Tanya Chartrand

Tanya L. Chartrand is a social psychologist known for her research on consumer behavior and on non-conscious processes influencing emotions, cognition, and behavior.[1] Chartrand is the Roy J. Bostock Marketing Professor and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University.[2]

Tanya Chartrand
OccupationProfessor of Psychology
Academic background
Alma materSanta Clara University: New York University
Academic work
InstitutionsDuke University

She and her doctoral advisor, John Bargh, are widely cited for their groundbreaking research on social mimicry,[3] which they referred to as the chameleon effect.[4]

Biography

Chartrand completed her B.S. degree in Psychology and Spanish at Santa Clara University in 1994. She attended graduate school at New York University where she obtained a M.A. in 1996 and a Ph.D in Social Psychology with a concentration in Quantitative Psychology in 1999. Her dissertation was titled "Consequences of success and failure at automatic goal pursuit for mood, self-efficacy, and subsequent performance." [5]

Chartrand was Assistant Professor of Psychology at The Ohio State University from 1999-2003 before joining the Faculty of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience and the Department of Business Administration at Duke University in 2003. She became a Professor of Business Administration from 2008-2011. Chartrand's research has been funded by National Institute for Mental Health.[6][7]

Research

One of the major topics that Chartrand and her colleagues has researched is consumer behavior. This may include studies of how individuals pay for good and services and how it impacts their thoughts, feelings, and emotional attachment to the product as well as their future purchasing behavior.[8][9] Chartrand has also studied nonverbal behavior and how we communicate with others through body language. This ties into her work on non-conscious processing because we act without thinking, which can give off a message to others that can be either intended or unintentional depending on our emotions.[10][3]

Chartrand's field of study revolves heavily around the idea of automatic, non-conscious thinking. One of her most cited articles focused on automatic processing with three main ideas: automatic effects on perception, automatic goal pursuit, and automatic evaluation of one's experiences.[11] Chartrand and her fellow colleagues concluded that non-conscious mental systems play a critical role in human mental functioning and well being.[12] If these systems were not playing in our heads, we would fail to keep our feet on the ground, and lose track of our current environment.

References
  1. "Tanya L. Chartrand | Duke Psychology & Neuroscience". psychandneuro.duke.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  2. "Tanya L. Chartrand | Duke's Fuqua School of Business". www.fuqua.duke.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  3. "We're All Copycats | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  4. Chartrand, Tanya L.; Bargh, John A. (1999). "The chameleon effect: The perception–behavior link and social interaction". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 76 (6): 893–910. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.76.6.893. ISSN 1939-1315.
  5. Chartrand, T. L. (2000). "Consequences of success and failure at automatic goal pursuit for mood, self-efficacy, and subsequent performance". Doctoral dissertation, New York University.
  6. "Grantome: Search". Grantome. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  7. Chartrand, Tanya L.; van Baaren, Rick B.; Bargh, John A. (2006). "Linking automatic evaluation to mood and information processing style: Consequences for experienced affect, impression formation, and stereotyping". Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 135 (1): 70–77. doi:10.1037/0096-3445.135.1.70. ISSN 1939-2222. PMC 2791521. PMID 16478316.
  8. Shah, Avni M.; Eisenkraft, Noah; Bettman, James R.; Chartrand, Tanya L. (2016). "" Paper or Plastic?": How We Pay Influences Post-Transaction Connection". Journal of Consumer Research. 42 (5): 688–708. doi:10.1093/jcr/ucv056. ISSN 0093-5301.
  9. Korkki, Phyllis (2016-07-16). "Paying With Cash Hurts. That's Also Why It Feels So Good. (Published 2016)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  10. Paul, Pamela (2011-06-17). "With Botox, Looking Good and Feeling Less (Published 2011)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  11. Bargh, John A.; Chartrand, Tanya L. (1999). "The unbearable automaticity of being". American Psychologist. 54 (7): 462–479. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.54.7.462. ISSN 0003-066X.
  12. Carey, Benedict (2008-02-12). "You Remind Me of Me (Published 2008)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
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