Larisa Heiphetz
Assistant Professor of Psychology

My Contact Info

355C Schermerhorn Ext (Office)
359 Schermerhorn Ext (Lab)

Lab Website

Columbia Social and Moral Cognition Lab

Office Hours

Office Hours Spring 2021:?
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No office hours.?



212 854 1348
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Larisa Heiphetz

Research Interests

Social Psychology
Social Cognition
Morality
Development


Ph.D., Harvard University, 2013

General Area of Research

Social cognitive development; religious and moral cognition; intergroup attitudes

Current Research

Our lab focuses on moral cognition in children and adults. Some studies investigate topics of central interest to moral philosophy and psychology, such as the extent to which moral beliefs are similar to other mental states and the role of moral beliefs in identity. In addition to this line of work, we study two topics related to moral psychology. First, because many people link religion and morality, we are interested in how individuals think about religious ideas and how they perceive religious out-group members. Second, because involvement in the criminal justice system is often associated with moral transgressions, we are interested in how individuals think about the justice system and about individuals who are involved in this system.

Courses Taught

Fall 2016

Moral Psychology

4 pts, GU4672


Fall 2016

Supervised Individual Research

0 pts, UN3950

Selected Publications

The Role of Moral Beliefs, Memories, and Preferences in Representations of Identity.

Heiphetz L
Strohminger N
Young LL

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How Children and Adults Represent God's Mind.

Heiphetz L
Lane JD
Waytz A
Young LL

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Patterns of Implicit and Explicit Attitudes in Children and Adults: Tests in the Domain of Religion

Larisa Heiphetz
Elizabeth S. Spelke
Mahzarin R. Banaji

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Children's and Adults' Understanding of Punishment and the Criminal Justice System

James Dunlea
Larisa Heiphetz

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