Dr Travis Proulx
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Research summary
Dr. Proulx has worked in collaboration on the Meaning Maintenance Model - a discipline spanning framework that offers an integrated account of inconsistency compensation phenomena. His research focuses on the common ways that people respond to a wide array of meaning violations, ranging from absurdist humor to the absurdity of human mortality.
Cyhoeddiad
2026
- Barnaby, B. and Proulx, T. 2026. Priorities consultation: Equality, Human Rights and Social Justice Committee - POSS06. Working paper. Senedd Cymru | Welsh Parliament. Available at: https://business.senedd.wales/documents/s177832/POSS06%20-%20Barney%20Barnaby%20and%20Dr%20Travis%20Proulx.pdf.
- Proulx, T. 2026. An ‘outgroup’ public won’t trust a progressive ‘ingroup’ psychology. Current Opinion in Psychology 70 102316. (10.1016/j.copsyc.2026.102316)
- Smith, S. , Proulx, T. and Haddock, G. 2026. What narcissists look like and why it’s important. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 52 (8), pp.2455-2472. (10.1177/01461672251339014)
- Newton, J. et al. 2026. Peer influence and risk following ostracism: The moderating role of rejection sensitivity and reward availability. Social Cognition 44 (4), pp.457-490. (10.1521/soco.2026.44.4.457)
- Smith, S. , Proulx, T. and Haddock, G. 2026. How do people conceptualize narcissism and narcissistic individuals?. Journal of Personality 94 (3), pp.394-408. (10.1111/jopy.70008)
- Zarzeczna, N. and Proulx, T. 2026. Meaning maintenance drives science rejection. Current Opinion in Psychology 67 102184. (10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102184)
- Barnaby, B. and Proulx, T. 2026. Priorities for the early years, children, young people and education committee: EYCYPE Priorities 48. Working paper. Senedd Cymru | Welsh Parliament. Available at: https://business.senedd.wales/documents/s175162/EYCYPE%20Priorities%2048%20Barney%20Barnaby%20Dr%20Travis%20Proulx%20PhD%20Researcher%20Reader.pdf.
2025
- Magazin, E. , Haddock, G. and Proulx, T. 2025. The face of left-wing dissent: Progressives and traditional liberals generate divergently negative and positive representations of J.K. Rowling. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (10.1177/01461672251378189)
2024
- Heine, S. J. et al., 2024. An ecology of meaning: an integrative framework for understanding human motivations. In: Elliot, A. J. ed. Advances in Motivation Science. Vol. 11, Elsevier. , pp.75-121. (10.1016/bs.adms.2024.03.004)
2023
- Ostafin, B. D. and Proulx, T. 2023. A brief life-purpose intervention reduces trauma-film anxiety and rumination. Humanistic Psychologist 51 (4), pp.397-406. (10.1037/hum0000298)
- Han, R. et al. 2023. How people perceive dispositionally (non-) ambivalent others and why it matters. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 109 104518. (10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104518)
- Proulx, T. et al. 2023. The progressive values scale: assessing the ideological schism on the Left. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 49 (8), pp.1248-1272. (10.1177/01461672221097529)
2021
- Sleegers, W. W. , Proulx, T. and van Beest, I. 2021. Pupillometry and hindsight bias: physiological arousal predicts compensatory behavior. Social Psychological and Personality Science 12 (7), pp.1146-1154. (10.1177/1948550620966153)
- Proulx, T. and Morey, R. 2021. Beyond statistical ritual: theory in psychological science. Perspectives on Psychological Science 16 (4), pp.671-681. (10.1177/17456916211017098)
2020
- Zarzeczna, N. et al. 2020. Powerful men on top: Stereotypes interact with metaphors in social categorizations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 46 (1), pp.36-65. (10.1037/xhp0000699)
- Ostafin, B. D. and Proulx, T. 2020. Meaning in life and resilience to stressors. Anxiety, Stress and Coping 33 (6), pp.603-622.
2019
- Reiss, S. et al., 2019. Strength of socio-political attitudes moderates electrophysiological responses to perceptual anomalies. PLoS ONE 14 (8), pp.-. e0220732. (10.1371/journal.pone.0220732)
- Sleegers, W. W. A. , Proulx, T. and van Beest, I. 2019. Confirmation bias and misconceptions: Pupillometric evidence for a confirmation bias in misconceptions feedback. Biological Psychology 145 , pp.76-83. (10.1016/j.biopsycho.2019.03.018)
2018
- Morey, R. , Homer, S. and Proulx, T. 2018. Beyond statistics: accepting the null hypothesis in mature sciences. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 1 (2), pp.245-258. (10.1177/2515245918776023)
2017
- Proulx, T. , Sleegers, W. and Tritt, S. M. 2017. The expectancy bias: Expectancy-violating faces evoke earlier pupillary dilation than neutral or negative faces. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 70 , pp.69-79. (10.1016/j.jesp.2016.12.003)
- Tan, X. et al., 2017. Reacting to unexpected losses in an uncertain world: high approach individuals become even more risk-seeking. Personality and Individual Differences 109 , pp.117-123. (10.1016/j.paid.2016.12.051)
- Sleegers, W. W. A. , Proulx, T. and van Beest, I. 2017. The social pain of Cyberball: decreased pupillary reactivity to exclusion cues. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 69 , pp.187-200. (10.1016/j.jesp.2016.08.004)
- Suhay, E. , Brandt, M. J. and Proulx, T. 2017. Lay belief in biopolitics and political prejudice. Social Psychological and Personality Science 8 (2), pp.173-182. (10.1177/1948550616667615)
- Heine, S. et al., 2017. Essentially biased: why people are fatalistic about genes. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 55 , pp.137-192. (10.1016/bs.aesp.2016.10.003)
- Proulx, T. and Mark, B. 2017. Beyond threat and uncertainty: the underpinnings of conservatism. Social Cognition 35 (4), pp.313-323. (10.1521/soco.2017.35.4.313)
2016
- Brandt, M. J. and Proulx, T. 2016. Conceptual creep as a human (and scientific) goal [Commentaries]. Psychological Inquiry 27 (1), pp.18-23. (10.1080/1047840X.2016.1109577)
2015
- Randles, D. et al., 2015. Is dissonance reduction a special case of fluid compensation? Evidence that dissonant cognitions cause compensatory affirmation and abstraction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 108 (5), pp.697-710. (10.1037/a0038933)
- Sleegers, W. W. , Proulx, T. and van Beest, I. 2015. Extremism reduces conflict arousal and increases values affirmation in response to meaning violations. Biological Psychology 108 , pp.126-131. (10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.03.012)
Adrannau llyfrau
- Heine, S. J. et al., 2024. An ecology of meaning: an integrative framework for understanding human motivations. In: Elliot, A. J. ed. Advances in Motivation Science. Vol. 11, Elsevier. , pp.75-121. (10.1016/bs.adms.2024.03.004)
Erthyglau
- Proulx, T. 2026. An ‘outgroup’ public won’t trust a progressive ‘ingroup’ psychology. Current Opinion in Psychology 70 102316. (10.1016/j.copsyc.2026.102316)
- Smith, S. , Proulx, T. and Haddock, G. 2026. What narcissists look like and why it’s important. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 52 (8), pp.2455-2472. (10.1177/01461672251339014)
- Newton, J. et al. 2026. Peer influence and risk following ostracism: The moderating role of rejection sensitivity and reward availability. Social Cognition 44 (4), pp.457-490. (10.1521/soco.2026.44.4.457)
- Smith, S. , Proulx, T. and Haddock, G. 2026. How do people conceptualize narcissism and narcissistic individuals?. Journal of Personality 94 (3), pp.394-408. (10.1111/jopy.70008)
- Zarzeczna, N. and Proulx, T. 2026. Meaning maintenance drives science rejection. Current Opinion in Psychology 67 102184. (10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102184)
- Magazin, E. , Haddock, G. and Proulx, T. 2025. The face of left-wing dissent: Progressives and traditional liberals generate divergently negative and positive representations of J.K. Rowling. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (10.1177/01461672251378189)
- Ostafin, B. D. and Proulx, T. 2023. A brief life-purpose intervention reduces trauma-film anxiety and rumination. Humanistic Psychologist 51 (4), pp.397-406. (10.1037/hum0000298)
- Han, R. et al. 2023. How people perceive dispositionally (non-) ambivalent others and why it matters. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 109 104518. (10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104518)
- Proulx, T. et al. 2023. The progressive values scale: assessing the ideological schism on the Left. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 49 (8), pp.1248-1272. (10.1177/01461672221097529)
- Sleegers, W. W. , Proulx, T. and van Beest, I. 2021. Pupillometry and hindsight bias: physiological arousal predicts compensatory behavior. Social Psychological and Personality Science 12 (7), pp.1146-1154. (10.1177/1948550620966153)
- Proulx, T. and Morey, R. 2021. Beyond statistical ritual: theory in psychological science. Perspectives on Psychological Science 16 (4), pp.671-681. (10.1177/17456916211017098)
- Zarzeczna, N. et al. 2020. Powerful men on top: Stereotypes interact with metaphors in social categorizations. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 46 (1), pp.36-65. (10.1037/xhp0000699)
- Ostafin, B. D. and Proulx, T. 2020. Meaning in life and resilience to stressors. Anxiety, Stress and Coping 33 (6), pp.603-622.
- Reiss, S. et al., 2019. Strength of socio-political attitudes moderates electrophysiological responses to perceptual anomalies. PLoS ONE 14 (8), pp.-. e0220732. (10.1371/journal.pone.0220732)
- Sleegers, W. W. A. , Proulx, T. and van Beest, I. 2019. Confirmation bias and misconceptions: Pupillometric evidence for a confirmation bias in misconceptions feedback. Biological Psychology 145 , pp.76-83. (10.1016/j.biopsycho.2019.03.018)
- Morey, R. , Homer, S. and Proulx, T. 2018. Beyond statistics: accepting the null hypothesis in mature sciences. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 1 (2), pp.245-258. (10.1177/2515245918776023)
- Proulx, T. , Sleegers, W. and Tritt, S. M. 2017. The expectancy bias: Expectancy-violating faces evoke earlier pupillary dilation than neutral or negative faces. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 70 , pp.69-79. (10.1016/j.jesp.2016.12.003)
- Tan, X. et al., 2017. Reacting to unexpected losses in an uncertain world: high approach individuals become even more risk-seeking. Personality and Individual Differences 109 , pp.117-123. (10.1016/j.paid.2016.12.051)
- Sleegers, W. W. A. , Proulx, T. and van Beest, I. 2017. The social pain of Cyberball: decreased pupillary reactivity to exclusion cues. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 69 , pp.187-200. (10.1016/j.jesp.2016.08.004)
- Suhay, E. , Brandt, M. J. and Proulx, T. 2017. Lay belief in biopolitics and political prejudice. Social Psychological and Personality Science 8 (2), pp.173-182. (10.1177/1948550616667615)
- Heine, S. et al., 2017. Essentially biased: why people are fatalistic about genes. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 55 , pp.137-192. (10.1016/bs.aesp.2016.10.003)
- Proulx, T. and Mark, B. 2017. Beyond threat and uncertainty: the underpinnings of conservatism. Social Cognition 35 (4), pp.313-323. (10.1521/soco.2017.35.4.313)
- Brandt, M. J. and Proulx, T. 2016. Conceptual creep as a human (and scientific) goal [Commentaries]. Psychological Inquiry 27 (1), pp.18-23. (10.1080/1047840X.2016.1109577)
- Randles, D. et al., 2015. Is dissonance reduction a special case of fluid compensation? Evidence that dissonant cognitions cause compensatory affirmation and abstraction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 108 (5), pp.697-710. (10.1037/a0038933)
- Sleegers, W. W. , Proulx, T. and van Beest, I. 2015. Extremism reduces conflict arousal and increases values affirmation in response to meaning violations. Biological Psychology 108 , pp.126-131. (10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.03.012)
Monograffau
- Barnaby, B. and Proulx, T. 2026. Priorities consultation: Equality, Human Rights and Social Justice Committee - POSS06. Working paper. Senedd Cymru | Welsh Parliament. Available at: https://business.senedd.wales/documents/s177832/POSS06%20-%20Barney%20Barnaby%20and%20Dr%20Travis%20Proulx.pdf.
- Barnaby, B. and Proulx, T. 2026. Priorities for the early years, children, young people and education committee: EYCYPE Priorities 48. Working paper. Senedd Cymru | Welsh Parliament. Available at: https://business.senedd.wales/documents/s175162/EYCYPE%20Priorities%2048%20Barney%20Barnaby%20Dr%20Travis%20Proulx%20PhD%20Researcher%20Reader.pdf.
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2019 – present: Coordinator and Instructor, Department of Psychology, Cardiff University. (Thinking About Human Behaviour)
2016 – 2019: Instructor, Department of Psychology, Cardiff University. (Social Psychology)
2011 – 2016: Coordinator and Instructor, Department of Social Psychology, Tilburg University. (Social Cognition, Existential Psychology) Minor Coordinator, Department of Social Psychology Graduate Masters Program.
2007 – 2010: Coordinator and Instructor, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University. (Psychology of Meaning; Adolescent Development: Rationality, Morality, Identity; Cultural Psychology)
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Cyflogaeth
Ebrill 2016 - Presennol:
Prifysgol Caerdydd
Darllenydd – Seicoleg Gymdeithasol
Ionawr 2011 – Ebrill 2016:
Prifysgol Tilburg
Athro Cynorthwyol – Seicoleg Gymdeithasol
Ionawr 2010 – 2011:
Prifysgol Simon Fraser
Athro Cynorthwyol – Seicoleg Gymdeithasol
Medi 2008 – Rhagfyr 2009:
Prifysgol California, Santa Barbara
Ymchwilydd Ôl-ddoethurol - Labordy Cysylltiadau Hunan a Rhyng-grŵp
Goruchwylydd: Brenda Major
Addysg ôl-raddedig
Ionawr 2006 - Medi 2008:
Prifysgol British Columbia
Mawr: Seicoleg Ddatblygiadol
Gradd: Ph.D.
Goruchwylydd: Michael Chandler
Ph.D. Traethawd hir: Jekyll & Hyde & Me: Amrywiadau Oedran a Diwylliannol mewn Canfyddiadau o Hunan-Undod
Ionawr 2004 – Rhagfyr 2005:
Prifysgol British Columbia
Mawr: Seicoleg Ddatblygiadol
Gradd: M.A.
Goruchwylydd: Michael Chandler
Traethawd M.A.: Gwrandäwr Gaze: Bwriad Cyfathrebu a Dysgu Geiriau
Medi 2001 – Rhagfyr 2003:
Prifysgol British Columbia
Mawr: Astudiaethau Rhyngddisgyblaethol
Gradd: M.A.
Goruchwylydd: Darrin Lehman
Traethawd ymchwil MA: Absurdity fel Ffynhonnell Pryder Existential: Beirniadaeth o Theori Rheoli Terfysgaeth
Addysg israddedig
Medi 1997 – Mai 2001:
Prifysgol British Columbia
Mawr: Seicoleg
Gradd a ddyfarnwyd: B.A.
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