Graduate Student

Research Interests

My research examines how personal beliefs influence perceptions of social situations, behavior in situations as well as on judgments of others. I have used the correspondence bias as a paradigm to examine how beliefs and motivation impact judgments that young and older adults make of target individuals.  I have also done work using stereotype threat paradigms and am interested in how stereotypes and memory beliefs can impact older adults' memory performance. Finally, my most recent work is examining how people make judgments of others within the context of ongoing conversations and interactions.

Education

Hon BSc., Psychology

University of Toronto, 2001                               

 

M.S. Psychology, Cognitive Aging

Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004

 

Ph.D. Psychology, Cognitive Aging

Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008
 
Selected Publications
 
Blanchard-Fields, F., Chen, Y., Horhota, M., & Wang, M. (2007). Cross cultural and age differences in the correspondence bias. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 62B, P362-P365.
 
Horhota, M., & Blanchard-Fields, F. (2006). Do beliefs and attributional complexity influence age differences in the correspondence bias? Social Cognition, 24, 310-337.
 
Blanchard-Fields, F., & Horhota, M. (2005). Age Differences in the Correspondence Bias: When a Plausible Explanation Matters. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 60B, P259-P267.
 
Blanchard-Fields, F., & Horhota, M. (2006). How can the study of aging inform research on social cognition? Social Cognition, 24, 207-217.
 
Chasteen, A. L., Bhattacharyya, S., Horhota, M., Tam, R., Hasher, L. (2005). How feelings of stereotype threat influence older adults’ memory performance. Experimental Aging Research, 31, 235-260.

Professional Memberships
American Psychological Society
American Psychological Association
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Gerontological Society of America                   
Sigma Xi

 

Curriculum Vitae