Education

  • Ph.D., 2000     Social Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • M. A., 1997     Social Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • B. A., 1994      Psychology,  Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
Teaching Experience
  • Associate Professor at Valparaiso University (2005-present)
  • Assistant Professor at Valparaiso University (1999-2005)
    • Courses include Statistics, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Psychology and Law, Research Methods, General Psychology Lecture and Lab
  • Instructor for Introductory Statistics at University of Illinois at Chicago (1998)
Publications
  • Winquist, J. R. and Larson, J. R., Jr. (2004). Sources of the interindividual-intergroup discontinuity effect: Playing against a group and being in a group. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Abstract
  • Skitka, L., Winquist, J., and Hutchinson, S. (2003). Are outcome fairness and outcome favorability distinguishable psychological constructs? A meta-analytic review. Social Justice Research, 16, 309-341. Abstract. PDF.
  • Mor, N. and Winquist, J. (2002). Self-focused attention and negative affect: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 128, 638-662. Abstract. PDF.
  • Lavery, T. A., Franz, T. M., Winquist, J. R., and Larson, J. R., Jr.  (1999). The role of information exchange in predicting group accuracy on a multiple judgment task. Journal of Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 21 , 281-289. Abstract. PDF.
  • Winquist, J. R., and Larson, J. R., Jr. (1998).  Information pooling: When it impacts group decision making. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 74, 371-377. Abstract. PDF.
  • Chapman, G. B., and Winquist, J. R.  (1998).  The magnitude effect: Temporal discount rates and restaurant tips. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 5, 119-123. Abstract.

Manuscripts in Progress

  • Winquist, J. & Franz, T. Effectiveness of the self-paced stepladder technique.
  • Mor, N. & Winquist, J. The causal relationship between self-focused attention and negative affect.
Conference Presentations
  • Mor, N., and Winquist, J. (2005). Self-focus: Negative mood induces a self-related attentional bias. Poster presented at the 2005 meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • Winquist, J., Vernon, A., and Carlson, K. (2004). Using Video Games to Demonstrate Correlation and Prediction. Poster presented at the 2004 Best Practices in Teaching Research Methods & Statistics in Psychology Conference. Altlanta, Georgia.
  • Winquist, J., and Mor, N. (2004). Social anxiety increases public self-focused attention but not private self-focused attention. Poster presented at the 2004 meeting of the American Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Rosenblatt, B., and Winquist, J. (2004). Using popular media to teach helping behavior in introductory psychology. Poster presented at the 2004 meeting of the American Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Harmon, V., Sargis, E., Winquist, J., Franz, T., and Larson, J. (2004). Expectations of group processes influence members' anticipatory coordination. Poster to be presented at the 2004 meeting of the American Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Winquist, J., and Mor, N. (2004). The effect of self-focused attention on preexisting social anxiety. Poster presented at the 2004 meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Austin, Texas
  • Winquist, J. R., and Franz, T. M. (2002). Effectiveness of the stepladder technique. Poster presented at the 2002 meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Winquist, J., and Larson, J. R., Jr.  (2001).  The role of communication in the discontinuity effect. Poster presented at the 2001 meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Skitka, L., Winquist, J., and Hutchinson, S.  (2001).  Effects of procedural and distributive justice:  A meta-analytic review.  Poster presented at the 2001 meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychologists. San Diego, California.
  • Rafaeli-Mor, N., and Winquist, J.R. (1999). Self-focused attention and negative affect: A comprehensive meta-analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Psychopathology. Montreal, Canada.
  • Winquist, J. R., and Larson, J. R., Jr.  (1999).  An attitude polarization explanation for the interindividual-intergroup discontinuity effect.  Paper presented at the 1999 meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Winquist, J. R., and Larson, J. R., Jr.  (1997).   Information pooling: When it impacts group decision making.  Poster presented at the 1997 meeting of the American Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Franz, T. M., Lavery, T. L., and Winquist, J. R., Larson, J. R., Jr.  (1997).  Does discussion matter?  Predicting decision accuracy from the discussion of shared and unshared information.  Poster presented at the 1997 meeting of the American Psychological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Franz, T. M., Elstein, A. S., Friedman, C. P., Murphy, G., Wolf, F. M., Winquist, J. R., and Kim, S.  (1997).  The  Effect of physician experience and case difficulty on the diagnostic accuracy of a decision support system when diagnostic information is incomplete.  Poster presented at 1997 meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making.
  • Chapman, G. B. and Winquist, J. R. (1996). Time preferences for treatment of migraine headaches and Crohn's disease. Poster presented at the 1996 meeting of the European Society for Medical Decision Making. Turin, Italy.
  • Chapman, G. B. and Winquist, J. R. (1996). Framing affects time preferences in realistic choices. Poster presented at the 1996 meeting of the European Society for Medical Decision Making. Turin, Italy.
  • Chapman. G. B. and Winquist, J. R. (1996). Costs and benefits in the decision to exercise: The importance of habit. Poster presented at the 1996 meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, Toronto. Ontario.
  • Chapman, G. B., and Winquist, J. R., (1996).  The magnitude effect: Higher interest on small loans and bigger tips on small restaurant bills.  Paper presented at the 1996 meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Chicago, Illinois.
  • Chapman, G. B., Nelson, R. L., Winquist, J. R., Fu, M-L., Novak, B. S., and Hier, D. B. (1996). Does familiarity with a decision affect patient preference judgments? Time preferences in familiar and unfamiliar disease scenarios. Paper presented at the 1996 meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making, Toronto, Ontario.