William Graziano, PhD
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Dr. William G. Graziano
 
  • PhD, University of Minnesota, 1977. 
  • Professor of Psychological Sciences
  • Send e-mail to graziano@purdue.edu
  • Mailing Address:
      • Purdue University
      Department of Psychological Sciences
      703 Third Street
      West Lafayette, IN 47907-2081
  • Phone: (765) 494-7224 
  • Fax: (765) 496-1264
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 Research Interests
At least since entering graduate school, my interests have centered on positive relations among people. Of course, positive relations can take many forms. Over the last 25 years, in collaboration with some exceptional graduate and undergraduate students, we formed research teams that studied interpersonal attraction, cooperation, and interpersonal conflict reduction, in both adults and children. We have uncovered some underlying common elements in this diverse set. To the best of my knowledge, we have the only research team in the world that is systematically investigating the Big Five dimension of Agreeableness. We believe our data show that Nice Persons do not always finish last in the games of life.

Recent Publications

 

* = publication with graduate and undergraduate students  

* Graziano, W. G., Bruce, J. W., Sheese, B. E. & Tobin, R. M. (2007). Attraction, personality and prejudice: Liking none of the people most of the time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 93(4) 565-582. Linked Full Text 

 * Graziano, W. G., Habashi, M., Sheese, B., & Tobin, R. M. (2007). Agreeableness, empathy, and helping: A person X situation perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 93(4) 583-599. Linked Full Text

 * Bruce, J. W. & Graziano, W.G. (in press). Attraction and the initiation of relationships: A review of the empirical literature In S. Sprecher, A. Wenzel, and J.H. Harvey (Eds.) Handbook of Relationship Initiation. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Linked Full Text

 * Kieras, J. E., Tobin, R. M., & Graziano, W. G., & Rothbart, M. K. (2005). You can't always get what you want: Effortful control and children's reactions to undesirable gifts. Psychological Science. 16(5), 354-357.

 * Sheese, B. E., & Graziano, W. G. (2005). Deciding to defect: The effects of video game violence on cooperative and competitive behavior. Psychological Science. 16(5), 391-396.

 * Jensen-Campbell, L. A., & Graziano, W. G. (2005). Methodologies for studying personality processes in interpersonal conflict. International Negotiation. 10(1), 165-182.

 * Jensen-Campbell, L. A., & Graziano, W. G. (2005). The two faces of temptation: Differing motives for self-control in children. Merrill Palmer Quarterly. (Special issue: Personality development). 51(3), 287-314.

 * Graziano, W. G., & Bryant, W. H. (1998). Self-monitoring and the self-attribution of positive emotions. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 74, 250-261.

 * Graziano, W. G., Hair, E. C., & Finch, J. F. (1997). Competitiveness mediates the link between personality and group performance. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 73, 1394-1408.

 * Graziano, W. G., Jensen-Campbell, L. A., & Finch, J. F. (1997). The self as a mediator between personality and adjustment. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 73, 392-404.

 * Graziano, W. G., Jensen Campbell, L., Shebilske, L., & Lundgren, S. (1993). Social influence, sex differences, and judgments of beauty: Putting the 'interpersonal' back in interpersonal attraction. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 65, 522-531.

 * Graziano, W. G., Smith, S. M., Tassinary, L. G, Sun, C. R., & Pilkington, C. (1996). Does imitation enhance memory for faces? Four converging studies. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 71, 874-887.

 * Jensen-Campbell, L. A., & Graziano, W. G. (2000). Beyond the schoolyard: Relationships as moderators of interpersonal conflict. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 923-935.

 * Jensen-Campbell, L., Graziano, W. G., & West, S. G. (1995). Dominance, prosocial orientation, and female preferences: Do nice guys really finish last? Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 68, 427-440.

 * Tobin, R. M., & Graziano, W. G., Vanman, E., & Tassinary, L. (2000). Personality, emotional experience, and efforts to control emotions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 656-669. Linked Full Text

Other Publications:

 * Graziano, W.G., Jensen-Campbell, L.A., Finch, J., & Todd, M. (1997). Interpersonal attraction from an evolutionary psychology perspective. In J. A. Simpson & D. Kenrick (Eds.) Evolutionary Social Psychology. (Pp.141-167) Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.