Jepson School of Leadership Studies
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A social and personality psychologist,
Forsyth studies groups, leadership, ethical
thought, and moral judgment. In addition to his
general interest in group processes and
psychological aspects of moral judgments, he
explores empirically the psychological and
interpersonal consequences of success and failure
at the group and individual level, individual
differences in ethical ideology, and perceptions
of leaders. He has authored over 150 books,
chapters, and articles on ethics, groups and
related topics, and his work has appeared in the
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,
American Psychologist, and Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin. His work has been supported
by grants from the NIH, NSF, JPL/NASA, and SCHEV.
In 1996 he founded the journal Group Dynamics and
served in 2008 as the president of Society of
Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy.
He was recognized as the Outstanding
Group Psychologist by the American Psychological
Association in 1996, and received the Award of
Excellence from Virginia Commonwealth University
in 2002, the State of Virginia Outstanding Faculty
Award in 2002, and the Distinguished Educator
Award from the University of Richmond in 2010. He lectures and leads workshops on a range of topics associated with groups, leadership, and education (please see presentation topics).
Group dynamics (2nd edition). (1990). Pacific Grove,
Ca: Brooks/Cole.
Psychotherapy and behavior change:
Social, cultural, and methodological perspectives.
With H. N. Higginbotham & Stephan G. West. (1988).
New York: Pergamon.
Social psychology. (1987). Pacific Grove, Ca:
Brooks/Cole.
An introduction to group dynamics. (1983). Pacific
Grove, Ca: Brooks/Cole.
Moral attribution and the
evaluation of action. (1978). Dissertation, University
of Florida.
Forsyth, D. R. (in press). How do leaders lead?
Through social influence. In A. Goethals, S. Allison,
R. Kramer, & D. Messick (Eds.), Contemporary
conceptions of leadership. New York: Palgrave.
Forsyth, D. R. (2014). The psychology of groups. In R.
Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook
series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF Publishers.
Forsyth, D. R. (2014). Groups in exercise and sports
contexts: A forward. In M. R. Beauchamp & M. A.
Eys (Eds.), Group dynamics in exercise and sport
psychology (2nd. ed., pp. xxv-xxvi). New York:
Routledge/Psychology Press.
Van Tongeren, D. R., Burnette, J. L., O’ Boyle, E.,
Worthington, E. L., & Forsyth, D. (2014). A
meta-analysis of intergroup forgiveness. Journal of
Positive Psychology, 9, 81-95.
Forsyth, D. R. (2013). Social influence and group
behavior. In I. B. Weiner (Ed. in-chief) Handbook of
psychology (Vol. 5, H. Tennen & J. Suls, Eds., pp.
305-328). New York: Wiley.
Burnette, J. L., Forsyth, D. R., & Pollack, J. M.
(2011). Leadership in extreme contexts: A groupthink
analysis of the May 1996 Mount Everest disaster.
Journal of Leadership Studies, 4, 29-40.
Hoyt, C. L., & Forsyth, D. R. (2010). Teams and
groups. In R. A. Couto (Ed.), Political and civic
leadership (Vol. 2, pp. 781-789). Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage.
Forsyth, D. R., & Burnett, J. L. (2010). Group
processes. In E. R. Baumeister and E. Finkel (Eds.),
Advanced social psychology (pp. 495-534). New York:
Cambridge.
Forsyth, D. R. (2010). Delphi technique. In J. M.
Levine & M. A. Hogg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of group
processes and intergroup relations (Vol. 1, pp.
195-197). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Forsyth, D. R. (2009). Group dynamics. In H. T. Reis
& S. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of human
relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Forsyth, D. R. (2008). Self-serving bias. In W. A.
Darity (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social
sciences (Vol. 7, 2nd ed., p. 429). New York:
Macmillan Reference.
Forsyth, D. R. (2008). Autokinetic effect. In W. A.
Darity (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social
sciences (Vol. 1, 2nd ed., p. 216-217). New York:
Macmillan Reference.
Forsyth, D. R. (2008). Group dynamics. In R.
Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of
Social Psychology (pp. 391-393). Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage.
Hoyt,
C. L., Goethals, G. R., & Forsyth, D. R. (2008).
Introduction: A contemporary social psychology of
leadership. In C. L. Hoyt, G. R. Goethals, & D. R.
Forsyth (Eds.), Leadership at the crossroads:
Leadership and Psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 1-10).
Westport, CN: Praeger.
Forsyth, D. R., & Nye, J. L. (2008). Seeing and
being a leader: The perceptual, cognitive, and
interpersonal roots of conferred influence. In C. L.
Hoyt, G. R. Goethals, & D. R. Forsyth (Eds.),
Leadership at the crossroads: Leadership and
Psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 116-131). Westport, CN:
Praeger.
Burnette, J. L., & Forsyth, D. R. (2008). "I
didn't do it:" Responsibility biases in open and
closed groups. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and
Practice, 12, 210-222.
Forsyth, D. R. (2008). Group dynamics. In A. Marturano
& J. Gosling (Eds.), Key concepts in leadership
studies (pp. 71-74). London: Routlege.
Forsyth, D. R. (2007). Group dynamics and leadership.
(440 definitions of terms ranging from “accelerated
interaction" to "work team"). In G. R. VandenBos (Ed.
in Chief), APA dictionary of psychology. Washington:
American Psychological Association.
Burnette, J. L., Taylor, K., Worthington, E., &
Forsyth, D. R. (2007). Attachment working models and
trait forgivingness: The mediating role of angry
rumination. Personality and Individual Differences,
42, 1585-1596.
Forsyth, D. R. (2006). Effective group meetings and
decision making. In R. M. MacNair (Ed.), Working for
peace: A handbook of practical psychology (pp. 88-97).
Atascadero, CA: Impact Publishers.
Forsyth, D. R. (2006). Exploring group behavior. In G.
D. Oster (Ed.), Life as a psychologist (pp. 64-67).
Westport, CT: Praeger.
Forsyth, D. R., & Burnette, J. L. (2005). The
history of group research. In S. Wheelan (Ed.), The
handbook of group research and practice (pp. 3-18).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Derlega, V. J., Cukur, C., Kuang, J. C. Y., &
Forsyth, D. R. (2002). Interdependent construal of
self and the endorsement of conflict resolution
strategies in interpersonal, intergroup, and
international disputes. Journal of Cross-cultural
Psychology, 33, 610-625.
Forsyth, D. R., Zyzniewski, L. E., & Giammanco, C.
A. (2002). Responsibility diffusion in cooperative
collectives. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 28, 54-65.
Forsyth, D. R. (2000). Social comparison and influence
in groups. In J. Suls & L. Wheeler (Eds.),
Handbook of social comparison: Theory and research
(pp. 81-103). New York: Plenum
Forsyth, D. R. (2000). One hundred years of group
research. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and
Practice, 4, 1-3.
Forsyth, D. R., Elliott, T. R., & Welsh, J. A.
(1999). The functions of groups: A psychometric
analysis of the group resources inventory.
International Journal of Action Methods, 52, 1-14.
Forsyth, D. R (1998). Methodological advances in the
study of group dynamics. Group Dynamics: Theory,
Research, and Practice, 2, 211-212.
Forsyth, D. R., Wittenbaum, G. M. (1998). Nothing is
wrong, change is inevitable. Contemporary Psychology,
43, 476-477.
Forsyth, D. R., & Kaufman, D. (1997). Improving
with age. Contemporary Psychology, 42, 1084-1085.
Forsyth, D. R. (1997). The scientific study of groups:
An editorial. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and
Practice, 1, 36.
Forsyth, D. R., Heiney, M. M., & Wright, S. S.
(1997). Biases in appraisals of women leaders. Group
Dynamics, 1, 98-103.
Wright, S. S., & Forsyth, D. R. (1997). Group
membership and collective identity: Consequences for
self-esteem. Journal of Social and Clinical
Psychology, 16, 43-56.
Forsyth, D. R., & Kelley, K. N. (1996).
Heuristic-based biases in estimations of personal
contributions to collective endeavors. In J. L. Nye
and A. Brower (Eds.), What's social about social
cognition: Social cognition research in small groups
(pp. 106-123). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
von der Gruen, W. O, & Forsyth, D. R. (1996).
Interpersonal determinants of attitude change
following counterattitudinal behavior. Current
Psychology: Developmental, Learning, Personality, and
Social, 15, 147-156.
Forsyth, D. R. (1994). Norms. In T. Manstead & M.
Hewstone (Eds.), Blackwell encyclopedia of social
psychology. Oxford, UK.
Forsyth, D. R. (1994). Reference groups. In T.
Manstead & M. Hewstone (Eds.), Blackwell
encyclopedia of social psychology. Oxford, UK.
Forsyth, D. R. (1994). Reciprocity. In T. Manstead
& M. Hewstone (Eds.), Blackwell encyclopedia of
social psychology. Oxford, UK.
Forsyth, D. R., & Kelley, K. N. (1994).
Attribution in groups: Estimations of personal
contributions to collective endeavors. Small Group
Research, 25, 367-383.
Forsyth, D. R. (1991). Charismatic leaders:
manipulators, madmen, or myth? Contemporary
Psychology, 36, 1037-1038.
Nye, J. L., & Forsyth, D. R. (1991). The effects
of prototype-based biases on leadership appraisals: A
test of leadership categorization theory. Small Group
Research, 22, 360-379.
Forsyth, D. R. (1990). The pecking order. In R. Brown
(Ed.), Human behavior: How groups work (Vol. 15,
1820-1827). New York: Marshall Cavendish.
Leary, M. R., & Forsyth, D. R. (1987).
Attributions of responsibility for collective
endeavors. Review of Personality and Social
Psychology, 8, 167-188.
Forsyth, D. R. (1985). Effective group decision
making. In N. Wollman (Ed.), Working for peace: A
handbook of practical psychology. San Luis Obispo,
Calif.: Impact Publishers.
Schlenker, B. R., & Forsyth, D. R. (1980). Effects
of choice, responsibility, and anonymity on attitudes
following attitude-consistent behavior. Journal of
Psychology, 105, 75-82.
Schlenker, B. R., Forsyth, D. R., Leary, M. R., &
Miller, R. S. (1980). A self-presentational analysis
of the effects of incentives on attitude change
following counterattitudinal behavior. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 39, 553-577.
Forsyth, D. R., Schlenker, B. R., Leary, M. R., &
McCown, N. E. (1985). Self-presentational determinants
of sex differences in leadership behavior. Small Group
Behavior, 16, 197-210.
Zucker, P., Worthington, E., & Forsyth, D. R.
(1985). Empathy skills training in structured groups.
Human Relations, 38, 247-255.
Norvell, N., & Forsyth, D. R. (1984). The impact
of inhibiting and facilitating causal factors on group
members' reactions after success and failure. Social
Psychology Quarterly, 47, 293-297.
Tuthill, D. R., & Forsyth, D. R. (1982). Sex
differences in opinion conformity and dissent. Journal
of Social Psychology, 116, 205-210.
Walden, T. A., & Forsyth, D. R. (1981). Close
encounters of the stressful kind: Affective,
physiological, and behavioral reactions to the
experience of crowding. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior,
6, 46-64.
Forsyth, D. R., Berger, R., & Mitchell, T. (1981).
The effects of self- serving vs. other-serving claims
of responsibility on attraction and attribution in
groups. Social Psychology Quarterly, 44, 59-64.
Forsyth, D. R. (1980). The function of attributions.
Social Psychology Quarterly, 43, 184-189.
Forsyth, D. R., & Mitchell, T. (1979). Reactions
to other's egocentric claims of responsibility.
Journal of Psychology, 103, 281-285.
Severy, L. J., Forsyth, D. R., & Wagner, P. J.
(1979). A multi-method assessment of personal space
development in female and male, black and white
children. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 4, 68-86.
Riess, M., Forsyth, D. R., Schlenker, B. R., &
Freed, S. (1977). Opinion conformity as an impression
management tactic following commitment to unpleasant
behaviors. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 9,
211-213.
Forsyth, D. R., & Schlenker, B. R. (1977).
Attributing the causes of group performance: Effects
of performance quality, task importance, and future
testing. Journal of Personality, 45, 220-236.
Forsyth, D. R., & Schlenker, B. R. (1977).
Attributional egocentrism following performance of a
competitive task. Journal of Social Psychology, 102,
47-52.
O’Boyle, E. H., Forsyth, D. R., Banks, G. C., Story,
P. A., & White, C. D. (in press). A meta-analytic
test of redundancy and relative importance of the dark
triad and five-factor model of personality. Journal
of Personality.
O'Boyle, E. H., Jr., Forsyth, D. R., Story, P. A.,
& Banks, G. C. (2013). The dark triad–intelligence
connection: No support for the “Evil Genius”
hypothesis. Journal of Research in Personality,
47, 789-794.
Forsyth, D. R. (2013). Judging the morality of
business practices: The influence of personal moral
philosophies: 20 years later. In A. C. Michalos &
D. C. Poff (Eds.), Citation classics from the
Journal of Business Ethics: Celebrating the first
thirty years of publication (pp. 722-723). New
York: Springer Science+Business Media.
Forsyth, D. R., & O’Boyle, E. H., Jr. (2012).
Ethics position theory and unethical work behavior. In
R. A. Giacalone & M. D. Promislo (Eds.), Handbook
of unethical work behavior: Implications for
individual well-being (pp. 221-236). New York:
M.E.Sharpe.
O’Boyle, E. H., Jr., Forsyth, D. R., Banks, G., &
McDaniel, M. (2012). A meta-analysis of the dark triad
and work outcomes: A social exchange perspective. Journal
of Applied Psychology, 97, 557-579.
O'Boyle, E. H., Jr., Forsyth, D.R., & O'Boyle, A.
S. (2011). Bad apples or bad barrels: An examination
of group- and organizational-level effects in the
study of counterproductive work behavior. Group &
Organizational Management, 36, 39-69.
Forsyth, D. R., & O'Boyle, E. H. (2011). Rules,
standards, and ethics: Relativism predicts
cross-national differences in the codification of
moral standards. International Business Review, 20,
353-361.
Forsyth, D. R., & Hoyt, C. L. (2011). Perspectives
on individualism, collectivism, and the greater good.
In D. R. Forsyth & C. L. Hoyt (Eds.), For the
greater good of all: Perspectives on individualism,
society, and leadership (pp. 1-9). New York: Palgrave.
Ciulla, J. B., & Forsyth, D. R. (2011). Leadership
ethics. In A. Bryman, D. Collinson, K. Grint, B.
Jackson, & M. Uhl-Bien (Eds.), Handbook of
leadership (pp. 229-241). London: Sage.
Forsyth, D. R. (2008). Ethics in experimentation. In
W. A. Darity (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the
social sciences (Vol. 2, 2nd ed., pp. 635-637). New
York: Macmillan Reference.
Forsyth, D. R., O'Boyle, E. H., & McDaniel, M. A.
(2008). East meets West: A meta-analytic investigation
of cultural variations in idealism and relativism.
Journal of Business Ethics, 83, 813-833.
Forsyth, D. R. (2001). Breaking standards of morality
when studying morality: Case commentaries. Ethics
& Behavior, 11, 357-360.
Forsyth, D. R. (1994). Caring about meta-ethics:
Psychological perspectives on moral philosophy.
Contemporary Psychology, 39, 386-387.
Forsyth, D. R. (1994). Helping people help themselves.
Contemporary Psychology, 39, 819.
Forsyth, D. R. (1993). Honorable intentions versus
praiseworthy accomplishments: The impact of motives
and outcomes on the moral self. Current Psychology:
Developmental, Learning, Personality, and Social, 12,
298-311.
Forsyth, D. R. (1992). Judging the morality of
business practices: The influence of personal moral
philosophies. Journal of Business Ethics, 11, 461-470.
Forsyth, D. R. (1992). Values, conceptions of science,
and the social psychological study of morality. In W.
M. Kurtines, M. Azmitia, & J. L. Gewirtz (Eds.),
The role of values in psychology and human development
(pp. 239-255). New York: Wiley.
Forsyth, D. R., & Nye, J. L. (1990). Personal
moral philosophy and moral choice. Journal of Research
in Personality, 24, 398-414.
Forsyth, D. R. (1990). The social psychology of
self-presentation. Review of S. L. Zelen (Ed.), Self-
representation: The Second Attribution-Personality
Theory Conference. Contemporary Psychology, 35, 372-
373.
Singh, B., & Forsyth, D. R. (1989). Sexual
attitudes and moral values: The importance of idealism
and relativism. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society,
27, 160-162.
Forsyth, D. R., Nye, J. L., & Kelley, K. N.
(1988). Idealism, relativism, and the ethic of caring.
Journal of Psychology, 122, 243-248.
Pope, W. R., & Forsyth, D. R. (1986). Judgments of
deceptive communications: A multidimensional analysis.
Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 24, 435-436.
Forsyth, D. R., Pope, W. R., & McMillan, J. H.
(1985). Students' reactions to cheating: An
attributional analysis. Contemporary Educational
Psychology, 10, 72-82.
Forsyth, D. R. (1985). Individual differences in
information integration during moral judgment. Journal
of Personality and Social Psychology, 49, 264-272.
Forsyth, D. R. (1984). Predicting immoral behavior.
Research in Action, 8(3), 3-6.
Forsyth, D. R., & Scott, W. (1984). Attributions
and moral judgments: Kohlberg's stage theory as a
taxonomy of moral attributions. Bulletin of the
Psychonomic Society, 22, 321-323.
Forsyth, D. R., & Pope, W. R. (1984). Ethical
ideology and judgments of social psychological
research: A multidimensional analysis. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 1365-1375.
Forsyth, D. R., & Pope, W. R. (1983). The
attribution cube and moral judgments. Bulletin of the
Psychonomic Society, 21, 117-118.
Forsyth, D. R., & Berger, R. E. (1982). The
effects of ethical ideology on moral behavior. Journal
of Social Psychology, 117, 53-652.
Forsyth, D. R. (1981). A psychological perspective on
ethical uncertainties in behavioral research. In A. J.
Kimmel (Ed.), New directions for methodology of social
and behavioral science: Ethics of human subject
research, No. 10. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Forsyth, D. R. (1981). Moral judgment: The influence
of ethical ideology. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 7, 218-223.
Forsyth, D. R. (1980). A taxonomy of ethical
ideologies. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, 39, 175-184.
Schlenker, B. R., & Forsyth, D. R. (1977). On the
ethics of psychological research. Journal of
Experimental Social Psychology, 13, 369-396.
Forsyth, D. R. (1978). Moral attribution and the
evaluation of action. Dissertation, University of
Florida.
Forsyth, D. R. (in press). Clinical psychology of
group psychotherapy. In J. D. Wright (Ed.),
International encyclopedia of social and behavioral
sciences (2nd. ed). Oxford: Elsevier.
Forsyth, D. R., & Diederich, L. T. (2014). Group
dynamics and development. In J. DeLucia-Waack, C.
Kalodner, & M. Riva (Eds.), The handbook of group
counseling and psychotherapy (2nd ed., pp. 34-45).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Forsyth, D. R. (2011). Groups and change: A multilevel
perspective. In R. Conyne (Ed.), Oxford handbook of
group counseling (pp. 19-35). New York: Oxford
University Press.
Forsyth, D. R. (2010). Group process and group
psychotherapy: Social psychological foundations of
change in therapeutic groups. In J. E. Maddux & J.
P. Tangney (Eds.), Social psychological foundations of
clinical psychology (pp. 497-513). New York: Guilford.
Forsyth, D. R. (2010). Support groups. In J. M. Levine
& M. A. Hogg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of group
processes and intergroup relations. (Vol 2, pp.
922-924). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Forsyth, D. R. (2010). Therapy groups. In J. M. Levine
& M. A. Hogg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of group
processes and intergroup relations. (Vol. 2, pp.
872-876).Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Forsyth, D. R. (2004). Therapeutic groups. In M.
Brewer (Ed.), Applied social psychology. UK:
Blackwell.
Forsyth, D. R. (2002). Clinical psychology of group
psychotherapy. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes
(Eds), International encyclopedia of the social and
behavioral sciences (pp.6426-6430). New York: Elsevier
Science.
Forsyth, D. R. (2001). Therapeutic groups. In M. A.
Hogg & R. S. Tindale (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of
Social Psychology, Vol. 3: Group Processes (pp.
628-659). Oxford, UK: Blackwell
Forsyth, D. R. (2000). The social psychology of groups
and group psychotherapy: One view of the next century.
Group, 24, 147-155.
Forsyth, D. R., & Corazzini, J. G. (2000). Groups
as change agents. In C. R. Snyder & R. E. Ingram
(Eds.), Handbook of Psychological Change:
Psychotherapy Processes and Practices for the 21st
Century (pp. 309-336). New York: Wiley.
Forsyth, D. R., & Elliott, T. R. (1999). Group
dynamics in the development and maintenance of
psychological problems. In R. M. Kowalski & M. R.
Leary (Eds.), The social psychology of emotional and
behavioral problems (pp. 339-361). Washington, DC:
APA.
Forsyth, D. R., & Leary, M. R. (1997). Achieving
the goals of the scientist-practitioner model: The
seven interfaces of social and counseling psychology.
The Counseling Psychologist, 25, 180-200.
Forsyth, D. R., & Rose, M. L. (1993). Foundations
and applications of group psychotherapy: A review.
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 12,
237-238.
Forsyth, D. R. (1993). Building a bridge between basic
social psychology and the study of mental health.
Contemporary Psychology, 38, 932-933.
Forsyth, D. R. (1991). Change in therapeutic groups.
In C. R. Snyder & D. R. Forsyth (Eds.), Handbook
of Social and Clinical Psychology: The Health
Perspective (pp. 664-680). New York: Pergamon.
Forsyth, D. R., & Leary, M. R. (1991).
Metatheoretical and epistemological issues. In C. R.
Snyder & D. R. Forsyth (Eds.), Handbook of Social
and Clinical Psychology: The Health Perspective (pp.
757-773). New York: Pergamon.
Snyder, C. R., & Forsyth, D. R. (1991). Social and
clinical psychology united: The health-help-health
cycle. In C. R. Snyder & D. R. Forsyth (Eds.),
Handbook of Social and Clinical Psychology: The Health
Perspective (pp. 3-17). New York: Pergamon.
Snyder, C. R., & Forsyth, D. R. (1991). The
interface toward the Year 2000. In C. R. Snyder &
D. R. Forsyth (Eds.), Handbook of Social and Clinical
Psychology: The Health Perspective (pp. 788-806). New
York: Pergamon.
Forsyth, D. R. (1988). Social psychology's three
little pigs. Journal of Social Behavior and
Personality, 3, 63-65. Reprinted in M. R. Leary (Ed.),
The state of social psychology: Issues, themes, and
controversies (pp. 63-65). Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage.
Forsyth, D. R., & Strong, S. R. (1986). The
scientific study of counseling and psychotherapy: A
unificationist view. American Psychologist, 41,
113-111. Reprinted in A. E. Kazdin (Ed.),
Methodological issues in clinical research (1992).
Washington: APA.
Forsyth, N. L., & Forsyth, D. R. (1983). The peril
and promise of attributional counseling: A reply.
Journal of Counseling Psychology, 30, 457-458.
Forsyth, N. L., & Forsyth, D. R. (1982).
Internality, controllability, and the effectiveness of
attributional interpretation in counseling. Journal of
Counseling Psychology, 29, 140-150.
Altmaier, E. M., Leary, M. R., Forsyth, D. R., &
Ansel, J. D. (1979). Attribution therapy: Effects of
locus of control and timing on treatment. Journal of
Counseling Psychology, 26, 481-486.
Forsyth, D. R. (2011). Group dynamics. In R. L.
Miller, E. Balcetis, S. R. Burns, D. B. Daniel, B. K.
Saville, & W. D. Woody (Eds.), Promoting student
engagement (Vol. 2, pp. 28-32). Washington: Society
for the Teaching of Psychology.
Forsyth, D. R., Story, P. A., Kelley, K. N., &
McMillan, J. H. (2009). What causes failure and
success? Students' perceptions of their academic
outcomes. Social Psychology of Education, 12, 157-174.
Forsyth, D. R., Lawrence, N. K., Burnette, J. L.,
& Baumeister, R. F. (2007). Attempting to improve
the academic performance of struggling college
students by bolstering their self-esteem: An
intervention that backfired. Journal of Social and
Clinical Psychology, 26, 447-459.
Forsyth, D. R. (2003). The professor's guide to
teaching: Psychological principles and practices.
Washington: American Psychological Association.
Forsyth, D. R., & Archer, C. R. (1997).
Technologically assisted instruction and student
mastery, motivation, and matriculation. Teaching of
Psychology, 24, 207-212.
Worthington, E. L., Jr., Welsh, J. A., Archer, C. R.,
Mindes, E. J., & Forsyth, D. R. (1996). Computer-
assisted instruction as a supplement to lectures in an
introductory psychology class. Teaching of Psychology,
23, 175-180.
Forsyth, D. R., & Wibberly, K. H. (1993). The
self-reference effect: Demonstrating schematic
processing in the classroom. Teaching of Psychology,
20, 237-238.
Forsyth, D. R., & McMillan, J. H. (1991). Some
practical proposals for motivation students. In R. J.
Menges & M. Svinicki (Eds.), Approaching
Instructional Problems through Theoretical
Perspectives: New Directions for Teaching and
Learning, 44, 53-66. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
McMillan, J. H., & Forsyth, D. R. (1991). Why do
learners learn? Answers offered by current theories of
motivation. In R. J. Menges & M. Svinicki (Eds.),
Approaching Instructional Problems through Theoretical
Perspectives: New Directions for Teaching and
Learning, 44, 39-52. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass.
Noel, J., Forsyth, D. R., & Kelley, K. (1987).
Improving the performance of failing students by
overcoming their self-serving attributional biases.
Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 8, 151-162.
McMillan, J. H., Wergin, J. F., Forsyth, D. R., &
Brown, J. C. (1987). Student ratings of instruction: A
summary of the literature. Instructional Evaluation,
8, 2-13.
Forsyth, D. R. (1986). An attributional analysis of
students' reactions to success and failure. In R.
Feldman (Ed.), The social psychology of education. New
York: Cambridge University Press.
Mcmillan, J. H., & Forsyth, D. R. (1983).
Attribution-affect relationships following classroom
performance. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 8,
109-118.
Forsyth, D. R., & McMillan, J. (1981).
Attributions, affect, and expectations: A test of
Weiner's three-dimensional model. Journal of
Educational Psychology, 73, 393-401.
Forsyth, D. R., & McMillan, J. (1981). The
attribution cube and reactions to educational
outcomes. Journal of Educational Psychology, 73,
632-641.
McMillan, J. H., & Forsyth, D. R. (1981). The
impact of social psychological factors on school
learning: An overview. Representative Research in
Social Psychology, 12, 20-31.
Forsyth, D. R., van Vugt, M., Schlein, G., & Story, P. A. (in press). Identity and environmental sustainability:
Place-based social identity increases environmental engagement. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy.
Story,
P. A., & Forsyth, D. R. (2008). Watershed
conservation and preservation: Environmental
engagement as helping. Journal of Environmental
Psychology, 28, 305-317.
Forsyth, D. R., Garcia, M., Zyzniewski, L. E., Story,
P. A., & Kerr, N. A. (2004). Watershed pollution
and preservation: The awareness-appraisal model of
environmentally positive intentions and behaviors.
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 4,
115-128.
Forsyth, D. R. (2004). Inferences about actions
performed in constraining contexts: Correspondence
bias or correspondent inference? Current Psychology:
Developmental, Learning, Personality, Social, 23,
41-51.
Murdock, N. L., & Forsyth, D. R. (1985). Is gender
biased language sexist? A perceptual approach.
Psychology of Women Quarterly, 9, 39-49.
Forsyth, D. R. (1979). Scientific and commonsense
reasoning: A comparison. Human Studies, 2, 161-172.
Schlenker, B. R., Bonoma, T. V., & Forsyth, D. R.
(1977). The attributional "double standard":
Actor-observer differences in predicting the
relationship between attitudes and behaviors.
Representative Research in Social Psychology, 8,
108-117.
Forsyth, D. R., Riess, M., & Schlenker, B. R.
(1977). Impression management concerns governing
reactions to a faulty decision. Representative
Research in Social Psychology, 8, 12-22.
Forsyth, D. R., Albritton, E., & Schlenker, B. R.
(1977). The effects of social context and size of
injury on perceptions of a harm-doer. Bulletin of the
Psychonomic Society, 9, 37-39.
Forsyth, D. R. (1976). Crucial experiments and social
psychological inquiry. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 2, 454-459.
Forsyth, D. R., & Clark, R. D. (1975). The effects
of frustration and social desirability on heterosexual
attraction. Representative Research in Social
Psychology, 6, 114-118.
Honors and Achievements
SPSP Award for Distinguished Service to the
Society (2014), Society for Personality and Social
Psychology
Distinguished Faculty Award, University of
Richmond (2010)
President, Division 49, Group Psychology and Group
Psychotherapy, American Psychological Association
(2008)
Fellow, American Psychological Association (2008)
G. Stanley Hall/H. K. Wolfe Lecturer, American
Psychological Association (2008)
Award of Excellence, Virginia Commonwealth
University (2002)
State of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award (2002)
Distinguished Scholar Award, Virginia Social
Science Association (2001)
Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching,
Learning, and Technology, Virginia Commonwealth
University (2000)
Outstanding Group Psychologist, Division 49,
American Psychological Association (1996)
Distinguished Leadership and Service Award,
College of Humanities and Science, Graduate Studies,
Virginia Commonwealth University (1995)
Distinguished Teaching Award, Virginia
Commonwealth University (1993)
Central Virginia Faculty Consortium Professor
(1992-1994)
Psi Chi Distinguished Lecturer, Virginia
Commonwealth University (1992)
Humanities and Sciences Outstanding Lecturer,
Virginia Commonwealth University (1985)
Jepson School of Leadership Studies
Ph.D:
University of Florida
(Psychology)
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Perspectives on individualism, society, and leadership
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Brooks/Cole. 
Group dynamics (2nd edition). (1990). Pacific Grove,
Ca: Brooks/Cole. 
Psychotherapy and behavior change:
Social, cultural, and methodological perspectives.
With H. N. Higginbotham & Stephan G. West. (1988).
New York: Pergamon. 
Social psychology. (1987). Pacific Grove, Ca:
Brooks/Cole. 
An introduction to group dynamics. (1983). Pacific
Grove, Ca: Brooks/Cole. 
Forsyth, D. R. (in press). How do leaders lead?
Through social influence. In A. Goethals, S. Allison,
R. Kramer, & D. Messick (Eds.), Contemporary
conceptions of leadership. New York: Palgrave.