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.

Primary Interests:

Causal Attribution
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Health Psychology
Judgment and Decision Making
Nonverbal Behavior
Self and Identity
Social Cognition

Causal Attribution
Emotion, Mood, Affect
Health Psychology
Judgment and Decision Making

Nonverbal Behavior
Self and Identity
Social Cognition

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. (2003). 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, 39, 386-392.
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.

Courses Taught:

Egocentrism and Social Judgment
Environmental Psychology
Experimentation and Statistics
Introductory Psychology
Perspectives on Psychological Issues
Social Psychology
The Self

Egocentrism and Social Judgment
Environmental Psychology
Experimentation and Statistics
Introductory Psychology

Perspectives on Psychological Issues
Social Psychology
The Self

Kenneth Savitsky
Department of Psychology
Bronfman Science Center, Room 389
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267
United States

Phone: (413) 597-2240, x3547
Fax: (413) 597-2085