ERIKA N. CARLSON
 

Department of Psychology One Brookings Hall Campus Box 1125 Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 Phone: (314) 935-8026 Email: erika.n.carlson@gmail.com Click here for full CV

Carlson, E. N., & Furr, R. M. (in press). Resolution for meta-accuracy: Should people trust their beliefs about how others see them? Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Carlson, E. N. (in press). Overcoming barriers to self-knowledge: Mindfulness as a path to seeing yourself as you really are. Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Carlson, E. N. (in press). Honestly arrogant or simply misunderstood? Narcissists’ awareness of their narcissism. Self and Identity.

Carlson, E. N., Vazire, S., & Furr, R. M. (2011). Meta-insight: Do people really know how others see them? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 831-846.

Carlson, E. N., Vazire, S., & Oltmanns, T. F. (2011). You probably think this paper's about you: Narcissists' perceptions of their personality and reputation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 185-201.

Carlson, E. N., & Kenny, D. A. (in press). Do we know how others see us? Invited chapter to appear in S. Vazire and T. D. Wilson (Eds.) Handbook of Self Knowledge.

Oltmanns, T. F., & Carlson, E. N. (in press). Informant reports and the assessment of personality disorders using the Five Factor Model. In T. Widiger and P. Costa (eds.), Personality disorders and the five factor model of personality (3^rd Edition). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Vazire, S., & Carlson, E. N. (2011). Others sometimes know us better than we know ourselves. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 104-108.

Vazire, S., & Carlson, E. N. (2010). Self-knowledge of personality: Do people know themselves? Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4, 605-620.

Carlson, E. N., Naumann, L. P., & Vazire, S. (in press). Getting to know a narcissist inside and out: Self and other perspectives of narcissism. Invited chapter to appear in W. K. Campbell and J. D. Miller (Eds.) Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

Carlson, E. N., Furr, R. M., & Vazire, S. (2010). Do we know the first impressions we make? Evidence for idiographic meta-accuracy and calibration of first impressions. Social Psychological Personality Science, 1, 94-98.

Carlson, E. N., & Furr, R. M. (2009). Differential meta-accuracy: People understand the different impressions they make.  Psychological Science, 20, 1033-1039.

Kiang, L., Blumenthal, T. D., Carlson, E. N., Lawson, Y. N., & Shell, J. C. (2009). Physiological responses to racial rejection images among African American youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38, 164-174.

Carroll, P. J, Shepperd, J. A., Sweeny, K., Carlson, E., & Benigno, J. P. (2007) Disappointment for others. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 1565-1576.

Carlson, E. N., Vazire, S., & Oltmanns, T. F. (January, 2012). Knowing more than one can tell: Meta-perceptions as a potential measure of personality. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Wu, Y., Carlson, E. N., & Vazire, S. (January, 2012). Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: Perceptions and meta-perceptions of physical attractiveness. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Jongman-Sereno, K., Carlson, E. N., & Vazire, S. (January, 2012). Do your friends dislike you? Don’t worry, be happy! Poster presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Carlson, E. N., Vazire, S., & Oltmanns, T. F. (January, 2012). Honestly arrogant or simply misunderstood? Narcissists’ awareness of their narcissism. Poster presented at the Self and Identity preconference at the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Carlson, E. N., Vazire, S., & Oltmanns, T. F. (June, 2011). You probably think this talk’s about you: Narcissists’ perceptions of their personality and reputation. Oral presentation at the 2011 2^nd Annual Conference for the Association for Research in Personality, Riverside, CA.

Carlson, E. N., Vazire, S., & Furr, R. M. (June, 2011). Confidence and the accuracy of meta-perceptions: Should we trust our beliefs about how others see us? Oral presentation at the 2011 2nd Annual Conference for the Association for Research in Personality, Riverside, CA.

Carlson, E. N., Livingston, J., & Vazire, S. (January, 2011). The role of mindfulness in self-knowledge and accurate interpersonal perceptions. Oral presentation at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Jongman-Sereno, K., Carlson, E. N., & Vazire, S. (January, 2011)  The importance of obtaining a variety of informant reports for predicting well-being. Poster presented at the New Methods Preconference at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Livingston, J. L., Carlson, E. N., & Vazire, S. (January, 2011). Effect of introspection on self-judgments on personality. Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Solomon, B. C., Carlson, E. N., & Vazire, S. (January, 2011). A comparison of romantic partners' and friends' understanding of targets' self-perceptions. Poster presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.              

Bollich, K. L., Carlson, E. N, & Vazire, S. (January, 2011). Creating the least negative impression: Self-promotion and –deprecation among friends and new acquaintances. Poster presented at the Self & Identity Preconference of the 12th annual meeting of the Society for Personality & Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.

Carlson, E. N., Vazire, S., & Furr, R. M. (November, 2010). Calibration in interpersonal perception: Do people know when their social judgments are accurate? Oral presentation at the 6^th Bi-Annual meeting of the International Association for Metacognition, St. Louis, MO.

Carlson, E. N., & Oltmanns, T. F. (July 2010). Do you see what I see? Intra- and Interpersonal costs of self-other disagreement.  Oral presentation  at the 15^th European Conference on Personality, Brno, Czech Republic.

Vazire, S., Carlson, E. N., & Solomon, B. C. (July, 2010).  Accuracy and meta-accuracy in romantic relationships. Invited talk presented at the 15^th European Conference on Personality, Brno, Czech Republic.

Jongman-Sereno, K., Carlson, E. N., & Vazire, S. (May, 2010). Do we know when our first impressions are accurate? Poster presented at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference, Chicago, IL.

Livingston, J., Jongman-Sereno, K., Carlson, E., & Vazire, S. (January, 2010). Incremental validity of metaperception: Do people know when others see them differently than they view themselves? Poster presented at the 11^th annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Carlson, E. N., Furr, R. M., & Vazire, S. (January, 2010). Differential meta-accuracy: People are aware of the different impressions they make. Talk presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Solomon, B. C., Carlson, E. N., & Vazire, S. (January, 2010). Trusting your gut: Do we know when our first impressions are accurate? Poster presented at the Judgment and Decision Making preconference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Livingston, J., Carlson, E. N., & Vazire, S. (January, 2010). Incremental validity of meta-perception: Do people known when others see them differently than they view themselves? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV.

Solomon, B., Carlson, E., & Vazire S. (November, 2009). Concurrent accuracy and bias in perceptions of romantic partners. Poster presented at the New Directions in Research on Close Relationships: Integrating across Disciplines and Theoretical Approaches, Lawrence, KS.

Carlson, E. N., Vazire, S., & Furr, R. M. (July, 2009). Moderators of differential meta-accuracy.  Poster presented at the 2009 1^st Annual Conference for the Association for Research in Personality, Chicago, IL.

Smith, C. P., Furr, R. M., & Carlson, E. N., (July, 2009). Behavioral manifestations of sub-clinical personality pathology in brief social interactions. Poster presented at the 2009 1^st Annual Conference for the Association for Research in Personality, Chicago, IL.

Carlson, E. N., & Furr, R. M. (February, 2009). Differential meta-accuracy: People understand the different impressions they make. Poster presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL.

Kiang, L., Carlson, E., Blumenthal, T., & Lawson, Y. (March, 2008). Race-rejection sensitivity, racial regard, and physiological markers of defensive processing. Poster presented at the 2008 Biennial Meeting in Chicago, IL.

Carlson, E., & Furr, R. M. (February, 2008). Meta-accuracy for the Big Five:  A trait-centered and profile-based approach. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Personality pre-conference of the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Carlson, E., Nave, C., & Furr, R. M. (February, 2008). Social outcomes of self-ascribed and other-perceived authenticity. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Furr, R. M., & Carlson, E. (February, 2008). Self-presentational goals and performance: The toxic effects of personality pathology. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Carlson, E. & Furr, R. M. (January, 2007). Evaluating a trait profile approach to personality pathology. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Personality pre-conference of the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Memphis, TN.

Winner of the Travel Award received for the Self and Identity Preconference for the 13th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA (2012)

Teaching Assistant Award; Quantitative Methods I & II; Washington University in St. Louis, Psychology Department (2010-2011)

Rising Star Award; Association for Research in Personality (2011)

Winner of the European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP) scholarship for postgraduate students and early career researchers for the 15^th European Conference on Personality, Brno, Czech Republic (2010)

Winner of the Travel Award received for the 11^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Las Vegas, NV (2010)

Winner of the “Best Poster Award” received at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Tampa, FL (2009)

Winner of the Wake Forest University Outstanding Masters Student in Liberal Arts and Sciences Award (2007-2008)

Winner of the Association for Research in Personality “Best Poster Award” received at the 9^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM (2008)

Graduate School's Alumni Student Travel Award, Wake Forest University (2008)

Summer Research Grant, Wake Forest University (2007)

Graduate School's Alumni Student Travel Award, Wake Forest University (2007)

Parker Scholarship, University of Florida (2003)

Byron Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida (2002)

Wentworth Scholarship, University of Florida (2001)

Bouchenot-Stern Stern Scholarship (2000)

Research Interests

- Meta-Perception
- Meta-Cognition
- Self-Knowledge
- Social Perception
- Quantitative Methods


Last updated August 30, 2012