Faculty Affiliate Crystal Hall, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, is a social psychologist whose primary research focus is on decision making in the context of poverty. Specific topics in this research program include the influence of trust on the choice between financial contracts, the structure of mental accounting among low-income populations, and how simple interventions relating to self-affirmation and identity can influence behavior. Other previous research topics included the relationship between facial appearance and election outcomes, how the existence of extra information can impair judgment, and the exploration of an alternate method of implementing social judgment theory.

Major Research Projects:

Sample Publications:

• Hall, C. C., Goren, A, Chaiken, S., and Todorov, A. (in press) “Shallow cues and deep effects: Trait
  judgments from faces and voting decisions” Chapter in preparation for The Political Psychology of
  Democratic Citizenship (eds. Borgida, E., Sullivan, J.L., & Federico, C.M.)
• Hall, C. C. , Ariss, L. & Todorov, A. (2007) The illusion of knowledge: When more information reduces
  accuracy and increases confidence. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 103(2), 277-
  290.
• Todorov, A., Madisodza, A., Goren, A. & Hall, C. C. (2005) Inferences of competence from faces predict
  election outcomes. Science, 208, 1623-1626.

Contact Information:

Crystal Hall
Email: hallcc@uw.edu
Homepage: http://evans.washington.edu/faculty-staff/bios/current-hz/hall
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