Dr. Jason Young, Ph.D., Social Psychology, University of Minnesota—Minneapolis,
is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY), and is also
on the graduate faculty of the Educational
Psychology program at The Graduate Center (CUNY).
Dr. Young teaches courses in research methods, attitudes and persuasion,
social cognition, and evolutionary psychology, as well as graduate-level
courses in applications of social psychology to social issues. His
research focuses on the influence of emotions on various judgment
and decision-making processes. For the past decade, he has explored
the effect of media-driven fear on judgments about the prevalence,
seriousness and perceived importance of various issues, particularly
crime. In addition to conducting several laboratory experiments and
surveys at Hunter College, he also collaborates with Prof. Derek Chadee,
a behavioral scientist at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad,
to explore the extent to which the effects of fear on issue perceptions
show cross-cultural—and perhaps more universal—similarities.
Since 2000, he has been conducting several controlled experiments
which explore the impact of mood and arousal on judgments of HIV risk,
involving both individual participants and dating heterosexual couples.
Through this work, he has developed a model which suggests that the
success of HIV interventions is partly contingent upon adequately
addressing the effects of the positive emotions and sexual arousal
that are present in the sexual situation in which the ultimate safer-sex
decision is made. He has published several articles on fear of crime,
evolutionary psychology, and, most recently, a chapter outlining his
“On the Verge” model that describes the steps needed to
make safer-sex interventions more effective. He has also presented
and been invited to speak on these topics at both national and international
conferences. Dr. Young has been a reviewer for several major social
psychology journals in both basic and applied areas, including Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Personality Research,
International Journal of Psychology, Journal of Social Distress and
Homelessness, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Political
Psychology, Social Psychology Quarterly.
Publications:
Chadee, R., &
Young, J. (Eds.) (In Press). Current theories and applications of
Social Psychology. St. Augustine, Trinidad: University of the West
Indies Press.
Young, J. (In
Press). “On the Verge”: A new paradigm for understanding
decision-making about safer sex behavior. In D. Chadee and J. Young
(Eds.), Current theories and applications of Social Psychology. St.
Augustine, Trinidad: University of the West Indies Press.
Edinger, K.L.,
Young, J., Luine, V., & Frye, C. A. (2005). Northeast Under/graduate
Research Organization for Neuroscience (NEURON): An update on our
Ninth Annual Conference for Neuroscience Trainees and Educators. Journal
of Behavioral and Neuroscience Research, 3, 1-6.
Ellis, P., &
Young, J. (2004). Evolutionary thinking within Political Science:
Addressing some feminist concerns. Journal of Women and Politics,
25, 31-53.
Young, J. (2003).
The role of fear in agenda setting by television news. American Behavioral
Scientist, 46, 1673-1695.
Young, J., &
Persell, R. (2000). On the evolution of misunderstandings about evolutionary
psychology. In. D. LeCroy & P. Moller (Eds.), Annals of the New
York Academy of Sciences (Vol. 907): Evolutionary perspectives on
human reproductive behavior (pp. 218-224). New York: New York Academy
of Sciences.
Weadick, K., Osborne,
R.E., Penticuff, J., Young, J., & Norman, J. (1998). Different
I’s of different beholders: Self-monitoring and the categorization
of self and others. Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 3,
56-68.
Young, J., &
DaPrada, T. (1998). Effects of presenting research at an undergraduate
psychology convention. Eye on Psi Chi, 2, 23-26.
Young, J., Thomsen,
C., Borgida, E., Sullivan, J., & Aldrich, K. (1998). Amikor az
onerdek szamit: A konstruktum-hozzaferhetoseg szerepe a politikai
gondolkodasban. In Gyorgy Hunyady (Ed.), Torteneti es politikai pszichologia.
Budapest: Osiris Kiado, pp. 487-524. [Hungarian translation of Young
et al, 1991].
Carroll, P., Young,
J., & Guerten, M. (1992). Visual analysis of cartoons: A view
from The Far Side. In K. Raynor (Ed.), Eye-movements and visual cognition:
Scene perception and reading (pp. 444-461). New York: Springer-Verlag.
Young, J., Thomsen,
C., Borgida, E., Sullivan, J., & Aldrich, J. (1991). When self-interest
makes a difference: The role of construct accessibility in political
reasoning. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 27, 271-296.
Young, J. (1989).
In search of the silver lining. [Review of H-J. Hippler, N. Schwartz,
& S. Sudman (Eds.), Social information processing and survey methodology.]
Contemporary Psychology, 34, 130-131.
Young, J., Borgida,
E., Sullivan, J., & Aldrich, J. (1987). Personal agendas and the
relationship between self-interest and voting behavior. Social Psychology
Quarterly, 50, 64-71.
Presentations:
Young, J., Thomasino,
A.M., Salvatore, L., Desert, B., Ahmed, T., & Velez, P. (2006,
May). How dating couples discuss safer sex: The impact of affect.
Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Young, J. (2006,
April). Invited address. Next steps in HIV prevention: Toward a wiser
consideration of the context in which safer sex decisions are made.
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Young, J. (2006, February). Invited address. Overestimations of abominations:
Media and experiential influences on perceptions of the prevalence
of crime. International Conference on Crime and Justice in the Caribbean,
St. Augustine, Trinidad.
Rosas, J., &
Young, J. (2005, November). The influence of violent rap lyrics on
antisocial attitudes Rap Music. Greater New York Behavioral Research
Conference, John Jay College, New York, NY.
Young, J., DiBerto,
G., Johnson, J., and Velez, P. (2005, August). How mood and arousal
affect assessment of risky sexual behavior. Division 8 (Social/Personality),
American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Young, J. (2005,
June). The pervasive effect of fear as a cue for perceived personal
relevance: Evidence from news media and folk tales. Human Behavior
and Evolution Society, Austin, TX.
Young, J. (2004,
November). Invited address. Is Hunter passing the CUNY Proficiency
Exam? Symposium sponsored by the Hunter Teaching Learning Center,
Hunter College, NY.
Young, J. (2004,
April). The influence of fear on news issue importance: A longitudinal
study. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Young, J. (2004,
February). Invited address. The effects of mood and arousal on safer-sex
decision-making. Behavioral and Social Scientist Volunteer Program
of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans.
Young, J. (2004,
January). Implications of the fear-importance link: Evolutionary advantages
and contemporary perceptual biases. Society for Personality and Social
Psychology, Austin, Texas.
Young, J. (2003,
October). Invited address. The evolutionary significance of fear:
A psychological signal that shapes our worldview. Social Psychology
Doctoral Program Seminar, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
Rogers, M., Tien,
C., Wood, M., & Young, J. (2003, May). Invited address. A snapshot
of life in New York City: Presenting the results of the 2002 Hunter
Poll. Presidential Roundtable at Hunter College, New York, NY.
Young, J. (2002,
December). Invited address. Examining the impact of mood on the effectiveness
of safer-sex advertisements. American Psychological Association/Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored seminar for the Behavioral
and Social Scientist Volunteer Program, New Orleans.
Young, J. (2002,
November). Understanding how fear in the news shapes the public’s
agenda. New York Chapter of the Society for the Psychological Study
of Social Issues, New York, NY.
Young, J., & Ellis, P. (2001, October). Evolutionary my dear Watson:
Deducing the implications of evolutionary psychology for international
relations. Association for Politics and Life Sciences, Charleston,
SC.
Ellis, P., &
Young, J. (2001, October). Nominal (not ordinal) sex differences:
Some implications of evolutionary theory for feminist politics. Association
for Politics and Life Sciences, Charleston, SC.
Young, J. (1999,
August). Invited address. Involving undergraduates in psychological
research. Psi Chi: The Honors Society in Psychology, at the American
Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Young, J. (1997,
July). Toward a psychological understanding of the agenda setting
process in political campaigns. International Society of Political
Psychology, Washington, D.C.
Harris, J., &
Young, J. (1996, August). The influence of mood state on judgments
about safer sex. American Psychological Association, San Francisco,
CA.
Young, J. (1996, June). Fear and agenda setting: Emotion directs perceptions
of issue importance. American Psychological Society, New York, NY.
Young, J. (1996,
March). Invited address. The influence of fear on the agenda-setting
process in newspapers. Political Science proseminar, Department of
Political Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony
Brook, NY.
Young, J. (1995, November). Invited address. The role of emotion in
determining issue attitudes in political campaigns. Columbia University
Seminar series on Political Psychology, New York, NY
Young, J., &
Moore, V. (1993, May). The effects of gender and ethnicity on learned
helplessness. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Osborne, R., & Young, J. (1992, August). The influence of personality
on the organization of information about self and others. American
Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Young, J., &
Carroll, P. (1991, August). Focusing on funniness: Integrative processing
of cartoon drawings and captions. American Psychological Association,
San Francisco, CA.
Young, J., &
Osborne, R. (1990, July). Wimp vs. Shrimp: Individual differences
in the use of political issues and images. International Society for
Political Psychology, Washington, DC.
Young, J., &
Osborne, R. (1990, April). Self monitoring and the self concept. Midwestern
Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Aldrich, J., Borgida,
E., Sullivan, J., Thomsen, C., & Young, J. (1987, September).
When self interest makes a difference: A social cognitive model of
political reasoning. American Political Science Association, Chicago,
IL.
Young, J., Thomsen,
C., & Borgida, E. (1987, May). The impact of chronic and temporary
accessibility of self interest on memory for political information.
Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Young, J., &
Snyder, M. (1987, May). Trait centrality, trait inconsistent information,
and the self concept. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago,
IL.
Young, J., &
Borgida, E. (1984, May). Personal agendas and the relationship between
self-interest and voting behavior. Midwestern Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL.
