A Motivated Cognition Approach to Interpersonal Relationships
Lab People
Danielle Menzies-Toman

email:menzies-toman |at| psych.ucsb.edu

Danielle Menzies-Toman - Vita
PhD (2007) - Postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara

Danielle Menzies-Toman is interested in examining social cognitive and motivational processes in regards to close relationships. More specifically, she is studying both a feedback loop whereby engaging in a relationship maintenance response bolsters the cognitive accessibility of the relationship commitment motive as well as how motives for being in a romantic relationship affect relationship functioning and well being. Her long-term goals are to continue to carry out experimental research as it pertains to relationship science, and to bring the knowledge gained to the practice of marital therapy and to her university teaching.

B.A. Honours - Psychology - McGill University
Ph.D. - Psychology (2007) - McGill University



Selected Publications
Lydon, J., Menzies-Toman, D., & Burton, K. (2008). If-Then Contingencies and the Differential Effects of the Availability of Attractive Alternatives on Relationship Maintenance for Men and Women. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 50-65.
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