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David Sanbonmatsu

David Sanbonmatsu

Professor Sanbonmatsu's research interests include attitudes, judgment and decision making, and the minority experience.

Primary Interests:

  • Attitudes and Beliefs
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Social Cognition

Journal Articles:

  • Gibson, B., & Sanbonmatsu, D. M. (2004). Optimism, pessimism, and gambling: The downside of optimism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 149-160.
  • Sanbonmatsu, D. M., Posavac, S. S., Vanous, S., & Ho, E. A. (2005). Information search in the testing of quantified hypotheses: How all, most, some, few, and none hypotheses are tested. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 254-266.
  • Sanbonmatsu, D. M, Posavac, S. S., Vanous, S., Ho, E. A., & Fazio, R. H. (2007). The deautomatization of accessible attitudes. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 43, 365-378.
  • White, P. H., Sanbonmatsu, D. M., Croyle, R. T., & Smittipatana, S. (2002). Letting up for others: Test of socially motivated underachievement. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 162-169.

Courses Taught:

  • Asian American Experience
  • Attitudes and Attitude Change
  • Everyday Decision Making
  • Introduction to Social Psychology
  • Stereotypes and Prejudice

David Sanbonmatsu
Department of Psychology
University of Utah
390 South 1530 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0251
United States of America

  • Phone: (801) 581-8505
  • Fax: (801) 581-5841

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