Andy Vonasch

I am a social and personality psychology lecturer at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. My research interests include moral judgments, motive judgments, free will/conscious agency, rationality in decision-making, and happiness.

I head a lab with several Ph.D., Masters, and honours students. I also teach courses on personality and morality.

Publications

Direct and indirect freedom in addiction: Folk free will and blame judgments are sensitive to the choice history of drug users.

Matthew Taylor, Heather M. Maranges, Susan K. Chen, Andrew J. Vonasch

Consciousness and Cognition, vol. 94, 2021 Aug 1

The Doors of Social Robot Perception: The Influence of Implicit Self-theories

D. D. Allan, Andrew J. Vonasch, Christoph Bartneck

International Journal of Social Robotics, 2021 Feb 25, pp. 1-14

Coalitional Value Theory: an Evolutionary Approach to Understanding Culture

Bo Winegard, Amanda Kirsch, Andrew Vonasch, Ben Winegard, David C. Geary

Evolutionary Psychological Science, vol. 6(4), 2020 Nov 1, pp. 301-318

The Long Reach of Self-Control

Roy F. Baumeister, Andrew J. Vonasch, Hallgeir Sjåstad

2020 Aug 3, pp. 17-46

Hsee (1998) Less is Better replication and extension

Andy Vonasch, Hung Wing Yiu, Wai Yee Michelle Leung, Anna Nguyen, Chan Stephanie, Boley Cheng, Gilad Feldman

2018 Oct 13

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Projects

Psychology of Ulterior Motives

What situations or traits lead people to believe someone has ulterior motives? How do people act when they think someone has an ulterior motive? How frequently do people perceive ulterior motives?

Motivations for Political Engagement

What situations or traits lead people to favor censorship or political violence? What motivates people to engage in nonviolent versus violent protest, and what kinds of protest are most effective at producing social change?

Psychology of Reputation

What situations and traits lead people to protect their reputations? What are people willing to do to protect reputation?

Psychology of Moral Diversity

Why do people disagree about moral issues?

Psychology of Happiness

What can people do to be happier? We are exploring the effects of belongingness and affectual meditation.

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