Bill von Hippel
William (Bill) von Hippel has been a faculty member at The Ohio State University (1990-2001), the University of New South Wales (2001-2006), and the University of Queensland (2006-2022). Currently, he is an independent scientist, author, and expert focused on helping companies improve research outcomes.
His research interests include evolutionary psychology, executive functioning and social intelligence, and implicit social cognition. During his 32-year career as a professor, he served on the editorial boards of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Social Psychological and Personality Science, and Social Cognition, and he was an associate editor of Psychological Science.
Dr. von Hippel has authored more than 150 publications, including The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy. In 2019, The Social Leap was honored with the Book Prize for the Promotion of Social and Personality Science awarded by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Dr. von Hippel is also a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, and the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Evolution and Genetics
- Intergroup Relations
- Interpersonal Processes
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Social Cognition
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The Neuroscience of Social Intelligence
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16:16 The Neuroscience of Social Intelligence
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13:39 How We Became Humans
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12:54 The Evolutionary Origins of Culture
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1:30:17 Signals That Turn Women Off
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9:21 Interview with Bill von Hippel on Deception
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5:31 Interview with Bill von Hippel on Self-Deception
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23:15 How Did Humans Become Modern?
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26:39 Is Love Blind?
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57:22 The Evolution of Social Intelligence
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57:08 What's the Point of Happiness, Anyway?
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Books:
- Forgas, J. P., Haselton, M. G., & von Hippel, W. (Eds.). (2007). Evolution and the social mind: Evolutionary psychology and social cognition. New York: Routledge.
- Forgas, J. P., Williams, K. D., & von Hippel, W. (Eds.). (2003). Social judgments: Implicit and explicit processes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Williams, K. D., Forgas, J. P., & von Hippel, W. (Eds.). (2005). The social outcast: Ostracism, social exclusion, rejection, and bullying. New York: Psychology Press.
- von Hippel, W. (2025). The social paradox: Autonomy, connection, and why we need both to find happiness. New York: Harper.
- von Hippel, W. (2018). The social leap: The new evolutionary science of who we are, where we come from, and what makes us happy. New York: Harper.
Journal Articles:
- Denson, T. F., Dobson-Stone, C., Ronay, R., von Hippel, W., & Schira, M. M. (2014). A functional polymorphism of the MAOA gene is associated with neural responses to induced anger control. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 26, 1418-1427.
- Denson, T.F., Ronay, R., von Hippel, W., & Schira, M.M. (2013). Endogenous testosterone and cortisol modulate neural responses during induced anger control. Social Neuroscience, 8, 165-177.
- Galperin, A., Haselton, M. G., Frederick, D. A., Poore, J., von Hippel, W., Buss, D. M., & Gonzaga, G. C. (2013). Sexual regret: Evidence for evolved sex differences. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 42, 1145-1161.
- Henry, J. D., von Hippel, W., & Baynes, K. (2009). Social inappropriateness, executive control, and aging. Psychology and Aging, 24, 239-244.
- Kalokerinos, E.K., von Hippel, W., Henry, J. D., & Trivers, R. L. (in press). The aging positivity effect and immune functioning: Positivity in recall predicts higher CD4 counts and lower CD4 activation. Psychology and Aging.
- 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. (in press). Sensitivity to changing contingencies predicts social success. Social Psychological and Personality Science.
- 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.
- Wolff, N., von Hippel, C., Brener, L., & von Hippel, W. (in press). Implicit identification with drug and alcohol use predicts retention in residential rehabilitation programs. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
- 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., & 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
- Psychological Applications
- Social Cognition
- Social Psychology
- Stereotypes and Prejudice
- Topics in Social Psychology
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