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Books:

Wheeler, L.  (1970). Interpersonal Influence.  Boston: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.

Wheeler, L., Goodale, R., & Deese, J.  (1975).  General Psychology.  Boston: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.

Wheeler, L., Deci, E., Reis, H. T., & Zuckerman, M.  (1978).  Interpersonal Influence, 2nd edition.  Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Wheeler, L. (Ed.).  (1980).  Review of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 1).  Sage Publication.

Wheeler, L. (Ed.).  (1981). Review of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 2).  Sage Publications.

Wheeler, L. (Ed.).  (1982).  Review of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 3).  Sage Publications.

Wheeler, L. & Shaver, P. (Eds.).  (1983).  Review of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 4).  Sage Publications.

Suls, J. & Wheeler, L. (Eds.). (2000).  Handbook of social comparison: Theory and research.  New York:  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Forgas, J.P., Williams, K.D.  & Wheeler, L. (Eds.)  (2001).  The Social mind: Cognitive and motivational aspects of  interpersonal behavior. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

Book Chapters:

 

Wheeler, L.  (l968).  Behavioral contagion:  Theory and research.  In E. Simmel, A. Milton, & R. Hoppe (Eds.), Social facilitation and imitation.  Needham Heights, MA:  Allyn and Bacon.

Wheeler, L.  (l974).  Social comparison and selective affiliation. In T. L. Huston (Ed.), Foundations of interpersonal attraction.  New York: Academic Press.

Wheeler, L., & Zuckerman, M.  (l977).  Commentary.  In J. Suls & R. Miller (Eds.),  Social comparison processes (pp. 335-357).  Washington, DC:  Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.

Nezlek, J. B., Wheeler, L., & Reis, H. T.  (1983).  Studies of social participation.  In H. T. Reis (Ed.), Naturalistic approaches to studying social interaction.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.

Wheeler, L.  (1987).  Social comparison, behavioral contagion, and the naturalistic study of social behavior.  In N.E. Grunberg, R.E. Nisbett, J. Rodin, & J.E. Singer (Eds.), A distinctive approach to psychological research:  The influence of Stanley Schachter.  Hillsdale, NJ:  Erlbaum.

Wheeler, L., & Reis, H.T.  (1988).  On titles, citations, and outlets: What do mainstreamers want?  In M.H. Bond (Ed.), The cross- cultural challenge to social psychology.  Beverly Hills:  Sage.

Wheeler, L.  (1991).  A brief history of social comparison theory.  In J. Suls & T.A. Wills (Eds.), Social comparison:  Contemporary theory and research (pp. 3-22).  Hillsdale, NJ:  Erlbaum.

Reis, H.T., & Wheeler, L.  (1991).  Studying social interaction with the Rochester Interaction Record.  In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 24, pp. 270-318).  San Diego:  Academic Press.

Wheeler, L. (2000)  Individual differences in social comparison. In J. Suls & L. Wheeler (Eds.) Handbook of social comparison: Theory and research (pp. 141-158).  New York:  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Suls, J. & Wheeler, L. (2000)   A selective history of classic social comparison theory and neo social comparison theory. In J.Suls & L. Wheeler (Eds) Handbook of social comparison: Theory and Research (pp. 3-22). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Wheeler, L., Suls, J., & Martin, R. (2001).  The psychology of social comparison.  In N.J. Smelser & P.B. Baltes (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Oxford: Pergamon. 

Williams, K.D. ,Wheeler, L. , & Joel A.R. Harvey. (2001) Inside the social mind of the ostracizer.  In J.P. Forgas, K.D. Williams, & L. Wheeler (Eds.)  The Social mind: Cognitive and motivational aspects of  interpersonal behavior, pp. 294-322.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Forgas, J.P, Williams, K.D, & Wheeler, L. (2001) The social mind: Introduction and Overview.  In J.P. Forgas, K.D. Williams, & L. Wheeler (Eds.)  The Social mind: Cognitive and motivational aspects of  interpersonal behavior, pp. 1-22.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Wheeler, L. & Suls, J. (2005)  Social Comparison and Self-Evaluations of Competence.  In A.J. Elliot & C.S. Dweck (Eds.)  Handbook of competence and motivation., pp. 566-578. New York: Guilford Publications.

Suls J. & Wheeler, L. (2007). Psychological magnetism: A brief history of  assimilation and contrast in psychology. In D. A. Stapel & J. Suls(eds.)  Assimilation and contrast in social psychology (pp. 9-44). NewYork & Hove: Psychology Press/ Taylor & Francis Group.

Suls, J. & Wheeler, L. (in press, 2008) A reunion for approach/avoidance motivation and social comparison.  In A. Elliot (Ed.) Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation.  New York: Psychology Press.

 

Papers in refereed journals

 

Schachter, S., & Wheeler, L.  (1962).  Epinephrine, chlorpromazine and amusement.  Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 45, 121-128.  [Reproduced in Contributions to Modern Psychology, (1963), D. E. Dulany, R. L. DeValois, D. C. Beardslee, & M. R. Winterbottom (Eds.).  Oxford University Press.] [Reproduced in Reading in Psychology: Understanding Human Behavior, J. A. Dyal (Ed.), (1966), McGraw-Hill, 1966.]

Wheeler, L.  (1964).  Information seeking as a power strategy.  Journal of Social Psychology, 62, 125-130.

Wheeler, L., Smith, S., & Murphy, D. B.  (1964).  Behavioral contagion. Psychological Reports, l5, 159-173.

Smith, S., Murphy, D. C., & Wheeler, L.  (1964).  Relationship of intelligence to behavioral contagion and conformity.  Psychological Reports, 14, 248.

Wheeler, L.  (1966).  Toward a theory of behavioral contagion.  Psychological Review, 73, 179-192.

Wheeler, L.  (1966).  Motivation as a determinant of upward comparison. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Supplement 1, 27-31.

Wheeler, L., & Arrowood, J.  (1966).  Restraints against imitation and their reduction.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2, 288-301.

Wheeler, L., & Cooper, D. M.  (1966).  Advantages of a computerized Fisher's exact test.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 22, 542.

Wheeler, L., & Davis, H.  (l966).  Social disruption of DRL performance.  Psychonomic Science, 7, 249-250.  [Reproduced in Ulrich, R. & Mountjob, P. (l973).  The Experimental Analysis of Social Behavior.  New York:  Appleton-Century-Crofts.]

Wheeler, L., & Caggiula, A. R.  (l966).  The contagion of agression.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2, l-l0.

Davis, H., & Wheeler, L.  (l966).  Social interaction between rats on different reinforcement schedules.  Psychonomic Science, 4, 389-390.

Latane, B., & Wheeler, L.  (l966).  Emotionality and reactions to disaster.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Supplement l, 95-l02.

Wheeler, L., & Levine, L.  (l967).  Observer-model similarity in the contagion of aggression.  Sociometry, 30, l, 4l-49.

Wheeler, L., & Smith, S.  (l967).  Censure of the model in the contagion of aggression.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 6, l, 93-98.

Davis, H., & Wheeler, L.  (l967).  The effect of collateral pre-training on spaced responding.  Psychonomic Science, 8, 28l-282.

Taylor, D. A., Wheeler, L., & Altman, I.  (l968).  Stress reactions in socially isolated groups.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 9, 369-376.

Wheeler, L., Shaver, K., Jones, R., Goethals, G. R., Cooper, J., Robinson, J. E., Gruder, C. L., & Butzine, L.  (l969).  Factors determining choice of a comparison other.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 5, 219-232.

Taylor, D. A., Altman, I., Wheeler, L., & Kushner, E. N.  (l969). Personality factors related to response to social isolation and confinement.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 33, 4ll-4l9.

Wagner, C., & Wheeler, L.  (l969).  Model, need, and cost effects in helping behavior.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, l2, lll-ll6.

Altman, I., Taylor, D. A., & Wheeler, L.  (l97l).  Ecological aspects of group behavior in social isolation.  Journal of Applied Social Psychology, l, 76- l00.

Wagner, C., Manning, S., & Wheeler, L.  (l97l).  Character structure and helping behavior.  Journal of Experimental Research in Personality, 5, 37-42.

Pedhazur, L., & Wheeler, L.  (l97l).  Locus of perceived control and need achievement.  Perceptual and Motor Skills, 33, l28l-l282.

Taylor, D. A., Wheeler, L., & Altman, I.  (l973).  Self disclosure in isolated groups.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2b, l, 39-47.

Wheeler, L., Reis, H. T., Wolff, E., Grupsmith, E., & Mordkoff, A. M. (l974).  Eye-roll and hypnotic susceptibility.  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, XII, 4, 327-334.

Reis, H. T., Wheeler, L., & Wolff, E.  (l975).  Multiple pathways to hynotic susceptibility: A new scheme for predicting the depth of hypnosis.  American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, l7, l75-l84.

Zuckerman, M., & Wheeler, L.  (l975).  To dispel fantasies about the fantasy-based measure of fear of success.  Psychological Bulletin, 82, 932-946.

Wheeler, L., & Nezlek, J.  (l977).  Sex differences in social participation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 35, l0, 742-754.

Reis, H. T., Nezlek, J., & Wheeler, L.  (1980).  Physical Attractiveness in Social Interaction.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 38(4), 605-617. [Reproduced in G. L. Carter (Ed.) (2000) Empirical approaches to sociology: A Collection of  Classic and Contemporary Readings (pp.227-238).  Needham Heights MA: Allyn & Bacon/Longman.]

Kernis, M. & Wheeler, L.  (l981).  Beautiful friends and ugly strangers:  Radiation and contrast effects in perception of same-sex pairs.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 7(4), 617-620.

Reis, H. T., Wheeler, L., Spiegel, N., Kernis, M., Nezlek, J., & Perri, M.  (1982).  Physical attractiveness in social interaction, II:  Why does appearance affect social experience?  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43(5), 979-996.

Wheeler, L., Koestner, R., & Driver, R.  (1982).  Related attributes in the choice of comparison others.  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 18, 489-500.

Wheeler, L., Reis, H. T., & Nezlek, J.  (1983).  Loneliness, social interaction, and sex roles.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45, 4, 943-953.

Wheeler, L. & Koestner, R. (1984). Performance evaluation: On choosing to know the related attributes of others when we know their performance. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 20, 3, 263-271. 

Reis, H. T., Wheeler, L., Kernis, M., Spiegel, N. H., & Nezlek, J.  (1985).  On specificity in the impact of social participation on physical and psychological health.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 48,2, 456-471.

Wheeler, L.  (1986).  Concluding comment (on series of social comparison papers).  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 12, 3, 297-299.

Wheeler, L.  (1988).  My year in Hong Kong:  Some observations on social behavior.  Presidential Address, Div. 8, American Psychological Association.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 14, 2, 410-420.

Senchak, M. & Wheeler, L.  (1988).  Fear of success in the social domain.  Journal of Clinical and Social Psychology, 6, 3/4, 398-407.

Koestner, R., & Wheeler, L.  (1988).  Self-presentation in personal advertisements:  The influence of implicit notions of attraction and role expectations.  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 5, 149-160.

Wheeler, L., Reis, H.T., & Bond, M.H.  (1989).  Collectivism-individualism in everyday social life:  The middle kingdom and the melting pot.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 1, 79-86. [Reproduced in Peplau, L.A. & Taylor, S.E. (Eds.) (1997). Sociocultural perspectives in social psychology (pp. 297-313).  Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Prentice Hall.]

Nezlek, J., Wheeler, L., & Reis, H.T.  (1990).  Academic performance and social behavior.  Journal of  Social and Personal Relationships, 7, 4, 291-309.

Wheeler, L., & Reis, H.T.  (1991).  Self-recording of events in everyday life:  Origins, types, and uses.  Journal of Personality, 59(3), 339-354..

Wheeler, L., & Miyake, K.  (1992).  Social comparison in everyday life. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 760-773.

Wheeler, L., Martin, R., & Suls, J.  (1997).  The proxy model of social comparison for self-assessment of ability.  Personality and Social Psychology Review, 1, 54-61.

Wheeler, L., & Kim, Y.  (1997).  What is beautiful is culturally good:  The physical attractiveness stereotype has different content in collectivistic cultures.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 795-800.

Suls, J., Martin, R., & Wheeler, L. (2000). Three kinds of Opinion Comparison: The triadic model. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 4, 3, 219-237.

Martin, R., Suls, J., & Wheeler, L.  (2002).  Ability evaluation by proxy:  Effects of maximal performance and related attributes in social comparison. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 5, 781-791.

Suls, J., Martin, R, & Wheeler L. (2002).  Social comparison: Why, with whom, and with what effect? Contemporary Directions in Psychological Science, 11,5, 159-163.[Reproduced in J.B. Rusher  & E.Y.Hammer (Eds.) (2004). Current Directions in Social Psychology ( pp. 10-17). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice-Hall].

Wheeler, L. & Suls, J.  (2007) Assimilation in social comparison: Can we agree on what it is?  International Review of Social Psychology, Revue Internationale de psychologie sociale,  20 (1), 31-51.

 

Other publications:

Zuckerman, M., Gerbasi, K. C., Kravitz, R. I., & Wheeler, L.  (Fall l975).  The belief in a just world and reactions to innocent victims.  Journal Supplement Abstract Service, 5, 326.

Wheeler, L.  (1977).  Affiliation.  International Encyclopedia of Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology.  B. B. Wolman (Ed.).

Nezlek, J., & Wheeler, L.  (1984).  RIRAP: Rochester Interaction Record Analysis Package.  Psychological Documents, 14, 6, 2610.

Wheeler, L.  (1986).  Theory and philosophy in social psychology. Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 6, 1, 43.

Reis, H.T., & Wheeler, L.  (1987).  Who is fairest of us all?  (Review of Hatfield & Sprecher, Mirror, mirror:  The importance of looks in everyday life.)  Contemporary Psychology, 32, 881-882.

Wheeler, L.  (1989).  A reply to Lam and Yang.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 15, 644-647.

Wheeler, L.  (1989).  A review of The psychology of social influence (Genevieve Paicheler).  Social Behaviour:  International Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Wheeler, L.  (1990).  A review of  Social and Applied Aspects of Perceiving Faces (T.R. Alley, Ed.).  Contemporary Psychology, 35, 6, 563.

Giaquinto, A., Edwardson, M., Wheeler, L., & Williams, K.  (1999) The dimensions of attractiveness in women’s magazines: How different attractiveness types position your brand.  Strategic Publishing: Looking to the Future. R.Speetzen (Ed.) Amsterdam: ESOMAR/FIPP Publishing.