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Chadly Stern
520 Raymond Avenue, Hamburg, PA 19526 610-698-0753 cds330@nyu.edu
Education
New York University
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
Anticipated May 2011
Thesis: “The Influence of Commonality in Power Discrepant Groups”
Advisor: Tessa West
Minor: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Studies
Major GPA: 4.0
Cumulative GPA: 3.88
Study Abroad: New York University in Florence
September-December 2009
Honors and Awards
SPSP Diversity Undergraduate Registration Award
2010
Collegiate Research Scholar: $500
2010
Sigal Family Research Scholar: $350
2010
Study Abroad Grant
2009
Dean’s List
2008-2010
Esther H. Ludwig Scholarship
2007-2011
Awarded annually to students displaying the potential to become more productive citizens
Manuscripts in Preparation
Stern, C., Balcetis, E., Cole, S., Gollwitzer, P. M., & Oettingen, G. (2011). Visual perception and
implementation intentions enhance goal-directed performance. Manuscript in preparation.
Presentations
Stern, C., & Vivar, S. (2010). Visual Perception and Implementation Intentions Enhance Goal-Directed
Performance. Presented at the Social Perception Action and Motivation Summer Conference, New
York, NY.
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Research Experience
Dr. Tessa West: Person Perception Lab
December 2008-present
NYU Department of Psychology
-“The Influence of Commonality in Power Discrepant Groups”
-Honors Thesis
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Duties: Design, conduct, and analyze data for 1 experiment
Research Question:
- The topic of an intergroup discussion has been shown to influence expectations of equality
in low power group members. Using the Social Relation Model (SRM), I am exploring how
perceptions of both ingroup and outgroup members can affect these expectations.
-Lab Manager
 Manager Duties:
Structure and analyze data using SPSS
Train and supervise research assistants and
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Recruit and schedule participants
Research Duties: Assisted in conducting studies,
May 2010-August 2010
interns
entering data, and behavioral coding of
confederate videos
Dr. Emily Balcetis: Social Perception Action and Motivation (SPAM) Lab
May 2010-present
NYU Department of Psychology
-“Altered Visual Perception as a Mechanism of Implementation Intentions to Enhance
Goal-Directed Performance”
- Research Assistant and Independent Researcher
Duties: Design, conduct, and analyze data for 1 experiment
Research Question:
-Self-regulatory strategies, such as implementation intentions, have been shown to both
enhance goal-directed behavior and bias visual perception. This research explores how
altered visual perception may be acting as a mechanism through which implementation
intentions facilitate goal achievement.
- SPAM Lab Intern
May 2010 – August 2010
Member of a competitive summer internship program for additional research experience
Dr. John Jost: System Justification Lab
August 2010-present
NYU Department of Psychology
- “Motivated Tactile Perception In the Service of the System: The Case of Anthropogenic
Climate Change”
- Research Assistant
Duties: Assisted in collecting and entering data for 3 experiments
Research Question:
-Denial of global warming has been shown to be associated with the motivation to defend
the current socioeconomic system. This research explores the idea that this denial of
environmental issues is facilitated by biased tactile perception of ambient temperature.
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Teaching Assistantship
New York University
Introduction to Psychology, Dr. Edgar Coons
Teaching Assistant: Fall 2010 & Spring 2011 –Teach weekly about basic foundations of
psychology to two recitation sections of 30 students each.
Memberships
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Undergraduate Student Affiliate
Association for Psychological Science, Undergraduate Student Affiliate
Psi Chi National Honor Society, New York University Chapter
Delta Lambda Phi National Social Fraternity
2010-present
2010-present
2010-present
2008-present
References
Tessa West
Department of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place
New York, NY 10003
tessa.west@nyu.edu
John Jost
Department of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place
New York, NY 10003
john.jost@nyu.edu
Emily Balcetis
Department of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place
New York, NY 10003
emilybalcetis@nyu.edu
Andrew Hilford
Department of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place
New York, NY 10003
andy.hilford@nyu.edu