Peter M. Gollwitzer

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Peter Max Gollwitzer (born June 29, 1950 in Nabburg ) is a German social and motivational psychologist and university professor in New York .

Life

Gollwitzer studied economics of education and psychology at the University of Regensburg . He received his diploma in psychology from the Ruhr University Bochum in 1977 and the Dr. phil. (PhD) from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981. In 1988 he completed his habilitation at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . From 1982 to 1983 Gollwitzer was employed as a research assistant at the chair for motivational psychology at the University of Bochum. In 1983 he moved to the Max Planck Institute for Psychological Researchin Munich, where he worked as an employee in the Motivation and Action department until 1988, and as head of the Intention and Action research group from 1989 to 1993. Since 1993 he has been a professor (holder of the chair for social and motivational psychology ) at the University of Konstanz and since 1999 professor for social psychology at New York University . In 2017 Peter M. Gollwitzer was elected a member of the Leopoldina .

research

Gollwitzer developed several models for action control: the theory of symbolic self-completion (with Robert A. Wicklund), the Rubicon model of the action phases (with Heinz Heckhausen), the auto-motive model of automatic goal striving (with John A. Bargh), the mindset theory of the action phases (MAP) and the distinction between action control through goal intentions (intentions, "goal intentions") versus implementation intentions (intentions, " implementation intentions ") in the form of "if-then" plans.

Gollwitzer's experimental research attempts to discover the multitude of different mechanisms that positively influence action control and to crystallize the conditions that are particularly beneficial for the effect of these mechanisms. His research is linked to the work of Gabriele Oettingen on the importance of mental contrasting for the realization of goals.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Member entry by Prof. Dr. Peter M. Gollwitzer at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on December 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ PM Gollwitzer, JA Bargh (Ed.): The psychology of action: Linking cognition and motivation to behavior. Guilford Press, New York 1996.
  3. ↑ E. Morsella, JA Bargh, PM Gollwitzer (Ed.): Oxford Handbook of human action. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2009.
  4. ↑ G. Seebass, M. Schmitz, PM Gollwitzer (Ed.): Acting intentionally and its limits: Individuals, groups, institutions. de Gruyter, Berlin 2013.
  5. ^ RA Wicklund, PM Gollwitzer: Symbolic self-completion. Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 1982.
  6. ^ PM Gollwitzer, P. Sheeran, V. Michalski, AE Seifert: When intentions go public: Does social reality widen the intention-behavior gap? In: Psychological Science. 20, 2009, pp. 612-618.
  7. ↑ H. Heckhausen, PM Gollwitzer, FE Weinert (ed.): Beyond the Rubicon: The will in the human sciences. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg 1987.
  8. ^ PM Gollwitzer, H. Heckhausen, H. Ratajczak: From weighing to willing: Approaching a change decision through pre- or postdecisional mentation. In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 45, 1990, pp. 41-65.
  9. ↑ JA Bargh, PM Gollwitzer: Environmental control of goal-directed behavior. In: W. Spaulding (Ed.): Nebraska Symposium on Motivation. Vol. 41, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln 1994, pp. 71-124.
  10. ↑ JA Bargh, PM Gollwitzer, AL Chai, K. Barndollar, R. Troetschel: Automated will: Nonconscious activation and pursuit of behavioral goals. In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 81, 2001, pp. 1014-1027.
  11. ↑ PM Gollwitzer: Action phases and mind-sets. In: ET Higgins, RM Sorrentino (Ed.): The handbook of motivation and cognition: Foundations of social behavior. Vol. 2, Guilford Press, New York 1990, pp. 53-92.
  12. ↑ PM Gollwitzer: Mindset theory of action phases. In: P. Van Lange, AW Kruglanski, ET Higgins (eds.): Handbook of theories of social psychology. Vol. 1, Sage Publications, London 2012, pp. 526-545.
  13. ^ PM Gollwitzer: Implementation intentions: Strong effects of simple plans. In: American Psychologist. 54, 1999, pp. 493-503.
  14. ↑ PM Gollwitzer, P. Sheeran: Implementation intentions and goal achievement: A meta-analysis of effects and processes. In: Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. 38, 2006, pp. 69-119.
  15. ^ PM Gollwitzer, P. Sheeran, R. Trötschel, T. Webb: Self-regulation of behavioral priming effects. In: Psychological Science ,. 22, 2011, pp. 901-907.
  16. ↑ G. Stadler, G. Oettingen, PM Gollwitzer: Intervention effects of information and self-regulation on eating fruits and vegetables over two years. In: Health Psychology . 29, 2010, pp. 274-283.
  17. ↑ AL Duckworth, H. Grant, B. Loew, G. Oettingen, PM Gollwitzer: Self-regulation strategies improve self-discipline in adolescents: Benefits of mental contrasting and implementation intentions. In: Educational Psychology. 31, 2011, pp. 17-26.
  18. ↑ G. Oettingen, M. Wittchen, PM Gollwitzer: Regulating goal pursuit through mental contrasting with implementation intentions. In: AE Locke, G. Latham (Ed.): New developments in goal setting and task performance. Routledge, New York, NY 2013, pp. 523-565.
personal data
SURNAME Gollwitzer, Peter M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gollwitzer, Peter Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German motivational psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Nabburg