William E. Davis

Graduate Student
Psychology Department
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
billy.davis AT tamu DOT edu

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I graduated from North Dakota State University in 2009 with a B.S. in Philosophy and Psychology. I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Social Psychology at Texas A&M University, working with Dr. Joshua Hicks. I’m interested in investigating broad research questions regarding the human condition from a social and personality psychology perspective; including how and why we imbue the world with meaning and purpose, the role of “true self” and authenticity in judgment and experience, the subjective experience of wonder, and individual differences in moral values.

• Hicks, J. A., Friedman, R. F., Gable, P., & Davis, W. E. (in press). Interactive effects of approach motivational intensity and alcohol cues on the scope of perceptual attention. Addiction. - Download
• Hicks, J. A, Trent, J., Davis, W. E., & King, L. A. (2012). Positive affect, meaning in life, & future time perspective: An application of socioemotional selectivity theory. Psychology and Aging, 27, 181-189. - Download
• Davis, W. E., Juhl, J., Routledge, C. (2011). Death and design: The terror management function of teleological beliefs. Motivation and Emotion, 35, 98-104. - Download