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Derrick Wirtz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
B.S. (Psychology) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999
M.A. (Social & Personality Psychology) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
Ph.D. (Social & Personality Psychology) – University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, 2004
Derrick.Wirtz@nau.edu
Professional Interests

Dr. Wirtz’s research focuses broadly on emotion, culture, and well-being. Currently, Dr. Wirtz is examining the momentary versus recalled experience of positive and negative emotions among European and Asian Americans, and how these emotions affect global judgments.

Recent Publications

• Kruger, J., Wirtz, D., & Miller, D. T. (2005). Counterfactual thinking and the first instinct fallacy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88(5), 725-735.
• Compton, R. J., Wirtz, D., Pajoumand, G., Claus, E., & Heller, W. (2004). Association between positive affect and attentional shifting. Cognitive Therapy & Research, 28(6), 733-744.
• Kruger, J., Wirtz, D., Van Boven, L., & Altermatt, T. W. (2004). The effort heuristic. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 91-98.
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Wirtz, D., Kruger, J., Scollon, C. N., & Diener, E. (2003). What to do on spring break? The role of predicted, on-line, and remembered experience in future choice. Psychological Science, 14, 520-524.
• Solberg, E. C., Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Lucas, R. E., & Oishi, S. (2002). Wanting, having, and satisfaction: Examining the role of desire discrepancies in satisfaction with income. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 83, 725-734
• Diener, E., Wirtz, D., & Oishi, S. (2001). End effects of rated quality of life: The James Dean effect. Psychological Science, 121, 124-128.4.

Undergraduate/Graduate Courses

Dr. Wirtz teaches Introduction to Psychology (PSY 101), Undergraduate Social Psychology (PSY 250), Research Methods in Psychology (PSY 302w), Graduate Social Psychology (PSY 635), & Techniques of Psychological Research (PSY 673).

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