Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

• Azevedo F., Pavlović T., Rêgo GG., Ay FC., Gjoneska B., Etienne TW., Ross RM., Schönegger P., Riaño-Moreno JC. and Cichocka A. (2023) Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries. Scientific Data 10(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02080-8.

• Danielson SW., Stewart E. and Vonasch A. (2023) The Morality Map: Does living in a smaller community cause greater concern for moral reputation? Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology 4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2023.100120.

• Vonasch AJ., Hung WY., Leung WY., Nguyen ATB., Chan S., Cheng BL. and Feldman G. (2023) "Less Is Better" in Separate Evaluations Versus “More Is Better” in Joint Evaluations: Mostly Successful Close Replication and Extension of Hsee (1998). Collabra: Psychology 9(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/collabra.77859.

• Allan DD., Vonasch AJ. and Bartneck C. (2022) “I Have to Praise You Like I Should?” The Effects of Implicit Self-Theories and Robot-Delivered Praise on Evaluations of a Social Robot. International Journal of Social Robotics 14(4): 1013-1024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-021-00848-9.

• Allan DD., Vonasch AJ. and Bartneck C. (2022) The Doors of Social Robot Perception: The Influence of Implicit Self-theories. International Journal of Social Robotics 14(1): 127-140. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-021-00767-9.

• DorCrossed D sign© N., Satherley N., Yogeeswaran K., Vonasch AJ., Verkuyten M. and Sibley CG. (2022) Boundaries of Free Speech: Profiling Support for Acceptance of Free Speech and Restrictions on Offensive Speech. International Journal of Public Opinion Research 34(4) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edac039.

• Goya-Tocchetto D., Kay AC., Vuletich H., Vonasch A. and Payne K. (2022) The partisan trade-off bias: When political polarization meets policy trade-offs. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 98 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2021.104231.

• Pavlović T., Azevedo F., De K., Riaño-Moreno JC., Maglić M., Gkinopoulos T., Donnelly-Kehoe PA., Payán-Gómez C., Huang G. and Kantorowicz J. (2022) Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning.. PNAS Nexus 1(3): pgac093. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac093.

• Van Bavel JJ., Cichocka A., Capraro V., Sjåstad H., Nezlek JB., Pavlović T., Alfano M., Gelfand MJ., Azevedo F. and Birtel MD. (2022) Author Correction: National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic (Nature Communications, (2022), 13, 1, (517), 10.1038/s41467-021-27668-9). Nature Communications 13(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29658-x.

• Van Bavel JJ., Cichocka A., Capraro V., Sjåstad H., Nezlek JB., Pavlović T., Alfano M., Gelfand MJ., Azevedo F. and Birtel MD. (2022) National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic. Nature Communications 13(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27668-9.

• Rowe SJ., Vonasch AJ. and Turp MJ. (2021) Unjustifiably Irresponsible: The Effects of Social Roles on Attributions of Intent. Social Psychological and Personality Science 12(8): 1446-1456. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550620971086.

• Taylor M., Maranges HM., Chen SK. and Vonasch AJ. (2021) Direct and indirect freedom in addiction: Folk free will and blame judgments are sensitive to the choice history of drug users. Consciousness and Cognition 94 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2021.103170.

• Vonasch AJ. and Sjåstad H. (2021) Future-Orientation (as Trait and State) Promotes Reputation-Protective Choice in Moral Dilemmas. Social Psychological and Personality Science 12(3): 383-391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550619899257.

• Danielson S. and Vonasch A. (2020) Selling just preservation. Animal Sentience 4(27) 26.

• Winegard B., Kirsch A., Vonasch A., Winegard B. and Geary DC. (2020) Coalitional Value Theory: an Evolutionary Approach to Understanding Culture. Evolutionary Psychological Science http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40806-020-00235-z.

• Miller GL., Welch RM. and Vonasch AJ. (2019) The psychological effects of state socialization: IGO membership loss and respect for human rights. International Interactions 45(1): 113-143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2019.1522308.

• Gray K., Anderson S., Doyle CM., Hester N., Schmitt P., Vonasch AJ., Allison ST. and Jackson JC. (2018) To Be Immortal, Do Good or Evil. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 44(6): 868-880. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167217754068.

• Napier JL., Huang J., Vonasch AJ. and Bargh JA. (2018) Superheroes for change: Physical safety promotes socially (but not economically) progressive attitudes among conservatives. European Journal of Social Psychology 48(2): 187-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2315.

• Vonasch AJ., Baumeister RF. and Mele AR. (2018) Ordinary people think free will is a lack of constraint, not the presence of a soul. Consciousness and Cognition 60: 133-151. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2018.03.002.

• Vonasch A., Vohs KD., Pocheptsova A., Baumeister RF. and Roy F. (2017) Ego depletion induces mental passivity: Behavioral effects beyond impulse control. Motivation Science 3(4): 321-326. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mot0000058.

• Vonasch AJ. and Baumeister RF. (2017) Unjustified side effects were strongly intended: Taboo tradeoffs and the side-effect effect. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 68: 83-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2016.05.006.

• Vonasch AJ., Clark CJ., Lau S., Vohs KD. and Baumeister RF. (2017) Ordinary people associate addiction with loss of free will. Addictive Behaviors Reports 5: 56-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abrep.2017.01.002.

• Vonasch AJ., Reynolds T., Winegard BM. and Baumeister RF. (2017) Death Before Dishonor: Incurring Costs to Protect Moral Reputation. Social Psychological and Personality Science http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1948550617720271.

• Vonasch A., Masicampo EJ. and Baumeister RF. (2016) The science of consciousness must include its more advanced forms. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 39 e198 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X15002289.

• Baumeister RF. and Vonasch AJ. (2015) Uses of self-regulation to facilitate and restrain addictive behavior. Addictive Behaviors 44: 3-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.09.011.

• Vonasch AJ. and Baumeister RF. (2013) Implications of free will beliefs for basic theory and societal benefit: Critique and implications for social psychology. British Journal of Social Psychology 52(2): 219-227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8309.2012.02102.x.

• Baumeister RF. and Vonasch AJ. (2012) Is the Essence of Morality Mind Perception, Self-Regulation, Free Will, or Culture? Psychological Inquiry 23(2): 134-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2012.667758.

• Ent MR., Baumeister RF. and Vonasch AJ. (2012) Power, Leadership, and Self-Regulation. Social and Personality Psychology Compass 6(8): 619-630. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-9004.2012.00446.x.

• Song H., Vonasch AJ., Meier BP. and Bargh JA. (2012) Brighten up: Smiles facilitate perceptual judgment of facial lightness. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48(1): 450-452. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2011.10.003.

• Baumeister RF. and Vonasch AJ. (2011) Self-organization as conceptual key to understanding free will. AJOB Neuroscience 2(3): 44-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2011.584949.

• Thompson SC., Nierman A., Schlehofer MM., Carter E., Bovin MJ., Wurzman L., Tauber P., Trifskin S., Marks P. and Sumner J. (2007) How do we judge personal control? Unconfounding contingency and reinforcement in control judgments. Basic and Applied Social Psychology 29(1): 75-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01973530701331189.

Chapters

• Baumeister R., Vonasch A. and Sjastad H. (2020) The Long Reach of Self-Control.. In Mele A (Ed.), Surrounding Self-Control.

• Vonasch AJ., Maranges HM. and Baumeister RF. (2016) Self-regulation, controlled processes, and the treatment of addiction. In Heather N; Segal G (Ed.), Addiction and Choice. Rethinking the RelationshipOxford University Press, Oxford, UK..

Conference Contributions - Other

• Vonasch A. (2020) Science Wiki: Creating a Trial Page. Victoria, Canada: Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science, 20 Jun 2020.

• Vonasch A., Reynolds T., Winegard B. and Baumeister RF. (2020) Death before dishonor: What people will do to avoid a reputation as a racist and immoral person.. Atlantic Beach, FL.: Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, 3-4 Nov 2017.

• Vonasch A. (2019) Political differences in fair wages: Different sensitivity to factors limiting personal responsibility.. Paris, France: International Convention of Psychological Science, 1 Jan 2019.

• Vonasch A. (2019) Science Wiki: A viable alternative to journal publishing? Melbourne, Australia: Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research & Open Science, 1 Jan 2019.

• Vonasch A. and Sjastad H. (2019) Future-orientation (as trait and state) increases people’s willingness to make personal sacrifices to protect their reputation. Columbo, Sri Lanka: Pan-Asian Symposium on Morality, Character and Wisdom (cancelled due to terrorism), 1 Jan 2019.

• Vonasch A., Baumeister R. and Mele A. (2019) Ordinary people think free will is a lack of constraint, not the presence of a soul.. Portland, OR: Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 1 Jan 2019.

• Vonasch A., Conway P. and Rowe S. (2019) Deconstructing the side-effect effect: Separate processes enable judging intentions to harm and to help. Hamilton, New Zealand: Australasian Experimental Philosophy Conference IV, 1 Jan 2019.

• Vonasch A., Reynolds T., Winegard B. and Baumeister R. (2018) Death before dishonor: Incurring costs to protect moral reputation. Atlanta, GA: Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 1 Jan 2018.

• Vonasch A. and Baumeister RF. (2017) Unjustified side effects were strongly intended: Taboo tradeoffs and the side-effect effect.. Baltimore, MD.: Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 28 Jun-1 Jul 2017.

• Vonasch A., Vohs KD., Pocheptsova A., Dhar R. and Baumeister RF. (2016) Ego depletion increases passive eating but not active eating.. Chicago, IL: Annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science, 26-29 May 2016.

Theses / Dissertations

• Vonasch A. (2016) Cognitive miserliness preserves the self-regulatory resource.. Florida State University.

• Vonasch A. (2014) Two side-effect effects: Harm increases and help decreases intention judgments for side effects. Florida State University.

Oral Presentations

• Vonasch A. (2023) The Heuristic of Sufficient Explanation. University of Kent (invited talk).

• Kennedy A-M., Prayag G. and Vonasch A. (2022) Alcohol Harm Reduction. Tu Ora Compass Health Wairarapa.

• Vonasch A. (2022) Phantom Costs. Victoria University of Wellington.

• Vonasch A. (2022) When people reject free money: Phantom costs and the psychology of economic exchange. University of Portsmouth, UK.

• Vonasch A. (2021) When people reject free money: Phantom costs and the psychology of economic exchange. Texas Tech University.

• Vonasch A. (2021) When people reject free money: Phantom costs and the psychology of economic exchange. University of Auckland.

• Vonasch A. and Gray K. (2020) When People Reject Free Money: Phantom Costs and the Psychology of Economic Exchange. Invited Talk, Florida State University.

• Vonasch A. and Gray K. (2020) When People Reject Free Money: Phantom Costs and the Psychology of Economic Exchange. Invited Talk, Indiana University.

• Vonasch A. and Gray K. (2020) When People Reject Free Money: Phantom Costs and the Psychology of Economic Exchange. University of Washington, Seattle: Invited Talk.

• Vonasch A. (2019) Political differences in fair wages: Different sensitivity to factors limiting personal responsibility. Norwegian School of Economics: 27 Feb 2019.

• Vonasch A. (2019) Science Wiki: A viable alternative to journal publishing? Melbourne, Australia: Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-Research & Open Science.

• Vonasch A., Conway P. and Rowe S. (2019) Deconstructing the side-effect effect: Separate processes enable judging intentions to harm and to help.. Hamilton, New Zealand: Australasian Experimental Philosophy Conference IV.

Other

• Vonasch A. and Turp M-J. (2022) How protesters demanding ‘freedom’ from COVID restrictions ignore the way liberty really works. [The Conversation].

• Kierstead J., Dev V., Johnston M., Halberstadt J., Garry MA. and Vonasch A. (2019) Refusal to publish NZ academic’s book is a worrying blow for free speech.. [Stuff].

• Miller G., Vonasch A. and Welch R. (2019) Will Withdrawing Ties to Venezuela’s Repressive Regime Protect or Harm Human Rights? [Political Violence at a Glance].

Student Supervision

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Current
• PhD - Danielson S: Creating the Good: How the drive for status shapes the diversity in moral values in urban and rural communities
• PhD - Dore N: Psychology of Apologies
• Masters - Qin Z: Moral Orientations and Intolerance of Extreme Protest Actions: A Process Dissociation Approach
Completed
• PhD - Allan D: Beyond Belief: The Influence of Implicit Self-Theories in Human Robot Interaction (2022)
• Masters - Fox K: Attitudes Towards Censorship of Political Movements in the United States of America: #AllLivesMatter and #BlackLivesMatter (2020)
• Masters - Hutchinson K: People strategically protect different aspects of their sexual reputation based on their relationship goals. (2020)
• Masters - Maheno E: Social comparison to work-related norms: The effect of social comparison on work-specific self-evaluations and change intentions. (2021)
• Masters - Rowe S: Justifying the Trade-Off Justification Model: An empirical investigation of the TJM's assumptions (2021)
• Masters - Tookey B: Self Serving Moral Judgments (2022)
• Masters - Turnbull E: Dissociation and the Self (2021)
• Masters - Westerman A: Disgust Sensitivity Among Child Pornography Users (2022)
• Honours - McGahan A: Attitudes Towards Financially Incentivised Speakers in a Cannabis Legalisation Debate (2020)
• Honours - Rowe S: Unjustifiably irresponsible: The effects of social roles on attributions of intent. (2019)
• Honours - Stewart E: The Effects of Urbanicity on Reputation Protection: The Roles of Perceived Reputation Vulnerability and Reputation Concern (2019)
• Honours - Tookey B: Self-Serving Bias and Moral Values (2019)
• Summer Student - Rowe S: Unjustifiably Irresponsible: The Effects of Social Roles on Attributions of Intent. (2020)
• Summer Student - Westerman A: Disgust Sensitivity Among Child Pornography Users (2020)

Review and Refereeing

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• Collabra: Psychology ( 2020 - 2023)
• Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice ( 2019 - 2023)