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Professor of Psychology | Florida State University

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September 01, 2026

The Proximity of Prestige: Leadership Styles and Representations of Physical Closeness→

September 01, 2026/ ScienceSites

Miller, H., & Maner, J.K. (2026). Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 

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journal-article, 2026
social hierarchy
August 08, 2025

The Role of Political Partisanship and Moral Beliefs in Leadership Selection→

August 08, 2025/ ScienceSites

Miller, H., Hasty, C., Kievit, D., Plant, E.A., & Maner, J.K. (2025). Social Psychological and Personality Science, 16(8), 884-894.

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journal-article, 2025
social hierarchy
April 28, 2025

Dominance, Prestige, and Intergroup Conflict: How and Why Leadership Preferences Change in Response to Social Context→

April 28, 2025/ ScienceSites

Hasty, C., & Maner, J.K. (2025). Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 19(1), 85-113.

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journal-article, 2025
social hierarchy, intergroup psychology
January 22, 2024

Banding Together to Avoid Exploitation: Dominant (But Not Prestige-Based) Leaders Motivate Collective Moral Opposition From Followers→

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Ronay, R., Oostrom, J., She, M., & Maner, J.K. (2024). Group Processes & Intergroup Relations.

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journal-article, 2024
social hierarchy
January 22, 2024

Experimentally Manipulated Anger Activates Implicit Cognitions About Social Hierarchy→

January 22, 2024/ ScienceSites

Miller, H., Hasty, C., & Maner, J.K. (2024). Cognition and Emotion.

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journal-article, 2024
social hierarchy
January 11, 2024

Lifting Me Up or Tearing You Down?  The Role of Prestige and Dominance in Benign Versus Malicious Envy→

January 11, 2024/ ScienceSites

Hasty, C., Martinez, J.L., Ainsworth, S. & Maner, J.K. (2024). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 50, 133-146.

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journal-article, 2024
social hierarchy
December 12, 2023

Life History Strategies, Prestige, and Dominance: An Evolutionary-Developmental View of Social Hierarchy→

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Maner, J.K., & Hasty, C. (2023). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49, 627-641.

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2023, journal-article
social hierarchy, life history theory
December 01, 2023

Actor and Partner Power Are Distinct and Have Differential Effects on Social Behavior→

December 01, 2023/ ScienceSites

Overall, N.C., Maner, J.K., Hammond, M.D., Cross, E.J., Chang, V.T., Low, R.S.T., Girme, Y.U., Jayamaha, S.D., Reid, C.J., & Sasaki, E. (2023). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124, 311-343.

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2023, journal-article
close relationships and attraction, social hierarchy
August 31, 2022

Two Ways to Stay at the Top: Prestige and Dominance Are Both Viable Strategies for Gaining and Maintaining Social Rank Over Time→

August 31, 2022/ ScienceSites

MacClanahan, K., Maner, J.K., & Cheng, J. (2022). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48, 1516-1528.

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journal-article, 2022
social hierarchy
May 05, 2021

The Precautious Nature of Prestige: When Leaders Are Hypervigilant to Subtle Signs of Social Disapproval→

May 05, 2021/ ScienceSites

Case, C.R., Bae, K., Larsen, K., & Maner, J.K. (2021). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120, 694-715.

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2021, journal-article
social hierarchy
April 01, 2021

Complaisant or Coercive? The Role of Dominance and Prestige in Social Influence→

April 01, 2021/ ScienceSites

Ketterman, A., & Maner, J.K. (2021). Personality and Individual Differences, 177.

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2021, journal-article
social hierarchy
January 11, 2021

Psychological Resilience, Experimentally Manipulated Social Status, and Dietary Intake Among Adolescents→

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Williamson, V.G., Lee, A.M., Miller, D., Huo, T., Maner, J.K., & Cardel, C. (2021). Nutrients, 13, 806.

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journal-article, 2021
social hierarchy, weight stigma
June 01, 2020

Power, Status, and Social Judgment→

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Hasty, C., & Maner, J.K. (2020). Current Opinion in Psychology, 33, 1-5.

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2020, journal-article
social hierarchy
May 30, 2019

To Lead or to Be Liked: When Prestige-Oriented Leaders Prioritize Popularity Over Performance→

May 30, 2019/ ScienceSites

Case, C.R., Bae, K., & Maner, J.K. (2018). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 657-676.

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2018, journal-article
social hierarchy
August 31, 2017

Dominance and Prestige: A Tale of Two Hierarchies (PDF)→

August 31, 2017/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K. (2017). Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26, 526-531.

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journal-article, 2017
social hierarchy
July 29, 2016

Dominance and Prestige: Dual Strategies for Navigating Social Hierarchies (PDF)→

July 29, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., & Case, C.R. (2016). In J. Olson & M. Zanna (Eds.) Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol 54) (Ch3, pp.129-180). San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press.

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book-chapter, 2016
social hierarchy
July 29, 2016

Evolved Social Motives: When Knowing About the Past Provides a Window Onto the Present→

July 29, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K. (in press). In A. Elliot (Ed.) Advances in Motivation Science (Vol. 3). San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press.

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in-press, journal-article
social hierarchy, close relationships and attraction
July 29, 2016

Power and Attraction to the Counternormative Aspects of Infidelity→

July 29, 2016/ ScienceSites

Lammers, J., & Maner, J.K. (2016). Journal of Sex Research, 53, 54-63. 

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2016, journal-article
social hierarchy, close relationships and attraction
July 26, 2016

Affiliation-Seeking Among the Powerless: Lacking Power Increases Social Affiliative Motivation (PDF)→

July 26, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Case, C.R., Conlon, K., & Maner, J.K. (2015). European Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 378-385.

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2015, journal-article
social hierarchy, social affiliation
July 22, 2016

Divide and Conquer: When and Why Leaders Undermine the Cohesive Fabric of Their Group (PDF)→

July 22, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Case, C.R. & Maner, J.K. (2014). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 107, 1033-1050.

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2014, journal-article
social hierarchy
July 22, 2016

Overpowering Restriction: Power Reduces Restriction Among Self-Critical Perfectionists (PDF)→

July 22, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Kunstman, J., Smith, A.R., & Maner, J.K. (2014). Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 33,-630- 652.

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2014, journal-article
social hierarchy
July 22, 2016

Looking Up Versus Looking Down: Attractiveness-Based Organizational Biases Are Moderated by Social Comparison Direction (PDF)→

July 22, 2016/ ScienceSites

Agthe, M., Spörrle, M., Frey, D., & Maner, J.K. (2014). Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 44, 40-45.

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2014, journal-article
close relationships and attraction, social hierarchy
July 15, 2016

Dispositional Anxiety Blocks the Psychological Effects of Power (PDF)→

July 15, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., Gailliot, M.T., Menzel, A.J., & Kunstman, J.W. (2012). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 1383-1399.

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2012, journal-article
anxiety, social hierarchy
July 15, 2016

On Keeping Your Enemies Close: Powerful Leaders Seek Proximity to Ingroup Power-Threats (PDF)→

July 15, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Mead, N.L. & Maner, J.K. (2012). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 576-591. 

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2012, journal-article
social hierarchy
July 15, 2016

When Me vs. You Becomes Us vs. Them: How Intergroup Competition Shapes Ingroup Psychology→

July 15, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Mead, N.L., & Maner, J.K. (2012). Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 6, 566-574.

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2012, journal-article
social hierarchy
July 11, 2016

Sexual Overperception: Power, Mating Motives, and Biases in Social Judgment (PDF)→

July 11, 2016/ ScienceSites

*Kunstman, J., & Maner, J.K. (2011). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 282-294.

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2011, journal-article
social hierarchy, close relationships and attraction
July 05, 2016

The Essential Tension Between Leadership and Power: When Leaders Sacrifice Group Goals for the Sake of Self-Interest (PDF)→

July 05, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., & Mead, N. (2010). Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99, 482-497.

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2010, journal-article
social hierarchy
July 05, 2016

Social Power and the Advent of Action (PDF)→

July 05, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., Kaschak, M.P., & Jones, J. (2010). Social Cognition, 28, 122-132.

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2010, journal-article
social hierarchy
July 05, 2016

Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful: Anti- Attractiveness Bias in Organizational Evaluation and Decision Making→

July 05, 2016/ ScienceSites

Agthe, M., Spörrle, M., & Maner, J.K. (2010). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 1151-1154.

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2010, journal-article
social hierarchy
May 02, 2016

Selective Attention to Signs of Success: Social Dominance and Early Stage Interpersonal Perception (PDF)→

May 02, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., DeWall, C.N., & Gailliot, M.T. (2008). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 488-501.

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2008, journal-article
social hierarchy
April 11, 2016

Power, Risk, and the Status Quo: Does Power Promote Riskier or More Conservative Decision-Making? (PDF)→

April 11, 2016/ ScienceSites

Maner, J.K., Gailliot, M.T., Butz, D., & Peruche, B.M. (2007). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 451-462.

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2007, journal-article
social hierarchy
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In the News

  • Dr. Maner named Distinguished Research Professor

    The title “recognizes outstanding research and/or creative activity.” — Florida State University News

  • Dr. Maner Wins 2026 Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award

    The award honors faculty who have had a significant impact on FSU graduate students. — Florida State University News

  • FSU Researchers Part of Team Awarded Nearly $3.4 million by NIH to Study Disparity of Care Outcomes Related to Physician Bias

    The project includes researchers from different fields and six institutions. — Florida State University News

Latest Research

  • The Proximity of Prestige: Leadership Styles and Representations of Physical Closeness

    Miller, H., & Maner, J.K. (2026). Journal of Nonverbal Behavior.

  • Sexual Relationships Matter More to Men Than to Women

    Peters, S., & Maner, J.K. (2026). Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 49: e119.

  • An Evolutionary-Developmental Perspective on the Relationship Between Childhood Unpredictability and Intellectual Humility

    Dutta, T., & Maner, J.K. (2026). Personality and Individual Differences, 250, 113546.

  • Fundamental Evolved Motives Meet Environmental Threats and Opportunities

    Becker, D.V., et al. (2026). Evolution and Human Behavior, 47(4), 106860.

Announcements

    Prof. Maner is accepting graduate applications for next year. Refer to the FSU Department of Psychology website for application instructions.

The Latest

  • Article

    Power and Attraction to the Counternormative Aspects of Infidelity

    J. Lammers and J. Maner (2016). The Journal of Sex Research 53 (1), 54-63.

  • Media

    Why Some Powerful Men Like Getting Tied Up

    Joris Lammers and Jon Maner report that among their Dutch respondents power increased infidelity.

  • Event

    Are There Any Domain-General Emotions?

    Invited talk at the annual meeting of the Motivation and Emotion Scientific Society

Collaborators

  • Jim McNulty

    Social psychologist, Florida State University

  • Saul Miller

    Social psychologist, University of Kentucky

  • Jonathan Kunstman

    Psychologist, Miami University

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