Lawrence Messé
IN MEMORIAM
Professor Lawrence Messé died from cancer on December 1, 2004. In his honor, the Lawrence A. Messé Memorial Lectureship was established at Michigan State University in 2005 by several of his family, friends, students, and colleagues.
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- Lawrence A. Messé (1940-2004) (Michigan State University)
Professor Lawrence Messé has a wide range of research interests, including the role of fairness norms in interpersonal behavior, moderators of interpersonal conflict, personality and group processes, prosocial behavior, adult-child interaction, dissonance, minority influence, and group motivation.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Intergroup Relations
- Interpersonal Processes
- Person Perception
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Social Cognition
Books:
- Crano, W. D., & Messé, L. A. (1982). Social psychology: Principles and themes of interpersonal behavior. Homewood, IL: Dorsey Press.
- Lane, I. M., & Messé, L. A. (1970). Equity and the distribution of rewards. Detroit, MI: Management Information Services.
Journal Articles:
- Assor, A., Aronoff, J., & Messé, L. A. (1981). Attribute relevance as a moderator of the effects of motivation on impression formation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 41(4), 789-796.
- Borofsky, G. L., Stollak, G. E., & Messé, L. A. (1971). Sex difference in bystander reactions to physical assault. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 7(3), 313-318.
- El-Alayli, A., & Messé, L. A. (2004). Reactions toward an unexpected or counternormative favor-giver: Does it matter if we think we can reciprocate? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40(5), 633-641.
- Gauthier, L., Stollak, G. E., Messé, L. A., & Aronoff, J. (1996). Recall of childhood neglect and physical abuse as differential predictors of psychological functioning. Child Abuse and Neglect, 20, 549-559.
- Hertel, G., Kerr, N. L., & Messé, L. A. (2000). Motivation gains in performance groups: Paradigmatic and theoretical developments on the Köhler effect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79(4), 580-601.
- Kerr, N. L., Messé, L. A., Park, E. S., & Sambolec, E. J. (2005). Identifiability, performance feedback and the Kohler Effect. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 8(4), 375-390.
- Kerr, N. L., Messé, L. A., Seok, D-H., Sambolec, E. J., Lount, R. B., & Park, Jr., E. S. (2007). Psychological mechanisms underlying the köhler motivation gain. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33(6), 828-841.
- Lane, I. M., & Messe, L. A. (1972). Distribution of insufficient, sufficient, and oversufficient rewards: A clarification of equity theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 21(2), 228-233.
- Lount, R. B., Jr., Kerr, N. L., Messé, L. A., Seok, D.-H., & Park, E. S. (2008). An examination of the stability and persistence of the Köhler motivation gain effect. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 12(4), 279-289.
- Lount, R. B., Jr., Messé, L. A., & Kerr, N. L. (2000). Trying harder for different reasons: Conjunctivity and sex composition as bases for motivation gains in performing groups. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 31(4), 221-230.
- Messé, L. A., Crano, W. D., Messé, S. R., & Rice, W. (1979). Evaluation of the predictive validity of tests of mental ability for classroom performance in elementary grades. Journal of Educational Psychology, 71(2), 233-241.
- Messé, L. A., Hertel, G., Kerr, N. L., Lount, R. B., Jr., & Park, E. S. (2002). Knowledge of partner's ability as a moderator of group motivation gains: An exploration of the Kohler discrepancy effect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(6), 935-946.
- Messé, L. A., & Sivacek, J. M. (1979). Predictions of others' responses in a mixed-motive game: Self-justification or false consensus? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 37(4), 602-607.
- Messé, L. A., & Watts, B. L. (1983). Complex nature of the sense of fairness: Internal standards and social comparison as bases for reward evaluations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45(1), 84-93.
- Meyers, S. A., Stollak, G. E., Aronoff, J., Loraas, J. A., Messé, L. A., & Woike, B. A. (1996). Boundary regulation in family and personal systems. Contemporary Family Therapy, 18, 279-290.
- Nguyen, H. H., Messé, L. A., & Stollak, G. E. (1999). Toward a more complex understanding of acculturation and adjustment: Cultural involvements and psychosocial functioning in vietnamese youth. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 30(1), 5-31.
- Niedermeier, K. E., Kerr, N. L., & Messé, L. A. (1999). Jurors' use of naked statistical evidence: Exploring bases and implications of the Wells effect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76(4), 533-542.
- Todd, A. R., Seok, D-H., Kerr, N. L., & Messé, L. A. (2006). Social compensation: Fact or social-comparison artifact? Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 9(3), 431-442.