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Dissertation
Persönlichkeitseigenschaften guter BeobachterInnen – eine experimentelle Studie anhand direkter und indirekter Messmethoden
(2020)
Die vorliegende Dissertation befasst sich mit der Frage, wer, mit welcher Persönlichkeit, andere Personen hinsichtlich ihrer Persönlichkeit besonders gut einschätzen kann. Dazu wurde ein experimentelles Setting geschaffen, bei dem 31 als BeobachterInnen fungierende ProbandInnen sechs weitere ProbandInnen anhand einer auf Video aufgezeichneten, assessmentcenter-ähnlichen Gruppendiskussion möglichst akkurat hinsichtlich ihrer Persönlichkeit einschätzen sollten. Dabei wurde sowohl die Persönlichkeit der DiskutantInnen ...
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Implementing Distributed Practice in Statistics Courses: Benefits for Retention and Transfer
(2020-11-18)
The present study investigated the effect of distributed versus crammed practice before a course deadline on the retention and transfer of knowledge, and whether learner characteristics moderate the effect. In Experiment 1, only 41% (N = 38) of the initially enrolled students worked the voluntary but recommended practice tasks. Moreover, markedly fewer students did so in the distributed condition (12%) than the crammed practice condition (29%). In Experiment 2, working the practice tasks was mandatory and more students ...
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How to promote relational processing while learning with expository texts
(2020-11)
Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit besteht darin, Empfehlungen zu geben, wie man die Inferenzbildung beim Lesen von expositorischen Texten fördern kann. Wir haben zwei Lernmethoden konzipiert, um die tiefe Verarbeitung (insbesondere) bei schwachen Lesern zu fördern – Verschachteln von Informations-einheiten und Generieren kausaler Kohäsion. Beide Lernmethoden sollten die Sichtbarkeit von Kohäsionslücken erhöhen und die Abhängigkeit vom domänenspezifischen Vorwissen beim Schließen dieser Lücken reduzieren.
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Caught in the Act: Predicting Cheating in Unproctored Knowledge Assessment
(2020-05-20)
Cheating is a serious threat in unproctored ability assessment, irrespective of countermeasures taken, anticipated consequences (high vs. low stakes), and test modality (paper-pencil vs. computer-based). In the present study, we examined the power of (a) self-report-based indicators (i.e., Honesty-Humility and Overclaiming scales), (b) test data (i.e., performance with extremely difficult items), and (c) para data (i.e., reaction times, switching between browser tabs) to predict participants’ cheating behavior. To ...
Dissertation
Internal Interruptions at Work
(2020)
This dissertation investigates internal interruptions at work, one of the main drivers of multitasking behaviour. The four empirical studies cumulated in this dissertation examine the preconditions to internal interruptions at work, the reasons behind why individuals interrupt themselves, the strategic advantage of internal interruptions, and impact of internal interruptions on performance. The main goals of this dissertation are to uncover the underlying processes of internal interruptions and observe it in real ...
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On the Trail of Creativity: Dimensionality of Divergent Thinking and its Relation with Cognitive Abilities, Personality, and Insight
(2020-12-02)
Divergent thinking (DT) is an important constituent of creativity that captures aspects of fluency and originality. The literature lacks multivariate studies that report relationships between DT and its aspects with relevant covariates, such as cognitive abilities, personality traits (e.g. openness), and insight. In two multivariate studies (N = 152 and N = 298), we evaluate competing measurement models for a variety of DT tests and examine the relationship between DT and established cognitive abilities, personality ...
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Towards A Better Understanding of Workplace Coaching: On Goal Activities, Exploration Practices, and Coaches’ Life Satisfaction
(2020)
Whereas there is a high and ever-increasing demand for coaching worldwide (International Coach Federation, 2016) and meta-analytical findings suggest that coaching is generally effective (e.g., Jones et al., 2016; Sonesh, Coultas, Lacerenza et al., 2015), little is still known about standards for “good” coaching practice (e.g., Bono et al., 2009; Vandaveer et al., 2016). Across three studies, this dissertation investigates relevant facets of coaching practice. It addresses the questions of how coaches practice workplace ...
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Access to the learning material enhances learning by means of generating questions: Comparing open- and closed-book conditions
(2020)
Generating questions referring to the learning material is a powerful learning strategy. The present study investigated potential mechanisms behind this effect. Students (N=231) read a text and then generated questions referring to the text in three conditions: (1) open-book (i.e., text accessible), (2) closed-book (i.e., text inaccessible), and (3) cued closed-book (i.e., text inaccessible but keywords provided). After one week, students’ knowledge gain was larger in the open-book and cued closed-book conditions ...