Steven Heine (psychologist)
{{Short description|Canadian psychologist}}
Steven J. Heine is a Canadian professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia, Department of Psychology. He specialises in cultural psychology and has been described as "a leading figure" in that field.{{cite web|last=White |first=Lawrence T. |url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/culture-conscious/201204/chatting-culture-steven-heine-part-i |title=Chatting Up Culture With Steven Heine: Part I |publisher=Psychology Today |date=2012-04-26 |access-date=2012-06-15}}
Professional background
Heine's research specialty is social psychology, particularly cultural psychology with an emphasis on the differences between Western and East Asian culture. He also has done research on the meaning maintenance model and genetic essentialism.{{cite web|author=Scott Plous |url=http://heine.socialpsychology.org/ |title=Steven Heine |publisher=Heine.socialpsychology.org |date= |access-date=2012-06-15}}
Honors and awards
In 2003, Heine was awarded the Distinguished Scientist Early Career Award for Social Psychology, American Psychological Association.American Psychologist (November 2003). [http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~heine/docs/apa-bio.pdf Steven J. Heine Award for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology] In 2011, he was honored with the Career Trajectory Award, Society of Experimental Social Psychology.{{cite web|url=http://www.sesp.org/trajectory.htm |title=SESP Career Trajectory Award Recipients |publisher=Sesp.org |date= |access-date=2012-06-15}} In 2016, he was elected as a fellow into the Royal Society of Canada.{{Cite web|url=https://psych.ubc.ca/news/ubc-psychology-prof-steven-heine-elected-as-fellow-of-the-royal-society-of-canada/|title=UBC Psychology prof. Steven Heine elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada|website=Psychology|language=en-CA|access-date=2018-12-10}}
Selected publications
= Journal articles =
- {{Cite journal | last1 = Heine | first1 = Steven J. | last2 = Henrich | first2 = Joseph | last3 = Norenzayan | first3 = Ara | author-link2 = Joseph Henrich | title = The weirdest people in the world? | journal = Behavioral and Brain Sciences | volume = 33 | issue = 2–3 | pages = 61–83 | doi = 10.1017/S0140525X0999152X | pmid = 20550733 | date = 2010 | s2cid = 220918842 | hdl = 11858/00-001M-0000-0013-26A1-6 | url = https://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/pdfs/WeirdPeople.pdf | hdl-access = free }}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heine, Steven}}
Category:21st-century Canadian psychologists
Category:Academic staff of the University of British Columbia
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Cultural psychologists