Mark R. Leary

Three Things I’ve Learned about People Since Becoming a _x000B_Social Psychologist:_x000B__x000B_ Sociality, Self, and Stupidity · November 9, 2013 Lecture Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists (Augusta, GA)

Disproportionate Reactions to Inconsequential Events · October 15, 2013 Lecture West Virginia Wesleyan College

Disproportionate Reactions to Inconsequential Events · September 25, 2013 Lecture Wake Forest University

Distinguishing Intrapersonal _x000B_from Interpersonal Motives · June 20, 2013 Lecture Association for Research in Personality (Charlotte, NC)

Machiavellianism, Self-presentational Authenticity, and Relationship Quality · June 1, 2013 Lecture Association for Research in Personality (Charlotte, NC)

Motivational and Emotional Features of the Human Need for Acceptance and Belonging · May 25, 2013 Lecture Association for Psychological Science (Washington, D.C.)

Deconfounding _x000B_Self-motives and _x000B_Social Motives · May 24, 2013 Lecture Association for Psychological Science (Washington, D.C.)

Overreactions to Trivial Events_x000B__x000B_: Why Do People Sometimes “Lose It” Over Minor Things? · May 1, 2013 Lecture University of North Carolina at Greensboro

People Who Hold Extreme Attitudes Feel Superior in their Beliefs Even for Trivial Issues · May 1, 2013 Lecture Association for Psychological Science (Washington, D.C.)

Disproportionate Reactions to Trivial Events · April 5, 2013 Lecture High Point University (High Point, NC)

The Psychology of Hypo-egoic States:_x000B_Reducing the Curse of the Self · March 14, 2013 Lecture Southeastern Psychological Association (Atlanta, GA)

A Component Analysis of _x000B_Hypo-egoic Mindsets · January 19, 2013 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology (New Orleans, LA)

Individual and Social Resources for Professional (and Personal) Success · January 18, 2013 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology (New Orleans, LA)

What is the Self? _x000B_ · January 17, 2013 Lecture Self and Identity Preconference (New Orleans, LA)

Implications of Self-presentational Motives for the _x000B_Quality of Relationships with Parents and Friends · January 1, 2013 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology (New Orleans, LA)

Ego-Involved Reactions in Response to Violations of Social Exchange Rules · January 1, 2013 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology (New Orleans, LA)

Effects of Excuses, Justifications, and Exceptions on Behavior Change_x000B__x000B_ · January 1, 2013 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology (New Orleans, LA)

Arrogance is Bipartisan:_x000B_Extremity (Not Direction) of Political Views Predicts Perceived Belief Superiority_x000B__x000B_ · October 13, 2012 Lecture Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists

Violations of Social Exchange Rules Cause Disproportionate Emotional Reactions · October 13, 2012 Lecture Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists

Emotional Reactions to Rejection: The Nature of Hurt Feelings · October 13, 2012 Lecture Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists

Why Doesn’t Everyone See the Importance and Impact of Social and Personality Psychology? · October 13, 2012 Lecture Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists

Personality Moderators of Honest and Duplicitous Self-Presentational Motives · October 13, 2012 Lecture Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists

Self-compassion and Reactions to Negative Life Events · October 1, 2012 Lecture Washington University (St. Louis)

The Motivational Underpinnings of Social Psychological Phenomena: _x000B__x000B_Social Psychology’s Puzzling Obsession _x000B_with Intrapsychic Motives · March 16, 2012 Lecture Social Psychology at UNC and Duke (SPUD) Conference

Waiting for Revenge, Power, Excitement, and Admiration: The Influence of Narcissism, Gender, and Relevance on Delay Discounting · January 28, 2012 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Explaining Away Environmental Transgressions: _x000B_The Effect of Excuses, Justifications, and Exceptions on Self-Ratings of Environmental Impact · January 27, 2012 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Self-compassion and Well-being in the Elderly · January 27, 2012 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology

The Social and Emotional Impact of Interpersonal Rejection: _x000B_20 Years of Research · January 26, 2012 Lecture Relationships Preconference, SPSP

Testing the Romantic Construal Model: The Impact of Personalization, Specialness, and Value in Evaluating Romantic Actions · December 7, 2011 Invited Talk Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX

The Role of Self-Compassion in the Self-Regulation of Health-Related Behavior · December 7, 2011 Invited Talk Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX

Self-Presentational Strategies in Close Relationships · December 7, 2011 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio

Self-image, Self-presentation, and Social Behavior · December 7, 2011 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Self Preconference), San Antonio, TX

Predictors of Self-presentational Dishonesty · December 7, 2011 Lecture International Self Conference, Quebec City, Canada

The Social and Emotional Impact of Interpersonal Rejection: _x000B_20 Years of Research · December 7, 2011 Lecture American Psychological Association

Deception and Risk in Experimental Behavioral Research · December 7, 2011 Lecture East Tennessee State University

Emotional and Motivational Features of Interpersonal Rejection · December 7, 2011 Lecture Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Washington, DC

A Model of Hypo-egoic Processes · December 7, 2011 Lecture Association for Psychological Science, Washington, DC

The Social and Emotional Impact of Interpersonal Rejection · December 7, 2011 Lecture East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Hypo-egoic Mindsets: Antecedents and Implications of Quieting the Self · June 21, 2011 Lecture International Self Conference, Quebec City

Self-compassion reactions inventory · November 29, 2010 Lecture Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists, Charleston, SC

Social and Emotional Responses to Interpersonal Rejection · March 19, 2010 Lecture McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Are the Mainsprings of Social Action Intrapsychic or Interpersonal? · March 18, 2010 Lecture McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Do self-compassionate people age more gracefully? · January 29, 2010 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV

Self-compassion as a buffer against homesickness, depression, and low self-esteem in the transition to college · January 29, 2010 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV

Needs, motives, and their psychological underpinnings · January 28, 2010 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV

Reactions to discrimination, stigmatization, ostracism, and other forms of interpersonal rejection · October 23, 2009 Lecture Burlington, VT

Motives, Emotions, and the Mainsprings of Social Action · October 21, 2009 Lecture University of Vermont

Self-compassion and reactions to negative events · July 29, 2009 Lecture Clemson University

Social Psychology's Search for the Mainsprings of Social Action · April 17, 2009 Lecture University of Pittsburgh

Self-compassion, emotions, and health · April 17, 2009 Lecture University of Pittsburgh

Agreeableness and self-presentational variability · February 1, 2009 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL

Normative and distinctive features of self-presentational persona · January 11, 2009 Invited Talk Society for Personality and Social Psycholoogy, Tampa, FL

Motivations underlying the choice of Valentine's Day cards: The moderating role of narcissism · January 11, 2009 Invited Talk Society for Personality and Social Psycholoogy, Tampa, FL

Deception in experimental behavioral research · November 19, 2008 Lecture Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, Orlando, FL

Self-compassion and reactions to negative life events · November 14, 2008 Lecture Queens University, Kingston, Ontario

Self-compassion, emotions, and reactions to negative events · October 25, 2008 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Greenville, SC

Losing perspective: Emotion, ego, and overreactions to desired events · September 18, 2008 Lecture Conference on Emotion in Family Law, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

A model of overreactions to trivial events · July 19, 2008 Lecture International Association for Relationship Research, Providence, RI

Social-personality perspectives on the self · July 1, 2008 Lecture Mind and Life Conference on Self-identification, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Self-compassion · March 31, 2008 Lecture University of Richmond, Richmond, VA

Making mountains out of molehills · February 7, 2008 Lecture Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM

Service to the Profession

Scientific Contributions Award Committee, Society for Personality and Social Psychology · December 17, 2013 Other

Writer : Personal and Social Psychology Connections · 2012 Other

Editor : Personality and Social Psychology Review · 2010 - 2013 Event/Organization Administration