Yuen Wan Ho
Biographic Data
| ID | 4626929 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yuen Wan Ho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yuen Wan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ho |
| SIGNATURE | HO Y W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Psychology Lingnan University Hong Kong SAR China |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5056-0722 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Misremembering Solitude
BACKGROUND: Affect recall is key to psychological assessment and decision-making. However, self-concepts (self-beliefs) may bias retrospective affect reports such that they deviate from lived experiences. Does this experience-memory gap apply to solitude experiences? We hypothesized that individuals misremember how they feel overall and when in solitude, in line with self-concepts of introversion, self-determined/not-self-determined solitude moti…
Are Older Adults More Optimistic? Evidence From China, Israel, and the United States
These findings support the hypothesis that age differences in risk perceptions might be influenced by cultural context. Further analysis indicated that such cultural and age variations in optimistic bias were likely to be driven by age-related increase in internalized cultural values
Should job applicants be excited or calm? The role of culture and ideal affect in employment settings
Do cultural differences in emotion play a role in employment settings? We predicted that cultural differences in ideal affect-the states that people value and ideally want to feel-are reflected in: (a) how individuals present themselves when applying for a job, and (b) what individuals look for when hiring someone for a job. In Studies 1-2 ( N S1 = 236, N S2 = 174), European Americans wanted to convey high arousal positive states (HAP; excitement…
Misremembering Solitude
BACKGROUND: Affect recall is key to psychological assessment and decision-making. However, self-concepts (self-beliefs) may bias retrospective affect reports such that they deviate from lived experiences. Does this experience-memory gap apply to solitude experiences? We hypothesized that individuals misremember how they feel overall and when in solitude, in line with self-concepts of introversion, self-determined/not-self-determined solitude moti…
Are Older Adults More Optimistic? Evidence From China, Israel, and the United States
These findings support the hypothesis that age differences in risk perceptions might be influenced by cultural context. Further analysis indicated that such cultural and age variations in optimistic bias were likely to be driven by age-related increase in internalized cultural values
Should job applicants be excited or calm? The role of culture and ideal affect in employment settings
Do cultural differences in emotion play a role in employment settings? We predicted that cultural differences in ideal affect-the states that people value and ideally want to feel-are reflected in: (a) how individuals present themselves when applying for a job, and (b) what individuals look for when hiring someone for a job. In Studies 1-2 ( N S1 = 236, N S2 = 174), European Americans wanted to convey high arousal positive states (HAP; excitement…
Are Older Adults More Optimistic? Evidence From China, Israel, and the United States
These findings support the hypothesis that age differences in risk perceptions might be influenced by cultural context. Further analysis indicated that such cultural and age variations in optimistic bias were likely to be driven by age-related increase in internalized cultural values
Misremembering Solitude
BACKGROUND: Affect recall is key to psychological assessment and decision-making. However, self-concepts (self-beliefs) may bias retrospective affect reports such that they deviate from lived experiences. Does this experience-memory gap apply to solitude experiences? We hypothesized that individuals misremember how they feel overall and when in solitude, in line with self-concepts of introversion, self-determined/not-self-determined solitude moti…
Psychology (3 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Affect (linguistics (1 work) · Affect (linguistics) (1 work) · Aging and Gerontology Research (1 work) · China (1 work) · Communication (1 work)