Victor Camillo Ottati

Degrees

Ph.D., 1988, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Research Interests

My research addresses basic theoretical questions within the area of social psychology; as well as interdisciplinary issues within the areas of political psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and the the psychology of communication. In exploring these issues, I adopt an information processing approach that incorporates the role of affect and nonverbal cues. My work can be divided into five programs of research. These concern (1) dogmatism and open-minded cognition, (2) cognitive processing style and political judgment, (2) the role of episodic affect and nonverbal cues as a determinant of political attitudes, (3) the distinction between corrected and uncorrected social judgments, (4) research concerning stereotyping and perceived group variability, and (5) cross-cultural research on subjective culture.  

Courses Taught

Graduate: Social psychology, social cognition, attitudes and attitude change, political psychology, consumer psychology, mass communication, judgment & decision making.
Undergraduate: Introductory psychology, social psychology, advanced social psychology, personality, experimental psychology, consumer psychology, mass media, voting behavior. 

Selected Publications

PUBLICATIONS – EDITED VOLUMES

Ottati, V., Stern, C. (Eds, 2023), Divided: Open-Mindedness and Dogmatism in a Polarized World.  New York, NY: Oxford University Press. To obtain book, go to: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/divided-9780197655467?cc=us&lang=en&

Ottati, V., Tindale, R.S., Edwards, J., Bryant, F.B., Heath, L., O’Connell, D.C., Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Posavac, E.J. (Eds, 2002), The Social Psychology of Politics. Social Psychological Application to Social Issues, Vol. 5.  New York, N.Y., Kluwer Academic -Plenum Publishers.

PUBLICATIONS – JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

Moaz, S., Berryman, K., Winget, J. R., Tindale, R. S., Ottati, V. (2023). The role of group context in open-minded-cognition. In V. Ottati & C. Stern (Eds.), Divided: Open-mindedness and dogmatism in a polarized world (pp. 144-161). Oxford University Press.

Ottati, V., Wilson, C., Price, D., Distefano, Y., Bryant, F.B. (2023). Situation-specific open-minded cognition: Scale validation and incremental effects of person and situation. In V. Ottati & C. Stern (Eds.), Divided: Open-mindedness and dogmatism in a polarized world (pp. 123-143). Oxford University Press.

Ottati, V., Stern, C., Yustisia, W., Bougher, L. D.  (2023) Open-mindedness and dogmatism in a polarized world: Core concepts and definitions. In V. Ottati & C. Stern (Eds.), Divided: Open-mindedness and dogmatism in a polarized world (pp. 3-18). Oxford University Press.

Osteen, C. M., Vukov, J. M., & Ottati, V. C. (2023). Situational factors of intellectual humility: the flexible merit standard model. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 18(2), 271-275.

Renstrom, R. A., & Ottati, V. C. (2020). “I Feel Your Pain”: The Effect of Displaying Empathy on Political Candidate Evaluation. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8(2), 767-787.

Ottati, V., Lee, Y., Bryant, F. (2019). Daoist thought, leadership, and open-minded cognition. In Y. Lee (Ed.), Dao and Daoist Ideas for Scientists, Humanists, and Practitioners (pp. 279-294).  Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Ottati, V., Wilson, C., Osteen, C., Distefano, Y. (2018).  Experimental demonstrations of the earned dogmatism effect using a variety of optimal manipulations: Commentary and response to Calin-Jageman (2018).  Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 78, 250-258.

Ottati, V., Wilson, C., Price, E., & Sumaktoyo, N.  (2018). Political expertise and open-minded cognition. In H. Lavine & C. Taber (Eds.), The Feeling, Thinking Citizen: Essays in Honor of Milton Lodge (pp. 81-97). New York, NY: Routledge.

Ottati, V., Wilson, C. (2018).  Open-minded cognition and political thought. In Oxford Encyclopedia of Politics (pp. 1-26). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.143

Ottati, V., Wilson, C.  (2017). Dogmatism. In F. M. Moghaddam (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of Political Behavior (pp. 208-209).  Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications.

Wilson, C., Ottati, V., & Price, E. (2017). Open-minded cognition: The attitude justification effect. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 12, 47-58.

Ottati, V., Wilson, C., & Lambert, A. (2016). Accessibility, priming, and political judgment. Current Opinion in Psychology, 12, 1-5.

Sumaktoyo, N. G., Ottati, V., & Untoro, V. (2016). The Paradoxical Religiosity Effect: Religion and Politics in Indonesia and the United States. Politics and Religion, 9, 686-687.

Ottati, V., Price, E. D., Wilson, C., & Sumaktoyo, N. (2015). When self-perceptions of expertise increase closed-minded cognition: The earned dogmatism effect. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 61, 131-138.

Price, E., Ottati, V., Wilson, C., & Kim, S. (2015). Open-minded cognition. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 41(11), 1488-1504.

Aalai, A., Ottati, V.  (2014). The mythical framing effect: Media coverage and public opinion regarding the Iraq War.  Journal of Mass Communication and Journalism, 4: 217, 1-8.

Lee, Y., Ottati, V., Lin, C., Chan, S. X. (2014).  How are Asian Americans seen and evaluated? Examining ethnic stereotypes and their cultural complexity. Cross-Cultural Communication, 10, 98-111.

Ottati, V., Renstrom, R. & Price, E.D. (2013). The Metaphorical Framing Model: Political Communication and Public Opinion. In M. Landau, M. Robinson, & B. Meier. (Eds). The Power of Metaphor: Examining Its Influence on Social Life (pp. 176-198). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association Press.

Cheng, J. S., Ottati, V. C., & Price, E. D. (2013). The arousal model of moral condemnation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(6), 1012–1018.

Morabito, M. S., Kerr, A. N., Watson, A., Draine, J., Ottati, V., Angell, B. (2012).  Crisis Intervention Teams and people with mental illness:  Exploring the factors that influence the use of force.  Crime and Delinquency, 58, 57-77.

Watson, A.C., Ottati, V., Draine, J., Morabito, M. (2011).  CIT in context: The impact of mental health resource availability and district saturation on call dispositions.  International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 34, 287-294.

Lee, Y., Ottati, V., Bornman, E., Yang, S. (2011).  A cross-cultural investigation of beliefs about justice in China, USA, and South Africa.  International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 35, 511-521.

Hart, W., Ottati, V., Krumdick, N. (2011).  Physical attractiveness and candidate evaluation: A model of correction. Political Psychology, 32, 181-203.

Ottati, V., Renstrom, R. A. (2010).  Metaphor and persuasive communication: A multi-functional approach.  Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4/9: 783-794.

Lee, Y-T, Ottati, V., Luo, Z-L, & Wu, S. (2010).  Human Categorization: Stereotype Accuracy and Social Justice. In Y-T. Lee & L. Liu (Eds.), Social cognition : Understanding ourselves and others (154-178). Beijing, China : Beijing Normal University Press.

Ottati, V., Coats, S., Mae, L., DeCoster, J., Smith, E.  (2010). Implicit Evaluation of familiar and novel concepts presented at low levels of conscious detectability.  American Journal of Psychology, 123, 15-27.

Watson, A.C, Ottati, V.C., Morabito, M., Draine, J., Kerr, A.N., Angell, B.  (2010).  Outcomes of police contacts with persons with mental illness: The impact of CIT. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 37, 302-317.

Watson, A.C., Morabito, M.S., Draine, J., Ottati, V. (2008).  Improving police response to persons with mental illness: A multi-level conceptualization of CIT.  International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 31, 359-368.

Ottati, V., Krumdick, N. (2007).  Attitudes and behavior: Critical Issues.  In I. Ajzen, D., Albarracin, & R. Hornik (Eds.), Prediction and change of health behavior (101-107). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Isbell, L.M., Ottati, V., & Burns, K.C.  (2006). Affect and politics: Effects on judgment, processing, and information seeking.  In D.P. Redlawsk (Ed.),  Feeling politics: Emotion in political information processing (57-86). New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan.

Ottati, V., Claypool, H., Gingrich, B. (2005). Effects of a Group Stereotype on Memory for Behaviors Performed by a Group Member.  European Journal of Social Psychology, 35, 797-808.

 Ottati, V., Edwards, J., Krumdick, N. (2005).  Attitudes and attitude change:  Intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary applications.  In D. Albarracin, B.T. Johnson, & M.P. Zanna (Eds.), The handbook of attitudes (707-742).  Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Watson, A., Ottati, V., Lurigio, A., Heyrman, M. (2005).  Stigma and the police. In P. Corrigan, P. (Ed.), On the stigma of mental illness: Practical strategies for research and social Change (197-218). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Ottati, V., Bodenhausen, G., Newman, L. (2005).  Social psychological models of mental illness stigma.  In P. Corrigan, P. (Ed.), On the stigma of mental illness: Practical strategies for research and social Change (99-128). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Watson, A.C., Corrigan, P.W., Ottati, V. (2004). Police responses to persons with mental illness: Does the label matter?  Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 32, 378-385.

Watson, A.C., Corrigan, P.W., Ottati, V. (2004). Police officer attitudes toward and decisions about persons with mental illness.  Psychiatric Services, 55 (1), 49-53.

Lee, Y-T., Takaku, S., Ottati, V. & Yan, G. (2004). Perception and interpretation of terrorism, justice, and conflict: Three cultures and two sides of one coin. In Y-T. Lee, C. R. McCauley, F. Moghaddam, & S. Worchel (eds.), The psychology of ethnic and cultural conflict (217-234). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Corrigan, P.W., Watson, A.C., Ottati, V. (2003).  From whence comes mental illness stigma?  International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 49, 142-157.

Lee, Y., & Ottati, V. (2002).  Attitudes toward U.S. Immigration Policy:  The role of ingroup-outgroup bias, economic concern, and obedience to law.  Journal of Social Psychology, 142, 617-634.

Lee, Y., Ottati, V., Guo, D. (2002).  Understanding and preventing depression among Mainland Chinese children. Prevention and Treatment, Vol. 5, Article 10, May 8.

Isbell, L., Ottati, V. (2002).  The emotional voter: Effects of episodic affective reactions on candidate evaluation. In Ottati, V., Tindale, R.S., Edwards, J., Bryant, F.B., Heath, L., O’Connell, D.C., Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Posavac, E.J. (Eds.), The Social Psychology of Politics. Social Psychological Application to Social Issues, Vol. 5 (55-74).  New York, N.Y., Kluwer Academic - Plenum Publishers.

Ottati, V., Wyer, R.S., Deiger, M., Houston, D. (2002).  The psychological determinants of candidate evaluation and voting preference.  In Ottati, V., Tindale, R.S., Edwards, J., Bryant, F.B., Heath, L., O’Connell, D.C., Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Posavac, E.J. (Eds.), The Social Psychology of Politics. Social Psychological Application to Social Issues, Vol. 5 (3-28).  New York, N.Y., Kluwer Academic - Plenum Publishers.

Ottati, V., & Deiger, M. (2002). Visual cues and the candidate evaluation process.  In Ottati, V., Tindale, R.S., Edwards, J., Bryant, F.B., Heath, L., O’Connell, D.C., Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Posavac, E.J. (Eds.), The Social Psychology of Politics. Social Psychological Application to Social Issues, Vol. 5 (75-87).  New York, N.Y., Kluwer Academic - Plenum Publishers.

Lee, Y., & Ottati, V.  (2001). Attitudes Toward Illegal Immigration into the U.S.: California Proposition 187.  Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 23, 430-443.

Ottati, V. (2001). The psychological determinants of political judgment.  In A. Tesser & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Intraindividual Processes (615-634), Oxford: Blackwell.

Ottati, V., Graesser, A., Rhoads, S. (1999).  The effect of metaphor on processing style in a persuasion task: A motivational resonance model.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 688-697.

Ottati, V., Triandis, H.C., Hui, C.H. (1999). Subjective culture and the workplace: Comparing Hispanic and Mainstream naval recruits. In Y. Lee, C.R. McCauley, & Draguns (Eds.), Personality and person perception across cultures (235-254), Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum.

McCauley, C., Ottati, V., Lee, Y. (1999).  National differences in economic growth: The role of personality and culture.  In Y. Lee, C.R. McCauley, & Draguns (Eds.), Personality and person perception across cultures (85-102), Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum.

Graesser, A., Kennedy, T., Wiemer-Hastings, P., & Ottati, V. (1999). The use of computational cognitive models to improve questions on surveys and questionnaires.  In M. Sirken, D. Herrmann, S. Schechter, N. Schwarz, J. Tanur, & R. Tourangeau (Eds.), Cognition and survey research (199-216), New York: Wiley.

Ottati, V., Terkildsen, N., & Hubbard, C.  (1997).  Happy faces elicit heuristic processing in a televised impression formation task: A cognitive tuning account.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 1144-1156.

Ottati, V.  (1996). When the survey question directs retrieval: Implications for assessing the cognitive and affective predictors of global evaluation. European Journal of Social Psychology, 26, 1-21.

Ottati, V., & Isbell, L. (1996). Effects of mood during exposure to target information on subsequently reported judgments: An on-line model of misattribution and correction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 39-53.

Ottati, V., & Lee, Y. (1995).  Accuracy: A neglected component of stereotype research.  In Y. Lee,  L. Jussim, & C.R. McCauley (Eds.), Stereotype Accuracy: Toward Appreciating Group Differences (29-59), Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Graesser, A.C., & Ottati, V. (1995).  Why stories? Some evidence, questions, and challenges.  In R.S. Wyer & T.K. Srull (Eds.), Advances in Social Cognition (Vol. VII), Knowledge and Memory: The Real Story (121-132), Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Lee, Y., & Ottati, V. (1995).  Perceived in-group homogeneity as a function of group membership salience and stereotype threat. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 612-621.

Iyengar, S., & Ottati, V. (1994). Cognitive perspective in political psychology.  In R.S. Wyer & T.K. Srull (Eds.), Handbook of Social Cognition, Second Edition, Vol. 2 (143-188), Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum.

Lee, Y., & Ottati, V. (1993). Determinants of in-group and out-group perceptions of heterogeneity: An investigation of Sino-American stereotypes. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 24, 298-316.

Kuklinski, J.H., Riggle, E., Ottati, V., Schwarz, N., & Wyer, R.S. (1993).  Thinking about political tolerance, more or less, with more or less information.  In G. Marcus & R. Hanson (Eds.), Reconsidering the Democratic Public (225-248), University Park, PA.: Penn State University Press.

Ottati, V., & Wyer, R.S., Jr. (1993). Affect and political judgment. In S. Iyengar and J. McGuire (Eds.), Explorations in Political Psychology (296-320), Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Wyer, R.S., Jr., & Ottati, V. (1993). Political information processing.  In S. Iyengar and J. McGuire (Eds.) Explorations in Political Psychology (264-295), Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

Ottati, V., Steenbergen, M, & Riggle, E. (1992).  The cognitive and affective components of political attitudes: Measuring the determinants of candidate evaluations. Political Behavior, 14, 423-442.

Riggle, E., Ottati, V., Wyer, R.S., Kuklinski, J., & Schwarz, N.(1992). Bases of political judgments: The role of stereotypic and non-stereotypic information. Political  Behavior, 14, 67-87.

Kuklinski, J.H., Riggle, E., Ottati, V., Schwarz, N., & Wyer, R.S. (1991). The cognitive and affective bases of political tolerance judgments.  American Journal of Political Science, 35, 1-27.

Ottati, V. (1990). Determinants of political judgments: The joint influence of normative and heuristic rules of inference, Political Behavior, 12, 159-179.

Ottati, V., & Wyer, R.S., Jr. (1990). The cognitive mediators of political choice: Toward a comprehensive model of political information processing. In J.A. Ferejohn and J.H. Kuklinski (Eds.), Information and Democratic Process (pp. 186-216).  Urbana, Il: University of Illinois Press.

Ottati, V., Riggle, E.J., Wyer, R.S., Jr., Schwarz, N., &  Kuklinski, J. (1989). The cognitive and affective bases of opinion survey responses. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 404-415.

Ottati, V., Fishbein, M., & Middlestadt, S.E. (1988).  Determinants of voters' beliefs about the candidates' stands on the issues: The role of evaluative bias heuristics and the candidates' expressed message.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 55, 517-529.

Fishbein, M., Middlestadt, S., Ottati, V., Straus, S., & Ellis, A. (1988). Medical problems among ICSOM musicians: Overview of a national survey. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, March, 1-8.

Triandis, H.C., Marin, G., Hui, H.C., Lisansky, J., & Ottati, V. (1984). Role perceptions of Hispanic young adults. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 15, 297-320.

PRESENTATIONS AND CONVENTION ACTIVITIES

Moaz, S., Osteen, C., Ottati V. (April, 2023). Self-Perceived Expertise Influences Social Media Engagement. Poster Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Osteen, C., Moaz, S., Ottati V. (April, 2023). Tenability and Open-Mindedness: Role in Predicting Social Media Behavior. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Yustisia, W., Ottati V. (April, 2023). The Influence of Belief Superiority on Open-Minded Cognition and Information Selection Bias. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 

Moaz, S., Ottati V. (April, 2022). The Extended Reciprocal Open-Mindedness Effect. Presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 

Tindale, R. S., Winget, J., Berryman, K., Moaz, S., & Ottati, V. C.  (April, 2022).  Groups, norms, and open-minded cognition.  Invited talk presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Raoul, A., Osteen, C, Salmeron, S., Ottati, V., Morrison, R. (2021, July) Dimensions of Political Conservatism, Open-Minded Cognition, and Perceptions of COVD-19 Precautions. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), Virtual location due to pandemic.

Osteen, C. Raoul, A., Salmeron, S., Ottati, V., Morrison, R. (2021, July) Open-minded cognition and Dimensions of Political Identity. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), Virtual location due to pandemic.

Osteen, C., Ottati, V. (2021, April) Addressing the Gridlock: How Open-minded Cognition Prompts Affect Political Partisanship. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association Conference. (Virtual Conference)

Ottati, V., Lee, Y., Bryant, F. B. (2021, April). Open-Minded Cognition and Daoist Thought.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, IL.

Winget, J.R., Ottati, V., Tindale, R.S. (2019, April), Open-minded group cognition. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, IL.

Ottati, V. Wilson, C., Osteen, C., Distefano, Y. (2019, April). Experimental Demonstrations of the Earned Dogmatism Effect Using Optimal Manipulations.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, IL.

Osteen, C., Ottati, V., Wilson, C., Distefano, Y. (2019, April).  Experimental demonstrations of the earned dogmatism effect using a variety of optimal manipulations: Commentary and response to Calin-Jageman (2018). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL.

Ottati, V. (2018, April).  Attitudes - Properties. Panel Moderator at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, IL.

Wilson, C., Ottati, V., Price, E. (2018, April). Toward a Situation-Specific Measure of Open-Mindedness.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, IL.

Ottati, V. (2018, April).  Law, Culture, and Society. Panel Chair at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL.

Ottati, V., Wilson, C., Osteen, C., Distefano, Y. (2018, April). Self-Perceptions of High Political Expertise Increase Political Dogmatism.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL.

Ottati, V. (2017, April).  Political Psychology, Program Moderator at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association

Wilson, C., Ottati, V., Price, E. (2017, April). Chronic and Situational Determinants of Open-Mindedness: Toward a Political Proposal.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL.

Ottati, V. (2016, November).  Cues, Experts, and Political Dogmatism.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR), Chicago, IL.

Ottati, V. (2016, October).  Political Cognition, Open-Mindedness, and Dogmatism. Invited Presentation, Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, IL.

Ottati, V. (2016, October).  Open-Minded Cognition, Dogmatism, & Political Thought. Invited Presentation, Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, Lansing MI.

Wilson, C., Ottati, V. (2016, July). Open-Minded Cognition, Essentialism, and Prejudice. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), Warsaw Poland.

Ottati, V., Price, E., Wilson, C., Stauber, M.  (2016, July). Open and Closed-Minded Cognition: The Power of the Situation.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), Warsaw Poland.

Ottati, V. (2016, July). Extremism, Closed-Mindedness, Dogmatism, and Inaccuracy in Political Thought.  Symposium Chair at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), Warsaw Poland.

Ottati, V. (2016, July). Open-Minded Cognition, Dogmatism, and Political Cognition.  Presented at the International Society of Political Psychology Summer Academy, Warsaw Poland.

Ottati, V. (2016, June, taping). Open-Minded Cognition.  Intellectual Humility Massive Open On-Line Course (IH-MOOC), Edinburgh, Scotland.

Wilson, C. & Ottati, V. (2016, May). Cooperation, competition, and open-minded cognition. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Ottati, V. (2015, May).  Open Minded Cognition: The Flexible Merit Standard Model.  Invited Presentation at the Intellectual Humility: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives Conference, Catalina Island, CA.

Ottati, V. (2015, May).  Open Minded Cognition: General, Political, Religious, and Situation-Specific Components.  Invited Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association.

Ottati, V., Price, E., Wilson, C., Kim, S. (2015, May). Open Minded Cognition: A Malleable Cognitive Style.  Invited Presentation at the Social Area Research Series (SARS), Department of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago.

Wilson, C., Ottati, V.C., & Price, E.D. (2015, May). Attitude congeniality, ideology, and open-mindedness. Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. 

Stauber, M. P., Ottati, V. (2015, May). The relation between trait open-minded cognition and trait creativity.  Poster presented at the Annual Honors Symposium for Psychology, Loyola University Chicago.

Price, E.D., Wilson, C., Ottati, V., & Sumaktoyo, N. (2015, May). Can dogmatism be “earned”?: High performance on a political knowledge task engenders close-mindedness.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 

Price, E.D., Ottati, V. & Wilson, C. (2015, February) Convergent and Discriminant Validity of Domain-Specific Measures of Open-Minded Cognition. Poster presented to the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA. 

Wilson, C., Ottati, V.C. & Price, E.D. (2015, February). Situational variation in open-minded cognition. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA.

Price, E.D., Ottati, V., & Wilson, C. (2014, November). Situational Influences on Political Open-Mindedness. Presented at the Annual meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, MA.

Ottati, V.  (2014, July).  Ideology and Public Opinion.  Panel Moderator, Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Rome, Italy.

Ottati, V., Cheng, J., Price, E.D. (2014, July).  Uncovering the Effect of Ideology on Policy Opinion.  Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Rome, Italy.

Ottati, V., Price, E.D., Wilson, C., & Kim, S. (2014, July).  The Nature of Political Intellectual Humility. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Rome, Italy.

Ottati, V., Price, E.D., Wilson, C., & Kim, S. (2014, May).  General, Political, and Religious Open-Minded Cognition.  Poster presented at Intellectual Humility Conference, St. Louis, MO.

Ottati, V., Price, E.D., Wilson, C., & Kim, S. (2014, May). Political Intellectual Humility. Paper presented to the Annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Ottati, V., Cheng, J., Price, E. D. (2014, April).  Arousal and Moral Condemnation: Déjà Vu.  Invited Presentation at the Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.

Sumaktoyo, N. G., Ottati, V. C. (2014, April). Do unto others as you would have them do to you: Tolerance as a reciprocal judgment.  Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 

Sumaktoyo, N. G., Ottati, V. C., Untoro, V. (2014, April). An experimental and cross-cultural examination of the effects of mixing religion and politics in a political campaign.   Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 

Price, E.D., Ottati, V., Wilson, C. & Kim, S. (2014, April). Intellectual Humility in the Political Domain: Development of a New Scale of Political Open-Mindedness.  Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. 

Renstrom, R.A., Otttati, V.C. (2014, February).  The effects of person-centered rhetoric and political party on candidate evaluation.  Poster presented to the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Price, E.D., Wilson, C., Ottati, V. & Kim, S. (2014, February). Slippage in Tolerance and Open-Mindedness: Domain Specificity as a Moderator. Poster presented to the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Cheng, J., Ottati, V. & Price, E. D. (2014, February). The Arousal Model of Moral Condemnation. Poster presented to the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Ottati, V., Cheng, J., Price, E.  (October, 2013).  The arousal model of moral condemnation. Invited Presentation at the Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.

Price, E.D. & Ottati, V. (2013, May). Democratic Values, Political Expertise, and Tolerance. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Price, E.D, Ottati, V., Renstrom, R., Green, A. (2013, April).  Tolerance slippage: Initial research on free-speech type as a moderator of tolerance judgments.  Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Price, E.D. & Ottati, V. (2013, April). Integrative Complexity and Tolerance: The effect (and content) of deep thinking on civil liberties and free speech judgments. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, IL.

Cheng, J.S., Ottati, V.C., & Price, E.D. (2013 January). Liberal/Conservative Differences in Ideological Cognition.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Price, E.D. & Ottati, V. (2013, January). National Pride and Tolerance: Ideology as a Moderator. Poster presented to the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. 

Sumaktoyo, N. G., & Ottati, V. (2012). Do unto others as you would have them do to you: Can fundamentalists be even-handed?  Paper presented to the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion's conference, Phoenix AZ, November 9-11.

Sumaktoyo, N. G., Ottati, V., Untoro, V. (2012). Secularism in Indonesian politics: An experimental approach. Paper presented to the 9th Northeast Conference on Indonesia, Cornell University, Ithaca, October 12-13.

Ottati, V. (2012, July).  Metaphor and Political Cognition.  Invited Presentation at the 2012 Summer Academy, International Society for Political Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Sumaktoyo, N. G. Ottati, V., Untoro, V. (2012, July). Mixing Water and Oil: Can Self-declared Religiosity and Secular Positions go together in a Political Campaign? Paper presented to the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Price, E.D. & Ottati, V. (2012, July). The Flexible Deliberation Model. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Price, E.D. & Ottati, V. (2012, May) Accountability and Political Tolerance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Renstrom, R.A., Ottati, V. Politics of Parenting: Inconsistent Parenting Styles and Children’s Subsequent Political Ideology.  Poster presented at the 84^nd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2012.

Price, E.D., Ottati, V.   Accountability, Expertise, and Political Tolerance: Evidence for the flexible.  Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Social Psychologists of Chicago (SPOC), Chicago, IL, April, 2012.

Price, E.D., Ottati, V.   Political Tolerance: “Sober Second Thought” or Knee-jerk. Paper presented at the 70^th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2012.

Ottati, V.  The trouble with living and dying: The politics of anger, fear, and pain.  Panel Organizer, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Assocation, Chicago, IL, May, 2011.

Ottati, V., Price, E.D., Renstrom, R.A., Cheng, J.S.  How should a candidate react to political attacks?  Examining the effect of candidate response strategy on voter attitudes.  Paper presented at the 69^th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2011.

Ottati, V.C.  Communication style and candidate evaluation: Responding to political attacks.  Invited Presentation at the Department of Psychology, University of Illinois – Chicago, Chicago, IL, February, 2011.

Renstrom, R., Ottati, V.C.  Person-centered communications and political candidate evaluations: The Moderating roles of candidate gender and participant gender-schematicity.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX, January, 2011.

Cheng, J., Ottati, V.C. Political orientation and need for cognition: Evidence that Moderates and Independents are two different birds.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, San Francisco, CA, July, 2010.

Ottati, V. C. Watson, A. C., Kerr, A. N., Renstrom, R., Cheng, J., Price, E.  Improving police officer response to persons with mental illness.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, New Orleans, LA, June, 2010.

Renstrom, R. A., Ottati, V. C.  The effects of person-entered communication styles on political candidate evaluation.  Paper presented at the 82^nd Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2010.

Renstrom, R. A., Ottati, V. C.  Political socialization: The relationship between parenting style and a child’s ideological orientation.  Paper presented at the 68^th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2010.

Cheng, J. S., Renstrom, R. A., Ottati, V. C.  Dispelling the myths: The effect of political candidate’s communication method on voter attitudes toward the candidate.  Paper presented at the 68^th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2010.

Cheng, J. S., Renstrom, R. A., Ottati, V. C.  Candidates under fire: Pinpointing the most effective strategy for combating negative political attacks.  Poster presented at the 11^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV, January, 2010.

Kerr, A.N., Morabito, M., Watson, A.C., Angell, B., Ottati, V.C., Draine, J.  Crisis intervention teams impact police encountering people with mental illness.  Poster presented at the 21^st annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, May, 2009.

Ottati, V.  Social Cognition.  Panel Moderator at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Assocation, Chicago, IL, May, 2009.

Ottati, V.  Political Psychology.  Political Psychology.  Panel Discussant at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2009.

Ottati, V.  Debunking political stereotypes.  Panel Discussant at the Northwestern University School of Law Diversity Coalition, Chicago, IL, September, 2008.

Azadeh, A., Ottati, V. Media depictions of the Vietnam and Iraq Wars. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, May, 2008. 

Renstrom, R.A., Krumdick, N.D., Ottati, V. Metaphorical communication: The effects of figurative language on impression formation.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada, May, 2008.

Krumdick, N.D., Ottati, V.  Subtle religious cues: Effects in political communication. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2008.

Ottati, V.  Political Psychology.  Panel Moderator at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2008.

Ottati, V., Hart, W., Krumdick, N.D.  Image and candidate evaluation.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2008.

Renstrom, R.A., Krumdick, N.D., Ottati, V. The effects of metaphors on impression formation.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM, February, 2008.

Krumdick, N.D., Ottati, V. Implicit religious communication: Effects on political attitudes.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM, February, 2008.

Ottati, V.C.  Affect, image, and the evaluation of a political candidate.  Invited Presentation at the Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, September, 2007.

Krumdick, N.D., Rentstrom, R.A , Aalai, A., Ottati, V.C.  Metaphor and persuasion: Effects of cognitive coherence.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May 2007.

Krumdick, N.D., Aalai, A., Rentstrom, R.A., Ottati, V.C.  Metaphor and persuasion: The role of cognitive coherence.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN, January, 2007.

Ottati, V., Hart, W.  Physical attractiveness and impression formation: The moderating role of expertise and cognitive load.  Invited Presentation at the Department of Psychology, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, November, 2006.

Ottati, V., Hart, W.  Effect of physical attractiveness on voters’ evaluation of a political leader: Assimilation and contrast.  Invited Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the International Leadership Association, Chicago, IL, November, 2006.

Ottati, V.  Political and Health Psychology.  Moderator at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2006.

Ottati, V., Krumdick, N., Aalai, A., Renstrom, R.  Metaphor and persuasion: Effects on motivation and ability to engage in central processing.  Invited Presentation at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, April, 2006.

Krumdick, N.D., Ottati, V.  Religious authoritarianism and right-wing authoritarianism: Implications for the study of sexism.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA, January, 2006.

Ottati, V.  Visual Cues and Stereotyping.  Invited Presentation at the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, June, 2005.

Krumdick, N.D., Ottati, V., Joines, R.C.  Religious hierarchy adherence, authoritarianism, and the distinction between hostile and benevolent sexism.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2005.

Ottati, V., Hart, W.  The physical attractiveness stereotype revisited:  Effects on candidate evaluation.  Invited Presentation at the Annual Meeting of Social Psychologists of Chicago, IL, April, 2005.

Claypool, H., Ottati, V., Gingrich, B.  Effects of a group stereotype on memory for behaviors performed by a group member.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA, January, 2005.

Ottati, V. Social Cognition in a cultural context.  Presented at the 28^th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China, August, 2004.

Ottati, V.  Social identity and global ethnic conflict. Co-convener of Invited Symposium at the 28^th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China, August, 2004.

Ottati, V.  Assimilation and contrast in candidate evaluation: Biases in the American voter.  Invited Presentation at the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, August, 2004.

Ottati, V.  Affect, image, and candidate evaluation.  Invited Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2004.

Krumdick, N., Ottati, V., Deiger, M.  Metaphors and persuasive communication: The cognitive coherence hypothesis.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX, January, 2004.

Ottati, V., Mae, L., Coats, S., DeCoster, J., Smith, E.R. Automatic evaluation of previously known and recently encountered attitude objects.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX, January, 2004.

Deiger, M.E., Ottati, V., Bryant, F.B.  Political Cognitive Motivation Scale.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2003.

Ottati, V., Hart, W., Isbell, L.  Correction effects in political judgment: The case of candidate evaluation. Invited Presentation at the Departments of Psychology and Political Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, April, 2003.

Isbell, L., Ottati, V., Burns, K.  Affect and politics: Effects on judgment, processing, and information selection.  Presented at the Shambaugh Conference – Affect and Cognition in Political Action, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, March, 2003.

Spinos, A.R, Ottati, V.  Should chivalry be dead?  Interpretations of Chivalrous Helping Behavior.  Presented at the 28^th Annual Feminist Psychology Conference, Association for Women in Psychology, Jersey City, NJ, March, 2003.

Lee, Y., Takaku, S., Ottati, V., Yan, G. Terrorism and heroism as seen by Islamic, Eastern, and Christian civilizations.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 2002.

Ottati, V., Spinos, A.  Role of sexism in the perception of helping behavior. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 2002.

Deiger, M., Ottati, V.  Metaphor and persuasion: Examining the moderating role of effort.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA, June, 2002.

Spinos, A.R., Ottati, V.  Concern or condescension: Sexism as a moderator in interpretations of cross-gender helping.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, New Orleans, LA, June, 2002.

Spinos, A.R., Ottati, V.  Interpreting offers of help: The impact of need, insistence, and benevolent sexism.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2002.

Deiger, M., Ottati, V.  Interest as a mediator in the motivational resonance model.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 2002.

Ottati, V. (with Bodenhausen, G., Sherman, J., Wittenbrink, B.).  Roundtable Discussion: Implicit Stereotyping and Prejudice: A Critical Look at the Measures.  Presented at the Eighth Annual S.P.O.C. Conference, Chicago, IL, April, 2002.

Ottati, V. Stereotype Accuracy and Modal Personality in Applied Situations.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR), Minneapolis, MN, October, 19, 2001.

Ottati, V.  Psychological and Social Implications of September 11.  Panel Discussant at a meeting of the Committee on Diversity Affairs, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, October 11, 2001.

Ottati, V.  Moderation of the Unconscious Evaluation Effect: Implications for Research on Prejudice.  Invited Presentation at the Chicago Consortium for Stigma Research, University of Chicago Law School – Kane Center, Chicago, IL, September 21, 2001.

Spinos, A.R., Ottati, V.  The effect of need, insistence, and benevolent sexism on interpreting helping.  Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Toronto, Canada, June, 2001.

Ottati, V. Attitude formation and change in organizational settings.  Invited Presentation at the Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, University of Madrid–Autonoma, Madrid, Spain, February 15, 2001.

Ottati, V. Social cognition in organizational settings.  Invited Presentation at the Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, University of Madrid–Autonoma, Madrid, Spain, February 14, 2001.

Ottati, V.  Facial expressions and candidate evaluation.  Invited Presentation at the Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, November, 2000.

Ottati, V.  Unconscious Evaluation: Previously known versus newly encountered attitude objects.  Invited Colloquium at the Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, November, 2000.

Ottati, V.  Emotion Concepts, facial expressions, and political judgment.  Invited presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Experimental Social Psychologists, Atlanta, GA, October, 2000.

Ottati, V., Mae, L., Coats, S., DeCoster, J., Smith, E.  Moderation of the automatic evaluation effect.  Presented at the Seventy-Second Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association,  Chicago, IL, May, 2000.

Ottati, V., Mae, L., Coats, S., DeCoster, J., Smith, E.  Does unconscious evaluation exist?  Presented at the Annual S.P.A.M. Conference, St. Louis, MO, April, 2000.

Ottati, V., Claypool, H., Gingrich, B.  Memory for behaviors performed by a group member: The dual-coding hypothesis. Presented at the Sixth Annual S.P.O.C. Conference, Chicago, IL, April, 2000.

Ottati, V., Claypool, H., Gingrich, B., & Houston, D.  Effects of a stereotype and personalized expectancy on memory for behaviors performed by a group member: The dual-coding hypothesis.  Invited Colloquium at the Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN, January, 2000.

Lee, Y., Ottati, V.  Perceived variability and modality within and between bounded social entities: A multi-factorial approach.  Presented at the Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Brussells, Belgium, July, 1999.

Ottati, V.  Metaphor and persuasive communication: The motivational resonance hypothesis.  Invited Address at the Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July, 1999.

Ottati, V.  Mood.  Panel Moderator at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, April, 1999.

Ottati, V.  Subjective culture and the workplace: Comparing Hispanic and mainstream naval recruits.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Providence, RI, April, 1999.

Ottati, V.  Affective cues and processing style: Beyond mood.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1998.

Ottati, V.  Exporting the affect as information approach: Processing effects elicited by facial display and figurative language.  Presented at the Fourth Annual S.P.O.C Conference, Chicago, IL, April, 1998.

Ottati, V.  The effect of affective cues on processing style.  Colloquium Presentation at the Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Chicago, October, 1997.

Ottati, V., Rhoads, S., & Graesser, A.  The effect of metaphor on processing style in a persuasion task: Two experiments.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1997.

Ottati, V., Rhoads, S., & Graesser, A.  Metaphor and persuasion: An affective resonance model.  Colloquium Presentation at the Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, April, 1997.

Lee, Y., Ottati, V., & Hussain, I.  California proposition 187: A case of cultural conflict or national economic concern?  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, April, 1997.

Ottati, V., Terkildsen, N., & Hubbard, C.  Happy faces elicit heuristic processing in an impression formation task: A cognitive tuning account.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1996.

Ottati, V., Graesser, A., & Rhoads, S.  Metaphor and persuasion.  Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1996.

Ottati, V., Terkildsen, N., & Hubbard, C.  Happy faces elicit heuristic processing in a candidate evaluation task: A cognitive tuning account.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April, 1996.

Ottati, V., Rhoads, S., Graesser, A.  Metaphor and persuasive communication.  Presented at the Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Memphis, March, 1996.

Ottati, V., Rhoads, S., Graesser, A.  Metaphor and persuasion.  Presented to the Social Cognition Group, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, March, 1996.

Ottati, V., Isbell, L.  Evaluating a political candidate: Does affect play a unique causal role?  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, New York, NY, July, 1995.

Ottati, V., Isbell, L.  Effects of mood at exposure on subsequent judgments of a target person: A model of assimilation and contrast.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1995.

Ottati, V.  Framing Effects.  Panel discussant and chair at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 1995.

Ottati, V., Isbell, L.  The role of affect in political information processing.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago IL, April, 1995.

Lee, Y., & Ottati, V.  Accuracy: A neglected component of stereotype research.  Presented at the Stereotype Accuracy Conference, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, June, 1994.

Ottati, V., Terkildsen, N., & Hubbard, C.  Specific issues, global ideology, and visual image: An interdependent model of candidate evaluation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May, 1994.

Ottati, V., & Isbell, L.  Mood and impression formation.  Presented at the Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, October, 1994.

Ottati, V., Terkildsen, N., & Hubbard, C.  The effect of facial display on processing style in an impression formation task.  Presented to the Social Cognition Group, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, October, 1994.

Ottati, V., Terkildsen, N., & Hubbard, C. Processing verbal and nonverbal social information cues: The appraisal of a televised political candidate.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 1993.

Ottati, V. Priming and Framing in Election Campaigns. Panel  Discussant at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1991.

Lee, Y., & Ottati, V.  Determinants of in-group and out-group perceptions of heterogeneity: An investigation of Sino- American stereotypes.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA, August, 1990.

Ottati, V. Social Psychological Analyses of Political Judgment and Choice.  Panel Chair and Discussant at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 1990.

Ottati, V., & Terkildsen, N. Perceptions of the candidates' stands on the issues: An experimental approach to the study of projection effects.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il, April, 1990.

Ottati, V., & Terkildsen, N. Perceptions of the candidates' stands on the issues: The role of projection and the candidates' expressed message. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il, April, 1989.

Ottati, V.  Determinants of political judgments: The joint  influence of normative and heuristic rules of inference. Invited Presentation at the Shambaugh Conference on Communication, Cognition, and Political Judgments and Action, University of Iowa, Iowa City, November, 1988.

Ottati, V.  A psychological analysis of substantive and non-substantive determinants of political judgment. Invited Presentation with the SUSB Cognitive Science Group, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, November, 1988.

Ottati, V. The cognitive and affective determinants of political judgments. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September, 1988.

Kuklinski, J.H., Riggle, E., Ottati, V., Schwarz, N., & Wyer, R.S., Jr. Experiments on the applications of principals in political judgment.  Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il, April, 1987.

Fishbein, M., Ottati, V., & Middlestadt, S. Truth versus balance as factors influencing political judgments. Invited Address at the 21st Inter-American Congress of Psychology, Havana, Cuba, 1987.

Kuklinski, J.H., Ottati, V., Riggle, E., Schwarz, N., & Wyer, R.S. The influence of candidate physical attractiveness on voters' judgments about the candidate. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Il, September, 1987.