An Argument for Less Debate
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Biography
Jane L. Risen conducts research in the areas of judgment and decision making, intuitive belief formation, magical thinking, stereotyping and prejudice, and managing emotion.
Her research has appeared in several notable publications, including "Looking Forward to Looking Backward: The Misprediction of Regret" with D. T. Gilbert, C. K. Morewedge, and T. D. Wilson in Psychological Science; " Why People Are Reluctant to Tempt Fate," with T. Gilovich in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,; "How Choice Affects and Reflects Preferences: Revisiting the Free-Choice Paradigm," with K. Chen in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, "Visceral Fit: While in a Visceral State, Associated States of the World Seem More Likely," with C. Critcher in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and 鈥淏elieving What We Don鈥檛 Believe: Acquiescence to Superstitious Beliefs and Other Powerful Intuitions in Psychological Review.
Risen's research has been featured in the New York Times , Washington Post, the APA Monitor, and Psychology Today." She is a member of the American Psychological Society, Midwestern Psychological Association, and Society for Personality and Social Psychology.
Risen received a bachelor's degree summa cum laude in psychology from Harvard University in 2001 and a PhD in social and personality psychology from Cornell University in 2007.
Research Interests
Judgment and decision making; intuitive belief formation; magical thinking; managing emotion.
Academic Areas
- Behavioral Science
Selected Publications
With Critcher, C., "Visceral fit: While in a visceral state, associated states of the world seem more likely,鈥�听Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,听100, 777-793 (2011).
With Chen, K., " How choice affects and reflects preferences: Revisiting the free-choice paradigm,鈥�听Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,听99, 573-594 (2010).
With Gilovich, T., "Why people are reluctant to tempt fate,"听Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,听95, 293-207 (2008).
With Gilovich, T. and Dunning, D., "One-shot illusory correlations and stereotype formation,"听Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,听33, 1492-1502 (2007).
With Gilbert, D. T., Morewedge, C. K., and Wilson, T. D., "Looking forward to looking backward: The misprediction of regret,"听Psychological Science,听15, 346-350 (2004).
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2025 - 2026 Course Schedule
| Number | Course Title | Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Diversity in Organizations | 2026 (Winter) | |
| Managerial Decision Making | 2025 (Autumn) |
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