Igor Grossmann

Department of Psychology
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Ph.D. in Social Psychology, 2012

Thesis: Getting wisdom: Aging, culture and perspective

Committee: Richard E. Nisbett (Advisor), Phoebe C. Ellsworth, Ethan F. Kross, & Peter A. Railton

 

M.S. in Psychology, 2009

Thesis: Russian interdependence and holistic cognition

Committee: Richard E. Nisbett (Advisor), Shinobu Kitayama

 

The International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE) (2010-2012)

DAAD-honored visiting student (2005-2006)

 

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany

Vordiplom (B.S. equivalent) in Psychology, 2002-2005

 

2017 - present       Associate Professor                                                                                                                                                                                                          Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada

2012 - 2017            Assistant Professor                                                                                                                                                                                                         Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada

Affective Science; Conflict Resolution; Culture; Folk epistemologies; Psychometrics, Reasoning and Social Cognition; Wisdom

2019             Joseph B. Gittler Award from the American Psychological Foundation
                     The Gittler Award recognizes the most scholarly contribution to the philosophical foundations of psychological knowledge
 
2019             SAGE Young Scholars award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
                     The Sage Young Scholar Awards recognize outstanding achievements by young scholars who are early in their research careers, recognizing their accomplishments and potential

2018             USERN Prize in Social Sciences
                     Universal Scientific Education and Research Network Award for a scientist under 40 years of age for novel advancement / achievement in scientific education, research, or serving the humanity
2018             LIFE (International Max Plank Research School on the Life Course) Outstanding Alumni Award

2017             Ontario Early Researcher Award, Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science

2015             Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science
                     Recognition of outstanding psychological scientists in the earliest stages of their research career post-PhD whose innovative work has already advanced the field

2015             Runner-Up for “NeuroLeadership Application of Science Award”
                     Award for innovative, thorough, and insightful research that contributes to bridging the gap between science and application

2015             Psychological Science Editor’s Choice article – Grossmann & Kross (2014)

2015             President’s New Researcher Award, Canadian Psychological Association

2013             The Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award, The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues – Grossmann, Karasawa et al. (2012)
                     Best paper of the year on intercultural or international relations

2013             APA Dissertation Award (Div 20: Adult Development & Aging)

2012             2013 Summer China Program Fellow (declined)

2011              Rackham Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan

2010              ScienceEditor's Choice article – Grossmann & Kross (2010)

2010              Daniel Katz Dissertation Fellowship in Psychology, University of Michigan

2010              APS RISE Research Award, Association for Psychological Science
                      Award for outstanding research on socially under-represented population

2009              Philip Brickman Memorial Prize, University of Michigan 
                      Award for Most Outstanding Paper in Social Psychology

2008              APS RISE Research Award, Association for Psychological Science
                      Award for outstanding research on socially under-represented populations

2005- 2006    DAAD Fellowship, DAAD: German Academic Exchange Service, Germany

2005- 2006    Max-Kade Scholarship, University of Michigan
                      Scholarship and tuition expenses for graduate studying at the University of Michigan

2005              Outstanding Poster, European Congress of Psychology Students

2004              Outstanding Poster, Student Congress of the Association of German Psychologists

2003- 2005    e-fellows.net Scholarship, e-fellows.net, Germany

2002- 2008    Stipendium der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation Fellowship), Germany
                      Scholarship granted to the top 0.3 % of German students

2002- 2003    Undergraduate Fellowship, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany

 

2017               Honours Thesis Award (for Yoonjee Michelle Yeh)

2016               Diversity Fund Travel Award to attend the 2017 SPSP convention (for J. Brienza)

2016               Diversity Fund Travel Award to attend the 2017 SPSP convention (for H. Santos)

2016               Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (for H. Oakes)

2016               Graduate Student Travel Award, APS convention (for H. Oakes)

2016               Warren Ober Award for outstanding teaching at the UW (for H. Santos)

2015               Diversity Fund Travel Award to attend the 2016 SPSP convention (for H. Oakes)

2015               Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian Graduate Scholarship (for H. Oakes)

2015               Graduate Student Poster Award Finalist, SPSP convention (for H. C. Santos)

2014- 2015    International Ontario Graduate Scholarship (CAD$25,000; 1 of 5 allotted to University of Waterloo; for A. C. Huynh)

2014               Diversity Fund Travel Award to attend the 2015 SPSP convention (for H. Oakes)

2014               Diversity Fund Travel Award to attend the 2015 SPSP convention (for A. C. Huynh)

2014               Graduate Student Travel Award, APS convention (for A. C. Huynh)

2014               Graduate Student Poster Award Finalist, SPSP convention (for A. C. Huynh)

2013               Brendan Gail Rule Award for best student presentation, CPA (for A.C. Huynh)

 

2019 - 2024   SSHRC Insight Grant (CAD$239,703), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, PI

2019 - 2021   Global Innovations in Character Development Grant (CAD$299,919), Templeton World Charity Foundation, co-PI
                       with Santushi Amarasuriya, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (PI)

2017 - 2020   Templeton Pathways to Character Grant (US$210,000/CAD$260,000), PI
                       with David Moscovitch (co-PI)

2017 - 2022   Ontario Early Researcher Award Grant (CAD$190,000), Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science & University of Waterloo

2018               UW/SSHRC Travel Grant (CAD$2,000)

2018               UW/SSHRC Seed Grant (CAD$6,980)

2018 – 2019   Shastri Research Grant (CAD$6,500), Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, co-PI
                       with Naved Iqbal, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi (PI)

2016Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative Seed Grant (CAD$10,000), University of Waterloo, co-PI
                       with Mehrnaz Mostafapour (student PI)

2016               Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative Seed Grant (CAD$10,000), University of Waterloo, PI

2016               Finalist for Happiness and Well-Being Project (top 50 out of 300)

2016               Network for Aging Research Catalyst Grant (CAD$6,500), co-PI
                       with Ian McGregor (PI)

2015 - 2016    Emerging Scholar Mentorship Grant (CAD$10,000), University of Waterloo, PI

2014 - 2016    Templeton Science of Prospection Award ($145,000), PI
                       with Kathleen Vohs (co-PI)

2014 - 2018    SSHRC Insight Grant (CAD$153,243), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, PI

2013                UW/SSHRC 4A Award (CAD$8,000)

2013                RBC Your Future Grant, University of Waterloo (CAD$9,942.24)

2012                UW/SSHRC Travel Grant (CAD$1,200)

2011                Rackham Doctoral Research Grant, University of Michigan

2011                Hough Summer Research Grant for Psychology & Ethics, University of Michigan

2010                Spring/Summer Research Grant, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan

2008                Center for Russian and Eastern European Studies, University of Michigan
Research grant awarded for summer research in Russia

2007                Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Michigan
Research grant awarded for summer research outside of the United States

2007                Individual Fellowship, International Institute, University of Michigan
Research grant awarded for research outside the United States

2006               Summer Research Grant, Culture and Cognition Program, University of Michigan
Research grant awarded for field research in Russia

2006               Research Grant, German National Academic Foundation
Research grant awarded for independent research in Eastern Europe

 

 

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

 

Grossmann, I., Weststrate, N. M., Ardelt, M., Brienza, J. P., Dong^, M., Ferrari, M., Fournier, M. A., Hu, C. S., Nusbaum, H. C. & Vervaeke, J. (in press). Wisdom Science in a Polarized World: Knowns and Unknowns. Psychological Inquiry. [target article] (10.27)

 

Dorfman, A., Oakes, H., Santos, H. C. & Grossmann, I. (2019). Self-distancing promotes emotional growth after adversity: Evidence from a micro-longitudinal field experiment. Journal of Personality. (3.08)

 

Grossmann, I., Eibach, R. P., Koyama, J., & Sahi, Q. (2020). Folk standards of sound judgment: Rationality vs. Reasonableness. Science Advances. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz0289 (12.80)

 

Na, J.*, Grossmann, I.*, Varnum, M. E.W., Karasawa, M., Cho, Y., Kitayama, S., & Nisnett, R. E. (2019). Culture and personality revisited: Behavioral profiles and within-person stability in interdependent (vs. independent) social orientation and holistic (vs. analytic) cognitive style. Journal of Personality. (3.08) *corresponding authors

 

Ferrari, M., Grossmann, I., Grimm, S., & Staffel, J. (2019). A process model of wisdom from adversity. The Journal of Value Inquiry. doi: 10.1007/s10790-019-09711-7.

 

Grossmann, I., Dorfman, A., & Oakes, H. (2019). Wisdom is a social-ecological rather than person-centric phenomenon. Current Opinion in Psychology. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.07.010 (SJR 1.61)

 

Grossmann, I., Oakes, H. & Santos, H. C. (2019). Wise reasoning benefits from emodiversity, irrespective of emotional intensity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General,148(5), 805-823.doi: 10.1037/xge0000543(5.78)

 

Huh, M., Grossmann, I., & Friedman, O. (2019). Children show reduced trust in confident advisors who are partially-informed. Cognitive Development, 50, 49-55. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2019.02.003  (2.00)

 

Ko, A., Pick, C., Kwon, J. Y., Barlev, M., Krems, J. A., Varnum, M. E. W., Neel, R., Peysha, M., Boonyasiriwat, W., Brandstätter, E., Vasquez, J. E. C., Galindo, O., Pereira de Felipe, R., Crispim, A. C., Fetvadjiev, V. H., Fischer, R., Karl, J., David, D., Galdi, S., Gomez-Jacinto, L., Grossmann, I. ... & Kenrick, D. T. (2019). Family Matters: Rethinking the Psychology of Human Social Motivation. Perspectives on Psychological Science. doi: 10.1177/1745691619872986 (7.51)

 

Varnum, M. E. W. & Grossmann, I. (2019). The wealth→life history→innovation account of the Industrial Revolution is largely inconsistent with empirical time series data. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42, e212. [commentary] (14.20) doi: 10.1017/S0140525X19000086

 

Brienza, J. P.^*, Kung, F., Santos, H. C., Bobocel, D. R, & Grossmann, I.^* (2018). Wisdom, bias, and balance: Toward a process-sensitive measurement of wisdom-related cognition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115(6), 1093-1126. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000171 (5.03) *corresponding authors

 

De Freitas, J., Cicara, M., Grossmann, I. & Schegel, R. (2018). Moral goodness is the essence of personal identity. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22(9), 739-740. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2018.05.006 (17.85)

 

De Freitas, J., Sarkissian, H., Newman, G. E., Grossmann, I., De Brigard, F, Luco, A., & Knobe, J. (2018). Consistent Belief in a Good True Self in Misanthropes and Three Interdependent Cultures. Cognitive Science, 42, 134-160. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12505 (2.92)

 

Elnakouri, A.,McGregor, I., & Grossmann, I. (2018). Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, e201. [commentary]. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18001723 (14.20)

 

Grossmann, I.  & Brienza, J. P. (2018). The strengths of wisdom provide unique contribution to improved leadership, sustainability, inequality, Gross National Happiness, and civic discourse in the face of contemporary world problems. Journal of Intelligence, 6(22). doi: 10.3390/jintelligence6020022(new journal)

 

Grossmann, I.& Jowhari, N.(2018). Cognition and the self: Attempt of an independent close replication of the effects of self-construal priming on spatial memory recall. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 74, 65-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2017.08.005 (2.31)

 

Huynh, A. C.& Grossmann, I.  (2018). A pathway to wisdom-focused education. Journal of Moral Education. doi: 10.1080/03057240.2018.1496903 (0.64)

 

Leckelt, M., Wetzel, E., Gerlach, T. M., Ackerman, R. A., Miller, J. D., Chopik, W. J., Penke, L., Geukes, K., Kuefner, A. C.P., Hutteman, R., Richter, D., Renner, K., Allroggen, M., Brecheen, C., Campbell, W. K., Grossmann, I., & Back, M. D. (2018). Validation of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire short scale (NARQ-S) in convenience and representative samples. Psychological Assessment, 30(1), 86-96. doi: 10.1037/pas0000433 (2.90)

 

Prentice, L., Klackl, J., Agroskin, D., Grossmann, I., Alexandrov, Y., Apanovich, V., Bezdenezhnykh, B., & Jonas, E. (2018). Reaction to norm transgressions and Islamization threat in culturally tight and loose contexts: A case study of Germany vs. Russia. Culture & Brain. doi: 10.1007/s40167-018-0073-3

 

Brienza, J. P.& Grossmann, I.^* (2017). Social class and wise reasoning about interpersonal conflicts across regions, persons and situations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284 (1869).doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1870 (4.94)*corresponding author

 

top 10 most up-voted Social Psychology articles on reddit (McPhetres, 2019)

featured in Science magazine

 

De Freitas, J., Cicara, M., Grossmann, I. & Schegel, R. (2017). Origins of the belief in Good True Selves. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 21(9), 634-636. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.05.009 (17.85)

 

Grossmann, I. (2017). Wisdom and how to cultivate it: Review of emerging evidence for a constructivist model of wise thinking. European Psychologist, 22(4), 233–246. doi: 10.1027/1016-9040/a000302 (3.42)

 

Grossmann, I. (2017). Wisdom in context. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12(2), 233–257.(7.51)

 

Grossmann, I., Brienza, J. P., & Bobocel. D.R. (2017). Wise deliberation sustains cooperation. Nature Human Behaviour, 1(0061). doi: 10.1038/s41562-017-0061.(10.57)

 

Grossmann, I. & Ellsworth, P.C. (2017). What are mixed emotions and what conditions foster them? Life-span experiences, culture and social awareness. Current Opinion in Behavioral Science, 15, 1-5. (new journal)

 

Kimel, S. Y., Grossmann, I., & Kitayama, S. (2017). Corrigendum to “When gift-giving produces dissonance: Effects of subliminal affiliation priming on choices for one's self versus close others” [Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 48 (2012) 1221–1224]. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2017.02.002 (2.31)

 

Grossmann, I. & Varnum, M. E.W. (2017). Divergent life histories and other ecological adaptations: Examples of social class differences in attention, cognition, and attunement to others. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. [commentary]  doi: 10.1017/S0140525X17000991, e329(14.20)

 

Santos, H. C.*, Huynh, A. C, & Grossmann, I.^* (2017). Wisdom in a complex world: A situated account of wise reasoning and its development. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 11(1), e12341. doi: 10.1111/spc3.12341 (h = 25) *corresponding authors

 

Santos, H. C.*, Huynh, A. C, & Grossmann, I.^* (2017). Teaching & Learning Guide for: Wisdom in a Complex World. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. doi: 10.1111/spc3.12343 (h = 25) *corresponding authors

 

Santos, H. C.*, Varnum, M. E. W., Grossmann, I.* (2017). Global increases in individualism. Psychological Science, 28(9), 1228-1239. doi: 10.1177/0956797617700622 (4.94) *corresponding authors

 

Varnum, M. E. W. & Grossmann, I. (2017). Cultural change: The how and the why. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12(6), 956–972.doi: 10.1177/1745691617699971 (7.51)

 

Varnum, M. E. W. & Grossmann, I. (2017). Socio-ecological factors are linked to changes in prevalence of contempt over time. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40, 40-41 [commentary] doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16000881, e250 (14.20)

 

Grossmann, I., Gerlach, T. M., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2016). Wise reasoning in the face of everyday life challenges. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(7), 611–622. doi: 10.1177/1948550616652206 (3.61) [one o the most highly cited papers in SPPS in the last 3 years]

 

Grossmann, I., Huynh, A.C., & Ellsworth, P. C. (2016). Emotional complexity: Clarifying definitions and cultural correlates. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111(6), 895-916. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000084 (5.03)

 

Grossmann, I. Sahdra, B. & Ciarocci, J. (2016). A heart and a mind: Self-distancing facilitates the association between heart rate variability, and wise reasoning. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 10(68).doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00068 (3.27)

 

Grossmann, I. (2016). Wisdom and heart rate. European Heart Journal, 37(44), 3315. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehw479 (15.06)

 

Huynh, A. C., Yang, D. Y. & Grossmann, I. (2016). The value of prospective reasoning for close relationships. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7 (8), 893-902. doi: 10.1177/1948550616660591 (3.61)

 

Kung, F., Eibach, R., & Grossmann, I. (2016). Culture, fixed-world beliefs, relationships and perceptions of identity change. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(7), 631-639. doi: 10.1177/1948550616652208 (3.61)

 

Varnum, M. E. W. & Grossmann, I. (2016). Pathogen prevalence is associated with cultural changes in gender equality. Nature Human Behaviour, 1(0006). doi:10.1038/s41562-016-0003 (10.57)

 

Ford, B. Q., Dmitrieva, J. O., Heller, D., Chentsova-Dutton, Y., Grossmann, I., Tamir, M., Uchida, Y., Koopmann-Holm, B., Uhrig, M., Floerke, V., Bokhan, T., & Mauss, I. B. (2015). Culture shapes whether the pursuit of happiness predicts higher or lower well-being. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 144(6), 1053-1062. doi: 10.1037/xge0000108 (5.93)

 

Grossmann, I.& Varnum, M. E. W. (2015). Social structure, infectious diseases, disasters, secularism, and cultural change in America. Psychological Science, 26(3) 311-324. doi: 10.1177/0956797614563765 (4.94)

 

Hughes, J., Grossmann, I. & Cohen, A. B. (2015). Tolerating the “doubting Thomas”: How centrality of religious beliefs versus practices influences prejudice against atheists. Frontiers in Psychology, 6(1352). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01352 (2.60)

 

Klein, N., Grossmann, I., Uskul, A., Kraus, A., & Epley, N. (2015). It pays to be nice, but not really nice: Asymmetric reputations from prosociality across 7 countries. Judgment and Decision Making, 10(4), 355-364. (2.82)

 

Grossmann, I.& Kross, E. (2014). Exploring “Solomon’s paradox”: Self-distancing eliminates the self-other asymmetry in wise reasoning about close relations in younger and older adults. Psychological Science, 25(8), 1571-1580. doi: 10.1177/0956797614535400 (4.94)

⁺featured as “Editor's Choice”: in APS Observations (February 10, 2015), runners-up for the NeuroLeadership Award (2015)

⁺⁺featured as a reproducible teaching example on Open Stats Lab

 

Grossmann, I., Karasawa, M., Kan, C. & Kitayama, S. (2014). A cultural perspective on emotional experiences across the lifespan. Emotion, 14(4), 679-692. doi: 10.1037/a0036041 (3.38)

 

Ross, M., Grossmann, I. & Schryer, E. (2014). Contrary to psychological and popular opinion, there is no compelling evidence that older adults are disproportionately victimized by consumer fraud. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 9(4), 427-442. doi: 10.1177/1745691614535935 (7.51)

 

Grossmann, I., & Na, J. (2014). Research in Culture and Psychology: Past lessons and future challenges. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 5, 1-14. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1267 (2.22)      

 

Grossmann, I., Na, J., Varnum, M. E. W., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R. E. (2013). A route to well-being: Intelligence vs. wise reasoning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142(3), 944-953. doi: 10.1037/a0029560      (5.93)

 

Grossmann, I. & Huynh, A. C. (2013). Where is the culture in social class? Psychological Inquiry, 24(2), 112-119. doi: 10.1080/1047840X.2013.792568 (10.27)

 

Grossmann, I., Karasawa, M., Izumi, S., Na, J., Varnum, M. E. W., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R. E. (2012). Aging and wisdom: Culture matters. Psychological Science, 23(10), 1059-1066. doi: 10.1177/0956797612446025 (4.94)

⁺SPSSI Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award

 

Kimel, S. Y.^*, Grossmann, I.^*, & Kitayama, S. (2012). When gift-giving produces dissonance: Effects of subliminal affiliation priming on choices for one's self versus close others. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48(5), 1221-1224. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2012.05.012 (2.31)

^*both authors contributed equally to this research

 

Kross, E.^*, & Grossmann, I.^* (2012). Boosting wisdom: Distance from the self enhances wise reasoning, attitudes, and behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 141(1), 43-48. doi: 10.1037/a0024158 (5.93) ^*both authors contributed equally to this research

 

Grossmann, I., Ellsworth, P. C., & Hong, Y.-y. (2012). Culture, Attention, and Emotion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 141(1), 31-36. doi: 10.1037/a0023817 (5.93)

 

Grossmann, I. & Varnum, M. E. W. (2011). Culture, social class, and cognition. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2(1), 81-89. doi: 10.1177/1948550610377119 (3.61)

 

Grossmann, I. & Kross, E. (2010). The impact of culture on adaptive vs. maladaptive self- reflection. Psychological Science, 21(8), 1150-1157. doi: 10.1177/0956797610376655 (4.94)

⁺ APS RISE Research Award 2010; featured as “Editor's Choice: in Science (2010), 329, 492

⁺⁺ Philip Brickman Prize for most outstanding paper in Social Psychology, University of Michigan

 

Grossmann, I., Na, J., Varnum, M.E.W., Park, D. C., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R. E. (2010). Reasoning about social conflicts improves into old age. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(16), 7246-7250. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1001715107 (9.80)

⁺ APS RISE Research Award 2008

 

Na, J., Grossmann, I., Varnum, M.E.W., Kitayama, S., Gonzalez, R., & Nisbett, R. E. (2010). Cultural differences are not always reducible to individual differences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(14), 6192-6197. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1001911107 (9.80)

 

Varnum, M.E.W., Grossmann, I., Kitayama, S., & Nisbett, R.E. (2010) .The origin of cultural differences in cognition: Evidence for the social orientation hypothesis. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 19(1), 9-13. doi: 10.1177/0963721409359301 (5.13)

 

Varnum, M.E.W., Grossmann, I., Katunar, D., Nisbett, R.E., & Kitayama, S. (2008). Holism in a European cultural context: Differences in cognitive style between Central and East Europeans and Westerners. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 8, 321-333. doi: 10.1163/156853708X358209 (h = 27)

 

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Grossmann, I. & Eibach, R. (in press). Reasonable bounds on rationality. In R. Viale (Ed.). Routledge Handbook on Bounded Rationality. Milton Park: Taylor and Francis. 

 

Kung, F. Y. H. & Grossmann, I. (in press). Wisdom across cultures. In O. Braddick (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Santos, H. C., Varnum, M. E.W. & Grossmann, I. (2019). Culture, cognition and cultural change in social class. In W. H. Brekhus & G. Ingatow (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Sociology (pp. 1-19). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190273385.013.15

 

Dorfman, A. & Grossmann, I. (2019). Social incentives. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford, Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1834-1

 

Grossmann, I. & Dorfman, A. (2019). Wisdom in an uncertain world. In R. Sternberg, H. Nusbaum, & J. Glück (Eds.). Applying Wisdom to Contemporary World Problems (pp. 51-79). London: Palgrave-Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-20287-3_3

 

Grossmann, I., Kung, F. Y. H., & Santos, H. C. (2018). Wisdom as state vs. trait. In R. Sternberg & J. Glück (Eds.). Handbook of Wisdom (pp. 249-273). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

 

Grossmann, I., & Kung, F. Y. H. (2018). Wisdom and culture. In S. Kitayama & D. Cohen (Eds.), Handbook of Cultural Psychology (2nd Edition) (pp. 343-364). New York: Guilford Press.

 

Oakes, H., Brienza, J. P., Elnakouri, A., & Grossmann, I.  (2018). Wise reasoning: Converging evidence for the psychology of sound judgment. In R. Sternberg & J. Glück (Eds.). Handbook of Wisdom (pp. 202-225). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

 

Grossmann, I., & Ross, L. (2018). Attributions. In M. H. Bornstein, M.E. Arterberry, K. L. Fingerman, & J.E. Lansford (Eds.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development (pp. 189-191). Thousand Oakes: Sage. doi: 10.4135/9781506307633.n74

 

Grossmann, I. (2018). Dialecticism across the lifespan. In J. Spencer-Rogers & K. Peng (Eds.), The Psychological and Cultural Foundations of East Asian Cognition: Contradiction, Change, and Holism (pp. 135-180). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780199348541.003.0005

 

Huynh, A.C., Oakes, H., Grossmann, I.  (2018). The role of culture in understanding and evaluating emotional intelligence. In K. V. Keefer, J. D. Parker, & D. H. Saklofske (Eds.). Handbook of Emotional Intelligence in Education (pp. 111-132). New York: Springer. 

 

Huynh, A. C. & Grossmann, I. (2017). Middle class ideologies: Norms and historical changes. In R. Rycroft (Ed.), The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio - Greenwood Press.

 

Grossmann, I. & Santos, H. C. (2016). Individualistic cultures. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford, Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2024-1

 

Grossmann, I. & Bushman, B. J. (2007). Falsification. In R.F. Baumeister & K.D. Vohs (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Social Psychology (pp. 346-346). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. doi: 10.4135/9781412956253.n214

 

Grossmann, I. & Bushman, B. J. (2007). Reductionism. In R.F. Baumeister & K.D. Vohs (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Social Psychology (pp. 732-732). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. doi: 10.4135/9781412956253.n439                                                  

 

Podcasts/OP-EDs/Blogs

Cassidy, C. & Grossmann. I. –On Wisdom Podcast (onwisdompodcast.com) – Monthly show discussing scientific advances at the intersection of psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience topics. Top 50 Social Science Podcasts on Apple Podcast. Over 25,000 downloads since May 2018.

 

Grossmann, I., Dorfman, A., & Moscovitch, D. (2019, January). A pathway to wisdom in the face of adversity: Type of self-reflection matters. Pathway to Character Project. http://pathwaystocharacter.org/a-pathway-to-wisdom-in-the-face-of-adversity-type-of-self-reflection-matters/

 

Huynh, A. C. & Grossmann, I. (2018, January). How to find wisdom in a divided society.  Cardiff University Open for Debate. http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/2018/01/01/how-to-find-wisdom-in-a-divided-society/

 

Grossmann, I. & Varnum, M. E. V. (2017, October). Can we foresee the future? Explaining and predicting cultural change. SPSP Character & Context http://spsp.org/news-center/blog/future-prediction-culture

 

Grossmann, I. (2016, October). The stark nature of wisdom - and what you need to know to have more of it. HRZone. http://www.hrzone.com/perform/people/the-stark-nature-of-wisdom-and-what-you-need-to-know-to-have-more-of-it

 

Grossmann, I. (2015, April). Why we give good advice to others but can’t take it ourselves. Forbes Magazine. http://www.forbes.com/sites/datafreaks/2015/04/07/why-we-give-great-advice-to-others-but-cant-take-it-ourselves/#24b2dc617c8b

 

10/2019    Invited Webinar for the European Society for Research in Adult Development, UK

06/2019    School of Psychology, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

06/2019    University-wide lecture, Moscow Psychological Pedagogical University, Russia

04/2019    Invited workshop at the “Tabula Rasa: Neuroscienze e culture” conference of the Intercultura Foundation in Florence, Italy

03/2019    Invited flash talk at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Society for Affective Science, Boston, USA

01/2019    Invited talk at The Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, UK

11/2018    Invited talk at the Festschrift Symposium “Emotion, Policy, and Social Life: A Symposium Celebrating Phoebe C. Ellsworth” at the University of Michigan

11/2018    Invited talk at the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation, University of Waterloo, ON

11/2018    Award lecture at the 3rd International USERN (Universal Scientific Education and Research Network) Prize Festival, Universita Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy

10/2018    Invited talk at the Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, P.R.C.

10/2018    Keynote at the “Small Group Meeting of Wisdom Psychology” of the Asian Association of Social Psychology, Nanjing, P R.C.

10/2018    Department of Psychology, York University, Canada

10/2018    Keynote at the “Enterprising Culture Toronto 2018. From Facts to Insights: Wisdom in the Digital Age” conference at the Canadian Film Centre, Canada

07/2018    Talk at the invited symposium “On Epistemic and Moral Virtue” chaired by V. Tiberius at the 44th annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Ann Arbor, USA

06/2018    Alumni Award Lecture at the Max Plank Institute for Human Development, Harnack House, Berlin, Germany

05/2018    Invited discussant at the Happiness & Well-being Project Capstone Conference, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, USA

04/2018    Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India

03/2018    Limmud Ottawa Jewish Festival, Ottawa, Canada

03/2018    Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, USA

02/2018    Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Canada

01/2018    Workshop at the Auslandstreffen der Studenstiftung Kanada [meeting of the fellows of the German National Academic Foundation], Goethe Institute, Montreal, Canada

01/2018    Social-Personality Psychology Colloquium, McGill University, Canada

12/2017    Social-Personality Psychology Colloquium, Carleton University, Canada

11/2017    Invited talk at the conference “Arrogance and Polarization,” Cardiff University, UK

10/2017    Invited workshop at the SCARBLAB, University of Toronto, Canada

08/2017    Invited talk at the Center for Practical Wisdom, University of Chicago, USA

06/2017    NYC Wisdom Seminar, Fordham University, NY, USA

05/2017    Keynote address at the Western-Waterloo-Wilfred Laurier Social Psychology conference

05/2017    Invited talk at the Festschrift Symposium “Cognition, Rationality, and Culture:
Celebrating Richard E. Nisbett’s Career” at the University of Michigan

04/2017    Behavioral Economics & Decision Research (BEDR) Workshop, Cornell University, USA

03/2017    Talk at the invited symposium “Widening The Boundaries of Knowledge on Human Behavior: The Cultural Perspective” chaired by M. Fulop at the second biennial International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS), Vienna, Austria

01/2017    Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada

12/2016    Department of Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Germany

10/2016    Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San Diego, USA

07/2016    Center for Practical Wisdom, University of Chicago, USA

06/2016    Department of Psychology, Queen’s University, Canada

10/2015    Department of Psychology, Brock University, Canada

07/2015    Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

06/2015    Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Austria

06/2015    Center for Autobiographic Memory Research (CON AMORE), Aarhus University, Denmark

06/2015    Social Psycholo