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George E. Schreer, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Associate Professor Manhattanville College Brownson 220 Purchase, NY 10577

Phone: (914) 323-7172

Email: schreerg@mville.edu

Education

B.A., (Psychology, 1987), Binghamton University
Ph.D., (Social Psychology, 1995), Syracuse University

• M: 11:15-12:15

• T/F: 3-4

Courses I Teach (click here to view course syllabi only)

• Fundamentals of Psychology (PSY 1004)
• Survey of Psychological Research (PSY 1006)
• Social Psychology (PSY 2009)
• Statistics (PSY 2012)
• Statistics Lab (PSY 2033)
• Research Methods (PSY 2040)
• Stereotyping & Prejudice (PSY 3047/5047) (seminar)
• Social Influence & Persuasion (PSY 3063/5063) (seminar)
• The New Unconscious (PSY 3066/5066) (seminar)
• Research and Writing Experience (PSY 4025)

Research Interests

• Stereotypes and Prejudice: implicit attitudes, intergroup processes, stigma and helping behavior, stereotype activation and ethnic slurs

• Unconscious Processes: priming, implicit learning, thin-slicing, subliminal persuasion

• Aggression: inflated self-esteem (narcissism), videogame violence, indirect aggression, group measures of aggression

• Teaching of Psychology: writing materials for psychology instructors, developing positive student attitudes towards conducting research

Most Recent Publications and Presentations

Schreer, G., Smith, S., & Thomas, K. (In press). Shopping while Black: Examining racial discrimination in a retail setting, Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Schreer, G., Boccagno, J., Kada, S., & Smith, R. (2008, May). Sexually embedded stimuli enhance ratings of health-related ads in health-conscious individuals. Poster presented at the 2008 Association for Psychological Science Convention, Chicago, IL.

Schreer, G., & Brooks-Ward, J. (2007, May). Effects of playing violent video games on direct and indirect forms of aggression. Poster presented at the 2007 Association for Psychological Science Convention, Washington, DC.

Schreer, G. (2006, November). Implicit prejudice: Designing simple studies to investigate nonconscious attitudes. Invited talk at SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY.

Schreer, G. E. (2002). Narcissism and aggression: Is inflated self-esteem related to aggressive driving? North American Journal of Psychology, 4, 333-342. 

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Passions

Sports
-Basketball: (NBA, Syracuse)
-Tennis: Emily started young
-Hiking (somewhat): East Rattlesnake (NH) and West Rattlesnake (NH)  

Music

Dogs
-Jasmine and Bonnie

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