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Paul Windschitl

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University of Iowa

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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Psychological and Brain Sciences Department

Paul Windschitl is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences Professor at University of Iowa.

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University of Iowa

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psychology behavioral sciences decision science decision theory decision analysis social psychology behavioral decision making cognitive science experimental social psychology social sciences experimental psychology human decision process personality psychology personality cognitive psychology bias cognition applied social psychology organizational psychology memory positive psychology experimental decision making organizational behavior personality assessment applied psychology psychological science psychosocial research applied cognitive psychology attitude theory judgmental forecasting predictability human cognition likelihood judgment behavioral research foresight personality science social bias outcome desirability alternative-outcomes effect psychological bulletin counseling psychology bias detection information seeking information behavior desirability bias perceived certainty optimism biases repeated competitions likelihood judgments psychological uncertainty knowledge management endodontics forensic psychology internal medicine psychometrics sport psychology metacognition cultural psychology community psychology social norms patient education knowledge processing psychodynamic information asymmetry language comprehension information theory human memory sequential decision making behavioral outcomes social psychological experimentation comparative-optimism effects social comparative judgments nonmotivated factors event frequency comparative optimism modified test procedure decision making social cognition individual decision making

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Eliciting Risk Perceptions: Does Conditional Question Wording Have a Downside?. Medical Decision Making (2025)

Jeremy StruederJane Elizabeth MillerPaul D. Windschitl

behavioral decision makingdecision sciencedecision theorybehavioral sciencesrisk perceptionsmedicinedecision analysismedical decision makingclinical decision-makingpsychology

Do People Desire Optimism From Others During a Novel Global Crisis?. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (2023)

Jane E. MillerJeremy D. StruederInkyung ParkPaul D. Windschitl

human decision processhuman behaviorresiliencebehavioral decision makingdecision sciencedecision theorysocial psychologypsychologypersuasioncognitive sciencepositive psychologybehavioral sciences

Effect of Presenting Survival Information as Text or Pictograph During Periviable Birth Counseling: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. The Journal of Pediatrics (2023)

Siobhan M. McDonnellMir A. BasirKe YanMelodee Nugent LieglPaul D. Windschitl

health communicationpediatricssurvival informationchild developmentperiviable birth counseling

Which Measures of Perceived Vulnerability Predict Protective Intentions—and When?. Journal of Behavioral Medicine (2023)

Jillian O’Rourke StuartPaul D. WindschitlElaine BossardKathryn BruchmannAndrew R. SmithJason P. RoseJerry Suls

vulnerabilitybehavioral medicinehealth psychologyneurosciencepsychologybehavioral researchprotective intentionsbehavioral sciences

People Express More Bias in Their Predictions Than in Their Likelihood Judgments.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General (2022)

Inkyung ParkPaul D WindschitlJane E MillerAndrew R SmithJillian O'Rourke StuartMark Biangmano

likelihood judgmentscognitive psychologyexperimental psychologyinterpretationforecastingdecision sciencebiasdecision theorypredictabilitypsychologycognitive scienceexperimental social psychologybehavioral sciences

The Desirability Bias in Predictions Under Aleatory and Epistemic Uncertainty. Cognition (2022)

Paul D WindschitlJane E MillerInkyung ParkShanon RuleAshley ClaryAndrew R Smith

forecastingdecision sciencehuman cognitiondecision theorydesirability biaspredictabilitypsychologyepistemic uncertaintydecision analysiscognitive sciencecognitive psychologyexperimental decision makingbehavioral sciencescognition

Attributions for Ambiguity in a Treatment‐Decision Context Can Create Ambiguity Aversion or Seeking. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (2021)

Jillian O'Rourke StuartPaul D. WindschitlJane E. MillerAndrew R. SmithBrian J. Zikmund‐FisherLaura D. Scherer

behavioral decision makinghuman behaviortreatment-decision contextbehavioral sciencesambiguity aversioncognitive scienceattribution theorypsychology

Context Dependency in Risky Decision Making: Is There a Description-Experience Gap?. PLoS ONE (2021)

Inkyung ParkPaul D. WindschitlAndrew R. SmithShanon RuleAaron M. SchererJillian O. Stuart

risky decision makingdecision theorybehavioral sciencesdescription-experience gapcontext dependencycognitive sciencepsychology

Do People Prescribe Optimism, Overoptimism, or Neither?. Psychological Science (2021)

Jane E. MillerInkyung ParkAndrew R. SmithPaul D. Windschitl

psychological sciencedecision theoryattitude theorypsychologycognitive psychologypositive psychologybehavioral sciences

Preprint + Supplementary Materials. (2021)

Jane Elizabeth MillerInkyung ParkAndrew R. SmithPaul D. Windschitl

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Paul Windschitl

Professor

University of Iowa

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Psychological and Brain Sciences Department

Paul Windschitl is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences Professor at University of Iowa.

Honors

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Experiences

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University of Iowa

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Eliciting Risk Perceptions: Does Conditional Question Wording Have a Downside?. Medical Decision Making (2025)

Jeremy StruederJane Elizabeth MillerPaul D. Windschitl

behavioral decision makingdecision sciencedecision theorybehavioral sciencesrisk perceptionsmedicinedecision analysismedical decision makingclinical decision-makingpsychology

Do People Desire Optimism From Others During a Novel Global Crisis?. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (2023)

Jane E. MillerJeremy D. StruederInkyung ParkPaul D. Windschitl

human decision processhuman behaviorresiliencebehavioral decision makingdecision sciencedecision theorysocial psychologypsychologypersuasioncognitive sciencepositive psychologybehavioral sciences

Effect of Presenting Survival Information as Text or Pictograph During Periviable Birth Counseling: A Randomized, Controlled Trial. The Journal of Pediatrics (2023)

Siobhan M. McDonnellMir A. BasirKe YanMelodee Nugent LieglPaul D. Windschitl

health communicationpediatricssurvival informationchild developmentperiviable birth counseling

Which Measures of Perceived Vulnerability Predict Protective Intentions—and When?. Journal of Behavioral Medicine (2023)

Jillian O’Rourke StuartPaul D. WindschitlElaine BossardKathryn BruchmannAndrew R. SmithJason P. RoseJerry Suls

vulnerabilitybehavioral medicinehealth psychologyneurosciencepsychologybehavioral researchprotective intentionsbehavioral sciences

People Express More Bias in Their Predictions Than in Their Likelihood Judgments.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General (2022)

Inkyung ParkPaul D WindschitlJane E MillerAndrew R SmithJillian O'Rourke StuartMark Biangmano

The Desirability Bias in Predictions Under Aleatory and Epistemic Uncertainty. Cognition (2022)

Paul D WindschitlJane E MillerInkyung ParkShanon RuleAshley ClaryAndrew R Smith

Attributions for Ambiguity in a Treatment‐Decision Context Can Create Ambiguity Aversion or Seeking. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (2021)

Jillian O'Rourke StuartPaul D. WindschitlJane E. MillerAndrew R. SmithBrian J. Zikmund‐FisherLaura D. Scherer

behavioral decision makinghuman behaviortreatment-decision contextbehavioral sciencesambiguity aversioncognitive scienceattribution theorypsychology

Context Dependency in Risky Decision Making: Is There a Description-Experience Gap?. PLoS ONE (2021)

Inkyung ParkPaul D. WindschitlAndrew R. SmithShanon RuleAaron M. SchererJillian O. Stuart

risky decision makingdecision theorybehavioral sciencesdescription-experience gapcontext dependencycognitive sciencepsychology

Do People Prescribe Optimism, Overoptimism, or Neither?. Psychological Science (2021)

Jane E. MillerInkyung ParkAndrew R. SmithPaul D. Windschitl

psychological sciencedecision theoryattitude theorypsychologycognitive psychologypositive psychologybehavioral sciences

Preprint + Supplementary Materials. (2021)

Jane Elizabeth MillerInkyung ParkAndrew R. SmithPaul D. Windschitl

preprintmaterials science

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