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Frank Wieber

Frank Wieber

My main research interest is in self-regulation. In particular, my research focuses on the question how people can self-regulate more effectively to overcome problems during goal striving (e.g., not getting started to act on a goal, not continuing goal-directed actions, not disengaging on time from unattainable goals, or to overextending oneself). If-then plans (implementation intentions; Gollwitzer, 1993) are examined as a strategy to help people to reach their goals by bridging the so-called intention-behavior gap. More recently, I started to investigate how self-regulatory strategies can support goal attainment of individuals as well as groups in challenging interpersonal, intra-and intergroup contexts.

Primary Interests:

  • Group Processes
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Self and Identity
  • Social Cognition

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Courses Taught:

  • Advanced research methods
  • Free Will -- An Illusion? Interdisciplinary seminar
  • Group processes
  • Psychology of action
  • Social psychology 1 - Introductory lecture
  • Stereotypes and Prejudice

Frank Wieber
Forschungsstelle Gesundheitswissenschaften
Technikumstr. 81
8400 Winterthur
Switzerland

  • Phone: +41-58-934-4347

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