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          Meara Habashi
  • BA, Baylor University, 2000
  • Advisor: William Graziano
  • Send e-mail to meara@psych.purdue.edu
  • Mailing Address:
      • Purdue University
      Psychological Sciences Building   
      703 Third Street
      West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2081
  • Phone: (765) 494-6892 (leave message)
  • Office: PSYC 2184
Research Interests
Prosocial behavior, empathy, and personality

Presentations/Publications

Habashi, M. M., & Graziano, W. G. (in press). Agreeableness. In R. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.

Graziano, W. G., Habashi, M. M., Sheese, B. E., & Tobin, R. M. (in press). Agreeableness, Empathy, and Helping:
A Person X Situation Perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Habashi, M.M., & Graziano, W. G. (2006 May). Agreeableness is related to pro-social emotions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Habashi, M.M., & Graziano, W.G. (2006 January). Personality and emotion. Poster presented at the annual meeting of Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, California.

Habashi, M.M., & Agnew, C.R., (2005 May). Implementation intentions and cognitive elaboration. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Habashi, M.M., & Graziano, W.G. (2005 April). The effect of priming agreeableness on helping behavior. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of Social Psychologists in Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana.

Habashi, M. M. & Graziano, W. G. (2005, January). "I am not...": The effects of priming agreeableness on helping behavior. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.

Habashi, M. M. & Graziano, W. G., & Sheese, B. E. (2004, May). Are some people "Traited to help?" Agreeableness, empathy, and altruism. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Habashi, M. M. & Graziano, W. G. (2004, January). The prosocial personality: Personality and situational determinants of helping behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychologists, Austin, TX.

Graziano, W. G., Sheese, B. E., Karakurt, G., Bruce, J., & Habashi, M. (2004, January). Prejudice and personality: Linking agreeableness to biases in social evaluations. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychologists, Austin, TX.

Habashi, M. M., Tobin, R. M., Graziano, W. G., Sheese, B. E. (2003, May). Personality, social categorization, and undermining prosocial behavior. Oral presentation at the Conference for Compassionate Love, Bloomington, IL.

Habashi, M. M., Tobin, R. M., Graziano, W. G. (2003, February). Undermining prosocial behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychologists, Los Angeles, CA.

Habashi, M. M., Tobin, R. M, Graziano, W. G., Sheese, B. E. (2002, August). Undermining helping behavior: Personality & situational factors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.