Prof. Dr. Amélie Mummendey

Professor of Social Psychology
(emeritus)

Email
Fon: +49 (0)3641/ 9-45251
Fax: +49 (0)3641/ 9-45252

Mailing address
Humboldtstraße 26
07743 Jena

Research interests
The general research topic is cooperation and conflict between social groups.
Reseacrh adresses the social psychology of identity and relations and behavior
between social groups. On the one hand, we are interested in determinants of negative attitudes and behavior like social discrimination, derogation or even hostility and violence against outgroups. On the other hand, we analyse determinants of tolerance, acceptance or even appreciation of outgroups. In particular, we are interested in motivational processes regulating positive versus negative interactions between social groups.

Key Publications

• Berthold, A., Mummendey, A., Kessler, T., Luecke, B., & Schubert, (in press). When different means bad or merely worse. How minimal and maximal goals affect ingroup projection and outgroup attitudes. European Journal of Social Psychology.
• Mazziotta, A., Mummendey, A., & Wright, S. C. (2011). Vicarious intergroup contact effects: Applying social-cognitive theory to intergroup contact research [Special Issue on (in)direct intergroup contact]. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 14, 255-274.
• Rakić, T., Steffens, M. C., & Mummendey, A. (2011). When it matters how you pronouce it: The influence of regional accents on job interview outcome. British Journal of Psychology (Special Issue: Person perception 25 years after Bruce & Young (1986)), 102, 868-883.
• Rakić, T., Steffens, M. C., & Mummendey, A. (2011). Blinded by the accent! The minor role of looks in ethnic categorization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 100, 16-29. doi:10.1037/a0021522
• Wenzel, M., Mummendey, A., & Waldzus, S. (2007). Superordinate identities and intergroup conflict: The ingroup projection model. European Review of Social Psychology, 18, 331-372.
• Waldzus, S. & Mummendey, A. (2004). Inclusion in a superordinate category, ingroup prototypicality, and attitudes towards outgroups. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 466-477.
• Wenzel, M., Mummendey, A., & Waldzus, S. (2003). The ingroup as pars pro toto: Projection from the ingroup onto the inclusive category as a precursor to social discrimination. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 461-471.
• Kessler,T. & Mummendey, A. (2002). Sequential or parallel processes? A longitudinal field study concerning determinants of identity management strategies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 75-88.
• Mummendey, A., & Wenzel, M. (1999). Social discrimination and tolerance in intergroup relations: Reactions to intergroup difference. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 3, 158 -174.
• Mummendey, A., & Otten, S. (1998). Positive-negative asymmetry in social discrimination. In W. Stroebe, & M. Hewstone (eds.), European Review of Social Psychology, 9, (pp. 107-143) Chichester: Wiley.

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Academic Career

• Studies: 1963-1968, Master of Science (Psychology), University of Bonn
• Doctorate: 1970, University of Mainz (Title of Dissertation: 'Conditions of aggressive behavior')
• Habilitation: 1974, University of Münster

Curriculum Vitae