Research Interests and Publications:

Dr. Hodges studies how people construct judgments in social contexts: how do we form an understanding about the people and things around us, and how do we organize social information?  One of her primary research interests is in people’s attempts to construct someone else’s perspective—what motivates them, how accurate they are, how strategies such as social comparison and projection are used in the process, and how such attempts are perceived by others and affect empathy. In another line of work, Dr. Hodges investigates how people make comparisons between options with shared and unique characteristics.  People treat these two kinds of characteristics differently, which changes the context in which judgments are made, and in turn affects evaluations and decisions. In her work, Dr. Hodges seeks to acknowledge both the efficiency and shortcomings of human cognitive strategies. For further information, visit Dr. Hodges’ website at http://www.uoregon.edu/~sdhodges.

Selected Publications:

Hodges, S.D., Bruininks, P. & Ivy, L. (2002). It's different when I do it:  Feature-matching in self-other comparisons. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 40-53.

Hodges, S. D., Kiel, K. J., Kramer, A. D. I. K., Veach, D., & Villanueva, R. (in press). Giving birth to empathy: The effects of similar experience on empathic accuracy, empathic concern, and perceived empathy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

Malle, B. F., & Hodges, S. D. (2005). Other minds: How Humans Bridge the Divide between Self and Others. New York: Guilford Press.

Myers, M. W., & Hodges, S. D. (2009). Making it up and making do: Simulation, imagination and empathic accuracy. In K. Markman, W. Klein, & J. Suhr (Eds.), The handbook of imagination and mental simulation (pp. 281-294). New York: Psychology Press.