Charles D. Samuelson
My research deals with how and why group discussion facilitates cooperation in social dilemmas. Specifically, my work is focused on the effects of computer-mediated communication processes in small groups faced with renewable resource dilemmas. I am also interested in applied social psychology research on topics such as promoting resource conservation behavior and managing stakeholder conflict in multi-party environmental disputes.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Applied Social Psychology
- Communication, Language
- Group Processes
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Organizational Behavior
Journal Articles:
- Messick, D. M., Bloom, S., Boldizar, J., & Samuelson, C. D. (1985). Why we are fairer than others. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 21, 480-500.
- Roch, S. G., Lane, J. A. S., Samuelson, C. D., Allison, S. T., & Dent, J. L. (2000). Cognitive load and the equality heuristic: A two-stage model of resource overconsumption in small groups. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 83, 185-212.
- Roch, S. G., & Samuelson, C. D. (1997). Effects of environmental uncertainty and social value orientation in resource dilemmas. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 70, 221-235.
- Samuelson, C. D. (1993). A multiattribute evaluation approach to structural change in resource dilemmas. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 55, 298-324.
- Samuelson, C. D. (1991). Perceived task difficulty, causal attributions, and preferences for structural change in resource dilemmas. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17, 181-187.
- Samuelson, C. D., & Allison, S. T. (1994). Cognitive factors affecting the use of social decision heuristics in resource sharing tasks. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 58, 1-27.
- Samuelson, C. D., & Messick, D. M. (1986). Alternative structural solutions to resource dilemmas. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 37, 139-155.
- Samuelson, C. D., & Messick, D. M. (1986). Inequities in access to and use of shared resources in social dilemmas. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 960-967.
- Samuelson, C. D., Messick, D. M., Rutte, C. G., & Wilke, H. (1984). Individual and structural solutions to resource dilemmas in two cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47, 94-104.
- Sell, J., Lovaglia, M.J., Mannix, E.A., Samuelson, C.D., & Wilson, R.K. (2004). Investigating conflict, power, and status within and among groups. Small Group Research, 35, 44-72.
- Van Vugt, M., & Samuelson, C. D. (1999). The impact of personal metering in the management of a natural resource crisis: A social dilemma analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 731-745.
- Wu, H.C., Lindell, M.K., Prater, C.S., & Samuelson, C.D. (2014). Effects of track and threat information on judgments of hurricane strike probability. Risk Analysis, 34(6), 1025-1039. Published online, October 22, 2013. DOI: 10.1111/risa.12128.
Other Publications:
- Lovaglia, M., Mannix, E.A., Samuelson, C.D., Sell, J., & Wilson, R.K. (2005). Conflict, power, and status in groups. In M.S. Poole & A. B. Hollingshead (Eds.), Theories of small groups: Interdisciplinary perspectives (pp. 139-184). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Messick, D. M., Allison, S. T., & Samuelson, C. D. (1988). Framing and communication effects on group members' responses to environmental and social uncertainty. In S. Maital (Ed.), Applied behavioural economics, Vol. 2 (pp. 677-700). New York: New York University Press.
- Samuelson, C.D., & Barratt, C.L. (2012). Collaborative processes in ecosystem management. In. S. Clayton (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of environmental and conservation psychology (pp. 598-627). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Samuelson, C. D., & Messick, D. M. (1995). When do people want to change the rules for allocating shared resources? In D. A. Schroeder (Ed.), Social dilemmas: Perspectives on individuals and groups (pp. 143-162). Westport, CT: Praeger.
- Samuelson, C. D., Peterson, T. R., & Putnam, L. L. (2003). Group identity and stakeholder conflict in water resource management. In S. Clayton & S. Opotow (Eds.), Identity and the natural environment: The psychological significance of nature (pp. 273-295). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Samuelson, C. D., Vedlitz, A., Whitten, G. D., Matlock, M., Alston, L. T., Peterson, T. R., & Gilbertz, S. J. (2005). Citizen participation and representation in collaborative engagement processes. In P. A. Sabatier et al. (Eds.), Swimming upstream: Collaborative approaches to watershed management (pp. 137-169). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Samuelson, C. D., & Watrous-Rodriguez, K. (2009). Group discussion and cooperation in social dilemmas: Does the medium matter? In R. M. Kramer, M. Bazerman, & A. Tenbrunsel (Eds.), Social decision making: Social dilemmas, social values, and ethical judgments. New York: Routledge.
Courses Taught:
- Conflict and Negotiation
- Elementary Statistics
- Experimental Psychology
- Organizational Psychology
- Seminar in Group Processes
- Seminar in Judgment and Decision Making
Charles D. Samuelson
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-4235
United States of America