Research Topics
| Ian McGregorSummaryAffiliation: York University Country: Canada Publications
|
Detail Information
Publications
Compensatory conviction in the face of personal uncertainty: going to extremes and being oneselfI McGregor
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Pers Soc Psychol 80:472-88. 2001..Relevance to cognitive dissonance and authoritarianism theories is discussed, and a new perspective on terror managenment theory (J. Greenberg, S. Solomom, & T. Pyszczynski, 1997) is proposed...- Reactive approach motivation (RAM) for religionIan McGregor
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Pers Soc Psychol 99:148-61. 2010..Results support a RAM view of empowered religious idealism for anxiety management (cf. Armstrong, 2000; Inzlicht, McGregor, Hirsch, & Nash, 2009)... - Defensive zeal and the uncertain self: what makes you so sure?Ian McGregor
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Pers Soc Psychol 85:838-52. 2003..Compensatory conviction is viewed as a mode of repression, akin to reaction formation, that helps keep unwanted thoughts out of awareness... - Defensive pride and consensus: strength in imaginary numbersIan McGregor
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
J Pers Soc Psychol 89:978-96. 2005..Compensatory consensus is seen as a kind of defensive self-affirmation that defensively proud people turn to for insulation from distressing thoughts... - Ideological and personal zeal reactions to threat among people with high self-esteem: motivated promotion focusIan McGregor
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 33:1587-99. 2007..Ideological and personal zeal reflect motivated promotion focus reactions that are rewarding because they decrease the motivational relevance, regulatory fit, and subjective salience of threats... - Anxious uncertainty and reactive approach motivation (RAM)Ian McGregor
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Pers Soc Psychol 99:133-47. 2010..Speculative implications are suggested for understanding diverse social and clinical phenomena ranging from worldview defense, prejudice, and meaning making to narcissism, hypomania, and aggression... - Neural markers of religious convictionMichael Inzlicht
University of Toronto Scarborough, Department of Psychology, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4, Canada
Psychol Sci 20:385-92. 2009..These results suggest that religious conviction provides a framework for understanding and acting within one's environment, thereby acting as a buffer against anxiety and minimizing the experience of error... - Threat and defense as goal regulation: from implicit goal conflict to anxious uncertainty, reactive approach motivation, and ideological extremismKyle Nash
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Pers Soc Psychol 101:1291-301. 2011..Results support a goal regulation view of anxious uncertainty, threat, and defense with potential for integrating theories of defensive compensation... - Religious belief as compensatory controlAaron C Kay
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Pers Soc Psychol Rev 14:37-48. 2010.... - Line bisection as a neural marker of approach motivationKyle Nash
Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Psychophysiology 47:979-83. 2010..Results support the line bisection task as an efficient and unobtrusive behavioral neuroscience measure of approach motivation... - Thinking and caring about cognitive inconsistency: when and for whom does attitudinal ambivalence feel uncomfortable?Ian R Newby-Clark
Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
J Pers Soc Psychol 82:157-66. 2002..B. Cialdini, M. R. Trost, & T. J. Newsom, 1995). Similarities of ambivalence and cognitive dissonance constructs are discussed...