Staff Profile
Dr Adam Eggleston
Lecturer
I started my position as a Lecturer in Psychology at York St John University in 2023. I am a social and developmental psychologist with a particular interest in dehumanization and first impressions research. I completed my PhD at the University of York in 2022 with my thesis titled “The impact of social learning on first impressions across development.” Currently, my research has shifted focus to dehumanization where I evaluate previous theories in light of new empirical evidence.
- School – School of Education, Language and Psychology
- Email – a.eggleston@yorksj.ac.uk
- Postgraduate Research Supervisor
Teaching
I currently teach on the following modules:
- Exploring Social Psychology - PSY4001M (Module Lead)
- Social Psychology - PSY5001M
Research
I am a social and developmental psychologist primarily interested in impression formation and intergroup processes. My research has mainly concentrated on both the development and social origins of first impressions. More recently I am interested in exploring different theories investigating dehumanization.
Publications
Research Articles
Eggleston, A., Cook, R., & Over, H. (2022). The influence of fake news on face-trait learning. Plos one, 17(12), e0278671.
Cook, R., Eggleston, A., & Over, H. (2022). The cultural learning account of first impressions. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
Eggleston, A., Tsantani, M., Over, H., & Cook, R. (2022). Preferential-looking studies of trustworthiness detection confound structural and expressive cues to facial trustworthiness. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 17709.
Kirk, E., Donnelly, S., Furman, R., Warmington, M., Glanville, J., & Eggleston, A. (2022). The relationship between infant pointing and language development: A meta-analytic review. Developmental Review, 64, 101023.
Eggleston, A., Flavell, J. C., Tipper, S. P., Cook, R., & Over, H. (2021). Culturally learned first impressions occur rapidly and automatically and emerge early in development. Developmental Science, 24(2), e13021.
Eggleston, A., McCall, C., Cook, R., & Over, H. (2021). Parents reinforce the formation of first impressions in conversation with their children. Plos one, 16(8), e0256118.
Eggleston, A., Geangu, E., Tipper, S. P., Cook, R., & Over, H. (2021). Young children learn first impressions of faces through social referencing. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 14744.
Over, H., Eggleston, A., & Cook, R. (2020). Ritual and the origins of first impressions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375(1805), 20190435.
Over, H., Eggleston, A., Bell, J., & Dunham, Y. (2018). Young children seek out biased information about social groups. Developmental Science, 21(3), e12580.
Dissertation
Eggleston, A. (2021). The impact of social learning on first impressions across development (Doctoral dissertation, University of York).
