Text Box:  If you want to find out more about my research lab (interests, current projects, members of my research team),  If you want to find out more about the courses I teach,  If you want to read from a list of some of my publications,  If you have too much time on your hands and want to find out more about me personally,

Text Box: I grew up a surf bum in San Clemente, California.   Once I pried myself away from the beach, I received my B.A. from UCLA in 1982 and my Ph.D from Princeton University in 1986, both in Psychology. After a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan, I taught for 9 years at Kent State University.  In 1997, I moved to my current position at the University of California, Irvine where I am a professor in the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior.   I am a social psychologist whose expertise is in the area of human judgment and decision making. My research focuses on "hot cognition" -- how our motivations and emotions shape (and often bias) our social, political, moral, medical, and legal judgments. I live once again in San Clemente, where I surf whenever my work schedule will let me (and if the waves are good enough, even when it won't). I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: Dr. Peter Ditto Department of Psychology and Social Behavior Department of Psychology and Social Behavior School of Social Ecology University of California, Irvine (949) 824-1844 phditto@uci.edu   Web Vita    Text Box: Updates:                   to Test "Yourmorals" in our new study