Terry F. Pettijohn II

Institution Coastal Carolina University Current Position Assistant Professor of Psychology Highest Degree Ph.D. in Social Psychology from University of Georgia, 1999 Research Interests Close Relationships Emotion Intergroup Relations Internet/Cyberpsychology Interpersonal Processes Person Perception Sexuality/Sexual Orientation Courses Taught Cross-Cultural Psychology Human Sexual Behavior Introduction to Psychology Motivation and Emotion Psychology of Prejudice Research Methods Social Psychology Statistics for Psychology   Terry F. Pettijohn II Department of Psychology Coastal Carolina University P.O. Box 261954 Conway, South Carolina 29528-6054 U.S.A. Home Page Phone: (843) 349-6447 Fax: (702) 442-7164 Dr. Pettijohn's current research interests include: • Facial and Body Feature Preferences and Measurement, Environmental Security Hypothesis • Close Relationships: Attraction, Intimacy, Commitment, Satisfaction • Emotions: Love, Trust, Jealousy, Happiness, Embarrassment • Instructional Technology Methods Journal Articles: Pettijohn, T. F., II. (2003). Relationships between U.S. social and economic hard times and popular motion picture actor gender, actor age, and movie genre preferences. North American Journal of Psychology, 5(1), 61-66. Pettijohn, T. F., II. (1995). Correlations among college students’ grade point averages and American College Test scores. Psychological Reports, 76, 336-338. Pettijohn, T. F., II, & Jungeberg, B. (2004). Playboy playmate curves: Changes in facial and body feature preferences across U.S. social and economic conditions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(9), 1186-1197. Pettijohn, T. F., II, & Pettijohn, T. F. (1996). Perceived happiness of college students measured by Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Psychological Reports, 79, 759-762. Pettijohn, T. F. II, & Sacco, D. F., Jr. (2009). Tough times, meaningful music, mature performers: Popular Billboard songs and performer preferences across social and economic conditions in the USA. Psychology of Music, 37(2), 155-179. Pettijohn, T. F., II, & Tesser, A. (2003). History and facial features: The eyes have it for actresses but not for actors. North American Journal of Psychology, 5(3), 335-344. Pettijohn, T. F., II, & Tesser, A. (1999). Popularity in environmental context: Facial feature assessment of American movie actresses. Media Psychology, 1, 229-247. Other Publications: Nelson, L. D., Pettijohn, T. F. II, & Galak, J. (2007). Mate preferences in social cognitive context: When environmental and personal change leads to predictable cross-cultural variation. In V. Swami & A. Furnham (Eds.), Body beautiful: Evolutionary and socio-cultural perspectives (pp. 185-206). New York: Palgrave.

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