Elizabeth Seto

Elizabeth Seto is a social psychologist interested in studying topics historically the province of existential philosophy. Her influential work focuses on the psychological effects of belief in free will on self and social judgments and on the effects of
authenticity on individuals’ lives. In her SETO Social Psychology Lab on campus, she is pursuing research projects that examine free will beliefs in relation to meritocracy, environmental attitudes, AI, moral emotions, and beliefs across the lifespan. Her second line of research focuses on understanding how people experience authenticity. In other words, under what circumstances do we find or feel closer to our true selves? Seto earned her Ph.D. in social and personality psychology at Texas A&M University and a B.A. in psychology at Baylor University.