René Kopietz
I am a social cognition researcher working at the Social Psychology Lab of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. Broadly speaking, I am interested in motivated cognition, social influence, and social judgment and decision making. More specifically, I am interested in the interplay of motivation and cognition. For example, I am investigating how different communication goals affect our memory, how we use cognitive feelings in our (social) decision making, or how we remember mixed self-relevant feedback. Please visit my personal website for more details about me and my work.
Primary Interests:
- Communication, Language
- Intergroup Relations
- Interpersonal Processes
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Motivation, Goal Setting
- Person Perception
- Persuasion, Social Influence
- Prejudice and Stereotyping
- Social Cognition
Research Group or Laboratory:
Journal Articles:
- Echterhoff, G., Higgins, E. T., Kopietz, R., & Groll, S. (2008). How communication goals determine when audience tuning biases memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137, 3-12.
- Hellmann, J. H., Echterhoff, G., Kopietz, R., Niemeier, S., & Memon, A. (2011). Talking about visually perceived events: Communication effects on eyewitness memory. European Journal of Social Psychology.
- Higgins, E. T., Echterhoff, G., Crespillo, R., & Kopietz, R. (2007). Communication effects on social knowledge: Sharing reality with individual vs. group audiences. Japanese Psychological Research, 49, 89-99.
- Kopietz, R., Echterhoff, G., Niemeier, S., Hellmann, J. H., & Memon, A. (2009). Audience-congruent biases in eyewitness memory and judgment: Influences of a co-witness’ liking of a suspect. Social Psychology, 3, 133-144.
- Kopietz, R., Hellmann, J. H., Higgins, E. T., & Echterhoff, G. (2010). Shared-reality effects on memory: Communicating to fulfill epistemic needs. Social Cognition, 28, 353-378.
Other Publications:
- Hellmann, J. H., Kopietz, R., & Echterhoff, G. (2007). Shared memories, shared beliefs: The formation and use of joint representations in social interaction. European Bulletin of Social Psychology, 19, 40-46.
Courses Taught:
- Attitudes and Attitude Change
- Social Influence on Memory
- Social Psychology
- Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
- Understanding Individuals and Groups
René Kopietz
Psychologisches Institut
WWU Münster
Fliednerstr. 21
48149 Münster
Germany
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