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Dr. Daniel Hrubes

Faculty Name:Daniel Hrubes, PhD

Designation

Associate Professor of Psychology

Education Qualification

  • PhD, University of Massachusetts
  • MS, University of Massachusetts
  • BGS, University of Michigan

Contact Email

daniel.hrubes@umsv.edu

The faculty can be found at Founders Hall 431

Areas of Interest

  • “White lies,” or the motivation behind deception to control emotions
  • The influence of attitudes and opinions on behaviors
  • Persuasion

Dr. Hrubes is a social psychologist with an interest in social cognition. Broadly speaking, he is interested in how personality characteristics and situational factors influence the way people think and act towards each other. His current research focuses on understanding what are often called ‘white lies,’ which are the deceptions people use to help control the emotions experienced in interactions. For example, these deceptions are often used to avoid hurting someone else’s feelings or to avoid embarrassment. Research findings from Dr. Hrubes’ lab indicate deceptions used to regulate emotions are fairly common. Not surprisingly, his findings also show that these deceptions are judged to be more acceptable than deceptions used to take advantage of others. What is more intriguing, however, is that how people judge these deceptions depends on a number of factors, such as their personality traits and what role they played in the deception process. Dr. Hrubes has worked with a number of students to explore these and other topics, and these investigations have resulted in a number of co-presentations with students at conferences.

Professional Affiliations

  • American Psychological Association
  • Eastern Psychological Association
  • Society for the Teaching of Psychology

Publications

  • Hrubes, D., Fisher, P. H., Joh, A. S., Alexander, K. E., Brooks, P. J., & Saltzman, E. S. “Developing Employment-Related Skills for Psychology Majors.” T. Ober, E. Che, J Brodsky, C. Raffaele, & P. J. Brooks (Eds.), How We Teach Now (Volume 2): The GSTA Guide to Transformative Teaching, 2020
  • Hrubes, D., Feldman, R. S., and Tyler, J., “Emotion-Focused Deception: The Role of Deception in the Regulation of Emotion,” P. Phiulippot & R.S. Feldman (Eds.), The Regulation of Emotion, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004
  • Hrubes, D., Brown, T. C., and Ajzen, I., “Further tests of entreaties to avoid hypothetical bias in referendum contingent valuation,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2003
  • Hrubes, D., Daigle, J. J., and Ajzen, I., “A comparative study of beliefs, attitudes, and values among hunters, wildlife viewers, and other outdoor recreationists,” Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 7, 1-19, 2002
  • Presentations
  • Hrubes, D., & LoBue, G. “Investigating Judgments of Altruistic Lies and Blunt Truths. Eastern Psychological Association”, Boston MA, 2023
  • Hrubes, D., & Garcia, N. “Does Being Involved in White Lies Change the Way We Evaluate Them”. Eastern Psychological Association, virtual, 2020.
  • Hrubes, D., Fisher, P. H., Joh, A. S., Alexander, K. E., Brooks, P. J., & Saltzman, E. S. “Developing Employment-Related Skills for Psychology Majors”. Co-Chair: D. Hrubes. Teaching Symposium, Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
  • Hrubes, D., Brown, S., & Neil, D. “Individual Differences and Deception Role Influences an Judgments of Harmless Deceptions”. Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA, 2017
  • Hrubes, D., Rodriguez, O., & Munroe, M. “Investigating Factors that Influence Judgments of Harmless Deceptions”. Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY, 2016
  • Hrubes, D., Fox, A., and Sepulveda, C., “The Influence of Deception Role and Relationship Type on Judgments of Deception,” Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, Mass., 2014