9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Symposia I

Session 1: Social psychological contributors to emotion and coping

Leonard L. Martin, Chair

Campbell, W. K., University of Georgia, & Finkel, E. J., University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill

Too tired to be nice: Depletion and accommodation in romantic relationships

Abend, T. A., & Williamson, G. W. University of Georgia:

Feelings of femininity among breast cancer patients: Optimism matters, but so do personal relationships

Collins, J. E., Carson-Newman College,

Filtering valenced memories: Quadrants of remembering styles.

Martin, L. L. & Shrira, I., University of Georgia,

Goal feedback, rumination, and I-D compensation theory.

Session 2: Intergroup Relations and Individual Perception

Lauri Hyers, Chair

Deb Acorn, Lander College:

College students' perceptions of factors that promote peace or destroy peace in five contexts

Mark Whately, Valdosta State University:

What I Can Do Versus What We Believe: Idiocentrism, Allocentrism, and Reactions to Opinion and

Ability Social Comparisons.

Lauri Hyers, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga:

Confrontation of Prejudice in an Intergroup Encounter: A lab study

Crystal Wright, Maryville College:

Entitivity and Shared Emotions in Groups

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break and Poster Session

11:00 a. m. – 12:15 a. m. Symposia II

Session 3: Attitudes and Social Cognition

Dolores Albarracin, Chair

Terry Schell, University of West Florida:

Caricature in stereotyping: confusing the differences between groups with the characteristics of group members.

Dolores Albarracin, University of Florida:

Toward a behavior-centered understanding of persuasion

S. Marshall Medler, University of Florida:

Shifting from norms to attitudes as a function of behavioral experience

Session 4: Stigma and Prejudice

Kurt Boniecki, Chair

Thomas Britt, Clemson University:

Acceptance of feedback and self-esteem among the stigmatized

Cary Booker, Lemoyne-Owen College:

Some thoughts on reducing the impact of Stereotype Threat

Alyssa Walters, University of Florida:

Stereotype threat: An examination of process

Kurt Boniecki, University of Central Arkansas:

Measuring racism on campus

12:30 p.m, – 1:45 p.m. Lunch and Business Meeting

2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Symposia III

Session 5. Social Psychology Diversely Applied: Meetings and Boundaries

Patrick Malone, Chair

Debra McCallum, University of Alabama Institute for Social Science Research:

A Two-Dimensional Approach for Assessing Community Priorities

David McMillen, Mississippi State University:

Developing an Intervention To Increase Seat Belt Use: The Power of the Situation...Again

Robert McMillen, Mississippi State University Social Science Research Center:

The Development of a Social Climate Approach to Tobacco Control: Bringing Together Social Psychology,

Sociology, and Program Evaluation

Patrick Malone, Duke University Center for Child and Family Policy:

Violence Prevention: Public Health, Public Policy, or Social Psychology?

Session 6. Thriving at Teaching Colleges: A Panel Presentation

Kristen Klaaren, Chair

Kristen Klaaren, Randolph-Macon College

Rick McCallum, Birmingham-Southern College

Crystal Wright, Maryville College

Joc Collins, Carson-Newman College

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break and Refreshments

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m Plenary Session

John Nezlek, College of William & Mary

Keynote Address: Some preliminary thoughts on the nature of everyday social interaction:What do we really know after 25 years of research?