Dr Marc Wilson

Deputy Head of School / Senior Lecturer

Course Coordinator

• PSYC 121 Introduction to Psychology I
• PSYC 429 Psychology of Superstition

Areas of Interest

Social and political psychology

Broadly, I am interested in the application of social psychological theory to important social issues. Much of my research revolves around the relationship between the concepts of Social Dominance Orientation, authoritarianism, and social values, and such issues as the Treaty settlement process, New Zealand national identity, and political preference.

I am also interested in social psychological factors influencing peoples' food preferences (eg. to eat or not eat meat), the psychology of religion, and people's beliefs about paranormal phenomena.

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I am currently working on a project investigating beliefs about evolution (with Peter Ritchie from the School of Biological Sciences at VUW). If you’re interested in finding out about what it involves, follow the link below.

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Selected Publications

Allen, M.W., Ng, S.H., Ikeda, K., Jawan, J.A., Sufi, A.H., Wilson, M., & Yang, K-S. (2007). Two decades of change in cultural values and economic development in eight east Asian and Pacific Island nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38, 247-269.

Sibley, C.G., Wilson, M.S., & Duckitt, J. (2007). Antecedents of men’s hostile and benevolent sexism: The dual roles of Social Dominance Orientation and Right-Wing Authoritarianism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 160-172.

A.Weatherall, M.Wilson, D.Harper, & J.McDowall (2006), Psychology in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Pearson Education.

Wilson, M.S. (2006). Conducting, Analysing, and Reporting Psychological Research. Auckland: Pearson Education New Zealand.

Sibley, C.G., Robertson, A., & Wilson, M.S. (2006). Exploring the additive and interactive effects of Social Dominance Orientation and Right-Wing Authoritarianism on prejudice and related intergroup attitudes. Political Psychology. 27, 755-768.

Allen, M.W., & Wilson, M.S.(2005). Materialism and food security. Appetite, 45, 314-323.

Wilson, M.S. (2005). Gender Group Identity as a Moderator of Sex Differences in Interpersonal and Intergroup Dominance (pp.145-167). In J.W.Lee (Ed.), The Psychology of Gender Identity. NY: Nova Science.

Wilson, M.S. (2005). A social value analysis of Postmaterialism. Journal of Social Psychology, 145, 209-224.

Wilson, M.S. (2004). Values and political Ideology: Rokeach’s two-value model in a proportional representation environment. New Zealand Journal of Psychology. 33, 154-161.

Sibley, C.G., & Wilson, M.S. (2004). Men’s sexual self-schema and the differentiation of hostile and benevolent sexist attitudes towards positive and negative sexual female subtypes. Sex Roles, 51, 687-696.

Wilson, M.S., Weatherall, A., & Butler, C.W. (2004). A rhetorical approach to discussions about health and vegetarianism. Journal of Health Psychology, 9, 567-581.

Wilson, M.S., & Liu, J.H. (2003). Social Dominance Orientation and Gender: The Moderating Role of Gender Identity. British Journal of Social Psychology.42, 187- 13 February, 2009Dominance and ethical ideology: The end justifies the means. Journal of Social Psychology. 143, 549-558.

Allen, M.W., Wilson, M.S., Ng, S.H., & Dunne, M. (2000). Values, beliefs and meat consumption: The values of omnivores and vegetarians. Journal of Social Psychology, 140(4), 405-422.

Liu, J.H., Wilson, M.S., McClure, J., & Higgins, T.R. (1999). Social Identity and the Perception of History: Cultural Representations of Aotearoa/New Zealand. European Journal of Social Psychology, 20, 1021-1047.