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Johannes Keller

My current research focuses on four main topics: (1) the role of self-regulatory mechanisms in social cognition and social interaction, (2) psychological essentialism (lay people's belief that individuals' behavior and their traits are the expression of some kind of an underlying "nature"), (3) the flow model of intrinsic motivation, and (4) the role of metacognitive processes (such as ease of retrieval) in social cognition.

Primary Interests:

  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Social Cognition
  • Aggression, Conflict, Peace
  • Interpersonal Processes
  • Motivation, Goal Setting
  • Prejudice and Stereotyping
  • Social Cognition

Journal Articles:

  • Keller, J. (2008). On the development of regulatory focus: The role of parenting styles. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 354-364.
  • Keller, J. (2005). In genes we trust: The biological component of psychological essentialism and its relationship to mechanisms of motivated social cognition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 686-702.
  • Keller, J. (2002). Blatant stereotype threat and women’s math performance: Self-handicapping as a strategic means to cope with obtrusive negative performance expectations. Sex Roles, 47, 193-198.
  • Keller, J., & Bless, H. (2009). Predicting future affective states: How ease of retrieval and faith in intuition moderate the impact of activated content. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 467-476.
  • Keller, J., & Bless, H. (2008). Expectancy effects on cognitive test performance: Regulatory focus as a catalyst. European Journal of Social Psychology, 38, 187-212.
  • Keller, J., & Bless, H. (2008). Flow and regulatory compatibility: An experimental approach to the flow model of intrinsic motivation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 196-209.
  • Keller, J., & Bless, H. (2006). Regulatory fit and cognitive performance: The interactive effect of chronic and situational self-regulatory mechanisms on cognitive test performance. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 393-405.
  • Keller, J., & Bless, H. (2005). When negative expectancies turn into negative performance: The role of ease of retrieval. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 535-541.
  • Keller, J., & Bless, H. (2004). Evolutionary thought and psychological essentialism: The belief in genetic predispositions and its relationship to basic processes of social cognition. Journal of Cultural and Evolutionary Psychology, 2, 123-141.
  • Keller, J., Bless, H., Blomann, F. & Kleinböhl, D. (2011). Physiological aspects of flow experiences: Skills-demand-compatibility effects on heart rate variability and salivary cortisol. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 849-852.
  • Keller, J., & Bloman, F. (2008). Locus of control and the flow experience: An experimental analysis. European Journal of Personality, 22, 589-607.
  • Keller, J., & Dauenheimer, D. (2003). Stereotype threat in the classroom: Dejection mediates the disrupting threat effect on women’s math performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 371-381.
  • Keller, J., Hurst, M., & Uskul, A. (2008). Prevention-focused self-regulation and aggressiveness. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 800-820.
  • Keller, J., & Molix, L. (2008). When women can't do math: The interplay of self-construal, group identification, and stereotypic performance standards. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 44, 437-444.
  • Rangel, U. & Keller, J. (2011). Essentialism goes social: Belief in social determinism as a component of psychological essentialism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 1056-1078.

Courses Taught:

  • Aggression
  • Experimental Methods and Data Analysis
  • Social Cognition
  • Social Interaction
  • Stereotypes and Prejudice
  • Aggression
  • Experimental Methods and Data Analysis
  • Social Cognition
  • Social Interaction
  • Stereotypes and Prejudice

Johannes Keller
Institute of Psychology and Education
Ulm University
Albert Einstein Allee 47
D-89069 Ulm
Germany

Phone: 0049-731-5031160

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