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Tim Wilson

Tim Wilson

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Tim Wilson did his undergraduate work at Williams College and Hampshire College and received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Currently Sherrell J. Aston Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, he has published numerous articles in the areas of introspection, attitude change, self-knowledge, and affective forecasting, as well as the book "Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious."

His research has received the support of the National Science Foundation and the National Institute for Mental Health. He has been associate editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and a member of the Social and Groups Processes Review Committee at the National Institute of Mental Health. He has been elected twice to the Executive Board of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology and is a Fellow in the American Psychological Society. Professor Wilson has taught the Introduction to Social Psychology course at the University of Virginia for more than twenty years. He was recently awarded an All University Outstanding Teaching Award.

Primary Interests:

  • Attitudes and Beliefs
  • Emotion, Mood, Affect
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition

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    Redirect with Tim Wilson (RSA)


  • 45:14

    Strangers to Ourselves: The Limits of Self-Knowledge

    (APS William James Fellow Award Address)


  • 1:26

    How to Get Rid of Negative Thoughts (Insider Tech)


  • 3:48

    The Adaptive Unconscious (New York Academy of Sciences)


  • 28:59

    Story-Editing (The Lab @DC)


  • 43:56

    Edit Your Story, Change Your Life (The Weekend University)


  • 25:35

    Just Think: The Challenges and Benefits of the Mind at Play

    Donald T. Campbell Award Address, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2014


  • 20:46

    Just Think: The Challenges and Benefits of a Disengaged Mind


  • 1:54

    The Power of Editing Your Personal Story (genconnectU)


  • 1:07

    Why We Should Write Down Our Problems (genconnectU)


  • 1:27

    How We Get People to Change (genconnectU)


  • 52:51

    Enhance the Effectiveness of Learning Design


  • 45:25

    How to "Redirect"


  • 25:46

    How to Change the Stories You Tell About Yourself


  • 57:00

    Psychological Change (The Future of Education podcast)



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Courses Taught:

  • Introduction to Social Psychology
  • Proseminar: Social Psychology
  • Self-Insight
  • Self-Knowledge and the Adaptive Unconscious

Tim Wilson
Department of Psychology
P.O. Box 400400
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4400
United States of America

  • Phone: (434) 924-0674
  • Fax: (434) 982-4766

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