Kenneth Savitsky
Department of Psychology
Bronfman Science Center
Williams College
Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267
U.S.A.
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Phone: (413) 597-2240, x3547
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My research interests include egocentric biases in social judgment; counterfactual thinking and the psychology of "coming close"; self-insight and self-presentation; health-related decision making; and the psychology of superstition and belief in the paranormal. |
 Journal Articles:
- Epley, N., Savitsky, K., & Gilovich, T. (2002). Empathy neglect: Reconciling the spotlight effect and the correspondence bias. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 300-312.
- Gilovich, T., Medvec, V. H., & Savitsky, K. (2000). The spotlight effect in social judgment: An egocentric bias in estimates of the salience of one's own actions and appearance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 211-222.
- Gilovich, T., & Savitsky, K. (1999). The spotlight effect and the illusion of transparency: Egocentric assessments of how we're seen by others. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 8, 165-168.
- Gilovich, T., Savitsky, K., & Medvec, V. H. (1998). The illusion of transparency: Biased assessments of others' ability to read our emotional states. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 332-346.
- Medvec, V. H., & Savitsky, K. (1997). When doing better means feeling worse: The effects of categorical cutoff points on counterfactual thinking and satisfaction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 1284-1296.
- Pronin, E., Kruger, J., Savitsky, K., & Ross, L. (2001). You don't know me, but I know you: Asymmetric assessment of insight into self and other. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 639-656.
- Savitsky, K., Epley, N., & Gilovich, T. (2001). Do others judge us as harshly as we think? Overestimating the impact of our failures, shortcomings, and mishaps. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 44-56.
- Savitsky, K., Gilovich, T., Berger, G., & Medvec, V. H. (in press). Is our absence as conspicuous as we think?: Overestimating the salience and impact of one's absence from a group. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
- Savitsky, K., Medvec, V. H., Charlton, A. E., & Gilovich, T. (1998). "What, me worry?": Arousal, misattribution, and the effect of temporal distance on confidence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 529-536.
- Savitsky, K., Medvec, V. H., & Gilovich, T.(1997). Remembering and regretting: The Zeigarnik effect and the cognitive availability of regrettable actions and inactions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 248-257.
- Van Boven, L. D., Kruger, J., Savitsky, K., & Gilovich, T. (2000). When social worlds collide: Overconfidence in multiple audience problems Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 619-628.
Other Publications:
- Gilovich, T., Kruger, J., & Savitsky, K. (1999). Everyday egocentrism and everyday interpersonal problems. In R. Kowalski & M. Leary (Eds.), The social psychology of emotional and behavioral problems: Interfaces of social and clinical psychology (pp. 69-95). Washington, DC: APA Books.
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