Robert Kordts-Freudinger
Dr. Robert Kordts-Freudinger, Dipl.-Psych.
Associated member: January 2007 - December 2009
Dissertation title: Relief and Motivational Orientation: Avoidance Goals and Approach Behavior.
Abstract: Together with Dr. Roland Deutsch and Prof. Fritz Strack, I work on motivational effects of relief of negative affect in humans. It is known that negative affect is associated with avoidance (e.g., Lang, 1995, see Case 1). Theories of human motivation predict that the absence of negative events (e.g., losses) are associated with a loss-focused motivational orientation (e.g., Prevention Focus in Regulatory Focus Theory, Higgins, 1997; see Case 2), whereas animal learning theories predict and empirically found stronger approach orientation for stimuli conditioned to the absence of negative affect (safety or relief signals, e.g., Rescorla & Solomon, 1967; see Case 3).
Principal investigator:
Prof. Dr. Fritz Strack, Dept. Psychology II, Röntgenring 10, 97070 Würzburg
Publications:
Deutsch R, Kordts-Freudinger R, Gawronski B, Strack F (in press). Fast and fragile. A new look at the automaticity of negation processing. Experimental Psychology.
Wiers RW, Rinck M, Kordts R, Dictus M, Houben K, van den Wildenberg E, Strack F (2008). Re-training automatic action-tendencies to approach alcohol in hazardous drinkers. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Current position:
Stabsstelle Bildungsinnovationen und Hochschuldidaktik
Universität Paderborn
Technologiepark 11
33100 Paderborn
http://www.uni-paderborn.de/universitaet/bildungsinnovationen
