David J Lick
Biographic Data
| ID | 4230573 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David J Lick |
| GIVEN NAMES | David J |
| FAMILY NAME | Lick |
| SIGNATURE | LICK D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Reflexive Activation of Monoracial Categories During Multiracial Categorization
Previous research has examined the real-time cognitive processes underlying perceivers’ ability to resolve racial ambiguity into monoracial categorizations, but such processes for multiracial categorizations are less clear. Using a novel, three-choice mouse-tracking paradigm, we found that when perceivers categorized faces as multiracial their hand movements revealed an initial attraction to a monoracial category (study 1). Moreover, exposure to …
The straight categorization bias: A motivated and altruistic reasoning account
For 70 years, the field of social perception has concluded that perceivers can determine others' social category memberships with remarkable accuracy. However, it has become increasingly clear that accuracy is only part of the story, as social category judgments are often systematically biased toward one category over another. For example, when categorizing sexual orientation, perceivers label others as straight more often than gay. This straight…
Threat in the Company of Men: Ensemble Perception and Threat Evaluations of Groups Varying in Sex Ratio
Everyday, we visually perceive people not only in isolation but also in groups. Yet, visual person perception research typically focuses on inferences made about isolated individuals. By integrating social vision and visual ensemble coding, we present novel evidence that (a) perceivers rapidly (500 ms) extract a group’s ratio of men to women and (b) both explicit judgments of threat and indirect evaluative priming of threat increase as the ratio …
The pupils are the windows to sexuality: Pupil dilation as a visual cue to others’ sexual interest
Straight until proven gay: A systematic bias toward straight categorizations in sexual orientation judgments
Perceivers achieve above chance accuracy judging others' sexual orientations, but they also exhibit a notable response bias by categorizing most targets as straight rather than gay. Although a straight categorization bias is evident in many published reports, it has never been the focus of systematic inquiry. The current studies therefore document this bias and test the mechanisms that produce it. Studies 1-3 revealed the straight categorization …
Intersecting Race and Gender Cues are Associated with Perceptions of Gay Men’s Preferred Sexual Roles
Why Do They Have to Flaunt it? Perceptions of Communicative Intent Predict Antigay Prejudice Based Upon Brief Exposure to Nonverbal Cues
Perceivers use gender-atypical nonverbal cues to categorize others as lesbian/gay, and the same cues help to explain the occurrence of antigay prejudice. Although these patterns replicate across recent studies, their proximal causes have received little attention. It remains unclear, for example, why the gender-atypical appearances common among sexual minority individuals arouse negative evaluations. Here, we tested whether perceptions of communi…
Haven’t I seen you before? Straight men who are insecure of their masculinity remember gender-atypical faces
To navigate a busy interpersonal landscape, people direct perceptual resources in a motivated fashion that maximizes goals and minimizes threats. While adaptive, these heuristics can also lead to noteworthy biases, including a well-documented memory advantage for ingroup members. Recent research has extended these findings to reveal other motivational biases that emerge early in social perception. When perceivers feel threatened, for example, the…
Minority Stress and Physical Health Among Sexual Minorities
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals suffer serious mental health disparities relative to their heterosexual peers, and researchers have linked these disparities to difficult social experiences (e.g., antigay victimization) and internalized biases (e.g., internalized homophobia) that arouse stress. A recent and growing body of evidence suggests that LGB individuals also suffer physical health disparities relative to heterosexuals, ranging…
Recalled Social Experiences and Current Psychological Adjustment among Adults Reared by Gay and Lesbian Parents
Children of gay and lesbian parents are a diverse group, but existing studies offer limited information about individual differences in their social experiences and subsequent psychological outcomes. In this study, 91 adults reared by gay and lesbian parents responded to measures of recalled social experiences as well as current depressive symptoms, positive and negative affect, and life satisfaction. Participants reported differing social experi…
Fluency of visual processing explains prejudiced evaluations following categorization of concealable identities
Straight until proven gay: A systematic bias toward straight categorizations in sexual orientation judgments
Perceivers achieve above chance accuracy judging others' sexual orientations, but they also exhibit a notable response bias by categorizing most targets as straight rather than gay. Although a straight categorization bias is evident in many published reports, it has never been the focus of systematic inquiry. The current studies therefore document this bias and test the mechanisms that produce it. Studies 1-3 revealed the straight categorization …
Intersecting Race and Gender Cues are Associated with Perceptions of Gay Men’s Preferred Sexual Roles
Fluency of visual processing explains prejudiced evaluations following categorization of concealable identities
The straight categorization bias: A motivated and altruistic reasoning account
For 70 years, the field of social perception has concluded that perceivers can determine others' social category memberships with remarkable accuracy. However, it has become increasingly clear that accuracy is only part of the story, as social category judgments are often systematically biased toward one category over another. For example, when categorizing sexual orientation, perceivers label others as straight more often than gay. This straight…
Haven’t I seen you before? Straight men who are insecure of their masculinity remember gender-atypical faces
To navigate a busy interpersonal landscape, people direct perceptual resources in a motivated fashion that maximizes goals and minimizes threats. While adaptive, these heuristics can also lead to noteworthy biases, including a well-documented memory advantage for ingroup members. Recent research has extended these findings to reveal other motivational biases that emerge early in social perception. When perceivers feel threatened, for example, the…
Minority Stress and Physical Health Among Sexual Minorities
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals suffer serious mental health disparities relative to their heterosexual peers, and researchers have linked these disparities to difficult social experiences (e.g., antigay victimization) and internalized biases (e.g., internalized homophobia) that arouse stress. A recent and growing body of evidence suggests that LGB individuals also suffer physical health disparities relative to heterosexuals, ranging…
Recalled Social Experiences and Current Psychological Adjustment among Adults Reared by Gay and Lesbian Parents
Children of gay and lesbian parents are a diverse group, but existing studies offer limited information about individual differences in their social experiences and subsequent psychological outcomes. In this study, 91 adults reared by gay and lesbian parents responded to measures of recalled social experiences as well as current depressive symptoms, positive and negative affect, and life satisfaction. Participants reported differing social experi…
Fluency of visual processing explains prejudiced evaluations following categorization of concealable identities
Why Do They Have to Flaunt it? Perceptions of Communicative Intent Predict Antigay Prejudice Based Upon Brief Exposure to Nonverbal Cues
Perceivers use gender-atypical nonverbal cues to categorize others as lesbian/gay, and the same cues help to explain the occurrence of antigay prejudice. Although these patterns replicate across recent studies, their proximal causes have received little attention. It remains unclear, for example, why the gender-atypical appearances common among sexual minority individuals arouse negative evaluations. Here, we tested whether perceptions of communi…
Haven’t I seen you before? Straight men who are insecure of their masculinity remember gender-atypical faces
To navigate a busy interpersonal landscape, people direct perceptual resources in a motivated fashion that maximizes goals and minimizes threats. While adaptive, these heuristics can also lead to noteworthy biases, including a well-documented memory advantage for ingroup members. Recent research has extended these findings to reveal other motivational biases that emerge early in social perception. When perceivers feel threatened, for example, the…
Intersecting Race and Gender Cues are Associated with Perceptions of Gay Men’s Preferred Sexual Roles
The pupils are the windows to sexuality: Pupil dilation as a visual cue to others’ sexual interest
Straight until proven gay: A systematic bias toward straight categorizations in sexual orientation judgments
Perceivers achieve above chance accuracy judging others' sexual orientations, but they also exhibit a notable response bias by categorizing most targets as straight rather than gay. Although a straight categorization bias is evident in many published reports, it has never been the focus of systematic inquiry. The current studies therefore document this bias and test the mechanisms that produce it. Studies 1-3 revealed the straight categorization …
Threat in the Company of Men: Ensemble Perception and Threat Evaluations of Groups Varying in Sex Ratio
Everyday, we visually perceive people not only in isolation but also in groups. Yet, visual person perception research typically focuses on inferences made about isolated individuals. By integrating social vision and visual ensemble coding, we present novel evidence that (a) perceivers rapidly (500 ms) extract a group’s ratio of men to women and (b) both explicit judgments of threat and indirect evaluative priming of threat increase as the ratio …
The straight categorization bias: A motivated and altruistic reasoning account
For 70 years, the field of social perception has concluded that perceivers can determine others' social category memberships with remarkable accuracy. However, it has become increasingly clear that accuracy is only part of the story, as social category judgments are often systematically biased toward one category over another. For example, when categorizing sexual orientation, perceivers label others as straight more often than gay. This straight…
Reflexive Activation of Monoracial Categories During Multiracial Categorization
Previous research has examined the real-time cognitive processes underlying perceivers’ ability to resolve racial ambiguity into monoracial categorizations, but such processes for multiracial categorizations are less clear. Using a novel, three-choice mouse-tracking paradigm, we found that when perceivers categorized faces as multiracial their hand movements revealed an initial attraction to a monoracial category (study 1). Moreover, exposure to …
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Perception (7 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (7 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (6 works) · Social perception (6 works) · Categorization (5 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (5 works) · Sexual orientation (5 works)