Research

Research interests

Small group performance and decision making especially in the context of cooperative behaviour in social dilemmas. The effects of alcohol consumption on group performance.

Key publications

Meleady, R., Hopthrow, T., & Crisp, R.J. (2013). The group discussion effect: Integrative processes and suggestions for implementation. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 17, 56-71.

Hopthrow, T. and Feder, G. and Michie, S. (2011) The role of group decision making processes in the creation of clinical guidelines. International Review of Psychiatry, 23 (4) 358-364.

Hopthrow, T., & Abrams, D. (2010). Group transformation: How demonstrability promotes intra-group cooperation in social dilemmas. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46, 799-803.

Hopthrow, T., Abrams, D., Frings, D., & Hulbert, L.G. (2007). Groupdrink: The effects of alcohol on intergroup competitiveness. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21, 272-276.

Meleady, R., Hopthrow, T., & Crisp, R.J. (In Press). Simulating social dilemmas: Promoting cooperative behavior through imagined group discussion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology