CV

Curriculum Vitae

Yale University, Department of Psychology

M.S., 2002

M.Phil., 2003

Ph.D., 2006

Dissertation Advisor: David A. Armor

Committee Members: John Bargh, Geoff Cohen, Marcia Johnson, Nathan Novemsky

St. Olaf College

B.A., summa cum laude, with distinction in psychology, 2000

Education

Honors and Awards

Yale University Dissertation Fellowship, 2005-2006

Yale University Graduate Student Assembly Conference Travel Fund Award, 2005

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, 2002-2005

Yale University Fellowship, 2000-2003

Research Interests

Judgment and forecasting biases (e.g., optimism)

Hedonic Evaluation

Decision-making

Goals and Satisfaction

Self and social judgment

Armor, D. A., & Sackett, A. M. (2006). Accuracy, error, and bias in predictions for real versus

hypothetical events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 583-600.

Armor, D. A., Massey, C., & Sackett, A. M. (2008). Prescribed optimism: Is it right to be

wrong about the future? Psychological Science, 19, 329-331. [Authorship order is

alphabetical]

Sackett, A. M., Meyvis, T., Nelson, L. D., Converse, B., & Sackett, A. L. You’re having fun when

time flies: The hedonic consequences of subjective time progression. Manuscript

under review.

Sackett, A. M., & Armor, D. A. Manipulating the reasons for optimism: Reversing bias by shifting

consequences. Manuscript under review.

Sackett, A. M., & Armor, D. A. Reasoned optimism: An “intuitive functionalist” account of

personal predictions. Manuscript in preparation.

Sackett, A. M., & Armor, D. A. Individual differences in the intuited consequences of prediction

errors. Manuscript in preparation.

Empirical Papers

Sackett, A. M., Converse, B. A., & Sackett, A. L. (2008). You’re having fun when time flies: The

effects of perceived passage of time on experience evaluation. Poster to be presented at the

annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM.

Sackett, A. M., & Armor, D. A. (2007). Intuited consequences of prediction biases and their

effects on unrealistic optimism. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for

Judgment and Decision Making, Long Beach, CA.

Sackett, A. M., & Armor, D. A. (2007). “Reasoned” optimism: Intuited consequences of

prediction errors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological

Association, Chicago, IL.

Sackett, A. M., & Armor, D. A. (2006). Reasons for situated optimism: Intuitions about the

consequences of prediction errors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for

Personality and Social Psychology, Palm Springs, CA.

Sackett, A. M., & Armor, D. A. (2005). Manipulating the reasons for optimism: Reversing bias by

shifting consequences. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality

and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Sackett, A. M., & Armor, D. A. (2005). Reasons for optimism: Intuitions about the consequences

of prediction biases. Paper presented at the Four-College Social Psychology Graduate

Student Conference, Princeton University.

Armor, D. A., & Sackett, A. M. (2005). Reasons for optimism: Intuitions about the consequences

of prediction biases. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality

and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Sackett, A. M., & Armor, D. A. (2004). Making the hypothetical seem real: Performance

predictions for imagined events. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for

Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.

Sackett, A. M., & Armor, D. A. (2003). Accuracy, error, and bias in predictions of real versus

hypothetical events. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality

and Social Psychology, Los Angeles, CA.

Selected Presentations (e-mail for a complete list)