Publications

Schlenker, B. R., Bonoma, T. V., Tedeschi, J. T., & Pivnick, W. P. (1970). Compliance to threats as a function of the wording of the threat and the exploitativeness of the threatener. Sociometry, 33, 394-408.

Tedeschi, J. T., Bonoma, T. V., Schlenker, B. R., & Lindskold, S. (1970). Power, influence, and behavioral compliance. Law and Society Review, 4, 521-544.

Reprinted in G. Zaltman, P. Kotler, & I. Kaufman (Eds.), Creating social change. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1972.

Reprinted in S. Krislov, K. O. Boyum, J. N. Clark, R.C. Schaefer, & S. O. While (Eds.), Compliance and the law: A multidisciplinary approach. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, Inc., 1972.

Tedeschi, J. T., Schlenker, B. R., Bonoma, T. V. (1971). Cognitive dissonance: Private ratiocination or public spectacle? American Psychologist, 26, 685-695.

Reprinted in H. C. Lindgren (Ed.), Contemporary research in social psychology: A book of readings. (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1973.

Reprinted in W. E. Scott, & L. L. Cummings (Eds.), Readings in organizational behavior and human performance. (Rev. ed.). Homewood, IL: Dorsey Press, 1973.

Reprinted in D. Krebs (Ed.), Readings in Social Psychology: Contemporary Perspectives. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.

Schlenker, B. R., & Tedeschi, J. T. (1972). Interpersonal attraction and the exercise of reward and coercive power. Human Relations, 25, 427-439.

Tedeschi, J. T., Schlenker, B. R., & Lindskold, S. (1972). The exercise of power and influence: The source of influence. In J. T. Tedeschi (Ed.), The social influence processes (pp. 287-345). Chicago: Aldine.

Tedeschi, J. T., Bonoma, T. V., & Schlenker, B. R. (1972). Influence, decision, and compliance. In J. T. Tedeschi (Ed.), The social influence processes (pp. 346-418). Chicago: Aldine.

Schlenker, B. R., Helm, B., & Tedeschi, J. T. (1973). The effects of personality and situational variables on behavioral trust. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 25, 419-427.

Schlenker, B. R., Bonoma, T. V. & Tedeschi, J. T. (1973). Impression management revisited. American Psychologist, 28, 360.

Tedeschi, J. T., Schlenker, B. R., & Bonoma, T. V. (1973). Conflict, power and games: The experimental study of interpersonal relations. Chicago: Aldine.

Schlenker, B. R. (1974). Social psychology and science. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 29, 1-15.

Reprinted in W. A. Lesko (Ed.) (1991). Readings in Social Psychology: General, Classic, and Contemporary Selections (pp. 8-24). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Reprinted in W. A. Lesko (Ed.) (1994). Readings in Social Psychology: General, Classic, and Contemporary Selections (2nd ed., pp. 8-23). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Schlenker, B. R. (1974). Attitude statements following commitment to proattitudinal actions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1, 138-140.

Schlenker, B. R., Soraci, S., Jr., & Schlenker, P. A. (1974). Self-presentation as a function of performance expectations and performance anonymity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1, 152-154.

Schlenker, B. R. (1975). Self-presentation: Managing the impression of consistency when reality interferes with self-enhancement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 32, 1030-1037.

Schlenker, B. R., & Schlenker, P. A. (1975). Reactions following counterattitudinal behavior which produces positive consequences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31, 962-971.

Schlenker, B. R. (1975). Liking for a group following an initiation: Impression management or dissonance reduction? Sociometry, 38, 99-118.

Schlenker, B. R., Brown, R. C., & Tedeschi, J. T. (1975). Attraction and expectations of harm and benefits. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 32, 664-670.

Schlenker, B. R. (1975). Group members’ attributions of responsibility for prior group performance. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 6, 96-108.

Tedeschi, J. T., Schlenker, B. R., & Bonoma, T. V. (1975). Compliance to threats as a function of source attractiveness and esteem. Sociometry, 38, 81-98.

Schlenker, B. R. (1976). Social psychology and science: Another look. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2, 384-390.

Schlenker, B. R., Soraci, S., Jr., & McCarthy, B. (1976). Self-esteem and group performance as determinants of egocentric perceptions in cooperative groups. Human Relations, 29, 1163-1176.

Schlenker, B. R., Nacci, P., Helm, B., & Tedeschi, J. T. (1976). Reactions to coercive and reward power: The effects of switching influence modes on target compliance. Sociometry, 39, 316-323.

Schlenker, B. R., Bonoma, T. V., Hutchinson, D., & Burns, L. (1976). The bogus pipeline and stereotypes toward blacks. Journal of Psychology, 93, 319-329.

Severy, L. J., Brigham, J. C., & Schlenker, B. R. (1976). A contemporary introduction to social psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill. 462 pp.

Schlenker, B. R. (1977). On the ethogenic approach: Etiquette and revolution. In L. Berkowitz (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 10, pp. 315-330). New York: Academic Press.

Schlenker, B. R., & Miller, R. S. (1977). Egocentrism in groups: Self-serving biases or logical information processing? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 35, 755-764.

Schlenker, B. R. & Forsyth, D. R. (1977). On the ethics of psychological research. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 13, 369-396.

Forsyth, D. R., Riess, M., & Schlenker, B. R. (1977). Impression management concerns governing reactions to a faulty decision. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 8, 12-22.

Riess, M., & Schlenker, B. R. (1977). Attitude change and responsibility avoidance as modes of dilemma resolution in forced compliance settings. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 35, 21-30.

Forsyth, D. R., & Schlenker, B. R. (1977). Attributing the causes of group performance: Effects of performance quality, task importance, and future testing. Journal of Personality, 45, 220-236.

Schlenker, B. R., & Miller, R. S. (1977). Group cohesiveness as a determinant of egocentric perceptions in cooperative groups. Human Relations, 30, 1039-1055.

Schlenker, B. R., Bonoma, T. V., & Forsyth, D. R. (1977). The attributional “double standard:” Actor-observer differences in predicting the relationship between attitudes and behaviors. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 8, 108-117.

Schlenker, B. R., & Goldman, H. J. (1978). Cooperators and competitors in conflict: A test of the generality of the “triangle model.” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 22, 393-410.

Schlenker, B. R. (1978). Attitudes as actions: Social identity theory and consumer research. In K. Hunt (Ed.), Advances in consumer research (Vol. 5, pp. 352-359). Chicago: Association for Consumer Research.

Schlenker, B. R., & Bonoma, T. V. (1978). Fun and games: The validity of games for the study of conflict. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 22, 7-38.

Bonoma, T. V., & Schlenker, B. R. (1978). The SEU calculus: Effects of response mode, sex, and sex role on uncertain decisions. Decision Sciences, 9, 206-227.

Schlenker, B. R., & Severy, L. J. (1979). The psychology of social issues. In M. E. Meyer (Ed.), Foundations of contemporary psychology (pp. 515-543). New York: Oxford University Press, 1979.

Schlenker, B. R., Miller, R. S., Leary, M. R., & McCown, N. E. (1979). Group performance and interpersonal evaluations as determinants of egotistical attributions in groups. Journal of Personality, 47, 575-594.

Schlenker, B. R., & Riess, M. (1979). Self-presentation of attitudes following commitment to proattitudinal behavior. Human Communication Research, 5, 325-334.

Schlenker, B. R. (1980). Impression management: The self-concept, social identity, and interpersonal relations. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Schlenker, B. R., Forsyth, D. R., Leary, M. R., & Miller, R. S. (1980). Self-presentational analysis of the effects of incentives on attitude change following counterattitudinal behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39, 553-577.

Leary, M. R., & Schlenker, B. R. (1980). Self-presentation in a task-oriented leadership situation. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 11, 152-159.

Leary, M. R., & Schlenker, B. R. (1981). The social psychology shyness: A self-presentational model. In J. T. Tedeschi (Ed.), Impression management theory and social psychological research (pp. 335-358). New York: Academic Press.

Schlenker, B. R., & Darby, B. W. (1981). The use of apologies in social predicaments. Social Psychology Quarterly, 44, 271-278.

Schlenker, B. R., & Leary, M. R. (1982). Audiences’ reactions to self-enhancing, self-denigrating, and accurate self-presentations. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 18, 89-104.

Schlenker, B. R. (1982). Translating actions into attitudes: An identity-analytic approach to the explanation of social conduct. In L. Berkowitz (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (pp. 193-247). Vol. 15. New York: Academic Press.

Schlenker, B. R., & Leary, M. R. (1982). Social anxiety and self-presentation: A conceptualization and model. Psychological Bulletin, 92, 641-669.

Schlenker, B. R., & Goldman, H. J. (1982). Attitude change as a self-presentation tactic following attitude-consistent behavior: Effects of choice and role. Social Psychology Quarterly, 45, 92-99.

Darby, B. W. & Schlenker, B. R. (1982). Children’s reactions to apologies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43, 742-753.

Schlenker, B. R., Hallam, J. R., & McCown, N. E. (1983). Motives and social evaluation: Actor-observer differences in the delineation of motives for a beneficial act. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 19, 254-273.

Schlenker, B. R., Miller, R. S., & Leary, M. R. (1983). Self-presentation as a function of the validity and quality of past performance. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 13, 2-14.

Schlenker, B. R. (1984). Identities, identifications, and relationships. In V. Derlega (Ed.), Communication, intimacy and close relationships (pp. 71-104). New York: Academic Press.

Schlenker, B. R. (1985). Identity and self-identification. In B. R. Schlenker (Ed.), The self and social life (pp. 65-99). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Schlenker, B. R. (1985). Introduction: Foundations of the self in social life. In B. R. Schlenker, (Ed.), The self and social life (pp. 1-28). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Schlenker, B. R. (Ed.) (1985). The self and social life. New York: McGraw-Hill. 400 pages.

Forsyth, D. R., Schlenker, B. R., Leary, M. R., & McCown, N. E. (1985). Self-presentational determinants of sex differences in leadership behavior. Small Group Behavior, 16, 197-210.

Miller, R. S., & Schlenker, B. R. (1985). Egotism in group members: Public and private attributions of responsibility for group performance. Social Psychology Quarterly, 48, 85-89.

Schlenker, B. R. & Leary, M. R., (1985). Social anxiety and communication about the self. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 4, 171-193. (Invited paper for a special issue).

Schlenker, B. R. (1986). Self-identification: Toward an integration of the private and public self. In R. Baumeister (Ed.), Public self and private self (pp. 21-62). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Darby, B. W., & Schlenker, B. R. (1986). Children’s understanding of social anxiety. Developmental Psychology, 22, 633-639.

Schlenker, B. R. (1987). Threats to identity: Self-identification and social stress. In C. R. Snyder & C. E. Ford (Eds.), Coping with negative life events: Clinical and social psychological perspectives (pp. 273-321). New York: Plenum Press.

Schlenker, B. R. & Weigold, M. F. (1989). Goals and the self-identification process. In L. Pervin (Ed.), Goals concepts in personality and social psychology (pp. 243-290). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Darby, B. W., & Schlenker, B. R. (1989). Children’s reactions to transgressions: Effects of the actor’s apology, reputation, and remorse. British Journal of Social Psychology, 28, 353-364.

Schlenker, B. R., & Weigold, M. F. (1989). Self-identification and accountability. In R. A. Giacalone & P. Rosenfeld (Eds.), Impression management in the organization (pp. 21-43). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Schlenker, B. R., & Trudeau, J. V. (1990). The impact of self-presentations on private self-beliefs: Effects of prior self-beliefs and misattribution. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58, 22-32.

Schlenker, B. R., Weigold, M. F., & Hallam, J. R. (1990). Self-serving attributions in social context: Effects of self-esteem and social pressure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58, 855-863.

Reprinted and discussed in Foundations of Behavioral Research: A basic question approach, by K. M. Rosenberg & H. B. Daly (Eds.), New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1993. Pp. 419-435.

Schlenker, B. R., & Weigold, M. F. (1990). Self-consciousness and self-presentation: Being autonomous versus appearing autonomous. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 820-828.

Doherty, K., Weigold, M. F., & Schlenker, B. R. (1990). Self-serving interpretations of motives. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 16, 485-495.

Schlenker, B. R., Weigold, M. F., & Doherty, K. (1991). Coping with accountability: Self-identification and evaluative reckonings. In C. R. Snyder & D. R. Forsyth (Eds.), Handbook of Social and Clinical Psychology (pp. 96-115). New York: Pergamon.

Weigold, M. F., & Schlenker, B. R. (1991). Accountability and risk-taking. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 17, 25-29.

Doherty, K., & Schlenker, B. R. (1991). Self-consciousness and strategic self-presentation. Journal of Personality, 59, 1-18.

Schlenker, B. R., & Weigold, M. F. (1992). Interpersonal processes involving impression regulation and management. Annual Review of Psychology, 43, 133-168.

Reprinted in M. L. Knapp & J. A. Daley (Eds.) (2010). Interpersonal communication (Sage Benchmarks in Communication). London: Sage Publications, Ltd.

McKillop, K. J., Jr., Berzonsky, M. D., & Schlenker, B. R. (1992). The impact of self-presentations on self-beliefs: Effects of social identity and self-presentational context. Journal of Personality, 60, 789-808.

Schlenker, B. R. (1992). Of shape shifters and theories. Psychological Inquiry, 3, 342-344.

Schlenker, B. R., Dlugolecki, D. W., & Doherty, K. J. (1994). The impact of self-presentations on self-appraisals and behaviors: The power of public commitment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 20, 20-33.

Schlenker, B. R., Britt, T. W., Pennington, J. W., Murphy, R., & Doherty, K. J. (1994). The triangle model of responsibility. Psychological Review, 101, 632-652.

Schlenker, B. R., Phillips, S. T., Boniecki, K. A., & Schlenker, D. R. (1995). Championship pressures: Choking or triumphing on one’s own territory? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 632-643.

Schlenker, B. R., Phillips, S. T., Boniecki, K. A., & Schlenker, D. R. (1995). Where is the home choke? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 649-652.

Schlenker, B. R. (1995). Impression management (feature article). Self-handicapping (major entry). Self-presentation (regular entry). Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishers.

Doherty, K. J., & Schlenker, B. R. (1995). Excuses as mood protection: The impact of supportive and challenging feedback from others. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 14, 147-164.

Schlenker, B. R., Britt, T. W., & Pennington, J. W. (1996). Impression regulation and management: A theory of self-identification. In R. M. Sorrentino & E. T. Higgins (Eds.), Handbook of motivation and cognition: The interpersonal context (Vol. 3, pp. 18-147). New York: Guilford.

Schlenker, B. R., & Britt, T. W. (1996). Depression and the explanation of events that happen to self, close others, and strangers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 180-192.

Schlenker, B. R. (1997). Personal responsibility: Applications of the Triangle Model. In L. L. Cummings & B. Staw (Eds.), Research in Organizational Behavior (Vol. 19, pp. 241-301). Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press.

Britt, T. W., Doherty, K., & Schlenker, B. R. (1997). Self-evaluation as a function of self-esteem, prior feedback, and self-presentational role. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 16, 463-483.

Schlenker, B. R. (1998). How far we’ve come: Scientific social psychology enters the next millennium. Review of E. T. Higgins & A. W. Kruglanski (Eds.), Social Psychology: Handbook of Basic Principles (New York: The Guilford Press, 1996). Contemporary Psychology, 43, 89-90.

Springer, C. A., Britt, T. W., & Schlenker, B. R. (1998). Co-dependency: Clarifying the concept. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 20, 141-158.

Schlenker, B. R., & Britt, T. W. (1999). Beneficial impression management: Strategically controlling information to help friends. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 559-573.

Reprinted in H. T. Reis & C. E. Rusbult (Eds). (2004). Close relationships (pp. 257-268). New York: Psychology Press.

Pennington, J. W., & Schlenker, B. R. (1999). Accountability for consequential decisions: Justifying ethical judgments to audiences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 1067-1081.

Christopher, A. N., & Schlenker, B. R. (2000). The impact of perceived material wealth and perceiver personality on first impressions. Journal of Economic Psychology, 21, 1-19.

Schlenker, B. R. (2000). Impression management. In A. F. Kazdin (Ed. in Chief), Encyclopedia of psychology. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association Books.

Schlenker, B. R., & Pontari, B. A. (2000). The strategic control of information: Impression management and self-presentation in daily life. In A. Tesser, R. Felson, and J. Suls (Eds.), Perspectives on self and identity (pp. 199-232). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Pontari, B. A., & Schlenker, B. R. (2000). The influence of cognitive load on self-presentation: Can cognitive busyness help as well as harm social performance? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 1092-1108.

Schlenker, B. R., Pontari, B. A., & Christopher, A. N. (2001). Excuses and character: Personal and social implications of excuses. Personality and Social Psychological Review, 5, 15-32.

Schlenker, B. R., & Britt, T. W. (2001). Strategically controlling information to help friends: Effects of empathy and friendship strength on beneficial impression management. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 37, 357-372.

Quinn, A., & Schlenker. B. R. (2002). Can accountability produce independence? Goals as determinants of the impact of accountability on conformity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 472-483.

Pontari, B. A., Schlenker, B. R., & Christopher, A. N. (2002). Excuses and character: Identifying the problematic aspects of excuses. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 21, 497-516.

Schlenker, B. R. (2003). Self-presentation. In M. R. Leary and J. P. Tangney (Eds.), Handbook of self and identity (pp. 492-518). New York: Guilford.

Schlenker, B. R., & Wowra, S. A. (2003). Carryover effects of feeling socially transparent or impenetrable on strategic self-presentation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 871-880.

Pontari, B. A., & Schlenker, B. R. (2004). Providing and withholding impression management support for romantic partners: Gender of the audience matters. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 41-51.

Schlenker, B. R., Lifka, A., & Wowra, S. A. (2004). Helping new acquaintances make the right impression: Balancing image concerns of others and self. Self and Identity, 3, 191-206.

Christopher, A. N., & Schlenker, B. R. (2004). Materialism and psychological affect: The role of self-presentational concerns. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23, 260-272.

Planas, L. G., Kimberlin, C. L., Segal, R., Hepler, C. D., Brushwood, D. B., & Schlenker, B. R. (2005). A pharmacist model of perceived responsibility for drug therapy outcomes. Social Science & Medicine, 60, 2393-2403.

Christopher, A. N., & Schlenker, B. R. (2005). The Protestant Work Ethic and the assignment of responsibility: Applications of the Triangle Model. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 1502-1518.

Pontari, B. A., & Schlenker, B. R. (2006). Helping friends manage impressions: We like helpful liars but respect non-helpful truth-tellers. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 28, 177-183.

Schlenker, B. R., Weigold, M. F., & Schlenker, K. A. (2008). What makes a hero? The impact of integrity on admiration and interpersonal judgment. Journal of Personality, 76, 323-355.

Schlenker, B. R., Wowra, S. A., Johnson, R. M., & Miller, M. L. (2008). The impact of imagined audiences on self-appraisals. Personal Relationships, 15, 247-260.

Schlenker, B. R. (2008). Integrity and character: Implications of principled and expedient ethical ideologies. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 27, 1078-1125.

Schlenker, B. R. (2009). Self-presentation. In H. T. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Schlenker, B. R., Miller, M. L., & Johnson, R. M. (2009). Moral identity, integrity, and personal responsibility. In D. Narváez & D. K. Lapsley (Eds.), Personality, identity, and character: Explorations in moral psychology (pp. 316-340). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Miller, M. L., & Schlenker, B. R. (2011). Integrity and identity: Triangulating private and public perceptions of moral identity. European Journal of Personality, 25, 2-15.

Schlenker, B. R. (2012). Self-presentation. In M. R. Leary & J. P. Tangney (Eds.), Handbook of self and identity (2nd ed., pp. 542-570). New York: Guilford.

Schlenker, B. R., Chambers, J. R., & Le, B. (2012). Conservatives are happier than liberals, but why? Personality and attitudinal correlates of political ideology and life satisfaction. Journal of Research in Personality, 46, 127-146.

Chambers, J. R., Schlenker, B. R., & Collisson, B. (2013). Ideology and prejudice: The role of value conflicts. Psychological Science, 24, 140-149. DOI: 10.1177/0956797612447820

Schlenker, B. R., Schlenker, P. A., & Schlenker, K. A. (2013). Antecedents of academic engagement and the implications for college grades. Learning and Individual Differences, 27, 75-81. DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.06.014

Chambers, J. R., & Schlenker, B. R. (2015). Political homogeneity can nurture threats to research validity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38, 21-22. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X14001162, e38

Schlenker, B. R., Schlenker, P. A., & Schlenker, K. A. (2013). Antecedents of academic engagement and the implications for college grades. Learning and Individual Differences, 27, 75-81. DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2013.06.014

Chambers, J. R., & Schlenker, B. R. (2015). Political homogeneity can nurture threats to research validity. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38, 21-22. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X14001162, e38