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John Williams

Professor of Psychology

DepartmentsRosemead School of Psychology
Under»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ Psychology Department
Biola AffiliationsFaculty
Phones(562) 903-4867 (Rosemead School of Psychology)
(562) 903-4738 (Under»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ Psychology Department)

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Degrees

  • Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
  • M.A., California State University, Fresno
  • B.S., University of California, Davis

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Biography

Dr. Williams received his PhD in Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. He regularly teaches under»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ classes in Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology, and Physiological Psychology, and has taught a »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ course in the Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior. Dr. Williams is currently involved with research with both »Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ and under»Æ¹ÏÊÓƵ students. His particular topics of interest include: Event-related potentials (ERPs) and implicit measures of gratitude, forgiveness, emotion regulation, humility, and attachment.

Affiliations

  • Association for Psychological Science (Member)
  • Society for Psychophysiological Research (Member)

Publications

  • Ruf, B. M., Wang, D. C., & Williams, J. K. (2018). Investigating the many facets of spirituality that mediate the relationship between exposure to nature and psychological well-being. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 29, 75-95
  • Baker, J. C., Williams, J. K., Witvliet, C. V. O., & Hill, P. C. (2017). Positive reappraisals after an offense: Event-related potentials and emotional effects of benefit-finding and compassion. Journal of Positive Psychology, 12, 373-384.
  • Eltiti, S., Siefke, J. J., Lomas, D., & Williams, J. K. (2014). Reducing anxiety: Training attentional disengagement from threat using a modified spatial cueing task. SOJ Psychology, 1, 1-8.
  • Williams, J. K., Hill, P. C., Kim, S., & Campbell, C. D. (2012). Raising the interest of clinical doctoral students in basic research: Three challenges. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 31, 320-325.
  • Williams, J. K., & Themanson, J. R. (2011). Neural correlates of the Implicit Association Test: Evidence for semantic and emotional processing. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 6, 468-476. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsq065
  • Williams, J. K., Nesselroade, K. P., & Nam, R. K. (2007). When dissonance intervenes: Effects of perceived moral weight and issue opinion on self-enhancement of opinion objectivity. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 26, 227-235.
  • Nesselroade, K. P., Williams, J. K., Nam, R. K., & McBride, D. M. (2006). Self-enhancement of opinion objectivity: Effects of perceived moral weight. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 25, 27-33.

Presentations

  • Yuen, J. M., & Williams, J. K. (2020). Relationship Between Intellectual Humility and Interracial Stigma. Poster presented virtually at the Psi Chi Research Poster & Paper Repository in the Open Science Framework.
  • Stapleton, J., Poston, J. M., & Williams, J. K. (2020). Effects of God-Image and God Concept on Self-Compassion, Gratitude, and Negative Religious Coping. Poster presented at a meeting of the American Psychological Association, Online.
  • Woolner, K., Williams, J. K., Wang, D., & Macias, R. (2018). Exploring the Effect of Gratitude and Mindfulness on Attention and Affect. Poster presented at a meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
  • Woolner, K., Williams, J. K., Wang, D., Macias, R., & Rodriquez, C. (2018). Exploring the Effects of Gratitude and Mindfulness on Cognitive Mechanisms and Affect. Poster Presented at the 126th annual American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
  • Yuen, J. M., & Williams, J. K. (2018). Contrasting Perceptions between Interracial and Same-Race Couples. Poster presented at a meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
  • Owens, B., Eltiti, S., Williams, J. K., Dacorro, L., Giordano, F., De la Pena, C., & Sivillo, L. (2018). The Effects of Gratitude and Mood on Performance in a Flanker Task. Poster presented at a meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
  • Nobis, E., Wang, D., & Williams, J. K. (2018). Dynamics of Racial Discrimination and Altruism in a High-Risk Urban African American Population. Poster Presented at the 126th annual American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
  • Ruf, B. M., Wang, D. C., & Williams, J. K. (2018). Investigating Spirituality as a Mediator between Exposure to Nature and Two Facets of Well-being. Poster presented at the CPA Annual Convention, La Jolla, CA.
  • Lee, G. E., Hall, M. E., Anderson, T. L., & Williams, J. K. (2018). Self-compassion and Self-acceptance Buffer Effects of Maternal Self-discrepancy on Guilt and Shame. Poster Presented at the 126th annual American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
  • Scholl, J., Eltiti, S., Snyder, E., & Williams, J. K. (2018). Sexual vs. Non-sexual Abuse, Religion, and PTSD. Poster presented at a meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
  • Williams, J. K., Eltiti, S., Dacorro, L., Giordano, F., & Smiley, A. (2017). Gratitude Increases Early Attention to Emotional Pictures but Does Not Affect Later Emotional Processing: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials. Poster presented at a meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Vienna, Austria.

Research Interests

  • Measuring event-related potentials (ERPs) of Cognitive Processes
  • Implicit Measures of Gratitude
  • Implicit Measures of Forgiveness
  • Implicit Measures of Emotion
  • Implicit Measures of Humility
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