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Department of Psychology & Communication Studies
 

Contact & Location

Moscow

Psychology & Communications Studies

Physical Address:
Student Health Center (832 Ash St.)
2nd Floor & Basement
PHONE: (208) 885-6324
FAX:(208) 885-7710
E-MAIL: seanm@uidaho.edu

HUMAN FACTORS
hfactors@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address:
Psychology & Communications Studies
c/o University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 3043
Moscow, ID 83844-3043

Kenneth Locke

Kenneth Locke, Ph.D.

Office: SHS 206
Phone: (208) 885-4453
Email: klocke@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address: c/o Department of Psychology and Communication Studies- University of Idaho
P.O. Box 443043
Moscow, Idaho 83844-3043

College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences
Department of Psychology and Communications Studies
Professor

Campus Locations: Moscow
With UI Since 1996
  • B.S., Psychology, 1984, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
  • Ph.D., Stanford University, Psychology, 1989
  •
    Research/Focus Areas
    • Interpersonal circumplex models
    • Social comparisons
    • Measures of complex social information processing
    • Effects of cultural differences in response styles
  •
    Biography
    After receiving his Ph.D. in 1989 from Stanford University (where he studied cognitive, personality, and social psychology), Ken taught at the State University of New York, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, University of Southern California, and Sonoma State University. While working as a research associate in the Stanford University School of Medicine, Ken completed a post-doctoral clinical training program and became licensed as a clinical psychologist. Ken finally found the right professional fit when he accepted a position as an assistant professor in the University of Idaho Department of Psychology in 1996.

    At Idaho, Ken has developed several successful programs of research pertaining to interpersonal relationships and social cognition. Most recently, he has been conducting studies in Asia to examine the influence of culture on how people conceptualize themselves and others. Ken teaches popular undergraduate courses on personality and sexuality; indeed, his Human Sexuality course has been repeatedly voted the “best course” at the university, but he acknowledges that in this case the course material—not the course instructor—deserves the credit.
     
    For more information on Ken's teaching and research, see his personal website.
  •
    Selected Publications

    Seminal publications

    • Locke, K.D. (2003). Status and solidarity in social comparison: agentic and communal values and vertical and horizontal directions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 619-631.
    • Locke, K.D. (2003). H as a measure of the complexity of social information processing. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 7, 268-280.


    Recent Publications

    · Locke, K.D. (2011). Interpersonal moderators of the effects of upward comparisons on ability judgments. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 33, 37-46.

    · Locke, K.D. (2009). Aggression, narcissism, self-esteem, and the attribution of desirable and humanizing traits to self versus others. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 99-102.

    · Locke, K.D., & Baik, K. (2009). Does an acquiescent response style explain why Koreans are less consistent than Americans? Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 40, 319-323.

    · Locke, K.D., & Braun, C.C. (2009). Ambivalence versus valence: Analyzing the effects of opposing attitudes. Social Cognition, 27(1), 89-104.

    · Locke, K.D. (2008). Attachment styles and interpersonal approach and avoidance goals in everyday couple interactions. Personal Relationships, 15, 359-374

     

    *See CV for full listings of publications, research, outreach and awards.

  • Outreach Projects
      • Ken regularly offers web-based versions of Psychology of Personality (PSYC 310) and Human Sexuality (PSYC 330). 
      • He also offers PSYC 310 through Independent Study in Idaho.

      Kenneth's Links

      My Courses

      • PSYC 310
        Psychology of Personality
      • PSYC 330
        Human Sexuality

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