Prof. Dr. Daphna Oyserman

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietPersönlichkeitspsychologie, Klinische und Medizinische Psychologie, Methoden
KeywordsKultur, Selbst, Identität, Befragung, Motivation

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtLos Angeles
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of Southern California
Institut/AbteilungDana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Fritz StrackInstitut für Psychologie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.04.2011

Programm(e)

2009Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Oyserman is internationally known for her research on self, culture, and motivation, which she conducts within a situated cognition framework. Using experimental and field-based methods, she explores how culture and identity shape, and are shaped by, individuals' contexts, with a particular emphasis on identity-based motivation and its cognitive and behavioral consequences. Her work shows how cultural mindsets and identities can be usefully engaged to improve important life outcomes, including academic performance and mental and physical health. In Germany, she will collaborate with her host in exploring the role of deliberative and impulsive processes in identity-based motivation.