Bill von Hippel's research interests include evolutionary psychology, executive functioning, social cognitive aging, and stereotyping and prejudice. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Cognition, and Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Primary Interests:

Applied Social Psychology
Evolution and Genetics
Intergroup Relations
Interpersonal Processes
Prejudice and Stereotyping
Social Cognition

Applied Social Psychology
Evolution and Genetics
Intergroup Relations

Interpersonal Processes
Prejudice and Stereotyping
Social Cognition

Research Group or Laboratory:

Centre for Research in Social Psychology
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Journal Articles:

Henry, J. D., von Hippel, W., & Baynes, K. (2009). Social inappropriateness, executive control, and aging. Psychology and Aging, 24, 239-244.
Radvansky, G. A., Copeland, D. E., & von Hippel, W. (2010). Stereotype activation, inhibition, and aging. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 51-60.
Ronay, R., & von Hippel, W. (2010). The presence of an attractive woman elevates testosterone and physical risk-taking in young men. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1, 57-64.
Stewart, B. D., von Hippel, W., & Radvansky, G. A. (2009). Age, race, and implicit prejudice: Using process dissociation to separate the underlying components. Psychological Science, 20, 164-168.
von Hippel, W. (2007). Aging, executive functioning, and social control. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 240-244.
von Hippel, W., Brener, L., & von Hippel, C. (2008). Implicit prejudice toward injecting drug users predicts intentions to change jobs among drug and alcohol nurses. Psychological Science, 19, 7-11.
von Hippel, W., & Dunlop, S. M. (2005). Aging, inhibition, and social inappropriateness. Psychology and Aging, 20, 519-523.
von Hippel, W., & Gonsalkorale, K. (2005). "That is bloody revolting!" Inhibitory control of thoughts better left unsaid. Psychological Science, 16, 497-500.
von Hippel, W., Henry, J. D., & Matovic, D. (2008). Aging and social satisfaction: Offsetting positive and negative effects. Psychology and Aging, 23, 435-439.
von Hippel, W., Ng, L., Abbott, L., Caldwell, S., Gill, G., & Powell, K. (2009). Ex-ecutive functioning and gambling: Performance on the Trail Making Test is asso-ciated with gambling problems in older adult gamblers. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 16, 654-670.
von Hippel, W., & Trivers, R. (2011). The evolution and psychology of self-deception. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34, 1-56.
von Hippel, W., von Hippel, F. A., Chan, N., & Cheng, C. (2005). Exploring the use of Viagra in place of animal and plant potency products in traditional Chinese medicine. Environmental Conservation, 32, 235-238.

Other Publications:

von Hippel, W. (2010). Performance sapped by stereotypes. Book Review of C. M. Steele, Whistling Vivaldi: And other clues to how stereotypes affect us. Science, 329, 1469-1470.
von Hippel, W., & Henry, J. D. (2012). Social cognitive aging. In S. Fiske & C. N. Macrae (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of Social Cognition. London: Sage.
von Hippel, W., & Henry, J. D. (2011). Aging and self-regulation. In K. D. Vohs & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.

Courses Taught:

Advanced Social Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Experimental Methods
Introductory Psychology
Psychological Applications
Questionnaire and Survey Design Skills
Social Cognition
Social Psychology
Stereotypes and Prejudice
Topics in Social Psychology

Advanced Social Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Experimental Methods
Introductory Psychology
Psychological Applications
Questionnaire and Survey Design Skills

Social Cognition
Social Psychology
Stereotypes and Prejudice
Topics in Social Psychology

Bill von Hippel
School of Psychology
McElwain Building
University of Queensland
St. Lucia, QLD 4072
Australia

Phone: 617 3365 6220
Fax: 617 3365 6430