Interesting Web Pages:

• SUNY Oswego's Home Page
• Channel 9 News

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Contact Information:

Office: 457 Mahar Hall

Psychology Department

S.U.N.Y.-Oswego

Oswego, New York 13126

1. Phone: 315-341-4013
2. e-mail: izzett@oswego.edu

 

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Academic Background:

• 1976-77 N.I.M.H. Postdoctoral Fellow in Law and Psychology: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1969 (June) Ph.D. Loyola University of Chicago. Area: Social Psychology. Dissertation Title: A fulcrum model of attitude (opinion)formation and change.
• 1968 (January) M.A. Loyola University of Chicago. Area: Industrial Psychology. Thesis Title: Devaluation of a desired object as a function of expectancy: A refutation of dissonance.
• 1965 (June) B.A. Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois Major in Psychology

My research is confined to social psychology with the main areas of interest being impression formation and interpersonal attraction. Current involvement within the area is centered around impressions as they relate to all aspect of the justice system (e.g. affirmative action research)

• Johnson, H. & Izzett, R. (1969). Relationship between authoritarianism and attitude change as a function of source
• credibility and type of communication. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 13,217-231.                Izzett, R. (1971). Authoritarianism and attitudes toward the Viet Nam War as reflected in behavioral and self-report measures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 17, 145-148.
• Johnson, H. & Izzett, R. (1969). Relationship between authoritarianism and attitude change as a function of source    Izzett, R. (1971). Authoritarianism and attitudes toward the Viet Nam War as reflected in behavioral and self-report measures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 17, 145-148.
• Izzett, R. & Leginski, W. (1971). Efficacy of associate versus dissociative strategies in producing extreme affective ratings of a stimulus person. Psychonomic Science, 24, 161-162.
• Johnson, H. & Izzett, R. (1972). The effects of source identification on attitude change as a function of the type of communication. Journal of Social Psychology, 86, 81-87.
• Izzett, R. & Leginski, W. (1972). Impression formation as a function of self versus other as source of the information about self. Journal of Social Psychology, 87, 229-233.
• Leginski, W. & Izzett, R. (1973). Linguistic styles as indices for interpersonal distance. Journal of Social Psychology, 291-304.
• Izzett,R. & Leginski, W. (1974). Efficacy of associative links in impression formation: a test of the information hypothesis. Journal of Social Psychology, 93, 297-298.
• Izzett,R. & Leginski, W. (1974). Group discussion and the influence of defendant characteristics in a simulated jury setting. Journal of Social Psychology, 93, 271-279.
• Leginski, W. & Izzett, R. (1976). The selection and evaluation of interpersonal distances as a function of linguistic styles. Journal of Social Psychology, 99, 125-137.
• Izzett, R. & Fishman, L. (1976). Defendant sentences as a function of attractiveness and justification for action. Journal of Social Psychology, 100, 285-290.
• Izzett, R. (1976). Effects of self-praise and self-esteem on interpersonal attraction, Representative Research in SocialPsychology, 7, 1-5.
• Izzett, R. (1981). Equity theory, discretionary sentencing and attitudes toward the legal system. Journal of SocialPsychology, 115, 207-217.
• Izzett, R. & Sales (1981). Person perception and juror reactions to defendants: An equity theory interpretation. Book chapter in Perspectives in Law and Psychology: The TrialProcess. New York: Plenum Publishers.
• Izzett,R. & LeGrow, C. (1997) Contextual Factors Associated with Affirmative Action Hiring Procedures. Journal of SocialPsychology, 137(3), 277-283.

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