Birte Englich

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Birte Englich (born January 24, 1968 in Osnabrück ; † September 2, 2019 in Cologne ) was a German social psychologist .

Life

After studying psychology in Mannheim , she completed her doctorate in 2000 at the University of Tübingen and qualified as a professor six years later at the University of Würzburg . Since 2006 she worked at the University of Cologne . There she took up the professorship for applied social psychology and decision research in 2009 , which she held until her premature death from sudden heart failure.

research

Her research was characterized by the combination of applied questions, especially in the legal context, with basic social-cognitive research .

Together with Thomas Mussweiler and Fritz Strack , she examined the impact of anchor effects on judicial decision-making. In doing so, she was able to prove that judges orientate themselves too strongly on an initial penalty demand, for example by the public prosecutor . Against this background, she took the view that defendants would be disadvantaged if the prosecution, and not the defense, began demanding the sentence. Such a code of criminal procedure would therefore not correspond to the principle of In dubio pro reo .

Fonts (selection)

  • SM Schmittat, B. Englich: If you judge, investigate! Responsibility reduces confirmatory information processing in legal experts. In: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Volume 22, 2016, pp. 386-400.
  • A. Glöckner, B. Englich: When relevance matters: Anchoring effects can be larger for relevant than for irrelevant anchors. In: Social Psychology. Volume 46, 2015, pp. 4–12.
  • P. Burgmer, B. Englich: Bullseye! How power improves motor performance. In: Social Psychological and Personality Science. Volume 4, 2013, pp. 224-232.
  • J. Fischer, P. Fischer, B. Englich, N. Aydin, D. Frey: Empower my decisions: The effects of power gestures on confirmatory information processing. In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Volume 47, 2011, pp. 1146-1154.
  • B. Englich: When knowledge matters — Differential effects of available knowledge in standard and basic anchoring tasks. In: European Journal of Social Psychology. Volume 38, 2008, pp. 896-904.
  • B. Englich, T. Mussweiler, F. Strack: Playing dice with criminal sentences: The influence of irrelevant anchors on experts' judicial decision making. In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Volume 32, 2006, pp. 188-200.
  • B. Englich, T. Mussweiler, F. Strack: The last word in court - A hidden disadvantage for the defense. In: Law and Human Behavior. Volume 29, 2005, pp. 705-722.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Department of Applied Social Psychology is in mourning. In: Chair website at the University of Cologne. Retrieved September 8, 2019 .
  2. ↑ In memoriam: Birte Englich. In: Website of the Social Cognition Center Cologne. Retrieved September 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Birte Englich: Description of her research at the Social Cognition Center Cologne. Retrieved September 8, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c Birte Englich, Thomas Mussweiler, Fritz Strack: The last word in court - A hidden disadvantage for the defense. In: Law and Human Behavior . No. 29 , p. 705-722 , doi : 10.1007 / s10979-005-8380-7 .
  5. ↑ a b Birte Englich, Thomas Mussweiler, Fritz Strack: Playing dice with criminal sentences: The influence of irrelevant anchors on experts' judicial decision making. In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin . tape 32 , p. 188-200 , doi : 10.1177 / 0146167205282152 .
personal data
SURNAME English, Birte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social and legal psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Osnabrück
DATE OF DEATH 2nd September 2019
Place of death Cologne