Seiji Takaku is professor of

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and institutional research and assessment coordinator at

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(SUA). He was previously assistant professor of psychology at

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, from 2000 to 2002. He received his B.A. from

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, his M.A. from

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, and his Ph.D. from

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Research

Takaku's research interests include apology and forgiveness, cross-cultural studies on interpersonal & intergroup conflict resolutions, and motivation theories in psychology and Weiner's theory of attribution in particular. His significant publications (>10 citations on

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) include: * "The effects of apology and perspective taking on interpersonal forgiveness: Introducing a dissonance-attribution model of interpersonal forgiveness," Journal of Social Psychology, 2001 * "A cross-cultural examination of people’s perceptions of apology, responsibility, and justice: From the U.S.S. Greenville accident to the E-P3 airplane accident," Tohoku Psychologica Folia., in press * "Culture and status influences on account-giving: Comparison between the U.S.A. and Japan," Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2000 * "Reducing road rage: A test of the dissonance-attribution model of interpersonal forgiveness," Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2006

External links

Seiji Takaku, Ph.D. Faculty Page
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