I have three main research interests:

(1) The social psychology of stereotyping and prejudice. This work explores issues at the heart of research into social categorization, social cognition and intergroup relations. Research deals specifically with topics of the relationship between personality and prejudice (implicit and explicit), the conditions under which ingroup and outgroup favouritism will be evident in intergroup relations, and the emergence of system (il)legitimacy and processes of social change.

(2) The interface of social and organisational psychology. This work looks at the contribution of groups and group membership to issues such as leadership, power, motivation, communication, diversity management, organizational identification and subgroup/team relations, and productivity.

(3) The relationship between self-categorization processes and personal identity. This area of research links social identify processes to interpersonal and individual processes.

Primary Interests:

Group Processes
Intergroup Relations
Interpersonal Processes
Personality, Individual Differences
Prejudice and Stereotyping
Self and Identity
Social Cognition

Group Processes
Intergroup Relations
Interpersonal Processes
Personality, Individual Differences

Prejudice and Stereotyping
Self and Identity
Social Cognition

Research Group or Laboratory:

Laboratory of Experimenal Social Psychology
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Books:

Augoustinos, M., & Reynolds, K. J. (Eds.). (2001). Understanding prejudice, racism and social conflict. London: Sage.

Journal Articles:

Reynolds, K. J., & Oakes, P. J. (2000). Variability in impression formation: Investigating the role of motivation, capacity and the categorization process. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 355-373.
Reynolds, K. J., Turner, J. C., & Haslam, S. A. (2000). When are we better than them and they worse than us? A closer look at social discrimination in positive and negative domains. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 64-80.
Reynolds, K. J., Turner, J. C., Haslam, S. A., & Ryan, M. K. (2001). The role of personality and group factors in explaining prejudice. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 37, 427-434.

Other Publications:

Reynolds, K. J., Oakes, P. J, Haslam, S. A., Turner, J. C., & Ryan M. K. (2004). Social identity as the basis of group entitativity: Elaborating the case for the "science of social groups per se." In V. Yzerbyt, C. M. Judd, & O. Corneille (Eds.), The psychology of group perception: Contributions to the study of homogeneity, entitativity, and essentialism. Bristol, PA: Psychology Press.
Reynolds, K. J., & Platow, M. J. (2003). On the social psychology of power and powerlessness: Social power as a symptom of organizational division. In S. A. Haslam, D. van Knippenberg, M. J. Platow, & N. Ellemers (Eds.), Social identity at work: Developing theory for organizational practice (pp. 173-188). New York: Psychology Press.
Reynolds, K. J., & Turner, J. C. (2001). Prejudice as a group process: The role of social identity. In M. Augoustinos & K. J. Reynolds (Eds.), Understanding Prejudice, Racism, and Social Conflict. London: Sage.
Reynolds, K. J., Turner, J. C., & Haslam, S. A. (2003). Social identity and self-categorization theories’ contribution to understanding identification, salience and diversity in teams and organizations. In M. A. Neale & E. A. Mannix (Series Eds.) & J. Polzer (Vol. Ed.), Research on managing groups and teams: Vol. 5. Identity issues in groups (pp. 279-304). Oxford: Elsevier Science.
Turner, J. C., & Reynolds, K. J. (2003). Why social dominance theory has been falsified. British Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 199-206.

Courses Taught:

Assessment and Selection in Human Resource Management
Introduction to Organisational Psychology
Life Issues: Applying Psychology

Assessment and Selection in Human Resource Management
Introduction to Organisational Psychology

Life Issues: Applying Psychology

Kate Reynolds
Department of Psychology (Building 39)
Faculty of Science
Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
Australia

Phone: +61 (02) 6125 0637
Fax: +61 (02) 6125 0499