Persons

Iris Schneider

Executive Board Member

Publications (selection)

Eerland, A., Rotteveel, M., Schneider, I. K., Van der Pligt, J., Van der Stoep, N., Van Harreveld, F. & Zwaan, R. A. (2013).

"One Way and The Other: The Bidirectional Relationship between Ambivalence and Body Movement." Psychological Science, 24, 319–325.

Jostmann, N. B., Lakens, D., Schneider, I. K., & Schubert, T. W. (2011).

"Telling Things Apart: The Distance between Response Keys Influences Categorization Times." Psychological Science, 22, 887–890.

Jostmann, N. B., Lakens, D., Rutjens, B. T., Schneider, I. K. (2011).

"Weighty matters: Importance Literally Feels Heavy." Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 474-478.

Koole, S. L., Sin, M. T. A., & Schneider, I. K. (2014).

"In Doubt and Disorderly: Ambivalence Promotes Compensatory Perceptions of Order." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1666–1676.

Keskinis, K., Nohlen, H. U., Rutjens, B. T., Schneider, I. K. & van Harreveld, F. (2014).

"In Doubt and Disorderly: Ambivalence Promotes Compensatory Perceptions of Order." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1666–1676.

Konijn, E. A., Righetti, F., Rusbult, C. E. & Schneider, I. K. (2011).

"A Healthy Dose of Trust: The Relationship between Interpersonal Trust and Health." Personal Relationships, 18, 668–676.
2022

Dorrough, A. R., Bick, N., Bring, L., Brockers, C., Butz, C., & Schneider, I. K. (2022).

"Caring About (COVID-19 Related) Social Issues Signals Trustworthiness: Direct and Conceptual Replication of Zlatev (2019)." Collabra: Psychology, 8(1), 31036.

Frank, C., Dorrough, A. R., & Schneider, I. K. (2022).

"Ambivalence and Adherence to Preventive Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Data from the U.S. and Germany." Data in Brief, 42, 108124.
2021

Gordon‐Hecker, T., Schneider, I. K., Shalvi, S., & Bereby‐Meyer, Y. (2021).

"Leaving with Something: When Do People Experience an Equity–Efficiency Conflict?" Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 34(2), 213–227.

Schneider, I. K. & Mattes, A. 2021.

"Mix Is Different From Nix: Mouse Tracking Differentiates Ambivalence From Neutrality". Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 95, 104106.

Schneider, I. K., Dorrough, A. R. & Frank, C. 2021.

"Ambivalence and Self-Reported Adherence to Recommendations to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19." Social Psychology, 52, 362-374.

Schneider, I. K., Novin, S., Harreveld, F., & Genschow, O. (2021).

"Benefits of Being Ambivalent: The Relationship Between Trait Ambivalence and Attribution Biases." British Journal of Social Psychology, 60(2), 570–586.
2020

Righetti, F., Schneider, I., Ferrier, D., Spiridonova, T., Xiang, R., & Impett, E. A. (2020).

"The Bittersweet Taste of Sacrifice: Consequences for Ambivalence and Mixed Reactions." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(10), 1950–1968.

Schneider, I. K., Stapels, J., Koole, S. L., & Schwarz, N. (2020).

"Too Close to Call: Spatial Distance Between Options Influences Choice Difficulty." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 87, 103939.
2019

Schneider, I. K., Gillebaart, M., & Mattes, A. (2019).

"Meta-Analytic Evidence for Ambivalence Resolution as a Key Process in Effortless Self-Control." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 85, 103846.
2018

Leung, A. K.-y., Liou, S., Miron-Spektor, E., Koh, B., Chan, D., Eisenberg, R., & Schneider, I. K. (2018).

"Middle Ground Approach to Paradox: Within- and Between-Culture Examination of the Creative Benefits of Paradoxical Frames." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(3), 443–464.

Lakens, D., Adolfi, F. G., Albers, C. J., Anvari, F., Apps, M. A. J., Argamon, S. E., Baguley, T., Becker, R. B., Benning, S. D., Bradford, D. E., Buchanan, E. M., Caldwell, A. R., Calster, B. V., Carlsson, R., Chen, S.-C., Chung, B., Colling, L. J., Collins, G. S., Crook, Z., … Schneider, I. K., ... Zwaan, R. A. (2018).

"Justify Your Alpha." Nature Human Behaviour, 2(3), 168–171.
2017

Schneider, I. K., & Schwarz, N. 2017.

"Mixed Feelings: The Case of Ambivalence." Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 15, 39–45.

Veenstra, L., Schneider, I. K., & Koole, S. L. 2017.

"The Effects of Motivational Training on State Anger and Aggressive Impulses among People Varying in Trait Anger." Motivation Science, 3, 354-368.

Veenstra, L., Schneider, I. K., & Koole, S. L. (2017).

"The Effects of Motivational Training on State Anger and Aggressive Impulses Among People Varying in Trait Anger." Motivation Science, 3(4), 354–368.
2016

Gillebaart, M., Schneider, I. K., & De Ridder, D. T. D. 2016.

"Effects of Trait Self-Control on Response Conflict about Healthy and Unhealthy Food." Journal of Personality, 84(6).

Gillebaart, M. , Schneider, I. K. & De Ridder, D. (2016).

"Effects of Trait Self-Control on Response Conflict about Healthy and Unhealthy Food." Journal of Personality. 84(6), 789-798.

Schneider, I. K., Veenstra, L., van Harreveld, F., Schwarz, N., & Koole, S. L. (2016).

"Let’s Not Be Indifferent About Neutrality: Neutral Ratings in the International Affective Picture System (iaps) Mask Mixed Affective Responses." Emotion, 16(4), 426–430.

Veenstra, L., Schneider, I. K., Bushman, B. J. & Koole, S. L. (2016).

"Drawn to Danger: Trait Anger Predicts Automatic Approach Behaviour to Angry Faces." Cognition and Emotion, 31(4), 765-771.

Veenstra, L., Schneider, I. K. & Koole, S. L. (2016)

"Embodied Mood Regulation: The Impact of Body Posture on Mood Recovery, Negative Thoughts, and Mood-Congruent Recall." Cognition and Emotion. 31(7), 1361-1376.

van Kleef, G. A., Cheshin, A. & Schneider, I. K. (2016).

"The Social Nature of Emotions." Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 896.
2015

Beek, P. J., Koole, S. L. & Schneider, I. K. et al. (2015).

"The Influence of Motor Imagery on Postural Sway: Differential Effects of Type of Body Movement and Person Perspective." Advances in Cognitive Psychology, 11, 77–83.

Schneider, I. K., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M., Topolinski, S., van der Pligt, J., Schwarz, N., & Koole, S. L. (2015).

"The Path of Ambivalence: Tracing the Pull of Opposing Evaluations Using Mouse Trajectories." Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 996.

Schneider, I. K., Parzuchowski, M. & Wojciszke, B. et al. 2015.

"Weighty Data: Importance Information Influences Estimated Weight of Digital Information Storage Devices." Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition, 5, 1536.

Topolinski, S., Zürn, M. & Schneider, I. K. 2015.

"What’s In and What’s Out In Branding? A Novel Articulation Effect for Brand Names." Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 585.

In the media

Psychology Today, 01.06.2021 | Susan Krauss Whitbourne

„Being chronically ambivalent may seem to be a maladaptive if not irritating quality. […] As pointed out in a new study by University of Cologne’s Iris Schneider and colleagues (2021), “Ambivalence is at the heart of many topics that people care deeply about.” […] Although ambivalence usually has negative connotations, Schneider and her fellow researchers propose that there can be some concrete benefits. […] [A]s the authors predicted, people higher in ambivalence were less likely to fall prey to […] attributional bias. […] Reflecting on their findings, the authors suggest that the reason ambivalent people are less prey to bias is that “ambivalence leads to broader processing and incorporation of diverse perspectives.””

Link to article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-any-age/202106/the-surprising-benefits-being-ambivalent

Opinion Science Podcast, 12.04.2021 | Andy Luttrell & Iris Schneider

„Many topics are complicated and associated with benefits and costs. […] That can make people feel discomfort. […] When they try to resolve that, they might take less than optimal strategies. […] Because you oversimplify the choice, or you make the wrong choice just to make a choice. […] The polarization that we see all across Europe and the U.S. [shows] that maybe having strong attitudes that are only black or only white is not always the best thing.”

Link to article: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/ambivalence-with-iris-schneider/

PSYCHE, 10.03.2021 | Iris Schneider

Even though ambivalence is a common experience, as a concept it’s frequently misunderstood. It doesn’t mean that you don’t care about something or that you’re indifferent. Ambivalence refers to the presence of strong feelings, but in opposition. […] Apart from making you think more, ambivalence can also make you think better. […] Training yourself to have a more ambivalent mindset will allow you to benefit from more cognitive flexibility and less bias in your ideas and decisions.[…] In fact, feeling ambivalent reflects that you have a balanced and nuanced view of things that’s more in tune with the complexity and multifaceted nature of reality..“

Link to article: https://psyche.co/ideas/the-fence-is-uncomfortable-but-it-affords-the-best-view

PsyPost, 11.02.2021 | Eric W. Dolan

„People who tend to experience mixed feelings are less likely to fall prey to two common cognitive biases, according to new research published in the British Journal of Social Psychology. […] “I think we live in a time where there is a lot of emphasis on ‘strong’ opinions and people who are very ‘certain’ about their stances, leading to division and polarization,” said study author Iris K. Schneider, a professor of social and economic cognition at the University of Cologne. […] In four studies, Schneider and her colleagues examined the relationship between ambivalence and two cognitive biases. […] “I believe there are benefits to ambivalence, especially in a world that is so polarized,” Schneider added.“

Link to article: https://www.psypost.org/2021/02/new-psychology-research-indicates-that-ambivalent-people-make-less-biased-judgments-59611

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