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Psychology Department
376 Sierra Hall
CSU Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8255

Hours: M-F (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Phone: (818) 677-2827
Fax: (818) 677-2829
psychology@csun.edu

 

Assistant Professor Abraham M. Rutchick Ph.D.

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Abe Rutchick

Contact Information

Education

  • Ph.D., Psychology, UC Santa Barbara.

  • M.A., Psychology, UC Santa Barbara.

  • B.S., Biology/Psychology, Tufts University.

  • Specialty Areas: Social Psychology.

Courses Taught

  • 345/L - Social Psychology & Lab

  • 265 - Psychology of Prejudice

Selected Publications and Presentations

Newman, L. S., Hernandez, W., Bakina, D. A., & Rutchick, A. M. (in press). Implicit egotism on the baseball diamond: Why Peter Piper prefers to pitch for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In press at Names: A Journal of Onomastics.

Rutchick, A. M., Smyth, J. M., Lopoo, L. M., & Dusek, J. B. (2009). Great Expectations: The biasing effects of reported child behavior problems on educational expectancies and subsequent academic achievement. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28, 391-412.

Rutchick, A. M., Hamilton, D. L., & Sack, J. D. (2008). Antecedents of entitativity in categorically and dynamically construed groups. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 1-17.

Johnson, A. L., Crawford, M. T., Sherman, S. J., Rutchick, A. M., Hamilton, D. L., Ferreira, M., & Petrocelli, J. V. (2006). A functional perspective on group memberships: differential need fulfillment in a group typology.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 707-719.

Lickel, B., Rutchick, A. M., Hamilton, D. L., & Sherman, S. J. (2006). Intuitive theories of group types and relational principles.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 28-39.

Research and Interests

My background is in social cognition and social perception, and my interests center around applying theories from these areas to other fields and contexts. To this point, these applied contexts have included politics, education, health, and sports. I am currently engaged in research projects on politics and religion, metaperceptive biases, and common ingroup identity. I have a particular interest in the subtle yet potentially powerful influence of everyday objects and environments on thought and behavior. To date, I have examined the impact of churches, red pens, light bulbs, American flags, religious imagery, and politicians' faces.