Alex Gunz
Doctoral Student
Educational Background
B.S., University of Toronto, 1999.
Ph.D., University of Waterloo, 2004.
Alex's interests include intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, self determination theory, materialism, and psychological need satisfaction.
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
"Comparing old and new measures of explicit and implicit power and intimacy motivation," with S.M. Sheldon, L.H. Houser-Marko, R. Osbaldiston, and L.A. King, European Journal of Personality, 21(3), 263-280, 2007.
"As seen by the other . . .: The self from the'outside in' and the 'inside out' in the memories and emotional perceptions of Easterners and Westerners," with D. Cohen, Psychological Science, 13 (1), 55-59, 2002.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
"Making Self-Determination Theory Dynamic: When Do Needs Push Behaviour?" Third International Conference on Self-Determination Theory, Toronto, Canada, 2007.
"Inside Out, or Outside In? Cultural Differences in How the Self is Perceived," American Psychological Society Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2001.
Book Chapter
"Social Psychology," with D.G. Myers, in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, W.A. Darity, editor, Thomson Gale, pp. 608-611, 2008.