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Scott T. Allison

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My research program focuses on the behavioral and mental construction of heroes, villains, underdogs, great leaders, martyrs, and dead legends. I have written two book on heroes, both co-authored with George Goethals. The first, published by Oxford University Press, is called Heroes: Who They Are and Why We Need Them. The second will be published by Routledge next year and is entitled Understanding Exceptional Leadership: A Taxonomy of 100 True Heroes.

Primary Interests:

  • Ethics and Morality
  • Group Processes
  • Helping, Prosocial Behavior
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Person Perception
  • Ethics and Morality
  • Group Processes
  • Helping, Prosocial Behavior
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Person Perception

Research Group or Laboratory:

Books:

Journal Articles:

  • Allison, S. T., Eylon, D., Beggan, J. K., & Bachelder, J. (2009). The demise of leadership: Positivity and negativity in evaluations of dead leaders. The Leadership Quarterly, 20, 115-129.
  • Eylon, D., & Allison, S. T. (2005). The frozen in time effect in evaluations of the dead. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1708-1717.
  • Goethals, G. R., & Allison, S. T. (2012). Making heroes: The construction of courage, competence and virtue. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology.
  • Kim, J., Allison, S. T., Eylon, D., Goethals, G., Markus, M., McGuire, H., & Hindle, S. (2008). Rooting for (and then abandoning) the underdog. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38, 2550-2573.

Other Publications:

  • Allison, S. T., & Burnette, J. (2010). Fairness and preference for underdogs and top dogs. In R. Kramer, A. Tenbrunsel, & M. Bazerman, (Eds.), Social Decision Making: Social Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments. New York: Psychology Press.
  • Allison, S. T., & Eylon, D. (2005). The demise of leadership: Death positivity biases in posthumous impressions of leaders. In D. Messick & R. Kramer (Eds.), The Psychology of Leadership: Some New Approaches (pp 295-317). New York: Erlbaum.
  • Allison, S. T., & Goethals, G. R. (2012). The Seven Paradoxes of Heroism. Personality and Social Psychology Connections.
  • Allison, S. T., & Goethals, G. R. (2008). Deifying the dead and downtrodden: Sympathetic figures as exceptional leaders. In C. L. Hoyt, G. R. Goethals, & D. R. Forsyth (Eds.), Leadership at the crossroads: Psychology and leadership. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Courses Taught:

  • Group Dynamics
  • Heroes and Villains
  • Research Methods and Statistical Analyses
  • Social Psychology
  • Group Dynamics
  • Heroes and Villains
  • Research Methods and Statistical Analyses
  • Social Psychology

Scott T. Allison
Department of Psychology
University of Richmond
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173
United States

Phone: (804) 289-8127
Fax: (804) 287-1905

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