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 Andrew GalperinGraduate Trainee - Social Psychology Advisors: Professors Martie Haselton and Anne Peplau Year Entered Doctoral Program at UCLA: 2005 Undergraduate School/Major: University of Chicago/Psychology Email:  Research: I am interested in the evolutionary psychology of close relationships, romantic love, mating strategies, and sexuality; as well as the evolutionary origins of music, humor, gesturing, and of just about anything else. I am currently working on two primary projects. First, I am collaborating with Dr. Gian Gonzaga and Martie Haselton on research aimed at showing that love functions as a device that keeps romantic partners committed to each other in the face of attractive alternatives. The second project is my masters' thesis, which explores the nature and possible origins of individual and sex differences in falling in passionate romantic love. Publications and conference presentations: Galperin, A., Laird, K.T., Gonzaga, G., & Haselton, M.G. (2006, June). Love as a commitment device: Evidence from behavioral and lexical-decision measures. Poster presented at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Honors and awards: NSF-UCLA Interdisciplinary Relationships Science Program Fellow, 2006-08 Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship, 2006-07 Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2006 UCLA Distinguished Achievement Fellowship, 2005-06 National Merit Scholarship, 1999-2003 Dean’s List, University of Chicago, 1999-2003 Current hobbies, interests, extracurricular activities: I wish I had more hobbies outside of psychology. I am very much into listening to music - mostly classic rock and art-rock, although I tend to like anything containing an original and memorable melody. I am also a huge football and basketball fan (go Bears! go Bulls!). My actual skills are limited to being fluent in Russian and being better than the average psych student at chess and ping-pong.
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