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I am an experimental social psychologist with a social cognitive perspective (i.e., how we behave is determined, in large measure, by what's in our head and how it's organized), with three primary lines of research. Our first program of work explores how we come to understand ourselves (i.e., self-concept) and how the organization of this knowledge affects us (e.g., our mood, feelings about ourselves, our ability to get things accomplished). Our second line of research examines how implicit attitudes (nonconscious feelings we have about people, groups, consumer products, etc.) differ from explicit attitudes (feelings we can express) in their formation, change, and influence on our behavior. Finally, we examine group stereotyping, especially how members of minority groups respond to stigma (e.g., when stereotype threat leads to suboptimal performance). In addition to these lines of work, we study judgment and decision making, including counterfactual thinking, impact of mood, and the consequences of threats to perceived freedom.