Education
Ph.D., Social and Personality Psychology, Cornell University, August 2008. Primary Advisor: Tom Gilovich
B.A., Psychology (with honors), University of California at Berkeley, 2000
Honors, Fellowships, and Grants
Sage Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University, 2003-2004, 2007-2008
Travel Award, SPSP JDM Preconference, 2006, 2007, 2008
Graduate Student Conference Grant, Cornell University, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Distinction in General Scholarship, University of California at Berkeley, 2000
Professional Affiliations
Association for Psychological Science
Midwestern Psychological Association
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Publications
Inbar, Y., Pizarro, D.A., & Bloom, P. (in press). Conservatives are more easily disgusted. Cognition & Emotion.
Manuscripts Under Review
Critcher, C., & Inbar, Y. (under review). Rashness vs. rage: Impulsivity and its divergent effects on blame.
Inbar, Y., & Gilovich, T. (under review). Angry, but adjusting? The effect of specific emotions on adjustment from self-generated anchors.
Inbar, Y., & Gilovich, T. (under review). Intuitions about intuitive insight and intuitive choice.
Inbar, Y., Pizarro, D.A., Knobe, J. & Bloom, P. (under review). Disgust sensitivity predicts intuitive disapproval of gays.
Manuscripts In Preparation
Inbar, Y., & Gilovich, T. (in preparation). Unrealistic optimism: A pessimist’s review.
Inbar, Y., & Gilovich, T. (in preparation). The surprising durability of shame and guilt.
Professional Presentations
Inbar, Y., Gilovich, T., Pizarro, D., & Ariely, D. (2008). Morality and masochism: Feeling guilt leads to physical self-punishment. Paper accepted for presentation at the 80th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Inbar, Y., Hanko, K., Botti, S., & Gilovich, T. (2008). When is too much choice too much to handle? Poster presented at the Judgment and Decision Making pre-conference of the 9th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.
Inbar, Y., & Critcher, C. (2007). Acting without thinking: Rage, rashness, and moral evaluation. Poster presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Long Beach, CA.
Inbar, Y., & Gilovich, T. (2007). Intuitions about intuition: When do we listen to our gut? Poster presented at the Judgment and Decision Making pre-conference of the 8th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Inbar, Y., & Pizarro, D. (2007). Disgusting politics: Linking disgust sensitivity and sociomoral conservatism. Paper presented at the 79th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Inbar, Y., & Gilovich, T. (2007). Emotional certainty causes more adjustment from self-generated anchors. Poster presented at the 8th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.
Inbar, Y., & Gilovich, T. (2006). Counterfactual thinking and the emotional impact of events over time. Poster presented at the 18th annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.
Inbar, Y., & Gilovich, T. (2006). The persistence of shame and guilt. Paper presented at the 78th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Hanko, K., Inbar, Y., & Gilovich, T. (2006). When is too much choice too much to handle? Paper presented at the 78th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Inbar, Y., & Gilovich, T. (2006). Differential effects of fear and anger on anchoring and adjustment. Poster presented at the Judgment and Decision Making pre-conference of the 7th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.
Inbar, Y., & Gilovich, T. (2005). Zelig meets Zilstein: The effect of anxiety on nonconscious behavioral mimicry. Poster presented at the 6th annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.
Teaching
Skill Development
Writing in the Majors Graduate Teaching Seminar, Spring 2006.
Guest Lectures
“Affective Primacy” and “Sex.” Guest lectures for Psychology of Emotion, Fall 2006.
“How to be Happy.” Guest lectures for Introduction to Personality Psychology, Spring and Fall 2007.
Teaching Assistantships
Fall 2004 & 2005: Psychology and the Law (with David Dunning).
Spring 2005: Introduction to Social Psychology (with Tom Gilovich and Dennis Regan).
Spring 2006: Writing in the Majors: Lab in Cognition and Perception (with David Field).
Fall 2006: Psychology of Emotion (with David Pizarro).
Spring 2007: Introduction to Personality Psychology (with Vivian Zayas).
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