Dr. David Vaughn Becker

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsSocial Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology
KeywordsCategorization, Intergroup conflict, Stereotypes, Prejudice, Affect-cognition interaction

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityMesa
InstitutionArizona State University (ASU)
InstituteDepartment of Psychology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Christian UnkelbachAllgemeine Psychologie II, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Prof. Dr. Klaus FiedlerAllgemeine Psychologie II, Universität zu Köln, Köln
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2018

Programme(s)

2018Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2025Van Leeuwen, F, Jaeger, B, Axelsson, J, Becker, DV, Hansson, LS, Lasselin, J, Lekander, M, Vuorre, M, Tybur JM.: The smoke-detector principle of pathogen avoidance: A test of how the behavioral immune system gives rise to prejudice. Evolution and Human Behavior. In: Evolution and Human Behavior, 46, 2025,
2025Becker, D. V., & Neuberg, S. L. Extending affordances with evolutionary psychology and connectionist models: An essay in honor of Reuben Baron. . In: Ecological Psychology, 37, 2025, 36–52
2025Dubbs, S. L., Becker, D.V. & Pick, C.W. Intrasexual competition predicts willingness to engage in risky weight loss behaviors: Sex differences and similarities.. In: Scientific Reports, 2025,
2024Ko, A., Neuberg, S.L., *Pick, C.W., Varnum, M.E.W, & Becker, D.V. Responses to political partisans are shaped by a COVID-19-sensitive disease avoidance psychology: A longitudinal investigation of functional flexibility. . In: American Psychologist, 2024,
2022Vanleeuwen, F., Inbar, Y., Bang-Petersen, M., ...Becker, D.V.,… Disgust Sensitivity Relates to Attitudes Toward Gay Men and Lesbian Women Across 31 Nations. . In: Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 25, 2022, 1-23.
2021D. Vaughn Becker, Christian Unkelbach and Klaus Fiedler: Inference in Social Cognition. In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology, 2021,
2020D. Vaughn Becker & Hansol Rheem: Searching for a face in the crowd: Pitfalls and unexplored possibilities. In: Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 82, 2020, 626–636
2020Peperkoorn L.S., Becker D. V., Balliet D., Columbus, S., Molho, C., Van Lange, P. A. M.: The prevalence of dyads in social life.. In: PLoS One, 15(12): e0244188, 2020,
2020Perone, P., Becker, D. V., Tybur, J. M. Visual disgust-elicitors produce an attentional blink independent of contextual and trait-level pathogen avoidance.. In: Emotion, 21, 2020, 871-880
2019D. Vaughn Becker & Steven L. Neuberg: Archetypes Reconsidered as Emergent Outcomes of Cognitive Complexity and Evolved Motivational Systems. In: Psychological Inquiry, 30, 2019, 59-75
2019D. Vaughn Becker & Steven L. Neuberg: Pushing Archetypal Representational Systems Further. In: Psychological Inquiry, 30, 2019, 103-109