Qi Wang Ph.D.

About

Qi Wang, Ph.D., is Joan K. and Irwin M. Jacobs Professor of Human Development, Psychology, and Cognitive Science at Cornell University. Her research focuses on the self and mental time travel in the cultural context of beliefs, ideologies, practices, media, technologies, and more.

Books by Qi Wang Ph.D.

Recent Posts

Anonymity Enhances Moral Courage on Social Media

Social media anonymity serves an important function for individuals to exercise their moral courage online.

“You Are Biased, Not Me”

Blaming others for biases and flaws while believing oneself to be innocent is common in everyday life.

The Achieving Peers: To Resent or to Emulate?

When others outperform us, should we feel threatened or inspired? Should we resent or emulate their achievement?

The Cultural Meaning of Failure

We encounter failure in our daily lives. How we interpret the meaning of failure and, in turn, how we remember and react to failure, can be influenced by our cultural upbringing.

Online Misinformation Produces False Memory

After people experience or witness a real-life event, exposure to online misinformation greatly increases false memories, particularly for peripheral aspects of the event.

Social Media Makes Our Memory More Fallible

Our memory reflects our motives and is subject to external influences and manipulation. The fallibility of our memory is magnified exponentially in the social media era.

Why Americans See a Gloomy Future, but Others Don't

Although Americans are optimistic about their personal futures, they are pessimistic about their country’s. This paradox is not shared by those in other cultures.

Our Three Selves in the Age of Social Media

We have three selves in the age of social media: who we think we are, how we present ourselves online, and what other social media users think of us.