Advancements in technology have helped humans reach where they are today: it has helped build modern cities, enabled science to cure diseases, connected people across oceans, and helped put a man on the moon. As algorithms became more sophisticated, however, the human race finds itself at a crossroads as the very same technology makes us question our own existence. I recently joined a podcast to talk about how technology affects consumer behavior, if you would like to check it out, you can click on the image below.

My research mainly explores the psychology of algorithms. I study how consumers process and react to the information (e.g., recommendations, feedback) provided by algorithms or humans. In addition to this line of inquiry, I also study how to motivate consumers to make more effective donations, and the psychological antecedents of anchoring effect. I employ a mix of methods to address my research questions, including lab/online panel studies, field experiments, meta-analysis, secondary data analysis, and content analysis. 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

• Paolacci, Gabriele and Gizem Yalcin (2020), “Benevolent Partiality in Prosocial Preferences,” Judgment and Decision Making, 15 (2), 173–181.
• Yalcin, Gizem, Sarah Lim, Stefano Puntoni, and Stijn van Osselaer, “Thumbs Up or Down: Consumer Reactions to Decisions by Algorithms versus Humans,” invited for second round revision.
• Yalcin, Gizem, Anne-Kathrin Klesse, and Darren W. Dahl, “The Algorithm versus the Expert: Customers’ Perceived Knowledge Impacts Their Valuation of Recommendations by Algorithms and Human Experts,” invited for second round revision.
• Yalcin, Gizem, Stefano Puntoni, Erlis Themeli, Stefan Philipsen, and Evert Stamhuis, “Perceptions of Justice by Algorithms,” under review.