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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: 3-4

• T: 12-3

• R: 2-3

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) (4-credit)
• Research Methods (PSY 2040) (4-credit)
• Social Influence & Persuasion (PSY 2063)
• Stereotyping & Prejudice (PSY 3047/5047) (seminar)
• The New Unconscious (PSY 3066/5066) (seminar)
• Research Experience (PSY 4025)

Research Interests

• Stereotyping and prejudice: implicit prejudice, stigma and helping behavior, response to ethnic slurs

• Social influence: social norming, increasing compliance in recycling

• Aggression: inflated self-esteem (narcissism), videogame violence, collective violence

• Teaching of psychology: writing materials for psychology instructors

Most Recent Publications and Presentations

Schreer, G., Curran, T., Adler, C., Trush, M., & Gray, J. (2010, May). “Most students at your college recycle”: Using norms to increase recycling behavior. Poster presented at the 2010 Association for Psychological Science convention, Boston, MA.

Schreer, G., Smith, S., & Thomas, K. (2009). Shopping while Black: Examining racial discrimination in a retail setting, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39(6), 1432-1444.

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. 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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