{"id":1313,"date":"2026-02-25T15:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/?page_id=1313"},"modified":"2026-05-30T18:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:40:17","slug":"social-complexity-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/social-complexity-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Complexity Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cb-content container\">\n<div class=\"cb-row-custom\">\n<div class=\"col col-12 col-lg\">\n<div class=\"col-container transparent\">\n<p>The <em>Social Complexity Lab<\/em> primarily studies how cognitive complexity, social identity, and social power relate to social justice issues. \u00a0We are beginning to theorize about links between psychological needs and the self-concept, which will also involve cognitive complexity and social identity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/cognitive-complexity\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Cognitive complexity<\/a><\/span><\/em> is the number of dimensions used to hold a mental image of a set of objects. \u00a0More dimensions = more complexity.<\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/social-identity\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Social identity<\/a> <\/span><\/em>is the importance of a group membership to the self.<\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/social-power\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Social power<\/a> <\/span><\/em>is the ability to block other people from meeting their needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-12 col-lg\">\n<div class=\"col-container transparent\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1093 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/02\/WoodenBlocks.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/02\/WoodenBlocks.png 971w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/02\/WoodenBlocks-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/02\/WoodenBlocks-768x492.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1135 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/02\/SocID-Complexity-image5-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/02\/SocID-Complexity-image5-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/02\/SocID-Complexity-image5-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/02\/SocID-Complexity-image5-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/02\/SocID-Complexity-image5.png 1088w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1463\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/03\/RedLineHoriz2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"923\" height=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/03\/RedLineHoriz2.png 923w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/03\/RedLineHoriz2-300x1.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/03\/RedLineHoriz2-768x3.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Social Complexity Lab works with undergraduate research assistants. \u00a0The lab takes great pride in mentoring the next generation of researchers to prepare them for graduate studies. \u00a0The lab also works with outside affiliates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Affiliated Researchers<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1782 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/05\/AffiliatedF26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/05\/AffiliatedF26.png 741w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/05\/AffiliatedF26-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cb-content container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Rutgers Undergraduate Research Assistants Summer 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cb-content container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<ul>\n<li>Jeddidiah Worrel<\/li>\n<li>Mya Baitz<\/li>\n<li>Sanchita Dighe<\/li>\n<li>Alvin Pham<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1463\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/03\/RedLineHoriz2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"923\" height=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/03\/RedLineHoriz2.png 923w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/03\/RedLineHoriz2-300x1.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1471\/2026\/03\/RedLineHoriz2-768x3.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several of our undergraduate students have presented at conferences, co-authored publications, or pursued graduate studies in psychology and related disciplines. \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8211;&gt;<a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/rob-foels\/get-involved\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Involved<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0&lt;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Conference Presentations With Undergraduate Co-authors in <strong>Bold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foels, R., <strong>Farabaugh, G.<\/strong>, &amp; Zambrotta, N. D. (2025). <em>Those high in attributional complexity have less negative views of poverty.. <\/em>Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: New York, NY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zambrotta, N.,<\/strong> &amp; Foels, R. (June, 2023). <em>Int<\/em><em>ergroup closeness strengthens LGBT support for conservatives and religious people.\u00a0 <\/em>Poster presented at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues conference: Denver, CO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kumar, E.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (March, 2023). <em>Do abnormal psychology textbooks stigmatize transgender as a sexual dysfunction? <\/em>Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wysocki, D.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (March, 2023). <em>Fuzzy cognitive representations make our groups seem less important. <\/em>Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zambrotta, N.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (March, 2023). <em>Conservatism and religiosity predict low LGBT<\/em><em> favorability, but weakens with intergroup contact.\u00a0 <\/em>Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Han, P.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2022, March). <em>Victim blame as a function of crime type and attributional complexity.<\/em> Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: New York, NY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shobe, J.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2022, March).\u00a0 <em>Religion and disadvantage: Rejection of system justification in Black Church members.<\/em> Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: New York, NY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zambrotta, N.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2022, March). <em>Morality and prejudice: Some moral foundations are more prejudiced than others.<\/em> Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: New York, NY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Athar, M.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2019, March).<em> Gender differences in attitudes towards homosexuals: Social dominance orientation &amp; attributional complexity. <\/em>Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: New York, NY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cerutti, J.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2019, March). <em>Claiming reverse sexism: SDO and attributional complexity influence perceptions of sexist events.<\/em> Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: New York, NY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Davis, L.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2019, March). <em>Attributional complexity reduces social dominance orientation and support for solitary confinement. <\/em>Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: New York, NY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vadell, M.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2019, March). <em>Reducing loneliness through a construal level manipulation of social distance.<\/em>Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: New York, NY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marottoli, M.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2017, May). <em>Attributional complexity undermines rape myth acceptance. <\/em>Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science convention: Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rubinstein, S.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2017, May). <em>Psychological importance is only predicted by social distance.<\/em> Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science convention: Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Smith, J.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2017, May). <em>Cognitive representation predicts collective esteem which predicts depression.<\/em>Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science convention: Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donato, M.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2015, May). <em>How cognitive complexity relates to the worst economic inequality in decades<\/em>. Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science convention: New York, NY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simpson, A.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2015, May). <em>Rape myth acceptance and attributional complexity.<\/em> Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science convention: New York, NY.<\/p>\n<p><strong>O\u2019Hara, K. T.<\/strong>, Miranda, K. A., &amp; Foels, R. (2014, March). <em>Red state, blue state: Can we talk about gender? <\/em>Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jassin, K.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2013, May). <em>Gender biased language reflects more than prototypicality or status effects<\/em>. Poster presented at the American Psychological Society convention: Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>Foels, R., &amp; <strong>Jassin, K.<\/strong> (2012, July). Attributional complexity and system condemnation by Occupy Wall Street Protestors. In F. Pratto &amp; F. Bou Zeineddine (Chairs), <em>Resistance to oppression. <\/em>Paper\u00a0 presented at the International Society for Political Psychology conference: Chicago, IL.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jassin, K.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2010, June). Reducing the tendency to dehumanize by increasing cognitive complexity. In R. Foels (Chair), <em>Gender, race, and cognitive complexity. <\/em>Paper presented at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues conference: New Orleans, LA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dalton, E.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2010, May). <em>Women and low status groups do not perceive outgroup homogeneity.<\/em> Poster presented at the American Psychological Society convention: Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<p>Foels, R., <strong>Romanowicz, J.<\/strong>, <strong>Crocker, T. J.<\/strong>, <strong>Kalafatis, I.<\/strong>, &amp; <strong>Jatrinsky, J.<\/strong> (2008, March).\u00a0 <em>Gender differences in the need to belong:\u00a0 Cognitive representation not group value.<\/em> Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jassin, K.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2008, March).\u00a0 <em>When norms collide: Implicit gender and valence biases in memory.<\/em> Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: Boston, MA.<\/p>\n<p>Miranda, K. A., Foels, R., &amp; <strong>Williams, P. R.<\/strong> (2006, May). <em>Heterosexual couples perpetuate stereotype roles.<\/em> Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science convention: New York, NY.<\/p>\n<p>Foels, R., &amp; <strong>Allison, C. <\/strong>(2006, March). <em>Rejecting sexism: Feminist identity and attributional complexity.<\/em> Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: Baltimore, MD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ceballos, G<\/strong>., <strong>Van Wyk, M.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2005, March). <em>Keeping them in their place: False consciousness, prejudice, and racial identity.<\/em> Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: Boson, MA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Van Wyk, M.<\/strong>, <strong>Ceballos, G.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2005, March). <em>Women against women: Feminist identity is inversely related to levels of SDO and Sexism.<\/em> Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: Boson, MA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blabey, A.,<\/strong> Foels, R., <strong>Coffey, M.<\/strong>, <strong>Crusan, L.<\/strong>, <strong>King, H.<\/strong>, <strong>Agudelo, C.<\/strong>, &amp; <strong>Morgan, J.<\/strong> (2004, June). <em>Gender stereotypes and social psychology: Bias in the science?<\/em> Poster presented at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues conference: Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cummings, J. E<\/strong>., &amp; Foels, R. (2003, September). <em>Mate preferences a<\/em><em>nd gender socialization: Evidence against simple evolutionary explanations.<\/em> Poster presented at the Society of Southeastern Social Psychology conference: Greensboro, NC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grullon, W.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2001, April). <em>Prime targets for failure: Stereotype threat and implicit doubt.<\/em> Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pappas, C. J.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2001, April). <em>Revelations of self-worth: Finding self esteem through feminist identity<\/em>. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting: Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>Foels, R., &amp; <strong>Pappas, C. J<\/strong>. (2000, June). Learning and unlearning legitimizing myths: Social dominance and gender. In F. Pratto &amp; R. Foels (Chairs), <em>Legitimizing and de-legitimizing prejudice and discrimination<\/em>. Symposium conducted at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues conference: Minneapolis, MN.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pappas, C. J.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2000, March). <em>Girls will be girls and boys will be prejudiced: Social dominance orientation and gender<\/em>. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting: Baltimore, MD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Terry, R.<\/strong>, &amp; Foels, R. (2000, March). <em>Heroes versus average Joes: Evaluating multicultural education approaches<\/em>. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association meeting: Baltimore, MD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scarola, M.<\/strong>, Foels, R., &amp; Durant, L. (1999, April). <em>Gender differences in exercise maintenance: The stages of change exercise measure-2<\/em>. 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