Erik Mac Giolla
Biographic Data
| ID | 1932188 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik Mac Giolla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik |
| FAMILY NAME | Mac Giolla |
| SIGNATURE | MAC GIOLLA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5285-5321 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Effects of Psychological Distance on Mental Abstraction
Construal-level theory (CLT) proposes that psychological distance influences the level of abstraction at which something is mentally construed: Things perceived as less probable (likelihood) or further away from the here (spatial distance), now (temporal distance), or self (social distance) are thought about more abstractly. In this international multilab study, we tested four basic hypotheses derived from core assumptions of CLT and explore pote…
Public perceptions of eyewitness interview formats
A heightened awareness of the need for alternatives to face-to-face interviewing, alongside technological advances and research innovations, has increased the possibilities for novel approaches to eyewitness interviewing, such as the Self-Administred Interview© (SAI) and online interviewing. While they can produce statements that are as accurate and detailed as face-to-face interviews, little is known about witnesses’ willingness to be interviewe…
Acting Like a Liar
We present a study designed to directly test the self-presentational theory of deception. Senders ( N = 12) recorded true and false statements about an outing they had actually gone on or pretended to have gone on. Crucially, when providing these statements, they were asked to do so in either the manner of a truth teller or the manner of a liar. Receivers ( N = 223) made dichotomous truth/lie credibility judgements of these video recorded stateme…
When It’s Bad to Be Lucky
We framed crime victims as lucky, through downward counterfactual comparisons, and tested this “luck framing” influence on observers’ judgments of the victims. Victims framed as lucky and aware (Experiment 1) or unaware (Experiment 3) of their luck were rated as in need of less social support than victims who were not framed as lucky. This luck framing effect generalized to victim compensation: lucky aware victims were rated as deserving of less …
To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply
Over the past 10 years, Oosterhof and Todorov’s valence–dominance model has emerged as the most prominent account of how people evaluate faces on social dimensions. In this model, two dimensions (valence and dominance) underpin social judgements of faces. Because this model has primarily been developed and tested in Western regions, it is unclear whether these findings apply to other regions. We addressed this question by replicating Oosterhof an…
Subjective likelihood and the construal level of future events
C. J. Wakslak, Y. Trope, N. Liberman, and R. Alony (2006) examined the effect of manipulating the likelihood of future events on level of construal (i.e., mental abstraction). Over 7 experiments, they consistently found that subjectively unlikely (vs. likely) future events were more abstractly (vs. concretely) construed. This well-cited, but understudied finding has had a major influence on the construal level theory (CLT) literature: Likelihood …
To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply
Over the past 10 years, Oosterhof and Todorov’s valence–dominance model has emerged as the most prominent account of how people evaluate faces on social dimensions. In this model, two dimensions (valence and dominance) underpin social judgements of faces. Because this model has primarily been developed and tested in Western regions, it is unclear whether these findings apply to other regions. We addressed this question by replicating Oosterhof an…
Subjective likelihood and the construal level of future events
C. J. Wakslak, Y. Trope, N. Liberman, and R. Alony (2006) examined the effect of manipulating the likelihood of future events on level of construal (i.e., mental abstraction). Over 7 experiments, they consistently found that subjectively unlikely (vs. likely) future events were more abstractly (vs. concretely) construed. This well-cited, but understudied finding has had a major influence on the construal level theory (CLT) literature: Likelihood …
When It’s Bad to Be Lucky
We framed crime victims as lucky, through downward counterfactual comparisons, and tested this “luck framing” influence on observers’ judgments of the victims. Victims framed as lucky and aware (Experiment 1) or unaware (Experiment 3) of their luck were rated as in need of less social support than victims who were not framed as lucky. This luck framing effect generalized to victim compensation: lucky aware victims were rated as deserving of less …
To which world regions does the valence-dominance model of social perception apply
Over the past 10 years, Oosterhof and Todorov’s valence–dominance model has emerged as the most prominent account of how people evaluate faces on social dimensions. In this model, two dimensions (valence and dominance) underpin social judgements of faces. Because this model has primarily been developed and tested in Western regions, it is unclear whether these findings apply to other regions. We addressed this question by replicating Oosterhof an…
Acting Like a Liar
We present a study designed to directly test the self-presentational theory of deception. Senders ( N = 12) recorded true and false statements about an outing they had actually gone on or pretended to have gone on. Crucially, when providing these statements, they were asked to do so in either the manner of a truth teller or the manner of a liar. Receivers ( N = 223) made dichotomous truth/lie credibility judgements of these video recorded stateme…
Effects of Psychological Distance on Mental Abstraction
Construal-level theory (CLT) proposes that psychological distance influences the level of abstraction at which something is mentally construed: Things perceived as less probable (likelihood) or further away from the here (spatial distance), now (temporal distance), or self (social distance) are thought about more abstractly. In this international multilab study, we tested four basic hypotheses derived from core assumptions of CLT and explore pote…
Public perceptions of eyewitness interview formats
A heightened awareness of the need for alternatives to face-to-face interviewing, alongside technological advances and research innovations, has increased the possibilities for novel approaches to eyewitness interviewing, such as the Self-Administred Interview© (SAI) and online interviewing. While they can produce statements that are as accurate and detailed as face-to-face interviews, little is known about witnesses’ willingness to be interviewe…
Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (2 works) · Construal level theory (2 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (2 works) · Deception detection and forensic psychology (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Preference (2 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (2 works)