Prof. Dr. Iris Schneider
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Prof. Dr. Iris Schneider
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My name is Iris Schneider and I am the Professor of Social Psychology at the Technical University Dresden. I research ambivalence and difficulty in decision-making and judgment. I am especially interested in how people can use their ambivalence and inner conflict as a tool for better decision-making and self-regulation. You can read a recent blog post about my research on the benefits of ambivalence here or listen to a podcast on the topic here.
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Selected Publications:
Hohnsbehn, J., Urschler, D. & Schneider, I.K. (2022). Torn but Balanced: Trait Ambivalence is Negatively Related to Confirmation. Personality and Individual Differences data, files, scripts PDF
Schneider. I.K. & Mattes, A.M. (2021). The Effect of Spatial Distance between Objects on Categorization Level. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review. data, scripts, and materials Open access: https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-021-01949-2
Schneider, I.K. & Mattes, A. (2021). Mix is Different from Nix: Mouse Tracking Differentiates Ambivalence from Neutrality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. pre-print: 10.31234/osf.io/wju87 data, scripts, and materials
Schneider, I.K., Novin, S, van Harreveld, F, & Genschow, O. (2021). Benefits of Being Ambivalent: The Relationship between Trait Ambivalence and Attribution Biases. British Journal of Social Psychology. Open access: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12417 data, scripts, and materials
Schneider, I.K., Gillebaart, M., & Mattes, A. (2019). Meta-analytic evidence for ambivalence resolution as a key process in effortless self-control. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103846 PDF data and scripts
Schneider, I. K., & Schwarz, N. (2017). Mixed feelings: the case of ambivalence. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 15, 39-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.05.012 PDF
Schneider, I.K., Veenstra, L., van Harreveld, F., Schwarz, N., & Koole, S.L. (2016). Let’s not be indifferent about neutrality: Neutral ratings in the IAPS mask mixed affective responses. Emotion, 16, 426-430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000164 PDF
Gillebaart M., Schneider, I.K., & De Ridder, T.D. Effects of Trait Self-Control on Response Conflict about Healthy and Unhealthy Food (2016). Journal of Personality, 84, 789-798, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12219 PDF
Schneider I.K., Van Harreveld F., Rotteveel M., Topolinski S., van der Pligt J., Schwarz ., & Koole S.L. (2015). The Path of Ambivalence: Tracing the Pull of Opposing Evaluations using Mouse Trajectories. Frontiers in Psychology. 6:996. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00996 PDF
van Harreveld, F., Nohlen, H. U., & Schneider, I.K. (2015). The ABC of ambivalence: Affective, behavioral, and cognitive consequences of attitudinal conflict. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 52, 285-324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.aesp.2015.01.002. PDF