Glenn Geher
Biographic Data
| ID | 762648 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Glenn Geher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Glenn |
| FAMILY NAME | Geher |
| SIGNATURE | GEHER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | SUNY New Paltz |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7622-7197 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Psychological Correlates of Courage in the Workplace
In the workplace, there are situations that arise where an individual can make courageous decisions in the face of adversity. This research used an evolutionary-based personality approach to examine the dispositional predictors of the tendency to make courageous decisions in the workplace. More specifically, this study examined personality, risk-taking propensity, and resilience as predictor variables for courageous decision-making in the workpla…
Political Polarization, Ingroup Bias, and Helping Behavior
The American social and political climate has become increasingly polarized. To explore the effects of politically based ingroup biases as they relate to intended helping of others, we designed a study in which we hypothesized that people who are extreme on the political spectrum will intend to help in-group members more so than out-group members. Using an experimental manipulation, we asked participants to choose if extremely progressive ( N = 2…
Why Should I Help You? A Study of Betrayal and Helping
Social Reputation
The evolutionary psychology of small‐scale versus large‐scale politics
The current research question sought to examine political psychology as it relates to evolutionary mismatch. The basic hypothesis is that people will be more cognitively prepared to think about political situations that are relatively small in scale compared with political situations that are large in scale. This research also examined the effects of whether the political situation is highly relevant to oneself. To test these questions, 49 young …
The interdisciplinarity of evolutionary approaches to human behavior
Measurement of the conjunction error in social judgment
People often judge the probability of two events occurring together to be more probable than the less probable of each of these events occurring separately, thereby demonstrating the conjunction error. "Correct" responses are those in which participants rank a single-element statement of low probability as more probable than a conjunction consisting of a low-probability statement and an additional statement. We demonstrated in two studies that ta…
Motivational underpinnings of romantic partner perceptions
This research examined biases in perceptions of current versus former romantic partners. Study 1 employed individuals in dating relationships ( N = 161) and examined whether perceptions of current partners' traits differed from perceptions of former partners' traits. We computed an index of a 'partner discrepancy bias' (PDB). PDB was related to relationship satisfaction. Study 2 assessed the motivational underpinnings of the PDB. We used a standa…
Required parental investment and mating patterns
Much social psychological research has been dedicated to understanding mating strategies from the standpoint of genetic-fitness payout (e.g., Simpson and Gangestad, 2000). The current work is designed to provide a coherent, quantitative model for predicting different classes of mating strategies in both males and females. Specifically, the framework developed in this paper is an elaboration of Dawkins' (1989) quantitative assessment of different …
Psychological Predictors of Sexual Behaviors Related to Aids Transmission
This study was designed to assess the differential value of several psychological variables with regard to predicting safe-sex behavior. A sample of 94 male and 179 female undergraduate students, ranging in age from 16 to 66 years, were surveyed about sexual issues related to safe-sex practices. The survey included scales measuring participants' knowledge of transmission of AIDS, self-perception of safe-sex communication, fear and concern about A…
Motivational underpinnings of romantic partner perceptions
This research examined biases in perceptions of current versus former romantic partners. Study 1 employed individuals in dating relationships ( N = 161) and examined whether perceptions of current partners' traits differed from perceptions of former partners' traits. We computed an index of a 'partner discrepancy bias' (PDB). PDB was related to relationship satisfaction. Study 2 assessed the motivational underpinnings of the PDB. We used a standa…
The interdisciplinarity of evolutionary approaches to human behavior
Psychological Predictors of Sexual Behaviors Related to Aids Transmission
This study was designed to assess the differential value of several psychological variables with regard to predicting safe-sex behavior. A sample of 94 male and 179 female undergraduate students, ranging in age from 16 to 66 years, were surveyed about sexual issues related to safe-sex practices. The survey included scales measuring participants' knowledge of transmission of AIDS, self-perception of safe-sex communication, fear and concern about A…
Required parental investment and mating patterns
Much social psychological research has been dedicated to understanding mating strategies from the standpoint of genetic-fitness payout (e.g., Simpson and Gangestad, 2000). The current work is designed to provide a coherent, quantitative model for predicting different classes of mating strategies in both males and females. Specifically, the framework developed in this paper is an elaboration of Dawkins' (1989) quantitative assessment of different …
Motivational underpinnings of romantic partner perceptions
This research examined biases in perceptions of current versus former romantic partners. Study 1 employed individuals in dating relationships ( N = 161) and examined whether perceptions of current partners' traits differed from perceptions of former partners' traits. We computed an index of a 'partner discrepancy bias' (PDB). PDB was related to relationship satisfaction. Study 2 assessed the motivational underpinnings of the PDB. We used a standa…
Measurement of the conjunction error in social judgment
People often judge the probability of two events occurring together to be more probable than the less probable of each of these events occurring separately, thereby demonstrating the conjunction error. "Correct" responses are those in which participants rank a single-element statement of low probability as more probable than a conjunction consisting of a low-probability statement and an additional statement. We demonstrated in two studies that ta…
The interdisciplinarity of evolutionary approaches to human behavior
The evolutionary psychology of small‐scale versus large‐scale politics
The current research question sought to examine political psychology as it relates to evolutionary mismatch. The basic hypothesis is that people will be more cognitively prepared to think about political situations that are relatively small in scale compared with political situations that are large in scale. This research also examined the effects of whether the political situation is highly relevant to oneself. To test these questions, 49 young …
Social Reputation
Why Should I Help You? A Study of Betrayal and Helping
Political Polarization, Ingroup Bias, and Helping Behavior
The American social and political climate has become increasingly polarized. To explore the effects of politically based ingroup biases as they relate to intended helping of others, we designed a study in which we hypothesized that people who are extreme on the political spectrum will intend to help in-group members more so than out-group members. Using an experimental manipulation, we asked participants to choose if extremely progressive ( N = 2…
The Psychological Correlates of Courage in the Workplace
In the workplace, there are situations that arise where an individual can make courageous decisions in the face of adversity. This research used an evolutionary-based personality approach to examine the dispositional predictors of the tendency to make courageous decisions in the workplace. More specifically, this study examined personality, risk-taking propensity, and resilience as predictor variables for courageous decision-making in the workpla…
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (5 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (4 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Law (3 works)