behavior Change for Good
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18:04 The Trust Gap: A Racial Divide in the Experience of Adolescence
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56:02 A Purpose for Learning During Adolescence
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1:10 On Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
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9:20 Background on the National Study of Learning Mindsets
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44:15 Mindset Learning and Discerning: New Issues in Creating and Sustaining Mindset Change
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1:38 How Teachers Can Use Youth Purpose
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49:41 Taking Contextual Heterogeneity Seriously in Behavior Change Research
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1:05 Young People Have a Strong Desire to Matter
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6:40 The Heterogeneity Revolution Coming to Behavioral Science
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3:49 Lack of "Likes" Leads to Emotional Distress Among Teens: UT Study
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49:01 The Growth Mindset
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31:41 Can a "Growth Mindset" Help Students Achieve Their Potential?
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Journal Articles:
- Yeager, D. S., & Krosnick, J. (2011). Does mentioning “some people” and “other people” in a survey question increase the accuracy of adolescents’ self-reports? Developmental Psychology, 47, 1674-1679.
- Yeager, D. S., Krosnick, J., Chang, L-C., Javitz, H., Levendusky, M., Simpser, A., & Wang, R. (2011). Comparing the accuracy of RDD telephone surveys and Internet surveys conducted with probability and non-probability samples. Public Opinion Quarterly, 75, 709-747.
- Yeager, D. S., Larson, S. B., Krosnick, J., & Tompson, T. (2011). Measuring Americans’ issue priorities: A new version of the most important problem question reveals more concern about global warming and the environment. Public Opinion Quarterly, 75, 125-138.
- Yeager, D. S., Trzesniewski, K., Tirri, K., Nokelainen, P., & Dweck, C. S. (2011). Adolescents’ implicit theories predict desire for vengeance: Correlational and experimental evidence. Developmental Psychology, 47, 1090-1107.
- Yeager, D. S., & Walton, G. (2011). Social-psychological interventions in education: They’re not magic. Review of Educational Research, 81, 267-301.
Courses Taught:
- Introduction to Developmental Psychology
- Social Psychology and Social Change
David Yeager
1 University Station #A8000
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712-0187
United States of America
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