John V. Petrocelli

John V. Petrocelli is an experimental social psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Wake Forest University.  He is the author of The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit.  Petrocelli’s research examines the causes and consequences of bullshit and bullshitting in the way of better understanding and improving bullshit detection and disposal.  His research contributions also include attitudes and persuasion and the intersections of counterfactual thinking with learning, memory and decision making.  His research has appeared in the top journals of his field including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.  Petrocelli also serves an Associate Editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.  He keeps a steady schedule of teaching social psychology and judgment and decision making courses, as well as professional speaking as a BrightSight Speaker.