Thomas Boone

faculty

R. Thomas Boone

Professor

Psychology

Curriculum Vitae

Contact

508-999-8440

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Education

1996Brandeis UniversityPhD
1995Brandeis UniversityMA
1987Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBS

Teaching

  • Introductory Psychology
  • Statistics
  • Psychology of Sex Differences

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

A broad survey of principles underlying the systematic study of behavior. Using examples from basic research and applied settings, a variety of perspectives are explored, including findings associated with the physiological, behavioral, cognitive, developmental and social approaches.

Development of sex differences, socialization practices, attitudes, values and role expectations which affect the self-concept and interpersonal relationships. This course is designed to stimulate discussion among men as well as women.

Research

Research awards

  • $ 900 awarded by KBB FOUNDATION for Antachia Brown: Mapping out the facets of Trustworthiness

Select publications

See curriculum vitae for more publications

  • Schlegel, K., Boone, R.T., & Hall, J. A. (2017).
    A multi-level meta-analysis to assess whether judging other people is one skill or many. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 41, 103-137.
    Individual differences in interpersonal accuracy
  • Boone, R. T. & Buck, R. (2003).
    The role of nonverbal behavior in the evolution of cooperation. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior 27, 163-182.
    Emotional expressivity and trustworthiness

I am a full professor at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and former chair of the psychology department. I have served as an associate editor for the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior for the last five+ years. My primary research interests include the development of nonverbal emotional communication skills and their behavioral consequences. Another related research area focuses on the development of cooperative systems. In doing this research, I have developed a new variant of the prisoner’s dilemma that allows the independent manipulation of both resource and relational dependency. I have also expanded this research to include the role of the affective signaling of trustworthiness and the role of emotional expressivity and Machiavellianism in the development of cooperation.