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Dr. Katja Corcoran (assistant professor)

née Rüter

Research interests Publications

Phone	+49 (0) 221 470 4708
Fax	+49 (0) 221 470 1216
Email	katja.corcoran [at] uni-koeln.de
Room	2B17 (2nd floor)
Office hours	Friday, 11 - 12 a.m.

Research interests:

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Self
Social comparison
Standard selection
Routines and practice
Personal perception

Publications:

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Corcoran, K., Hundhammer, T., & Mussweiler, T. (in press). A tool for thought! When comparative thinking reduces stereotyping effects. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Corcoran, K., Crusius, J., & Mussweiler, T. (in press). Social Comparison. In D. Chadee (Ed.). Theories in Social Psychology.

Corcoran, K., & Mussweiler, T. (in press). Comparative thinking styles in group and person perception: One mechanism - many effects. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.

Corcoran, K., & Mussweiler, T. (in press). The efficiency of social comparisons with routine standards. Social Cognition. (pdf)

Rüter, K. (2006). Priming. In H.-W. Bierhoff & D. Frey (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Psychologie Band III: Handbuch der Sozialpsychologie und Kommunikationspsychologie (S.287-293). Göttingen: Hogrefe. (pdf)

Mussweiler, T., Rüter, K., & Epstude, K. (2006). The Why, Who and How of Social Comparison: A Social-Cognition Perspective. In S. Guimond (Ed.), Social comparison processes and social psychology (pp. 33-54). (pdf)

Mussweiler, T., Epstude, K., & Rüter, K. (2005). The knife that cuts both ways: Comparison processes in social perception. In J. Krueger, M. D. Alicke, & D. Dunning (Eds.), The Self in Social Judgment (pp. 109-130). New York: Psychology Press. (pdf)

Rüter, K. & Mussweiler, T. (2005). Bonds of friendship – Comparative self-evaluations evoke the use of routine standards. Social Cognition, 23, 137-160. (pdf)

Mussweiler, T., Rüter, K., & Epstude, K. (2004). The ups and downs of social comparison: Mechanisms of assimilation and contrast. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 832-844. (pdf)

Mussweiler, T., Rüter, K., & Epstude, K. (2004). The man who wasn´t there. Subliminal social standards influence social comparison. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 689-696. (pdf)

Mussweiler, T. & Rüter, K. (2003). What friends are for! The use of routine standards in social comparison. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 467-481. (pdf)