Academic History
New York University, PhD, 1993.
McGill University, B.Sc., 1984.
Research Interests
I am a social psychologist whose research interests examine thought processes that occur effortlessly and unconsciously, which nonetheless direct how we perceive the world (often without us realizing we have been influenced in any way). A primary focus of this research examines unconscious influences on our impressions of others. For example, the unconscious nature of stereotyping causes people -- even egalitarian-minded people -- to be influenced by stereotypes without them realizing it. This leads to questions regarding how people can control stereotypes from (a) ever entering the mind and (b) influencing evaluations and actions toward others. I also have an interest in more general types of "snap judgments" people make when hearing about, meeting, or observing others. These types of preconscious social judgments lead not only to questions regarding the "automatic" nature of human inferential processes, but the extent to which such unconscious operations can be controlled.
Teaching Interests
Person Perception
Social Cognition
Social Influence
Motivation
Stereotyping and Prejudice
Selected Publications
Moskowitz, G.B. (2001). Preconscious control and compensatory cognition. In G.B. Moskowitz (Ed.).
Cognitive Social Psychology: The Princeton symposium on the legacy and future of social cognition.
Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Moskowitz, G.B., Salomon, A.R., & Taylor, C.M. (2000). Preconsciously controlling stereotyping: Implicitly
activated egalitarian goals prevent the activation of stereotypes. Social Cognition, 18, 151-177.
Moskowitz, G.B., Gollwitzer, P.M., Wasel, W., & Schaal, B. (1999). Preconscious control of stereotype
activation through chronic egalitarian goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 167-184
Uleman, J.S., Newman, L.S., & Moskowitz, G.B. (1996). People as flexible interpreters: Evidence and
issues from spontaneous trait inference. In M. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social
Psychology (Volume 28, pp. 211-280). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Gollwitzer, P.M., & Moskowitz, G.B. (1996). Goal effects on action and cognition. In E.T. Higgins & A.
Kruglanski (Eds.) Social Psychology: Handbook of Basic Principles (pp. 361-399). New York: Guilford
Thompson, E.P., Roman, R.J., Moskowitz, G.B., Chaiken, S., & Bargh, J.A. (1994). Accuracy motivation
attenuates covert priming effects: The systematic reprocessing of social information. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 474-489.
