SPSP Theoretical Innovation Prize
Todd Heatherton
Innovation Prize. Of the 46 papers submitted, the committee felt that
two of them best met the award criteria.
The winning paper was "On Seeing Human: A Three-Factor Theory of
Anthropomorphism" authored by Nicholas Epley, Adam Waytz, and John Cacioppo
and published in October's Psychological Review.
Honorable mention goes to " How Emotion Shapes Behavior: Feedback,
Anticipation, and Reflection, Rather Than Direct Causation" authored by Roy
Baumeister, Kathleen Vohs, Nathan DeWall, and Liqing Zhang and published in
May's Personality and Social Psychology Review.
The prize recognizes theoretical articles that are especially
likely to generate the discovery of new hypotheses, new phenomena, or
new ways of thinking about the discipline of social/personality
psychology.
The committee consisted of Todd Heatherton (chair), Randy
Larsen, Sandra Murray, Steven Heine, Mark Leary, and Mahzarin Banaji.