Svetlana Komissarouk

Higgins Lab

Svetlana Komissarouk researches in three fields of social psychology – culture, motivation and prosocial behavior. In the cultural social psychological domain she is interested in how an individual’s type of attachment to their home country can impact their ability to take risks and to form new trust bonds with strangers. In motivational social psychology, her research applies Regulatory Mode Theory to basic social psychological questions of collaboration and creativity – such as: How does self-regulation influence the life-changing decisions people make and the ways they interact and affiliate with others? What kind of help do people prefer to give and receive according to their dominant motivational systems?
Svetlana Komissarouk is also known as a popularizer of psychological science. She appears in media and gives lectures to the general public all over the world.
 

• Fall 2015: PSYC UN2630. Social Psychology

• Spring 2015 – Fall 2024: PSYC GU4645. Culture, Motivation, and Prosocial Behavior

• Fall 2019 – Spring 2021, Fall 2024: PSYC BC1020. Behavioral Research Methods and Analysis

• Fall 2018 - Spring 2025: PSYC GU4630. Advanced Seminar in Current Personality Theory and Research

• Fall 2022: PSYC BC2125. Theory of Personality

• Spring 2023- Fall 2023: PSYCBC1001. Introduction to Psychology

• Fall 2024 – Spring 2025: PSYCBC 1010. Introductory Laboratory in Experimental Psychology

• Spring 2025: PSYC BC3407. Psychology of Help.