My main current research interests are:
(1) attitudes about risk and risk communication (processing of messages about health, warnings about future risk, etc.);
(2) self-regulation and performance (effects of self-efficacy, habits, control motivation, trust, stereotypes, expertise, etc.);
(3) sensory processes as antecedents and consequences of attitudes and decision making in natural settings.

With my graduate students, I am working both in lab and field settings (public health, driving and transportation, consumer decision making, food industry, energy saving). I especially like theory-driven research in applied fields.

I have also a general interest in research methods in social psychology and applied experimental psychology.

Primary Interests:

Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes and Beliefs
Health Psychology
Internet and Virtual Psychology
Judgment and Decision Making
Motivation, Goal Setting
Personality, Individual Differences
Persuasion, Social Influence
Research Methods, Assessment
Social Cognition

Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes and Beliefs
Health Psychology
Internet and Virtual Psychology
Judgment and Decision Making
Motivation, Goal Setting

Personality, Individual Differences
Persuasion, Social Influence
Research Methods, Assessment
Social Cognition

Research Group or Laboratory:

Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale (EA 4386)
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Books:

Delhomme, P., & Meyer, T. (2002). La recherche en psychologie sociale: Projet, méthodes et techniques [Research in social psychology]. Paris: Armand Colin.
Meyer T. (Ed.). (2005). Psychologie sociale. Paris: Hachette.

Journal Articles:

Bry, C., Follenfant, A., & Meyer, T. (2008). Blonde like me: When self-construals moderate stereotype priming effects on intellectual performance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 751-757.
Bry, C., Meyer, T., Oberlé, D., & Gherson, T. (2009). Effect of priming cooperation or individualism on a collective and interdependent task: Changeover speed in the 4x100m relay race. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 31, 380-389.
Delhomme, P., & Meyer, T. (1998). Control motivation and young drivers decision making. Ergonomics, 41, 373-393.
Goncalves, I., Verlhiac, J.-F., Meyer, T. & Hutchison, P. (2012). Terror Management Theory and biculturalism: When the salience of cultural duality affects worldview defense in the face of death. European Psychologist, 17, 237-245.
Kergoat, M., Giboreau, A., Nicod, H., Faye, P., Diaz, E., Beetschen, M. A., Gerritsen, M., & Meyer, T. (2010). Psychographic measures and sensory consumer tests: When emotionalexperience and feeling-based judgments account for preferences. Food Quality & Preferences, 21, 178-187.
Kergoat, M, Giboreau, A., Nicod, H., Faye, P., Diaz, E., Beetschen, M.A., & Meyer, T. (2012), Consumer preference for tactile softness: a question of affect intensity? Journal of Sensory Studies, 27, 232–246.
Legal, J. B., & Meyer T. (2009). Nonconscious goal pursuit and self-efficacy: Independent contributions to motor performance. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 108, 383-391.
Légal, J. B., Meyer, T., & Delouvée, S. (2007). Compatibility of non conscious primes and conscious conscious behavioral goals: The case of a motor task. Current Research in Social Psychology, 12, 80-90.
Meyer, T. (2000). Le modèle de traitement heuristique systématique de l'information: Motivations multiples et régulation du jugement en cognition sociale. L'Année Psychologique, 100, 527-563. [A review of the Heuristic Systematic Model]
Meyer, T. (1994). Subjective importance of goal and reactions to waiting in line. Journal of Social Psychology, 134(6), 819-828.
Meyer, T., & Rodon, C. (2004). Trouver sur Internet une réponse à une question. Hermes, 39, 27-34.
Rodon, C., & Meyer T.(2012). Searching information on the Web and Planning Fallacy : A pilot investigation of pessimistic forecasts. Revue européenne de psychologie appliquée./European Review of Applied Psychology, 62,103-109.
Rubio, B., Rigal, N., Boireau-Ducept, N., Mallet, P., & Meyer, T. (2008). Measuring willingness to try new foods: A self-report questionnaire for French-speaking children. Appetite, 50, 408-414.
Verlhiac, J.-F, Chappé J., & Meyer. T. (2011) Do Threatening Messages Change Intentions to Give Up Tobacco Smoking? The Role of Argument Framing and Pictures of a Healthy Mouth Versus an Unhealthy Mouth. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 41, 2104–2122

Other Publications:

Cestac J., & Meyer, T (2010). Des attitudes à la prédiction du comportement: le modèle du comportement planifié, In P. Morchain, & A. Somat (Ed.) La psychologie sociale : applicabilité et applications (pp. 55-86). Rennes : PU Rennes.
Delhomme, P., & Meyer, T. (2004). Risk taking and self-efficacy among young male drivers: Self-efficacy and changing task demands. In T. Rothengatter & R. D. Huguenin (Eds.), Traffic and transport psychology: Theory and application (pp. 135-146). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Delhomme, P., Vaa, T., Meyer, T., Goldenbeld, C., Jarmark, S., Christie, N., Harland, G., & Vlasta, R. (1999). Evaluated road safety campaigns: An overview of 265 campaigns and some meta-analysis on accidents. In Guiding Automobilists Through Technology & Education. European Commission. Brussels, EC-DGVII. Deliverable 4. Contract R0-97-SC.2235.
Meyer, T. (2008). Cognition motivée: Une illustration à propos de la communication des risques et du changement d’attitude. In P. Carré & F. Fenouillet. (Eds.), Traité de psychologie de la motivation (pp. 273-288). Paris: Dunod.

Courses Taught:

Applied Social Psychology
Consumer Psychology : from affect to behavior
Psychology of Risk, Environment & Prevention
Research Methods in Psychology : Experimental and quasi-experimental design

Applied Social Psychology
Consumer Psychology : from affect to behavior

Psychology of Risk, Environment & Prevention
Research Methods in Psychology : Experimental and quasi-experimental design

Thierry Meyer
Departement Psychologie
Universite Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
200, av. de la République
92001 Nanterre
France

Work: 33 1 40 97 75 22
Mobile: 33 6 86 81 18 65
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