Research Interests
Dr. Stern's research broadly examines how belief systems and motivations guide the way that people perceive and interact with the world. One central line of work concerns how political belief systems (e.g., whether a person is liberal or conservative) shape the way in which people evaluate and categorize others based on group membership (e.g., race, sex, and sexual orientation). Another line of work examines consensus in political groups, and the implications of both perceived and actual attitude consensus for individual behavior (e.g., voting) and large-scale societal outcomes (e.g., levels of societal stability).
Research Description
Dr. Stern's research broadly examines how belief systems and motivations guide the way that people perceive and interact with the world. One central line of work concerns how political belief systems (e.g., whether a person is liberal or conservative) shape the way in which people evaluate and categorize others based on group membership (e.g., race, sex, and sexual orientation). Another line of work examines consensus in political groups, and the implications of both perceived and actual attitude consensus for individual behavior (e.g., voting) and large-scale societal outcomes (e.g., levels of societal stability).
Education
Ph.D., New York University
Additional Campus Affiliations
David F. Linowes Faculty Fellow, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
External Links
Recent Publications
Stern, C., & Crawford, J. T. (Accepted/In press). Ideological Conflict and Prejudice: An Adversarial Collaboration Examining Correlates and Ideological (A)Symmetries. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620904275
Stern, C., & Axt, J. (2020). Investigating whether group status modulates the relationship between individual differences in epistemic motivation and political conservatism. Journal of Research in Personality, 86, [103940]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103940
Spielmann, J., & Stern, C. D. (2019). Gender transition shapes perceived sexual orientation. Self and Identity. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2019.1614976
Stern, C. D., & Axt, J. R. (2019). Group Status Modulates the Associative Strength Between Status Quo Supporting Beliefs and Anti-Black Attitudes. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(7), 946-956. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550618799067
Stern, C. (2019). Political ideology predicts beliefs about the visibility of social category memberships. Social Cognition, 37(1), 18-40. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2019.37.1.18
