Work in my lab is currently investigating how performance changes in important life domains affect mood, self-esteem, and subjective well-being. Other projects are investigating the effect of narcissism on perceptions of attractiveness and mate preference, and, the effects of skin tone, facial features, and prejudice (implicit and explicit) on racial judgments.

Primary Interests:

Applied Social Psychology
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Evolution and Genetics
Health Psychology
Interpersonal Processes
Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
Personality, Individual Differences
Prejudice and Stereotyping
Research Methods, Assessment
Self and Identity

Applied Social Psychology
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Evolution and Genetics
Health Psychology
Interpersonal Processes
Life Satisfaction, Well-Being

Personality, Individual Differences
Prejudice and Stereotyping
Research Methods, Assessment
Self and Identity

Research Group or Laboratory:

Social Behavior Laboratory [Map]

Journal Articles:

Fucetola, R., Connor, L., & Strube, M. J. (in press). Unraveling nonverbal cognitive performance in acquired aphasia. Aphasiology
Gurari, I., Strube, M. J., & Hetts, J. J. (in press). Death? Be proud! The ironic effects of terror salience on implicit self-esteem. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.
Holstad, B., Sonneveldt, V. G., Fears, B. T., Davidson, L. S., Aaron, R. J., Richter, M., Matusofsky, M., Brenner, C. A., Strube, M. J., & Skinner, M. W. (2009). Relation of electrically evoked compound action potential thresholds to behavioral T- and C-levels in children with cochlear implants. Ear and Hearing, 30, 115-127.
Larsen, R. J., Mercer, K. A., Balota, D. A., & Strube, M. J. (2008). Not all negative words slow down lexical decision and naming speed: Importance of word arousal. Emotion, 8, 445-452.
Potts, L. G., Skinner, M. W., Litovsky, R. A., Strube, M. J., & Kuk, F. (2009) Recognition and localization of speech by adult cochlear implant recipients wearing a digital hearing aid in the non-implanted ear. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 20, 353-373.
Racette, S. B., Deusinger, S. S., Strube, M. J., Highstein, G. R., & Deusinger, R. H. (2008). Changes in weight and health behaviors from freshman to senior year of college. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 40, 39-42.
Rahimi, A. M., & Strube, M. J. (2007). Personal self-esteem, collective self-esteem and self-concept clarity as moderators of the impact of perceived consensus on stereotypes. Social Influence, 2, 55-79.
Stepanova, E., & Strube, M. J. (2009). Making of a face: Role of facial physiognomy, skin tone and color presentation mode in evaluations of racial typicality. Journal of Social Psychology, 149, 66-81.
Strube, M. J., Hanson, J. S., & Fargher, K. (1999). Back to basics in the search for the motives of human behavior? Psychological Inquiry, 10, 247-250.
Strube, M. J., & Rahimi, A. M. (2006). “Everybody knows it’s true”: Social dominance orientation and right wing authoritarianism moderate false consensus for stereotypic beliefs. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 1038-1053

Other Publications:

Stepanova, E., Strube, M. J., & Hetts, J. J. (in press). They saw a triple Lutz: Bias and its perception in American and Russian mass media coverage of 2002 Olympic figure skating scandal. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Courses Taught:

Applied Multivariate Statistics
Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Social Psychology
Nontraditional Research Design
Psychological Perspectives on the Self
Research Designs and Methods
Seminar in the Teaching of Psychology
Theories of Social Psychology: The Self

Applied Multivariate Statistics
Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Social Psychology
Nontraditional Research Design
Psychological Perspectives on the Self

Research Designs and Methods
Seminar in the Teaching of Psychology
Theories of Social Psychology: The Self

Michael Strube
Department of Psychology
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive, Box 1125
St. Louis, MO 63130
United States

Phone: (314) 935-6545
Fax: (314) 935-7588