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Dr. Lisa Klümper

Post-doc

Biography

Positions

since 2022
Post-Doc at the Social Psychology and Personality Psychology Lab
University of Wuppertal

2017-2022
Doctoral student 
University of Wuppertal

Academic background

2017-2022
Ph.D. (Dr. rer nat.) in Psychology
University of Wuppertal

2015-2017
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Psychology 
University of Wuppertal

2012-2015
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Psychology
University of Wuppertal

Teaching experiences (2017 - today)

Lecture "Introduction to Social Psychology"

Seminar "Advanced Topics in Social Cognition"
Seminar "Advanced Topics on Social Interaction"
Seminar "Advanced Topics on Personality Psychology"
Seminar "Close Relationship Research"

Workshop "Project Studies in Social and Personality Psychology"
Workshop "Practical Training in Empirical Research"

Research interests

My research interest also focuses on human mating strategies and their impact on perception and behavior. I examine higher-order and lower-order cognitive processes for a holistic picture of different processes. Complementing my interest in the onset of intimate relationships, I am also interested in factors and processes that maintain romantic relationships. For example, in an ongoing project, I examine a layperson's knowledge of a 'good' and a 'bad' couple relationship and the factors related to using this knowledge during relationship evaluation.

I'm keen to know more about personal and contextual determinants of moral courage, which consistently predict reported and overt behavior in situations that differ in adversity. Recent projects particularly consider the role of emotions (e.g., anger), personality, and situational variables in morally courageous interventions.

Combining both research topics, I'm interested in how our social relationships, particularly our romantic partners, influence our moral experience and behavior. Focusing on bystander situations, I am interested in cases where we perceive that our partner is the agent (or victim) of a committed norm violation.

You can find my research profile and publications on ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lisa-Kluemper)

Publications

Journal-Artikel (Selection)

Baumert, A.,  Mentrup, F. E.,  Klümper, L., &  Sasse, J. (2023).  Personality processes of everyday moral courage. Journal of Personality,  00,  1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12850

Klümper, L., Hassebrauck, M. & Schwarz, S. (2023). Inter- and intrasexual differences in mate selection preferences among lesbians, gay men, and bisexual women and men. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-023-02665-9

Klümper, L.*, Schwarz, S.^*, Jansen, M., & Agthe, M. (2023). Immoral, infectious, or both? How disgust sensitivity predicts judgments of violations against COVID-19 mitigation actions. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12914

^* shared first authors

Klümper, L. & Schwarz, S. (2022). Birds of a feather are eaten together - Individual differences and social processes related to a person’s meat consumption and their implications for social interaction. Umweltpsychologie, 25(2), 12-31. https://www.genios.de/document/UMPS__e56db6ef1334848337259872e3edb15f46c3afc2

Klümper, L., & Sürth, S. (2021). Keep me updated! Social support as a coping strategy to reduce the perceived threat caused by the cognitive availability of COVID-19 relevant information. Current Psychology. Advanced online publication [DOI]

Klümper, L., Wühr, P., Hassebrauck, M., & Schwarz, S. (2020). Automaticity of facial attractiveness perception and sex-specific mating strategies. Cognition, 204, 104379. doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104379 [DOI]

Klümper, L. & Schwarz, S. (2020). Oppression or opportunity? Sexual strategies and the perception of sexual advances. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 6, 142-153. [DOI]

Schwarz, S., Klümper, L. & Hassebrauck, M. (2020). Are sex differences in mating strategies really overrated? Sex as a dominant predictor in long-term and short-term mating strategies. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 6, 174-187. [DOI]

Schwarz, S. & Baßfeld, L. (2019). Do men help only beautiful women in social networks? Current Psychology, 38, 965-976. [DOI]

Book Chapters

Klümper, L., & Schwarz, S. (in preparation). Inwieweit ist die Personenwahrnehmung eine psychologische Adaptation? Eine evolutionspsychologische Perspektive auf die automatische Verarbeitung von Partner:innenwahl-relevanten Personenmerkmalen [Is person perception and psychological adaption? An evolutionary perspective on the automatic perception of mate choice criteria]. In M. Hammerl, S. Schwarz, & K.P. Willführ (Hrsg.). Evolutionäre Sozialwissenschaften.

Baßfeld, L. & Schwarz, S. (2018). Sexuelle Belästigung oder Chance? Wahrnehmung mehrdeutiger Verhaltensweisen am Arbeitsplatz. In C. Schwender, S. Schwarz, B. P. Lange, & A. Huckauf (Hrsg.). Geschlecht und Verhalten aus evolutionärer Perspektive. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.

Talks (Selection)

Klümper, L., Nuñez, T. R., & Schwarz, S. (2022, März). Phubbing as a threat to our fundamental needs - When smartphone use harms our well-being and our social relationships. Talk presented at the 1^st Evolutionary Cyberpsychology Conference, University of Wolverhampton, UK

Klümper, L. (2022, March). It’s a match … unfortunately? The prototypes of a good and a bad romantic relationship and their role in approach-avoidance goal pursuit. Talk presented at the 64^th Conference of Experimental Psychologists (Tagung experimentell-arbeitender Psychologen) in Cologne, Germany

Klümper, L. (2021, Dezember). Soziale Beziehungen als Gesundheitsfaktor – Wie unsere Beziehungen die Gesundheit gestalten können und wie wir sie fördern können [Social relationships and health – how our relationships can shape health and how to promote it]. Talk presented during the 3^rd Student Health Week, University of Wuppertal, Germany

Klümper, L., Wühr, P., Hassebrauck, M. & Schwarz, S. (2021, September). An evolutionary perspective on the automatic processing of mate-choice criteria. Talk presented at the 20^th MVE Conference (Menschliches Verhalten aus Evolutionärer Perspektive), in Braunschweig, Germany

Consultation hour

Information: Consultation hours are held online via Zoom. Please contact me by email for an individual appointment.