Allison Tackman

Assistant Professor of Practice, Psychology
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Psychology 452

tackman@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
She, Her, Hers

The courses I regularly teach include personality psychology, social psychology, introduction to psychology, and advanced psychological measurement and statistics. My primary goal as an instructor is that my courses have a positive impact on my students, and I strive to accomplish this by making the course content personally relevant and creating a supportive learning environment for all students. 

Research Interests:

  • Personality structure, measurement, and expression
  • Lifespan personality development
  • Self and interpersonal perception

Updated: 07/25/25

Selected Publications:

  • Tackman, A. M., Baranski, E. N., Danvers, A. F., Sbarra, D. A., Raison, C. L., Moseley, S. A., Polsinelli, A. J., & Mehl, M. R. (2020). “Personality in its natural habitat” revisited: A pooled, multi-sample examination of the relationships between the Big Five personality traits and daily behavior and language use. European Journal of Personality (Special Issue: Behavioral Personality Science in the Age of Big Data), 34(5), 753–776. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.2283
  • Tackman, A. M., Sbarra, D. A., Carey, A. L., Donnellan, M. B., Horn, A. B., Holtzman, N. S., Edwards, T. S., Pennebaker, J. W., & Mehl, M. R. (2019). Depression, negative emotionality, and self-referential language: A multi-lab, multi-measure, and multi-language-task research synthesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 116(5), 817–834. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000187
  • Milek, A., Butler, E. A., Tackman, A. M., Kaplan, D. M., Raison, C. L., Sbarra, D. A., Vazire, S., & Mehl, M. R. (2018). “Eavesdropping on happiness” revisited: A pooled, multi-sample replication of the association between life satisfaction and observed daily conversation quantity and quality. Psychological Science, 29(9), 1451–1462. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797618774252
  • Tackman, A. M., Srivastava, S., Pfeifer, J. H., & Dapretto, M. (2017). Development of conscientiousness in childhood and adolescence: Typical trajectories and associations with academic, health, and relationship changes. Journal of Research in Personality, 67, 85–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.05.002
  • Tackman, A. M., & Srivastava, S. (2016). Social responses to expressive suppression: The role of personality judgments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110(4), 574–591. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000053 

Courses Taught:

  • PSY 101 - Intro to Psychology (2025)
  • PSY 150A1 - Structure of Mind & Behavior (2025)
  • PSY 230 - Psychological Measurement & Statistics (2018)
  • PSY 352 - Personality (2025)
  • PSY 360 - Social Psychology (2025)
  • PSY 383 - Health Psychology (2018)
  • PSY 430 - Advanced Psychological Measurement & Statistics (2021)

*Year listed indicates when this individual last taught the specified course.

Updated: 07/25/25