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Gary
W. Lewandowski Jr. Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Psychology
Department
of Psychology
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Contact Information |
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Office:
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Edison Science Building, Room 130F |
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Office Hours: |
by appointment |
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Phone: |
(732) 263-5476 |
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Email: |
{email is the best way to contact me quickly} |
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Research |
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My
research examines the social psychology of romantic relationships with a
focus on the confluence of the self and relationships. A majority of my work
examines self-expansion, a motivation to enhance the self’s capabilities
through the accumulation of knowledge, experience, identity and other
resources, largely through relationships. Thus, my research program examines
self-expansion processes in several facets of relationships: attraction,
relationship maintenance, susceptibility to infidelity, and break-up. Recent
work focuses on how learning about someone’s personality influences
perceptions of their physical attractiveness. Other recent work focuses on
the experience of personal growth and positive outcomes following
relationship dissolution, including strategies to promote positive outcomes. |
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Selected Publications |
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* Monmouth University Student Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr., & Strohmetz, D. B. (2009, October). The kids are all right: Overcoming
a common obstacle to connecting with “today’s” students. InsideHigherEd.com.(Click) Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr. (2009). Study guide to
accompany Gazzaniga, Heatherton, and Halpern’s Psychological
Science (3rd ed.). W. W.
Norton Publishers. Sizemore,
O.J., & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2009). Learning may not equal liking: How a course in research and statistics changes knowledge but
not attitudes. Teaching of Psychology, 36(2), 90-95. Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr. (2008, September). Stop trying to get tenure and start trying to
enjoy yourself.
InsideHigherEd.com. (Click) Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr. (2009). Promoting positive emotions following relationship
dissolution through
writing. Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 21-31. Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr., Aron, A., & Gee, J. (2007). Personality goes a long way: The
malleability of
opposite-sex physical attractiveness. Personal
Relationships, 14, 571-585. Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr., & Bizzoco, N.* (2007). Addition through subtraction: Positive outcomes following the loss of a dating relationship. Journal
of Positive Psychology, 2, 40-54. Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr., Aron, A., Bassis, S., & Kunak, J.* (2006). Losing a self-expanding relationship:
Implications for the self-concept.
Personal Relationships, 13, 317-331.
Lewandowski,
G. W., Jr., & Ackerman, R. A.* (2006).
Something’s missing: Need
fulfillment and self-expansion as predictors of susceptibility to
infidelity. The Journal
of Social Psychology, 146, 389-403. |
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Page updated: November, 2009.
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