University of HoustonDepartment of Psychology
University of Houston
 November 21, 2009     HOME   BACK   SEARCH UH 

Stephanie J. Tobin

Assistant Professor

Stephanie J. Tobin
Stephanie J. Tobin
Doctorate: The Ohio State University
Undergraduate: University of Florida


Research Interests
  • Causal understanding, perceived secondary control, and psychological well-being
  • The effectiveness of causal arguments in persuasion as a function of confidence in others, causal uncertainty, and causal importance.
  • The influence of expectancies, standards, and stereotypes on our perceptions of others

Teaching

  • Foundations of Social Psychology (graduate)
  • Attitudes and Persuasion (graduate)
  • Introduction to Social Psychology (undergraduate)
 
E-mail:  stobin@uh.edu
 
Selected Publications
 
All articles are the sole copyright of the respective publishers. Materials are provided for educational use only.

Tobin, S. J., & Raymundo, M. M. (in press). Causal uncertainty and psychological well-being: The moderating role of accommodation (secondary control). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Tobin, S. J., & Raymundo, M. M. (2009). Persuasion by causal arguments: The motivating role of perceived causal expertise. Social Cognition, 27,105-127. Document in .pdf form

Tobin, S. J., Weary, G., Brunner, R. P., Gonzalez, J., & Han, H. A. (in press). Causal uncertainty and stereotype avoidance: The role of perceived category fit. Social Cognition. Document in .pdf form

Weary, G., Tobin, S. J., & Edwards, J. E. (2010). The Causal Uncertainty model revisited. In R. M. Arkin, K. C. Oleson, & P. J. Carroll (Eds.), Handbook of the Uncertain Self. (pp. 78-100) New York: Psychology Press. Document in .pdf form

Tobin, S. J., & Weary, G. (2008). The effects of causal uncertainty, causal importance, and initial attitude on attention to causal persuasive arguments. Social Cognition, 26, 44-65. Document in .pdf form

Tobin, S. J., & Weary, G. (2003). An on-line look at automatic contrast and correction of behavior categorizations and dispositional inferences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1328-1338. Document in .pdf form

Weary, G., Jacobson, J. A., Edwards, J. A., & Tobin, S. J. (2001). Chronic and temporarily activated causal uncertainty beliefs and stereotype usage. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 206-219. Document in .pdf form

Weary, G., Reich, D. A., & Tobin, S. J. (2001). The role of contextual constraints and chronic expectancies on behavior categorizations and dispositional inferences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 62-75. Document in .pdf form

Weary, G., Tobin, S. J., & Reich, D. A. (2001). Chronic and temporary distinct expectancies as comparison standards: Automatic contrast in dispositional judgments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 365-380. Document in .pdf form