Gabriele Oettingen

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Gabriele Oettingen (born July 22, 1953 in Munich ; actually Gabriele Elisabeth Aloisia Notgera Princess zu Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg ) is Professor of Psychology at New York University and the University of Hamburg . Her research focuses on future thinking and self-regulation .

Life

Oettingen studied biology in Munich and then worked at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology in Seewiesen and at the Medical Research Council, Unit on the Development and Integration of Behavior, Madingley, Cambridge, England. At the same time she did her doctorate at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. During her research at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, she was a fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Then she worked at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and qualified as a professor in psychology at the Free University. Since 2000 she has been Professor of Psychology at the University of Hamburg and since 2002 Professor of Psychology at New York University .

Oettingen is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Louisenlund Foundation .

research

Oettingen examines future thinking and its effects on thinking, acting and feeling. She made a distinction between expectations and fantasies and discovered that these two forms of future thinking differ significantly in their effects on effort and success. Oettingen developed the Fantasy Realization Theory (FRT) and has shown in many experimental studies that the mental contrast between a desired future and present reality leads to people setting constructive and feasible goals and realizing them successfully. Success in achieving goals can, in turn, be traced back to unconscious cognitive and motivational processes. Oettingen also researched the influence of cultural and political-systemic factors on the development of self-confidence and on thinking, feeling and acting. Based on the principles of mental contrasting, Oettingen has developed cost- and time-effective interventions, in which the planning strategy for Implementation Intentions developed by Peter M. Gollwitzer is integrated: Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions (MCII) or Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan ( WOOP) is a self-regulatory strategy for people of all ages to resolve short-term or long-term concerns.

Publications (selection)

  • Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation . Current, Penguin Group, New York 2014, ISBN 978-1-59184-687-1 .
  • Future thought and behavior change. European Review of Social Psychology, 23 (2012) , pp. 1-63 ( doi : 10.1080 / 10463283.2011.643698 ).
  • With D. Mayer: The motivating function of thinking about the future: Expectations versus fantasies . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83 (2002) , pp. 1198-1212 ( doi : 10.1037 / 0022-3514.83.5.1198 ).
  • With H. Pak, & K. Schnetter: Self-regulation of goal setting: Turning free fantasies about the future into binding goals . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80 (2001) , pp. 736-753 ( doi : 10.1037 / 0022-3514.80.5.736 ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Board of Trustees of the Louisenlund Foundation
  2. ↑ Oettingen, G., & Mayer, D. (2002). The motivating function of thinking about the future: Expectations versus fantasies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 1198-1212. doi : 10.1037 / 0022-3514.83.5.1198 .
  3. ↑ Kappes, HB, & Oettingen, G. (2011). Positive fantasies about idealized futures sap energy. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 719-729. doi : 10.1016 / j.jesp.2011.02.003 .
  4. ↑ Sevincer, AT, Wagner, G., Kalvelage, J., & Oettingen, G. (2014). Positive thinking about the future in newspaper reports and presidential addresses predicts economic downturn. Psychological Science, 25 (4), 1010-1017. doi : 10.1177 / 0956797613518350 .
  5. ↑ Oettingen, G. (2000). Expectancy effects on behavior depend on self-regulatory thought. Social Cognition, 18, 101–129.
  6. ↑ Oettingen, G., Pak, H., & Schnetter, K. (2001). Self-regulation of goal setting: Turning free fantasies about the future into binding goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 736-753. doi : 10.1037 / 0022-3514.80.5.736 .
  7. ↑ Oettingen, G. (2012). Future thought and behavior change. European Review of Social Psychology, 23, 1-63. doi : 10.1080 / 10463283.2011.643698 .
  8. ↑ Oettingen, G., Mayer, D., Sevincer, AT, Stephens, EJ, Pak, H., & Hagenah, M. (2009). Mental contrasting and goal commitment: The mediating role of energization. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 608-622. doi : 10.1177 / 0146167208330856 .
  9. ↑ Kappes, A., Singmann, H., & Oettingen, G. (2012). Mental contrasting instigates goal-pursuit by linking obstacles of reality with instrumental behavior. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 811-818. doi : 10.1016 / j.jesp.2012.02.002 .
  10. ↑ Kappes, A., Wendt, M., Reinelt, & Oettingen (2013). Mental contrasting changes the meaning of reality. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 797-810. doi : 10.1016 / j.jesp.2013.03.010 .
  11. ↑ Oettingen, G., Mayer, D., & Brinkmann, B. (2010). Mental contrasting of future and reality: Managing the demands of everyday life in health care professionals. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 9, 138-144. doi : 10.1027 / 1866-5888 / a000018 .
  12. ↑ Gollwitzer, A., Oettingen, G., Kirby, T., Duckworth, A., & Mayer, D. (2011). Mental contrasting facilitates academic performance in school children. Motivation and Emotion, 35 (4), 403-412. doi : 10.1007 / s11031-011-9222-0 .
  13. ↑ Sheeran, P., Harris, P., Vaughan, J., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, PM (2013). Gone exercising: Mental contrasting promotes physical activity among overweight, middle-aged, low-SES fishermen. Health Psychology, 32, 802-809. doi : 10.1037 / a0029293 .
  14. ^ Gollwitzer, PM (1999). Implementation intentions: Strong effects of simple plans. American Psychologist, 54, 493-503.
  15. ↑ Gollwitzer, PM, & Sheeran, P. (2006). Implementation intentions and goal achievement: A meta-analysis of effects and processes. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 69-119.
  16. ↑ Gollwitzer, PM, & Oettingen, G. (2011). Planning promotes goal striving. In KD Vohs & RF Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications (2nd ed., Pp. 162-185). New York: Guilford
  17. ↑ Stadler, G., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, PM (2010). Intervention effects of information and self-regulation on eating fruits and vegetables over two years. Health Psychology, 29, 274-283. doi : 10.1037 / a0018644 .
  18. ↑ Christiansen, S., Oettingen, G., Dahme, B., & Klinger, R. (2010). A short goal-pursuit intervention to improve physical capacity: A randomized clinical trial in chronic back pain patients. Pain, 149, 444-452. doi : 10.1016 / j.pain.2009.12.015 .
  19. Jump up ↑ Duckworth, AL, Kirby, TA, Gollwitzer, A., & Oettingen, G. (2013). From fantasy to action: Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions (MCII) improves academic performance in children. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4, 745-753. doi : 10.1177 / 1948550613476307 .
personal data
SURNAME Oettingen, Gabriele
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oettingen, Gabriele Elisabeth Aloisia Notgera
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German biologist, professor of psychology
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich