Mark Baldwin
My major research interests are the cognitive representation of interpersonal relationships and the influence of internally-represented significant relationships on attachment behaviour, self-conception, depression and social anxiety. Most recent research involves the use of game-like computer exercises to train social attention and other aspects of social information processing. For example, in research with Stephane Dandeneau we found that when people spend a few minutes locating a smiling, accepting face in a grid of frowning faces, this trains their attention so that they subsequently automatically orient toward positive rather than negative social stimuli. Moreover, when challenged with a failure, a rejection, or some other social stressor, they cope more effectively and report more positive self-esteem.
Primary Interests:
- Close Relationships
- Interpersonal Processes
- Person Perception
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
Books:
- Baldwin, M. W. (Ed.). (2005). Interpersonal cognition. New York: Guilford Press.
- Hoyle, R., Kernis, M., Leary, M., & Baldwin, M. W. (1999). Selfhood: Identity, esteem, regulation. Westview.
Journal Articles:
- Baccus, J. R., Baldwin, M. W., & Packer, D. J. (2004). Increasing implicit self-esteem through classical conditioning. Psychological Science, 15, 498-502.
- Baldwin, M. W. (1992). Relational schemas and the processing of social information. Psychological Bulletin, 112, 461-484.
- Baldwin, M. W., Baccus, J. R., & Milyavskaya, M. (2010). Computer game associating self-concept to images of acceptance can reduce adolescents’ aggressiveness in response to social rejection. Cognition and Emotion, 24, 855-862.
- Baldwin, M. W., Carrell, S. E., & Lopez, D. F. (1990). Priming relationship schemas: My advisor and the Pope are watching me from the back of my mind. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 26, 435-454.
- Baldwin, M. W., & Dandeneau, S. D. (2009). Putting Social Psychology into Serious Games. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 3, 547-565.
- Baldwin, M. W., & Fehr, B. (1995). On the instability of attachment style ratings. Personal Relationships, 2, 247-261.
- Baldwin, M. W., & Main, K. J. (2001). Social anxiety and the cued activation of relational knowledge. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 1637-1647.
- Baldwin, M. W., & Sinclair, L. (1996). Self esteem and "if ... then" contingencies of interpersonal acceptance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 1130-1141.
- Dandeneau, S. D., & Baldwin, M. W. (2004). The inhibition of socially rejecting information among people with high versus low self-esteem: The role of attentional bias and the effects of bias reduction training. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23, 584-602.
- Dandeneau, S. D., Baldwin, M. W., Baccus, J. R., Sakellaropoulo, M., & Pruessner, J. C. (2007). Cutting stress off at the pass: Reducing vigilance and responsiveness to social threat by manipulating attention. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 651-666.
Other Publications:
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Topics in Social Psychology
- Personality and Social Psychology
- Research Methods in Social Psychology
- Social Cognition and the Self
Mark Baldwin
Department of Psychology
McGill University
1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1
Canada
- Phone: (514) 398-6090
- Fax: (514) 398-4896