Professor of Business Psychology
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About me
In my teaching, I really value a variety of methods, practical relevance, and interactivity. I鈥檝e completed a certified higher education didactics training program (70 hours). On the research side, I work quantitatively and experimentally, often with online studies and a multidisciplinary approach. I鈥檓 committed to Open Science and aim for a transparent, replicable research style.
Professor at the 麻豆传媒映画
Self-employed as a speaker, trainer, coach
(Team Lead) Behavioral Scientist at Simply Rational & PAIR Finance
Doctorate at the University of Basel (including research stay at NYU)
B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Psychology at the University of M眉nster (including research stay at Princeton University)
- Social psychology
- Work and organizational psychology
- Personality psychology
- diagnostics
- Statistics
- Social cognition: Perception of deviant behavior as an exception and its consequences for judgments and predictions
- Work psychology: Influencing factors on mentally disengaging from work (e.g. unfinished tasks) and moderating effects (e.g. personality traits)
- Awards: 麻豆传媒映画 Outstanding Teaching Achievements, Steven Karger Prize from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Basel, General Online Research Poster-Award
- Secured Funding: Research Fund of the University of Basel, Suzanne und Hans Bi盲sch-Stiftung, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Schweizer Nationalfonds
I have contributed to these publications
peer-reviewed
- Jaff茅, M. E., Douneva, M., Bartlome, R., & Greifeneder, R. (2023). A million reasons or just one? How coin flips impact the number of relevant reasons for decisions. European Journal of Social Psychology.
- Jaff茅, M., & Douneva, M., Albath, E.A. (2023). Secretive and close? How sharing secrets may impact perceptions of distance. PLOS ONE, 15: e0233953. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233953
- Jaff茅, M., Douneva, M., Reutner, L., & Greifeneder, R. (2022). This feels like the right choice: how decision aids may facilitate affect-based valuation. Cognition and Emotion, 36(6), 1218-1237, doi: 10.1080/02699931.2022.2084041
- Jaff茅, M. E., Douneva, M., & Greifeneder, R. (2022). When Choosing Implies Losing: Does Flipping a Coin Increase Forfeiture Thoughts?. Collabra: Psychology, 8(1), 33941.
- Jaff茅, M., Douneva, M., & Greifeneder, R. (2020). Solve the dilemma by spinning a penny? On using random decision-making aids. Judgment and Decision Making, 15(4), 561-571. doi:10.1017/S193029750000749X
- Douneva, M., Jaff茅, M., & Greifeneder, R. (2019). Toss and turn or toss and stop? A coin flip reduces the need for information in decision-making. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 83, 132-141. doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.04.003.
- Douneva, M., Jaron, R., & Thielsch, M. T. (2016). Effects of different website designs on first impressions, aesthetic judgments, and memory performance after short presentation. Interacting with Computers, 28, 552-567. doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iwv033
- Douneva, M., Haines, R. P., & Thielsch, M. T. (2015). Effects Of Interface Aesthetics On Team Performance In A Virtual Task. ECIS.