David M. Marx
Department of Psychology
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, California 92182-4611
U.S.A.
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Phone: (619) 594-8708
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My research focuses on several aspects of social cognition, including
stereotypes, social comparison processes, person perception,
attention, and goal pursuit. One of my primary lines of research centers
on defining and refining stereotype threat: highlighting the distinctions
between stereotype threat and priming effects, targets’ and non-
targets’ emotional reactions during the threat experience, and how
social identity activation differentially affects targets’ and non-targets’
test performance.In a related line of work, I examine ways to reduce stereotype threat.
Specifically, I investigate how the interplay of a collective self-
construal orientation and positive ingroup comparisons can “turn off”
the negative effects of stereotype threat. My research on social
comparison explores how comparisons made in
“traditional” and “stereotyped” contexts can lead to different outcomes
on perceivers’ behavior and self-evaluations. I also explore how
particular target and perceiver attributes can affect the outcome of
social comparisons. Finally, I have a broad interest and conduct
research on issues such as how certain voices capture attention and
influence information processing, and how different goal-orientations
affect stereotyping and person perception.
 Journal Articles:
- Marx, D. M. (2009). On the role of group membership in stereotype-based performance effects. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 3, 77-93.
- Marx, D. M., Brown, J. L., & Steele, C. M. (1999). Allport's legacy and the situational press of stereotypes. Journal of Social Issues (Prejudice and Intergroup Relations: Papers in Honor of Gordon W. Allport's Centennial), 55(3), 491-502.
- Marx, D. M., & Goff, P. A. (2005). Clearing the air: The effect of experimenter race on targets’ test performance and subjective experience. British Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 645-657.
- Marx, D. M., Ko, S. J., & Friedman, R. A. (2009). The “Obama Effect”: How a salient role model reduces race-based performance differences. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 953-956.
- Marx, D. M., & Roman, J. S. (2002). Female role models: Protecting women's math test performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1183-1193.
- Marx, D. M., & Stapel, D. A. (2006). Distinguishing stereotype threat from priming effects: On the role of the social self and threat-based concerns. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 243-254.
- Marx, D. M., & Stapel, D. A. (2006). It's all in the timing: Emotional reactions to stereotype threat before and after taking a test. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 687-698.
- Marx, D. M. & Stapel, D. A. (2006). It depends on your perspective: The role of self-relevance in stereotype-based underperformance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 768-775.
- Marx, D. M., & Stapel, D. A. (2006). Understanding stereotype lift: On the role of the social self. Social Cognition, 24, 777-792.
- Marx, D. M., Stapel, D. A., & Muller, D. (2005). We can do it: The interplay of construal orientation and social comparisons under threat. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 432-446.
- Stapel, D. A., & Marx, D. M. (2007). Distinctiveness is key: How different types of self-other similarity moderate social comparison effects. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 439-448.
- Stapel, D. A., & Marx, D. M. (2007). Making sense of war: Using the interpretation comparison model to understand the Iraq conflict. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 401-420.
- Stapel, D. A., & Marx, D. M. (2006). Hardly thinking about others: On cognitive busyness and target similarity in social comparison effects. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 42, 397-405.
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