Jason Lawrence
I joined the faculty of UMass Lowell in 2004. My area of specialization is social psychology, and I teach both graduate and undergraduate courses in social psychology, applied social psychology, and psychology of diversity.
My main research examines the influence of individual differences, group stereotypes, and situational factors on student performance, motivation, and attributions. My second line of research seeks to understand how social identity, individual differences in prejudice, and stereotypes influence person judgment.
Primary Interests:
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
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Journal Articles:
- Haynes, M. C., & Lawrence, J. S. (2012). Who's to blame? Attributions of blame in unsuccessful mixed-sex work teams. Basic & Applied Social Psychology, 34(6), 558-564.
- Lawrence, J. S., & Charbonneau, J. (2009). The link between basing self-worth on academics and student performance depends on domain identification and academic setting. Learning and Individual Differences, 19(4), 615-620.
- Lawrence, J. S., & Crocker, J. (2009). Academic contingencies of self-worth impair positively- and negatively-stereotyped students' performance in performance-goal settings. Journal of Research in Personality, 43(5), 868-874.
- Lawrence, J. S., Crocker, J., & Blanton, H. (2011). Stigmatized and dominant cultural groups differentially interpret positive feedback. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42(1), 165-169.
- Lawrence, J. S., Marks, B. T., & Jackson, J. S. (2010). Domain identification predicts Black students underperformance on moderately-difficult tests. Motivation and Emotion, 34(2), 105-109.
- Lawrence, J. S., & Smith, J. L. (2017). Academically contingent self-worth and vulnerability: When approach self-validation goals are more threatening than avoidance self-validation goals. Self and Identity, 16(3), 353-372.
- Lawrence, J. S., & Williams, A. (2013). Anxiety explains why people with domain-contingent self-worth underperform on ability-diagnostic tests. Journal of Research in Personality, 47(3), 227-232.
- Schmader, T., Martens, J., & Lawrence, J. S. (2017). Show your pride? The surprising effect of race on how people perceive a pride display. Self and Identity, 16(3), 313-334.
- Ybarra, O., Stephan, W. G., Schaberg, L., & Lawrence, J. S. (2003). Beliefs about the disconfirmability of stereotypes: The stereotype disconfirmability effect. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33(12), 2630-2646.
Other Publications:
- Crocker, J., & Lawrence, J. S. (1999). Social stigma and self-esteem: The role of contingencies of worth. In D. A. Prentice & D. T. Miller (Eds.), Cultural divides: Understanding and overcoming group conflict, (pp. 364-392). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
- Lawrence, J. S., Bachman, M., & Ruble, D. N. (2007). Ethnicity, ethnic identity, and school valuing among children from immigrant and non-immigrant Families. In A. J. Fuligni (Ed.), Contesting stereotypes and creating identities, (pp. 136-159). New York: Russel Sage Foundation.
- Lawrence, J. S., Crocker, J., & Dweck, C. S. (2005). Stereotypes negatively influence the meaning students give to academic settings. In G. Downey, J. S. Eccles, & C. M. Chatman (Eds.), Navigating the future: Social identity, coping, and life tasks, (pp. 23-43). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Courses Taught:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Social Psychology
- The Psychology of Diversity
Jason Lawrence
Department of Psychology
University of Massachusetts Lowell
113 Wilder Street, Suite 300
Lowell, Massachusetts 01854
United States of America
- Phone: (978) 934-3970