As a super-social species, we face diverse challenges and opportunities in navigating relationships: protecting ourselves from danger, avoiding infectious others, building friendships, gaining status, pursuing romantic partnerships, and caring for our families.

Perceptions of mask‐wearers toward Whites and Asians: A cross‐cultural comparison during the early stage of the COVID‐19 pandemic.

Dr. Ahra Ko is a Research Project Manager for the Behavior Change for Good (BCFG) Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania. She helps manage the day-to-day execution of BCFG’s large-scale field studies on behavior change.

Dr. Ahra Ko is a social psychologist, working in the Evolution, Ecology, and Social Behavior Lab and Evolutionary Social Cognition (Kenrick - Neuberg - Becker) Lab with Dr. Steven L. Neuberg. She is interested in (a) how environments and cultures calibrate our goals and motivational priorities, (b) how our goals and motivational priorities ...

Ahra KO, PhD Student | Cited by 99 | of Arizona State University, AZ (ASU) | Read 17 publications | Contact Ahra KO

My conceptual framework integrates an understanding of fundamental social motives with an affordance management approach to human psychology, in which people seek to identify and manage the opportunities and threats they encounter.

Ahra KO | Cited by 268 | of Royal College of Art, Kensington (RCA) | Read 10 publications | Contact Ahra KO