David G. Myers

David G. Myers is the John Dirk Werkman Professor of Psychology at Michigan’s Hope College, where he has been voted “Outstanding Professor” by students. Myers’s love of teaching psychology is evident in his writing for the lay public. He has written for many magazines, including Scientific American and Today’s Education. His 10 books include texts for Introductory and Social Psychology and The Pursuit of Happiness: Who Is Happy—and Why.

Also an award-winning researcher, Dr. Myers received the Gordon Allport Prize from Division 9 of the American Psychological Association for his work on group polarization. His scientific articles have appeared in more than two dozen journals, including Science, American Scientist, Psychological Bulletin, and Psychological Science. He has served his discipline as consulting editor to the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In his spare time he has chaired his city’s Human Relations Commission, helped found a Community Action Center that assists poverty-level families, and spoken to numerous collegiate and religious groups. David and Carol Myers are parents of two sons and a daughter.

Steven J. Spencer

Steven J. Spencer is an associate professor and chair of the social psychology division at the University of Waterloo. He teaches popular classes in Introductory Psychology, Social Psychology, and Social Cognition and is known for his lively lectures and engaging classroom demonstrations.

Dr. Spencer also maintains an active research program that investigates self-image maintenance processes, motivated social perception, and stereotyping. In particular, he has examined how threat to the self-concept can lead people to stereotype others and how being stereotyped by others can threaten people and undermine their performance on academic tasks. His work has been published in Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Science, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. He serves his discipline as a consulting editor to the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and as an associate editor to the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

In his spare time, he plays on an intramural basketball team organized by the graduate students in social psychology at the University of Waterloo, and he enjoys spending time with his family. Steven and Shelley Spencer are the parents of two children, a daughter and a son.