Professor Higgins, the Stanley Schachter Professor of Psychology and Professor of Business is an expert on motivation and decision making. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He is the author of Beyond Pleasure and Pain: How Motivation Works (Oxford) and co-author of Focus: Use Different Ways of Seeing the World for Success and Influence (Penguin). He teaches an Executive MBA course on negotiation, and is the Director of the Motivation Science Center. Higgins has received the Donald T. Campbell Award for Outstanding Contributions to Social Psychology (Society for Personality and Social Psychology), the Thomas M. Ostrom Award in Social Cognition, the Distinguished Lifetime Career Award (International Society for Self & Identity), and the Distinguished Scientist Award (Society of Experimental Social Psychology). In 2000, he was the recipient of both the William James Fellow Award for Distinguished Achievements in Psychological Science (Association of Psychological Science) and the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions (American Psychological Association). He has served as an advisor and consultant to many governmental and academic organizations. In 2000, he was chosen to present Columbia's University Lecture. In 2004, he was the recipient of the Presidential Teaching Award.
E. Tory Higgins
BA, Joint Honors (Sociology & Anthropology), McGill University, 1967; MA with Distinction, London School of Economics, 1968; PhD (Psychology), Columbia University, 1973
Joined CBS in 2002
Office
702 Uris
Phone
212-854-1297
E-mail
tory@psych.columbia.edu
Fax
212-316-9355
Teaching and research interest
Courses taught
- Spring 2011
(PhD) Theories of Social Personality (PHD)
- Fall 2009
Seminar in Managerial Negotiations (EMBA)
Chapters
Motivation Science in Social Psychology: A Tale of Two Histories In Handbook of the History of Social Psychology (2011)
Author(s):
E. Tory Higgins
Accessibility theory In Handbook of theories of social psychology (2011)
Author(s):
E. Tory Higgins
Regulatory focus theory In Handbook of theories of social psychology (2011)
Author(s):
E. Tory Higgins
Promotion and prevention systems: Regulatory focus dynamics within self-regulatory hierarchies In Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications (2011)
Author(s):
Abigail Scholer,
E. Tory Higgins
Sharing inner states: A defining feature of human motivation In Grounding sociality: Neurons, minds, and culture (2011)
Author(s):
E. Tory Higgins
How communication shapes memory: Shared reality and implications for culture In Grounding sociality: Neurons, minds, and culture (2010)
Author(s):
Gerald Echterhoff,
E. Tory Higgins
Conflict and control at different levels of self-regulation In Self Control in Society, Mind, and Brain (2010)
Author(s):
Abigail Scholer,
E. Tory Higgins
Regulatory focus in a demanding world In Handbook of personality and self-regulation (2010)
Author(s):
Abigail Scholer,
E. Tory Higgins
Modes of self-regulation: Assessment and locomotion as independent determinants in goal-pursuit In Handbook of Personality and Self-Regulation (2009)
Author(s):
Arie Kruglanski,
Edward Orehek,
E. Tory Higgins,
Antonio Pierro,
Idit Shalev
Distinguishing levels of approach and avoidance: An analysis using regulatory focus theory In Handbook of approach and avoidance motivation (2008)
Author(s):
Abigail Scholer,
E. Tory Higgins
Promotion and prevention strategies for self-regulation: A motivated cognition perspective In Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications, 2nd ed. (2007)
Author(s):
E. Tory Higgins,
Scott Spiegel
Promotion and Prevention in Consumer Decision-Making: The State of the Art and Theoretical Propositions In Inside Consumption: Consumer Motives, Goals, and Desires (2005)
Author(s):
Michel Tuan Pham,
E. Tory Higgins
Journal articles
Leaders as planners and movers: Supervisors' regulatory modes and subordinates' performance In Journal of Applied Social Psychology (2012)
Author(s):
Antonio Pierro,
Mauro Giacomantonio,
Lucia Mannetti,
E. Tory Higgins,
Arie Kruglanski
Regulatory focus and anxiety: A self-regulatory model of GAD-Depression comorbidity In Personality and Individual Differences (2011)
Author(s):
Megan Klenk,
Timothy Strauman,
E. Tory Higgins
Liking the same things, but doing things differently: Outcome versus strategic compatibility in partner preferences for joint tasks In Social Cognition (2011)
Author(s):
Vanessa Bohns,
E. Tory Higgins
Managing Others Like You Were Managed: How Prevention Focus Motivates Copying Interpersonal Norms In Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2011)
Author(s):
Shu Zhang,
E. Tory Higgins,
Guoquan Chen
My way: How strategic preferences vary by negotiator role and regulatory focus In Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (2010)
Author(s):
Kirstin Appelt,
E. Tory Higgins
On "feeling right" in cultural contexts: How person-culture match affects self-esteem and subjective well-being In Psychological Science (2010)
Author(s):
C. Ashley Fulmer,
Michele Gelfand,
Arie Kruglanski,
Chu Kim-Prieto,
Ed Diener,
Antonio Pierro,
E. Tory Higgins
Motivation in Mental Accessibility: Relevance of a Representation (ROAR) as a New Framework In Social and Personality Psychology Compass (2010)
Author(s):
Baruch Eitam,
E. Tory Higgins
The ecology of automaticity: How situational contingencies shape action semantics and social behavior In Psychological Science (2010)
Author(s):
Joseph Cesario,
Jason Plaks,
Nao Hagiwara,
Carlos Navarrete,
E. Tory Higgins
When risk seeking becomes a motivational necessity In Journal of Personality and Social Science (2010)
Author(s):
Abigail Scholer,
Xi Zou,
Kentaro Fujita,
Steven J. Stroessner,
E. Tory Higgins
Feeling right or being right: When strong assessment yields strong correction In Motivation and Emotion (2010)
Author(s):
Kirstin Appelt,
Xi Zou,
E. Tory Higgins
Shared reality effects on memory: Communicating to fulfill epistemic needs In Social Cognition (2010)
Author(s):
Renee Kopietz,
Jens Hellman,
E. Tory Higgins,
Gerald Echterhoff
Regulatory focus and political decision making: When people favor reform over the status quo In Political Psychology (2010)
Author(s):
Jennifer Boldero,
E. Tory Higgins
Tailoring visual images to fit: Value creation in persuasive messages In European Journal of Social Psychology (2010)
Author(s):
Lucia Mannetti,
Mauro Giacomantonio,
E. Tory Higgins,
Antonio Pierro,
Arie Kruglanski
Increasing or decreasing interest in activities: The role of regulatory fit In Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2010)
Author(s):
E. Tory Higgins,
Joseph Cesario,
Nao Hagiwara,
Scott Spiegel,
Thane Pittman
Engaging the Consumer: The Science and Art of the Value Creation Process In Journal of Consumer Psychology (2009)
Author(s):
E. Tory Higgins,
Abigail Scholer
Value From Hedonic Experience and Engagement In Psychological Review (2006)
Author(s):
E. Tory Higgins
Categorization Under Uncertainty: Resolving Vagueness and Ambiguity with Eager Versus Vigilant Strategies In Social Cognition (2004)
Author(s):
E. Tory Higgins
Regulatory Focus Theory and the Entrepreneurial Process In Journal of Business Venturing (2004)
Author(s):
Joel Brockner,
E. Tory Higgins
Regulatory Focus and the Probability Estimates of Conjunctive and Disjunctive Events In Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (2002)
Author(s):
Joel Brockner,
Srikanth Paruchuri,
Lorraine Idson,
E. Tory Higgins
Regulatory Focus Theory: Implications for the Study of Emotions at Work In Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (2001)
Author(s):
Joel Brockner,
E. Tory Higgins