CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Name:            Jeff Bell Bryson                                            

                                                                                                                        

Education:

            University of Texas              B.A.     1965    Psychology

            Purdue University               M.A.   1968    Social Psychology

            Purdue University               Ph.D.  1970    Social Psychology & Psychometrics

                                                                                   

Professional Employment:

            1965-1966       VA Psychology Trainee

                                    VA Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana

            1966-1968       Research Assistant, Department of Psychology

                                    Purdue University

            1968-1969       Research Associate, Psychometrics Laboratory

                                    University of Georgia

            1969-1970       Project Director, Personnel Measurements Research Department

                                    U.S. Naval Personnel & Training Research Laboratory, and

                                    Lecturer in Psychology, San Diego State University

            1970-pres.      Assistant to Full Professor, Department of Psychology

                                    San Diego State University

1981-1982              Guest Professor, Sonderforschungsbereich 24,

Universität Mannheim, Germany

1994-1995              Guest Professor, Freie Universität Berlin, and

Universität Potsdam, Germany

 

General Areas of Research Interest:

Social Psychology:  sexual jealousy,  intimate relationships,  social identity theory,  asymmetries in the attribution of prejudice,  interpersonal perception and social information processing, attributional processes, cross cultural psychology.

Psychometrics: attitude measurement, application of correlational techniques, minority group testing, program evaluation.

Psychology of Women and Sex Roles: dual career couples, attitudes toward women, measurement problems.

Sports Psychology: goal setting and motivation, attribution for outcomes,  attention control.

 

Teaching Experience and Interests:

Social Psychology: Introductory Social Psychology, Jealousy, Intimate Rela-tionships, Stereotypes and Prejudice, Attributions, Conceptions of Self

Psychometrics: Psychological Testing, Correlational Analysis, Psychometrics.

 

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:

1.  Bryson, J. B. (1968).  Some determinants of preference for complexity.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Indiana Psychological Association, Lafayette, IN.

2.  Bryson, J. B. (1969).  The dimensions of experience.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Miami, FL.

3.  Bryson, J. B. (1971).  Relative influence of positive and negative information:  A reexamination.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

4.  Bryson, J. B. (1972).  Information reliability, information redundancy, and impression formation.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

5.  Bryson, J. B. (1972).  Belief in ESP and prediction of experimental participation.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Portland, OR.

6.  Bryson, J. B. (1973).  The concept of evaluative redundancy in impression formation.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Anaheim, CA.

7.  Bryson, J. B. (1973).  Discussion of papers by M. Manis and S. Rosen & A. Tesser.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Iowa City, IA.

8.  Bryson, J. B. (1974).  A correlational measure of evaluative context effects in impression formation.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Workshop on Mathematical Models in Person Perception, La Jolla, CA.

9.  Bryson, J. B. (1974).  Change in impressions:  A comparison of predictions from two models of evaluation.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

10.  Bryson, J. B., & Franco, L. B. (1975).  Experimental differentiation of meaning change and averaging explanations for context effects.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Sacramento, CA.

11.  Bryson, J. B. & Mendoza, S.  (1975).  Redundancy effects on general and specific evaluative judgment dimensions.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Sacramento, CA.

13.  Bryson, J. B., & Nell, J. B. (1975).  Information processing characteristics of impression formation.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Sacramento, CA.

14.  Bryson, J. B. (1975).  A survey of professional pairs.  In N. Weckler (Chair),  The  dual career couple: Problems and prospects.  Symposium presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Sacramento, CA.

15.  Bryson, J. B. (1975).  Effects of stimulus polarity and redundancy on change in impressions.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

16.  Bryson, J. B., Bryson, R. B., & Licht, B. G. (1975).  The professional pair: Relative career values of wives and husbands.  In H. S. Astin (Chair), The dual career couple.  Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

17.  Bryson, R. B., Bryson, J. B., & Licht, M. H. (1975).  The professional pair: A survey of husband-wife psychologists.  In H. S. Astin (Chair), The dual career couple.  Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

18.  Riley, M., Bryson, J. B., & Montague, W. E. (1975).  A semantic basis for evaluative trait judgments.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Denver, CO.

19.  Nicoll, T. L., & Bryson, J. B. (1976).  Self and cross-sex rating on the Bem Sex Role Inventory.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

20.  Corey, D. M., Bryson, J. B., & Nicoll, T. L. (1976).  The effects of implicit sex-diagnostic cues on impression formation processes.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

21.  Riley, M. S., & Bryson, J. B. (1976).  Cross modality consistency in response to personality trait adjectives.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

22.  Rothman, M., & Bryson, J. B. (1976).  On the construct invalidity of the Bem Sex Role Inventory.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

23.  Bryson, J. B., & Nell, J. B. (1976).  Information processing characteristics of impression formation.  Paper presented at the XXI International Congress of Psychology, Paris, France.

24.  Bryson, J. B. (1976).  The natures of sexual jealousy:  An exploratory study.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

25.  Bryson, J. B., Buckley, C., Herron, W., & Lane, B. (1977).  The word between the sexes:  Sex stereotypes in cartoon captions.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.

26.  Bryson, J. B. & Gray, S. (1977). Information seeking strategies in impression formation:  Effects of redundancy and set size.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.

27.  Corey, D. M. & Bryson, J. B. (1977).  Physical attractiveness and juror  judgments:  A question of primacy effects.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.

28.  Gray, S., & Bryson, J. B. (1977).  Information importance in initial introductions.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Seattle.

29.  Nicoll, T. L., & Bryson, J. B. (1977).  Intersex and intrasex stereotyping on the Bem Sex Role Inventory.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

30.  Bryson, J. B. (1977).  Situational determinants of the expression of jealousy.  In H. Sigall (Chair), Sexual jealousy.  Symposium presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

31.  Rodgers, M. A., & Bryson, J. B. (1978).  Self-esteem and relationship maintenance as responses to jealousy.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

32.  Shettel-Neuber, J., Bryson, J. B., & Young, L. (1978).  Effects of sex and physical attractiveness on feelings of jealousy.   Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

33.  Bryson, J. B., & Poole, G. (1981).  What is a jealous person?  Attributions of jealousy.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

34.  Bryson, J. B. (1981).  New research methods in impression formation.  Presentation for Sonderforschungsbereich 24, Mannheim, Germany.

35.  Bryson, J. B. (1982).  Die Eifersucht ist eine Leidenschaft ...  (Jealousy is a passion … ).  Vorlesung für die Lehrstuhle in Sozialpsychologie, Universität Mannheim, Germany.

36.  Rich, J. M., & Bryson, J. B. (1982).  Physical attractiveness and jealousy.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, Anaheim, CA.

37.  Poole, G., & Bryson, J. B. (1986).  Male/female differences in jealousy attribution.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Seattle, WA.

38.  Krall, T. & Bryson, J. B. (1987)  Racing experience and psychological state in a 10K race:  Implications for imagery.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Long Beach, CA.

39.  Claesson, T., Bryson, J. B., & Carletti, T. (1988).  How am I jealous?  Let me count the ways.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

40.  Bryson, J. B., & Hamblin, K. (1988).  Reporting infidelity:  The MUM effect and the double standard.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

41.  Sciscoe, M., & Bryson, J. B. (1988).  The "Hello" study:  A look at jealousy.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

42.  Loundagin, C., Bryson, J. B., & Berry, L. (1988).  Family environment and athletic ability, interest, and achievement.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

43.  Bryson, J. B., & Wehmeyer, N. (1989).  The exit-voice-loyalty-neglect model and reactions to jealousy.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Reno, NV.

44.  Crosier, C., & Bryson, J. B. (1989).  Hot cognitions on the tennis court.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Reno, NV.

45.  Martin, J. L., & Bryson, J. B. (1989).  Husbands' responsibility for affairs:  Their own and their wives'.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Reno, NV.

46.  Northrop, L., & Bryson, J. B.  (1989) The careers game:  A Careers in Psychology conference.   Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Reno, NV.

47.  Norman, G. & Bryson, J. B.(1990).  Attributional defensiveness in tennis players.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

48.  Markison, S., Nutter, G., & Bryson, J. B.(1990).  Emotional consequences of jealousy, envy, and rivalry.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA. 

49.  Segal, D., Johnson, L., & Bryson, J. B. (1990).  The effects of contexts for jealousy, envy, and rivalry on emotional ratings.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

50.  Rymer, K. & Bryson, J. B. (1990).  Asymmetry in the attribution of prejudice.  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

51. Bryson, J. B.  A cross-cultural comparison of jealousy measures. (1991).    Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association,  San Francisco, CA.

52.  Ruskovich, A. & Bryson, J. B.  (1991).  Individual characteristics as determinants of asymmetry in prejudice attribution.    Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association,  San Francisco, CA.

53.  Kamins, D. J., Bryson, J. B., & Deans, C. N.   (1991).  Sex differences in jealousy responses.   Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association,  San Francisco, CA.

54.  Eversz, S. & Bryson, J. B. (1991).  Honest and dishonest explanations for the evocation of jealousy.   Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association,  San Francisco, CA.

55.  Deans, C. N., Kamins, D. J., & Bryson, J. B.  (1991).  Commitment, jealousy, and perception of responsibility.   Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association,  San Francisco, CA.

56.  Kelso, T. & Bryson, J. B. (1991).  Retrospective jealousy:  Jealousy of prior relationships.     Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association,  San Francisco, CA.

57.  Unger, V. L., Bryson, J. B., & DesMarais, S.  (1991).  Gender differences in the acceptability of behaviors in intimate relationships.   Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association,  San Francisco, CA.

  58.  Bryson, J. B. & Pabst, F. (1992)  Self-presentation advantage or self-esteem maintenance?  A re-examination of the Ross, Amabile, & Steinmetz paradigm.   Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association,  Portland, OR.

59.  Gerace, J. L. & Bryson, J. B. (1993).  Concern for others, competitive drive, and fear of success.   Paper presented at the meeting of the Western and Rocky Mountain Psychological Associations,  Phoenix, AZ. 

60.  Lambros, K. L. & Bryson, J. B. (1993).  Sex differences in acceptability and likelihood of jealousy responses.   Paper presented at the meeting of the Western and Rocky Mountain Psychological Associations,  Phoenix, AZ.

61.  Kanuck, C. A. & Bryson, J. B. (1993).  Gender differences in jealousy evoking situations and responses.   Paper presented at the meeting of the Western and Rocky Mountain Psychological Associations,  Phoenix, AZ.

62.  Mutter, K. & Bryson, J. B. (1993).  The questioner superiority effect revisited:  A self-serving bias explanation.   Paper presented at the meeting of the Western and Rocky Mountain Psychological Associations,  Phoenix, AZ. 

63. Foster, Michele L. & Bryson, Jeff B. (1994).  Understanding jealousy reactions:  Your own and your partner's.  Presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association,  Las Vegas

64. Barton,  S.  & Bryson, J. B. (1994).  Attributions of jealousy as a function of response style and situation. Presented at the meeting of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association,  Las Vegas.

65.  Bryson, J. B. (1995).  Asymmetry in prejudice attribution among East and West Germans.  Paper presented at the Tagung für Sozialpsychologie, Potsdam, Germany.

66.  Norman, G. J. & Bryson, J. B. (1995).  Influence of causal dimensions on affective reactions in competitive sports.  Paper presented at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York.

67.  Bryson, J. B. & Ketz, B. (1995).  Asymmetries in the attribution of prejudice in eastern and western Germany.  Paper presented at the joint meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and the European Association for the Advancement of Social Psychology, Washington, D.C.

67. Rudeen, J, J.  & Bryson, J. B.  (2002).  Why are there sex differences in jealousy responses?  Paper presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association,  Irvine, CA.

68.  Harley, M. & Bryson, J. B. (2002) Linguistic biases in the attribution of prejudice.  Paper presented at the McNair Research Conference, San Diego.

69.  Harley, M., Wade, A. & Bryson. J. B. (2003). When Is Discrimination Attributed to Prejudice? Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, B. C.

70.  Rachael Johnsen, R., Rima Ryanto, R. & Bryson. J. B. (2003).  Ambivalent Sexism and Sexist Humor. Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, B. C.

71. Riyanto, R., Harley, M. and Bryson. J. B. (2003). Ambivalent Sexism and the Perception of Sexist Bias.  Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, B. C.

72.  Schwarz, K., Johnsen, R. and Bryson. J. B.  (2003). Where and Why Are There Sex Differences in Jealousy Responses?  Presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, B. C.

 

Publications:

1.  Bryson, J. B. (1968).  Introversion-extraversion and conceptual complexity as determiners of preference for complexity.  Unpublished M.S. thesis, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN.

2.  Bryson, J. B., & Driver, M. J. (1969).  Conceptual complexity and internal arousal.  Psychonomic Science, 17,  71-72.

3.  Bryson, J. B. (1970).  A correlative approach to the analysis of impression formation processes.  Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN.

4.  Bryson, J. B., & Driver, M. J. (1972).  Cognitive complexity, introversion, and preference for complexity.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 23,  320-327.

5.  Bryson, J. B. (1972).  Relative influence of evaluative sign and evaluative dimensions in impression formation.  Psychonomic Science, 27,  333-334.

6.  Bryson, J. B. (1974).  Factor analysis of impression formation processes.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 30,  134-143.

7.  Bryson, J. B. (1974).  Change in impressions:  A comparison of predictions from two models of evaluation.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1,  48-50.

8.  Knight, R. C., Sheposh, J. P., & Bryson, J. B. (1974).  College student marijuana use and societal alienation.  Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

9.  Bryson, R., & Bryson, J. B. (1975).  Judged similarity, perceptual similarity, and interpersonal attraction.  Proceedings of the American Statistical Association.

10.  Bryson, J. B., & Franco, L. B. (1976).  Experimental differentiation of meaning change and averaging explanations for context effects.  Memory and Cognition, 4,  334-337.

11.  Bryson, J. B., & Nell, J. B. (1976).  Information processing characteristics of impression formation.  Proceedings of the XXIeme Congress Internationale de Psychologie, Paris, France.

12.  Bryson, R. B., Bryson, J. B., Licht, M. L., & Licht, B. G. (1976).  The professional pair:  A survey of husband-wife psychologists.  American Psychologist, 31,  10-17.

13.  Bryson, J. B., & Corey, D. M. (1977).  Sex-diagnosticity values for 100 personality trait adjectives.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 3 , 301-304.

14.  Heckman, N., Bryson, R., & Bryson, J. B. (1977).  Problems of professional couples:  A content analysis.  Journal of Marriage and the Family, 39,  323-330.

15.  Riley, M. S., & Bryson, J. B. (1977).  A semantic basis for evaluative trait judgments.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 3,  95-98.

16.  Bryson, J. B., & Bryson, R. (1979).  The dual-career couple:  Current status and future trends.  Psychology of Women Quarterly.

17.  Bryson, R., Bryson, J. B., & Johnson, M. (1979).  Family size, domestic satisfaction, job satisfaction, and productivity.  Psychology of Women Quarterly.

18.  Bryson, J. B. (1980).  The jealous sexes.  SASP Newsletter.

19.  Bryson, J. B. (1980).  Do men differ from women in what makes them jealous? Sexual Medicine Today.

20.  Shettel-Neuber, J., Bryson, J. B., & Young, L. (1981).  Attractiveness of the "other person" and jealousy.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 3, 244-248.

21.  Bryson, J. B. (1984).  A cross-cultural comparison of jealousy reaction styles.  Proceedings of the 23rd International  Congress of Psychology,  Acapulco, Mexico.

22.  Rodin, M. J., Price, J., Bryson, J. B., & Sanchez,  R.  (1990).  Asymmetry in prejudice attribution.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 26, 481-504.

23.  Bryson, J. B.   Reporting infidelity:  The MUM effect and the double standard. Submitted for publication

24.  Bryson, J. B. & Pabst, F. N. The questioner superiority effect:  Attributional error or self evaluation maintenance.  Submitted for publication.

25.  Norman, G. J. & Bryson, J. B.  Dimensions of outcome and attributional processes. International Journal of Sport Psychology.  Under editorial review.

26.  Bryson, J. B. A cross-cultural comparison of jealousy reactions. In preparation.

27.  Bryson, J. B. & Ruskovich, A.  Race, gender, and asymmetry in the attribution of prejudice.  In preparation.

28. Bryson, J. B. & Rymer, K.  A comparison of explanations for asymmetries in the attribution of prejudice.  In preparation.

29.  Bryson, J. B. & Ketz, B.  Asymmetries in the attribution of prejudice in Germany.  In preparation.

 

Chapters:

Bryson, R., Bryson, J. B., and Johnson, M. F.  (1978).  Family size, satisfaction, and productivity in dual-career couples.  In J. B. Bryson & R. Bryson (Eds.) Dual-career couples. (pp. 67-77).  New York:  Human Sciences Press.

Bryson, J. B.  (1991)  Modes of response to jealousy-evoking situations.  In P. Salovey (Ed.) The psychology of jealousy and envy (pp. 178-207).  New York:  Guilford.

 

Books:

Bryson, J. B., & Bryson, R. (Eds.) (1980).  Dual-career couples.   New York:  Human Sciences Press.

 

Honors and Awards:

2003 Outstanding Faculty Award.  San Diego State University

 

Professional Associations:

Society of Experimental Social Psychology         Society of Personality and Social

Sigma Xi (President of local chapter, 1979)                Psychology

Western Psychological Association                      American Psychological Society

 

Reviewer for:

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology                Social Cognition

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology                    Psychology of Women Quarterly

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin                    Journal of Social Psychology

Basic and Applied Social Psychology