My current 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
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.
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.
Other Publications:
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., & 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
Conflict and Negotiation
Elementary Statistics
Experimental Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Seminar in Group Processes
Seminar in Judgment and Decision Making
Charles D. Samuelson Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843 United States
Phone: (979) 845-0880
Fax: (979) 845-4727
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