Paul van Lange
Faculty of Psychology and Education
VU University Amsterdam
Van der Boechorststraat 1
1081 BT Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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Paul van Lange is a Professor at the Free University at Amsterdam, the Netherlands, working on social interdependence, cooperation and competition, trust, and misuderstanding in social dilemmas. He is also a Professorial fellow on Societal Conflicts at the University of Leiden at the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology. He has held a number of other positions, including Scientific Director of the Kurt Lewin Institute (see www.kurtlewininstitute.nl), Associate Editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and the European Journal of Social Psychology, and member of the Policy Advice Committee of Netherlands Organization of Scientific Research.His research interests focus on those patterns of social interaction that cannot be explained in terms of the assumption of “rational self-interest” and that are challenging to individuals, dyads, or groups. Key issues to which he is addicted as a researcher are:
(a) Differences in prosocial, individualistic, and competitive orientations;
(b) Forgiveness, sacrifice, and generosity;
(c) Trust and misunderstanding in social interaction;
(d) Interdependence and taxonomic approaches to social psychology;
(e) Bridging social psychology;
(f) Translating social psychology to everyday life.
 Books:
 Kelley, H. H., Holmes, J. W., Kerr, N. L., Reis, H. T., Rusbult, C. E., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2003). An atlas of interpersonal situations. New York: Cambridge.
- Van Lange, P. A. M. (2006). Bridging social psychology: Benefits of transdisciplinary approaches. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Journal Articles:
- Karremans, J. C., Van Lange, P. A. M., Ouwerkerk, J., & Kluwer, E. S. (2003). When forgiving enhances psychological well-being: The role of interpersonal commitment. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 1011-1026.
- Klapwijk, A., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (in press). Why an eye for an eye? The benefits of Generosity over Tit-For-Tat and stinginess. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
- Tazelaar, M. J. A., Van Lange, P. A. M., & Ouwerkerk, J. W. (2004, December). How to cope with “noise” social dilemmas: The benefits of communication. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
- Van Kleef, G., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2008). What other’s disappointment may do to selfish people: Emotion and social value orientation in a negotiation context. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1084-1095.
- Van Lange, P. A. M. (in press). Does empathy trigger only altruistic motivation – How about selflessness and justice? Emotion.
- Van Lange, P. A. M. (1999). The pursuit of joint outcomes and equality in outcomes: An integrative model of social value orientation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 337-349.
- Van Lange, P. A. M., & Joireman, J. A. (in press). How can we promote behaviour that serves all of us in the future. Social Issue and Policy Review.
- Van Lange, P. A. M., & Kuhlman, D. M. (1994). Social value orientations and impressions of partner's honesty and intelligence: A test of the might versus morality effect. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 126-141.
- Van Lange, P. A. M., Otten, W., De Bruin, E. M. N., & Joireman, J. A. (1997). Development of prosocial, individualistic, and competitive orientations: Theory and preliminary evidence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 733-746.
- Van Lange, P. A. M., Ouwerkerk, J., & Tazelaar, M. (2002). How to overcome the detrimental effects of noise in social interaction: The benefits of generosity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 768-780.
- Van Lange, P. A. M., Rusbult, C. E., Drigotas, S. M., Arriaga, X. B., Witcher, B. S., & Cox, C. L. (1997). Willingness to sacrifice in close relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 1373-1395.
- Van Lange, P. A. M., & Visser, K. (1999). Locomotion in social dilemmas: How we adapt to cooperative, Tit-For-Tat, and noncooperative partners. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 762-773.
Other Publications:
- Van Lange, P. A. M., De Cremer, D., Van Dijk, E., & Van Vugt, M. (2007). Self-interest and beyond: Basic principles of social interaction. In A. W. Kruglanski & E. T. Higgings (Eds), Social Psychology: Handbook of Basic Principles (2nd Edition, pp. 540-561). New York: Guilford.
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