Dr. ZHU Nan
Research Assistant Professor

Room: E21-3060
Tel: +(853) 8822 8992
E-mail: darrenzhu@um.edu.mo

Academic Qualifications

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Macau, Macau, China, 2018 – 2022
  • Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2017
  • M.Ed. in Developmental Psychology, East China Normal University, China, 2014
  • B.S. in Psychology, Fudan University, China, 2009

Research Interest

  • Evolutionary Psychology (Life History Theory, Conditional Adaptation)
  • Social Psychology (Moral Judgment and Reasoning, Gender Inequality, Leadership Preference)
  • Cross-Cultural Research

Selected Publications

* = equal contributors

*Yang, A., *Zhu, N., Lu, H. J., & Chang, L. (2022). Environmental risks, life history strategy, and developmental psychology. PsyCh Journal, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/pchj.561

Zhu, N., Chen, B. B., Lu, H. J., & Chang, L. (2022). Life-history calibration of social hierarchies: Childhood adversity predicts leadership preference through relational social investment. Personality and Individual Differences, 188, 111482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111482

Zhu, N., Smetana, J. G., & Chang, L. (2021). Acceptance of society-level and individual-level preventive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic among college students in three societies. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 0022022121995971. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022121995971

Zhu, N., Lu, H. J., & Chang, L. (2021). Trust as social investment: a life-history model of environmental effects on ingroup and outgroup trust. Personality and Individual Differences, 168, 110303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110303

Zhu, N., O, J., Lu, H. J., & Chang, L. (2020). Debate: Facing uncertainty with (out) a sense of control–cultural influence on adolescents’ response to the COVID‐19 pandemic. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 25(3), 173-174. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12408

Zhu, N., & Chang, L. (2020). An evolutionary life history explanation of sexism and gender inequality. Personality and Individual Differences, 157, 109806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109806

Zhu, N., Hawk, S. T., & Smetana, J. G. (2020). The influence of power on U.S. and Chinese individuals’ judgments and reasoning about intrasocietal conflicts. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51(1), 77-105. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022119893109

Zhu, N., & Chang, L. (2019). Education and parenting in China. In E. Sorbing, & J. E. Lansford (eds.), School systems, parent behavior, and academic achievement: An international perspective, Volume 3: Young people and learning processes in school and everyday life. Springer.

Zhu, N., & Chang, L. (2019). Evolved but not fixed: A life history account of gender roles and gender inequality. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 1709. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01709

Zhu, N., Hawk, S. T., & Chang, L. (2019). Unpredictable and competitive cues affect prosocial behaviors and judgments. Personality and Individual Differences, 138, 203–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.10.006

Zhu, N., Hawk, S. T., & Chang, L. (2018). Living slow and being moral: Life history predicts the dual process of other-centered reasoning and judgments. Human Nature, 29(2), 186–209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-018-9313-7

Courses Taught

  • PSYC4015 Great Ideas in Psychology
  • PSYC4012 Social Cognition