Natalie
Ciarocco, PhD
Associate Professor
Department Advising Coordinator
Psychology Club Advisor
PhD,
Case Western Reserve University
M.A.,
Case Western Reserve University
B.A.,
Case Western Reserve University
Office: Howard Hall, Room 144
Phone:
732-263-5481
Email:
nciarocc@monmouth.edu
Web site:
Natalie Ciarocco
Regularly Taught Courses:
PY202: Career Preparation in Psychology
PY207: Social Psychology
PY320: Experimental Methods in Psychology
PY407: Social Cognition
PY491: Senior Thesis
About:
Dr. Ciarocco is a social psychologist originally from Ohio. When she is not researching self-control or teaching research methodology classes, she is playing with her pug, Bentley, in Freehold, NJ. She enjoys travel, food, reading, and movies. She serves as one of the Department Academic Coordinators for the department and advises the Undergraduate Psychology Club.
Research Interests:
Research interests are in the field of social psychology. Current research focuses on one's capacity for self-control, based on the idea that self-control is a limited, central resource. The implications of self-control in interpersonal relationships are being explored. This research examines the role of self-regulation in ostracism, self-presentation, rejection, and infidelity.
Professional Associations:
Association for Psychological Science
Eastern Psychological Association
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Society for the Teaching of Psychology
Awards:
Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching Award (2006), Recipient from the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science; Florida Atlantic University
Professor of the Year (2006), Florida Atlantic University; MacArthur Campus
Professor of the Year (2005), Florida Atlantic University; Treasure Coast Campus
Selected Works:
Scholarly Articles:
(* indicates student co-author)
Ciarocco, N. J., Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., & Van Volkom, M. (2013). The impact of a multifacted approach to teaching research methods on students' attitudes. Teaching of Psychology, 40, 20-25. doi:10.1177/0098628312465859
Lewandowski, G. W., Jr., Ciarocco,N. J., *Pettenato, M. & *Stephan, J. (2012). Pick me up: Ego depletion and receptivity to relationship initiation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 29, 1071-1084.
Ciarocco,N. J., Echevarria, J.* & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2012). Hungry for Love: The Influence of Self-Regulation on Likelihood of Infidelity. Journal of Social Psychology, 152, 1-14. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2011.555435
Ciarocco, N. J., Dinella, L. M., & Lewandowski, G. W., Jr. (2011). Strategies for making psychology self-relevant in and out of the classroom.In R. Miller & B. Rycek (Eds.), Promoting student engagement: Volume I: Programs, techniques and opportunities [E-book]. Society for the Teaching of Psychology. http://teachpsych.org/resources/e-books/pse2011/vol1/36.%20Self-relevance.pdf
Ciarocco, N. J., Vohs, K. D., & Baumeister, R. F. (2010). Some good news about rumination: Task-focused thinking after failure facilitates performance improvement. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 29, 1057-1073.
Twenge, J. M., Baumeister, R. F., DeWall, C. N., Ciarocco, N. J., & Bartels, J. M. (2007). Social exclusion reduces prosocial behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 56-66.
Ciarocco, N. J. (2007). Modeling of behavior.In R. F. Baumeister & K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Baumeister, R. F., DeWall, N., Ciarocco, N. J., & Twenge, J. M., (2005). Social exclusion impairs self- regulation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 589-684.
Vohs, K. D., Baumeister, R. F., & Ciarocco, N. J. (2005). Self-regulation and self-presentation: Regulatory resource depletion impairs impression management and effortful self-presentation depletes regulatory resources. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 632-657.
Vohs, K. D., & Ciarocco, N. J. (2003). Interpersonal functioning and self-regulation: A literature review. In R.F. Baumeister & K.D. Vohs (Eds.) Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, theory, and applications. New York: Guilford.
Baumeister, R.F., Twenge, J.M., & Ciarocco, N. J. (2002). The inner world of rejection: Effects of social exclusion on cognition, emotion, and self-regulation. In J. Forgas & K. Williams (Eds.), The social self: Cognitive, interpersonal, and intergroup perspectives. New York: Psychology Press
Sommer, K. L., Williams, K. D., Ciarocco, N. J., & Baumeister, R. F. (2001). When silence speaks louder than words: Explorations into the intrapsychic and interpersonal consequences of social ostracism. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 2, 225-243.
Ciarocco, N. J., Sommer, K. L., & Baumeister, R. F. (2001). Ostracism and ego depletion: The strains of of silence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 1156-1163.
Tice, D. T., & Ciarocco, N. J. (1998). Inhibition and self-control. Psychological Inquiry, 9, 228-231.
