Randall A. Gordon
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Dr. Randy Gordon has research interests in discrimination (focused on the issues of race, obesity, and handicapped status); perceptions of ingratiation as moderated by gender, self-esteem, and empathy; and attributional style and optimism as predictors of athletic, academic, and work-related performance.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Causal Attribution
- Interpersonal Processes
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Law and Public Policy
- Organizational Behavior
- Person Perception
- Persuasion, Social Influence
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Social Cognition
Journal Articles:
- Gordon, R. A. (2008). Attributional style and athletic performance: Strategic optimism and defensive pessimism. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 9(3), 336-350.
- Gordon, R. A. (1996). The impact of ingratiation on judgments and evaluations: A meta-analytic investigation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 54-70.
- Gordon, R. A. (1993). The effect of strong versus weak evidence on the assessment of race stereotypic and race nonstereotypic crimes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 23, 734-749.
- Gordon, R. A. (1990). Attributions for blue collar and white collar crime: The effect of subject and defendant race on simulated juror decisions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20, 971-983.
- Gordon, R. A. (1990). Informational bases of behavioral intentions and behavioral expectations or self predictions. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 11, 433-442.
- Gordon, R. A. (1990). Research productivity in master's level psychology programs. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 21, 33-36.
- Gordon, R. A. (1989). Intention and expectation measures as predictors of academic performance. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 19, 405-415.
- Gordon, R. A. (1989). Stereotype measurement and the "kernel of truth" hypothesis. Teaching of Psychology, 16, 209-211.
- Gordon, R. A., & Anderson, K. S. (1995). Perceptions of race stereotypic and race nonstereotypic crimes: The impact of response time on attributions. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 16, 455-470.
- Gordon, R. A., & Arvey, R. D. (2004). Age bias in laboratory and field settings: A meta-analytic investigation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 34, 468-492.
- Gordon, R. A., Michels, J. L., & Nelson, C. L. (1996). Majority group perceptions of criminal behavior: The accuracy of race-related crime stereotypes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 26, 148-159.
- Gordon, R. A., Rozelle, R. M., & Baxter, J. C. (1988). The effect of applicant age, job level, and accountability on the evaluation of job applicants. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 41, 20-33.
- Gordon, R. A., & Smith, C. J. (1989). Research productivity in social psychology. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 15, 457-466.
- Gordon, R. A., & Vicari, P. J. (1992). Eminence in social psychology: A comparison of textbook citation, SSCI, and productivity rankings. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 18, 26-38.
Other Publications:
- Gordon, R. A., Druckman, D., Rozelle, R. M., & Baxter, J. C. (2006). Non-verbal behaviour as communication: Approaches, issues and research. In Hargie, O. (Ed.), The handbook of communication skills (3rd ed., pp. 73-119). New York, NY, US: Routledge.
Courses Taught:
- Applied Methods and Measurement
- Attitudes and Persuasion
- Business and Industrial Psychology
- Experimental Design I
- General Psychology
- Group Dynamics
- Men in Society
- Organizational Psychology
- Personnel Psycholology
- Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships
- Social Psychology
- Systems of Psychology
Randall A. Gordon
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota Duluth
336 Bohannon Hall, 1207 Ordean Court
Duluth, Minnesota 55812
United States of America
- Phone: (218) 726-7961
- Fax: (218) 726-7186