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| Department of Psychology Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 Phone: 828.262.2489 Email: webbrm@appstate.edu Website: http://www.appstate.edu/~webbrm/ |
| Education |
| Ph.D., 2005, Vanderbilt University |
| M.S., 2001, Vanderbilt University |
| B.S., 1989, 1996, Arkansas Tech University |
| Research Interests |
Some of my research focuses on how people’s first impressions of the personality and competence of others are formed. For example, in my lab, we are currently investigating the accuracy of strangers’ personality judgments based on photographs alone. We are examining how personality judgments may be predicted by various components of personal appearance, including overall attractiveness, facial symmetry, and the masculinity/femininity of their features. I am getting ready to launch a study to identify the key indicators of students’ ratings of instructors in course evaluations (e.g., visual or auditory cues) and how long it takes for those cues to be identified by students. Other research I am working on examines how people think about number, quantity, and probability. For example, people vary greatly in their abilities to estimate numeric quantities (e.g., the number of bricks in the psychology building, number of seconds in a month). I am investigating the processes underlying those estimations and how differences among people in this ability predict differences in their everyday choices and actions (e.g., driving, gambling, studying, healthful living). I am also interested in the development of intellectual talent, particularly mathematical and scientific talent, and which characteristics of people and their environments are important for determining a good fit between the two. Finally, in some of my research, I am examining issues related to work-family balance and how men and women view their life choices similarly and differently. I encourage prospective graduate students applying to our Master’s program or undergraduates interested in completing an Honors’ thesis or gaining research experience to contact me about joining the lab. |
| Representative Publications |
| Publications are available in PDF at www.appstate.edu/~webbrm/ |
| Bleske-Rechek, A., Harris, H. D., Denkinger, K., Webb, R. M., Erickson, L., & Nelson, L. A. (2011). Physical cues of ovulatory status: A failure to replicate enhanced facial attractiveness and reduced waist-to-hip ratio at high fertility. Evolutionary Psychology, 9, 336-353. |
| Horn, M. G., Galloway, A. T., Webb, R. M., & Gagnon, S. G. (2011). The role of child temperament in parental child feeding practices and attitudes using a sibling design. Appetite, 57, 510-516. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2011.06.015 |
Petroff, A. B., Martz, D. M., Webb, R. M., & Galloway, A. T. (2011). Predicting ideal body mass index: What does clothing size have to do with it? Body Image: An International Journal of Research, 8, 126-134. |
Payne, L. O., Galloway, A. T., & Webb, R. M. (2011). Parental use of differential restrictive feeding practices with siblings. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 6, 540-546. doi:10.3109/17477166.2011.575144 |
Barnard, K. E., Broman-Fulks, J. J., Michael, K. D., Webb, R. M., & Zawilinski, L. L. (2010). The effects of physiological arousal on cognitive and psychomotor performance among individuals with high and low anxiety sensitivity. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 24, 201-216. doi:10.1080/10615806.2010.494328 |
Webb, R. M., Lubinski, D., & Benbow, C. P. (2008). Perceptions of academic acceleration of profoundly gifted adolescents 20 years later. Proceedings of the Acceleration Poster Session at the 2008 Wallace Research Symposium on Talent Development, 1, 31-33. |
Webb, R. M., Lubinski, D., & Benbow, C. P. (2007). Spatial ability: A neglected dimension in talent searches for intellectually precocious youth. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99, 397-420. |
Bleske-Rechek, A., Zeug, N., & Webb, R. M. (2007). Discrepant performance on multiple-choice and short answer assessments and the relation of performance to general scholastic aptitude. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 32, 89-105. |
Webb, R. M., & Lubinski, D. (2006). Individual differences. In S. Rogelberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Industrial/Organizational Psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 344-348). Thousand Oaks: Sage. |
Lubinski, D., Benbow, C. P., Webb, R. M., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2006). Tracking exceptional human capital over two decades. Psychological Science, 17, 194-199. |
Lubinski, D., & Webb, R. M. (2003). Individual differences. In L. Nadel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (Vol. 2, pp. 503-510). London: Macmillan. |
Webb, R. M., Lubinski, D., & Benbow, C. P. (2002). Mathematically facile adolescents with math-science aspirations: New perspectives on their educational and vocational development. Journal of Educational Psychology, 94, 785-794. |
| Bleske-Rechek, A., & Webb, R. M. (2002). Neglected aspects and unsupported claims [Comment]. American Psychologist, 57, 1132-1133. |
Lubinski, D., Webb, R. M., Morelock, M. J., & Benbow, C. P. (2001). Top 1 in 10,000: A 10-year follow-up of the profoundly gifted. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 718-729. |
| Teaching and Research Awards |
| Psi Chi’s Marvelous Mentor Award Nomination, 2011 |
Appalachian State University’s Graduate Research Associate Mentoring Award, 2009-2010 |
Psi Chi’s Best Teacher Award Nomination, 2009 |
Mensa Education & Research Foundation’s Award for Excellence in Research, 2008 |
Belin Blank Center’s Institute for Research and Policy on Acceleration Research Grant, 2007 |
Mensa Education & Research Foundation’s Award for Excellence in Research, 2003 |
Edwin B. Newman Graduate Research Award, Psi Chi/American Psychological Association, 2002-2003 |
Phone: (828) 262-2272 Fax: (828) 262-2974
Department Chair: James C. Denniston dennistonjc@appstate.edu
Administrative Assistant: Carol M. Anderson andersncm@appstate.edu
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