Lucas A. Keefer

A metaphor-enriched social cognition.

Mark J. Landau, Brian P. Meier, Lucas A. Keefer · Psychological Bulletin · 2010 · 761 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +13

A dual-motive model of scapegoating: Displacing blame to reduce guilt or increase control.

Zachary K. Rothschild, Mark J. Landau, Daniel Sullivan et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2012 · 252 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +9

Attachment to objects as compensation for close others' perceived unreliability

Lucas A. Keefer, Mark J. Landau, Zachary K. Rothschild et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 2012 · 175 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +12

The college journey and academic engagement: How metaphor use enhances identity-based motivation.

Mark J. Landau, Daphna Oyserman, Lucas A. Keefer et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2014 · 137 citations

Education, Educational Psychology, Identity Development +16

Evidence for the specificity of control motivations in worldview defense: Distinguishing compensatory control from uncertainty management and terror management processes

Steven Shepherd, Aaron C. Kay, Mark J. Landau et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 2011 · 134 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +4