Jim Tyler

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~tyler/

Research and Teaching

Professor Tyler’s primary interests are in the interpersonal aspects of the self as embedded within the context of social relationships. Specifically, how the behavioral, motivational, and emotional components of the self influence interpersonal communication, with the central tenet that people’s behaviors and emotions are influenced by their concerns about others’ impression and social acceptance of them. His latest research was awarded a 2006 American Psychological Association (APA) Dissertation Research award. Current research projects include examining 1) Self-regulatory capacity to monitor/assess relational value, 2) Self-presentation as habit responding, 3) Preemptive self-presentation at the individual and organizational level, 4) Self-presentation as a motivational explanation for comparative optimism, and 5) Machine learning techniques to model the impact of relational communication on distributed team effectiveness. This last project was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant.

Representative Publications

• Tyler, J. M. (2008). In the eyes of others: Monitoring for relational value cues. Human Communication Research, 34, 521-549. (Lead Article).
• Tyler, J. M., & Burns, K. C. (2008). After depletion: The replenishment of the self’s regulatory resources. Self and Identity, 7, 305-321.
• Tyler, J. M. & Gill-Rossier, J. (2008, in press). Examining self-presentation as a motivational explanation for comparative optimism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
• Tyler, J. M. (2008, in press). Compensatory self-presentation in upward comparison situations. Human Communication Research.
• Tyler, J. M., Reichert, A., & Feldman, R. S. (2006). The price of deceptive behavior: Disliking and lying to people who lie to us. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42,
• Tyler, J. M. (Under Review). Effects of priming on self-presentational efforts. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.