Gail Heyman

Gail Heyman is a Professor of Psychology at UC San Diego studying social cognition development. Her research examines how children and adults reason about traits, biases, morality, and trust across cultures. Key themes include reputation management, implicit bias formation, and moral decision-making.

Recent publications investigate conformity judgments, persistence inferences, social status understanding, and self-control mechanisms. Work integrates cross-cultural perspectives, with field studies in Indonesia and comparative analyses of social evaluation processes.