Chad Forbes
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As a social neuroscientist, my research utilizes cognitive neuroscience methodologies such as electroencephalography (EEG), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and lesion studies to investigate how different contexts affect the way we attend to and interpret information.
Specifically, my research examines how priming negative stereotypes associated with stigmatized individuals in our society, e.g. minorities and women, may ironically engender situations where these individuals inadvertently reinforce the stereotype and bias the way they perceive themselves and others perceive them. My research program revolves around two primary topics: 1) How negatively stereotyped targets’ motivation, attention, and memory is affected by situations that prime negative group relevant stereotypes both in the moment and over time, and 2) How factors such as contextual primes or genetic predispositions undermine a person’s ability to perceive novel, negatively stigmatized outgroup members in a non-biased manner. My approach to these topics utilizes an integrative social neuroscience perspective by examining how these processes are influenced by interactions between implicit (i.e., fast) and explicit (i.e., slow) cognitive processes and the physiological interactions between subcortical and prefrontal cortical networks that are integral to implicit and explicit processing in general.
Primary Interests:
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Evolution and Genetics
- Group Processes
- Intergroup Relations
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
- Person Perception
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Self and Identity
- Social Cognition
Research Group or Laboratory:
- The Social Neuroscience Laboratory at UD
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Stereotype Threat and the Leaky Pipeline
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41:16 Stereotype Threat and the Leaky Pipeline
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58:01 Why Are Stereotypes Bad for Your Health?
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Journal Articles:
- Forbes, C. E., Cox, C. L., Schmader, T., & Ryan, L. (2011). Negative stereotype activation alters interaction between neural correlates of arousal, inhibition and cognitive control. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.
- Forbes, C. E., & Grafman, J. (2010). The role of the human prefrontal cortex in social cognition and moral judgment. Annual Reviews of Neuroscience, 33, 299-324.
- Forbes, C. E., & Schmader, T. (2010). Retraining attitudes and stereotypes to affect motivation and cognitive capacity under stereotype threat. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 740-754.
- Forbes, C. E., Schmader, T., & Allen, J. J. B. (2008). The role of devaluing and discounting in performance monitoring: A neurophysiological study of minorities under threat. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 3, 253-261.
- Schmader, T., Forbes, C. E., Zhang, S., & Mendes, W. B. (2009). A meta-cognitive perspective on the cognitive deficits experienced in intellectually threatening environments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 584-596.
- Schmader, T., Johns, M., & Forbes, C. (2008). An integrated process model of stereotype threat effects on performance. Psychological Review, 115, 336-356.
Other Publications:
- Ben-Zeev, T., Duncan, S., & Forbes, C. E. (2005). Stereotypes and math performance. In J. Campbell (Ed.), Handbook of Mathematical Cognition. New York: Psychology Press.
- Forbes, C. E., Poore. J. C., & Grafman, J. (in press). Contributions of the prefrontal cortex to social cognition and moral judgment processes. In R. P. Ebstien, S. Shamay-Tsoory, and S. H. Chew (Eds.), From DNA to Social Cognition.
- Zhang, S., Schmader, T., & Forbes, C. E. (2009). The effects of gender stereotypes on women’s career choice: Opening the glass door. In M. Barreto, M. K. Ryan, and M. T. Schmitt’s (Eds.), The Glass Ceiling in the 21st Century: Understanding Barriers to Gender Equality. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Courses Taught:
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Social Neuroscience
- Social Psychology
- Statistics
Chad Forbes
222 Wolf Hall
Department of Psychology
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware 19716
United States of America