Leo Montada

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Leo Montada (born March 18, 1938 ) is a German psychologist and university professor .

Professional background

Leo Montada was born in Körprich an der Prims , the son of Metz- born mayor of the municipality of Nalbach (1945-1949) and later rector of the Catholic elementary school Körprich (1949-1965), Alois Montada and his wife Helena Schmitz . He attended high school in Dillingen / Saar , where he graduated from high school in 1957.

After graduating from the Saarland University in Saarbrücken (1962) and receiving his doctorate from the University of Konstanz (1967), Montada received an H3 professorship for educational psychology at the University of Konstanz in 1971. In 1972 he followed a call to the University of Trier , where he worked until his retirement in 2003.

In addition to his work at the university, Montada was also director of the Leibniz Center for Psychological Information and Documentation (ZPID) from 1979 to 2004 . From 1982 to 1995 he was chairman of the scientific advisory board at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and from 1993 to 2000 he headed the Center for Justice Research at the University of Potsdam. From 1997 to 2002 he was founding president of the International Society for Justice Research (ISJR) .

In 1993 the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awarded him the Max Planck Research Prize for international research cooperation . In 1995 he was admitted to the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , and in 2000 to the German National Academy Leopoldina . In 2004 he received the Franz Weinert Prize of the German Society for Psychology and in 2010 the Life Time Achievement Award of the ISJR.

Main topics in research and publications

At the beginning of his academic career, the focus was on developmental and educational psychology. One concern was the critical examination of the then still influential behaviorism, u. a. in a book "Die Lernpsychologie Jean Piagets" (1970, Klett Verlag), in empirical studies on socialization and in texts on applied developmental psychology.

Since 1980, his research group has mainly dealt with social-psychological topics, in particular with beliefs and motives for justice (belief in a just world; sensitivity to experienced or observed injustice; centrality of justice) and their effects on experience, judgment and action, u. a. Outrage over injustices and “existential guilt feelings” because of one's own privileged life situation. Social and environmental responsibility were another focus of work.

In many projects, the eminent importance of convictions and motives for justice in personal life was shown, but also in social and political life, etc. a. in studies on German reunification, employment and environmental policy.

All of this is based on a critical examination of the economic image of man, the homo oeconomicus and the rational choice model , in which self-interest is accepted as the cardinal motive of man. The criticism is underpinned by a large number of empirical studies by his working group on social and ecological responsibility and commitment. Montada proves the thesis that the justice motive is universal and in many cases more influential than self-interest with broad empirical research findings (cf. Montada, 2003; Montada, 2012).

A further thematic focus is based on a programmatic article (Montada, 1989) on work on emotions, especially on emotions in social interactions such as indignation, envy, jealousy, guilt, shame, hostility and hatred.

All of these lines of research flow into the analysis of social conflicts and ways of resolving them through mediation - Montada's main focus since 2000. The specific psychological suggestions for conflict mediation can be found in articles in relevant journals and compilations.

In addition to these psychological research topics, Leo Montada has collaborated with Günter Krampen on scientometric studies on the discipline of psychology in the German-speaking area. a. about the international reception of research from German-speaking countries, about developments in sub-disciplines of the subject and about the evaluation of performance criteria for academic positions.

literature

  • L. Montada: The Learning Psychology of Jean Piaget. Klett, Stuttgart 1970.
  • L. Montada, U. Setter to Bulte: Penalty Effect as a Function of Penalty Assessment. In: Journal for Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology. Volume 6, 1974, pp. 75-89.
  • R. Oerter, L. Montada, EK Beller, H. Bullens, SH Filipp, H. Grimm, E. Olbrich, F. Petermann, H. Rauh, U. Schmidt-Denter, M. Schmitt, M. Schuster: Developmental Psychology. A textbook. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1982.
  • L. Montada: Formation of Feelings? In: Journal for Pedagogy. Volume 35, 1989, pp. 293-311.
  • L. Montada, MJ Lerner (Ed.): Current societal concerns about justice. Plenum Press, New York 1996.
  • L. Montada (Ed.): Employment Policy Between Efficiency and Justice. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 1997.
  • M. Schmitt, L. Montada (ed.): Experience of justice in reunified Germany. Leske + Budrich, Opladen 1999.
  • L. Montada, E. Kals: Mediation. Textbook for psychologists and lawyers. Psychologie Verlags Union, Weinheim 2001.
  • G. Krampen, L. Montada: Science Studies in Psychology. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2002.
  • L. Montada: Justice: just a rational choice? In: Yearbook 2002 of the German National Academy Leopoldina. Volume 48, pp. 475-490 2003.
  • L. Montada: The normative impact of justice research. In: E. Kals, J. Maes (Eds.): Justice and conflicts. Theoretical and empirical contributions. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2012, pp. 3–19.

In many articles, Montada published suggestions for the mediation of conflicts on a psychological basis. The 3rd edition of a textbook written with Elisabeth Kals is available: Mediation - Psychological Basics and Perspectives (Beltz Verlag, 2013).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ saarland-biografien.de
  2. ↑ One hundred years of high school in Dillingen. 1902-2002. Festschrift of the Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium. High school of the Saarlouis district, Dillingen / Saar 2002, p. 266.
  3. ^ Member entry of Leo Montada at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ z. BL Montada, U. Setter to Bulte: Penalty Effect as a Function of Penalty Assessment. In: Journal for Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology. Volume 6, 1974, pp. 75-89.
  5. ↑ L. Montada, MJ Lerner (Ed.): Current societal concerns about justice. Plenum Press, New York 1996 .; L. Montada (Ed.): Employment Policy Between Efficiency and Justice. Campus, Frankfurt am Main 1997 .; M. Schmitt, L. Montada (ed.): Experience of justice in reunified Germany. Leske + Budrich, Opladen 1999.
  6. ^ L. Montada, E. Kals: Mediation. Textbook for psychologists and lawyers. Psychologie Verlags Union, Weinheim 2001.
  7. ↑ G. Krampen, L. Montada: Science research in psychology. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2002.
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SURNAME Montada, Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Body