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

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:

Gerald Echterhoff's Laboratory
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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

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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