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PD Dr. Sascha Schwarz
Senior Lecturer (Akademischer Oberrat)
Biography
Positions
since 2008
Senior Lecturer at the Social Psychology and Personality Psychology Lab
University of Wuppertal
2011-2012
Substitute professorship "Psychology with a focus on social psychology" (W2)
TU Dortmund University
2004-2008
Researcher (100/ TV-L13) at the Chair of Social Psychology and Personality Psychology
University of Wuppertal
Academic background
2016
Habilitation, venia legendi for psychology
University of Wuppertal
2004-2008
Dr. phil.
University of Wuppertal
2000-2004
Diploma in Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.)
University of Wuppertal
Consultation hours
The consultation is online via Zoom. Please book an appointment on this (external) website.
Research Interests
My research interests lie at the intersection of social psychology and personality psychology. In particular, I am interested in the question of which characteristics of the perceiver influence how targets are perceived. From this perspective, I have particularly investigated the topic of mate choice. As a starting point to derive hypotheses about which properties of the perceiver and targets are relevant, I use evolutionary psychological theories.
Besides this, I am currently particularly interested in the extent to which attention allocation to the smartphone can interfere in social interactions.
Publications
Journal articles
Agthe, M., Niesta Kayser, D., Schwarz, S., & Maner, J. K. (2023). Antecedents of the red-romance effect: Men’s attractiveness and women’s fertility. PLoS ONE, 18(4): e0284035. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284035
Al-Shawaf, L., Lewis, D. M. G., Ghossainy, M. E., Kennair, L. E. O., Mikloušić, I., Schwarz, S., & White, Kaitlyn P. (2023). No evidence for two disgust hypotheses in four countries. Evolutionary Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/14747049231179408
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
Schwarz, S.*, Klümper, L.*, 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
Lange, B. P., Wühr, P., & Schwarz, S. (2021). Of Time Gals and Mega Men: Empirical findings on gender differences in digital game genre preferences and the accuracy of respective gender stereotypes. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:657430. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.657430
Klümper, L. & Schwarz, S. (2020). Oppression or opportunity? Sexual strategies and the perception of sexual advances. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 6, 142-153. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-019-00215-y
Klümper, L., Wühr, P., Hassebrauck, M., & Schwarz, S. (2020). Automaticity of facial attractiveness perception and sex-specific mating strategies. Cognition, 204, 104379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104379
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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-019-00223-y
von Andrian-Werburg, M., Adler, D., Schwab, F., Schwarz, S., & Lange, B. P. (2020). „Can I credibly guess who you are?“ Personality and intelligence perception in online dating. Studies in Communication and Media, 9, 573-598. https://doi.org/10.5771/2192-4007-2020-4-573
Schwarz, S. & Baßfeld, L. (2019). Do men help only beautiful women in social networks? Current Psychology, 38, 965-976. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-0086-2
Wagge, J. R., Baciu, C., Banas, K., Nadler, J. T., Schwarz, S., Weisberg, Y. J., … Grahe, J. E. (2019). A Demonstration of the Collaborative Replication and Education Project: Replication Attempts of the Red-Romance Effect. Collabra: Psychology, 5, 5. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.177
Niesta Kayser, D. & Schwarz, S. (2017). Physical appearance, attractiveness and relationships: Is the display versus avoidance of the color red a strategic mating signal? Journal of Psychology and Psychotherapy, 7. https://doi.org/10.4172/2161-0487.1000293
Wühr, P., Lange, B.P., & Schwarz, S. (2017). Tears or fears? Comparing gender stereotypes about movie preferences to actual preferences. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 428. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00428
Wühr, P., & Schwarz, S. (2016). Die hard in Notting Hill: Interest-related gender differences in recalling contents from action and romantic movies. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30, 491-503. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3238
Pashos, A., Schwarz, S., Björklund, D., & McBurney, D.H. (2016). Kin investment by step-grandparents – more than expected. Evolutionary Psychology, 14, 1474704916631213. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704916631213
Schwarz, S., Mustafić, M., & Junker, S. (2015). Attachment to the romantic partner and sibling. Attachment hierarchies of twins and non-twin siblings. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 9, 169-183. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v9i2.195
Büchner, V. L., Maier, M. A., Lichtenfeld, S., & Schwarz, S. (2014). Red – Take a closer look. PLOS ONE, 9, e108111. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108111
Lange, B. P., Schwarz, S., Zaretsky, E., & Euler, H. A. (2014). Sounding hot? Experimental research on verbal proficiency as a menstrual cycle-dependent female mate choice criterion. Acta Linguistica,8, 133-139.
Lange, B.P., Zaretsky, E., Schwarz, S., & Euler, H.A. (2014). Words won’t fail: Experimental evidence on the role of verbal proficiency in mate choice. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 33, 482-499. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X13515886
Lange, B.P., Schwarz, S., & Euler, H.A. (2013). The sexual nature of culture. The Evolutionary Review, 4, 76-85.
Schwarz, S. & Singer, M. (2013). Romantic red revisited: Red enhances men’s attraction to young women – and young women choose a red dress to impress. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49, 161-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2012.08.00
Schwarz, S. & Hassebrauck, M. (2012). Sex and age differences in mate selection preferences. Human Nature, 23, 447-466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-012-9152-x
Schwarz, S., Gand, K. & Hassebrauck, M. (2011). Effekte der weiblichen Fertilität auf das Verhalten und die Informationsverarbeitung im Kontext von Partnerschaft. Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung, 24, 155-169. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1271475
Schwarz, S., Mustafić, M., Hassebrauck, M., & Jörg, J. (2011). Short- and Long-Term Relationship Orientation and 2D:4D finger length ratio. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40, 565-574. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-010-9698-9
Cyrus, K., Schwarz, S., & Hassebrauck, M. (2011). Systematic cognitive biases in courtship context: Womens’ commitment-skepticism as a life-history strategy? Evolution and Human Behavior. 32, 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.07.006
Schwarz, S., Hassebrauck, M., & Dörfler, R. (2010). Let us talk about sex: Prototype and personal templates. Personal Relationships, 17, 533-555. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01289.x
Schwarz, S. & Hassebrauck, M. (2008). Self perceived and observed variations in womens’ attractiveness throughout the menstrual cycle – a diary study. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29,282-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2008.02.003
Schwarz, S. & Hassebrauck, M. (2007). Interindividuelle Unterschiede in Beziehungspräferenzen [Individual differences in relationship preferences]. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 38, 179-193. https://doi.org/10.1024/0044-3514.38.3.179
Edited books
Hammerl. M., Schwarz, S., & Willführ, K. P. (Eds.) (in prep.). Evolutionäre Sozialwissenschaften (Arbeitstitel) [Evolutionary social sciences (working title)]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Schwender, C., Schwarz, S., Lange, B.P. & Huckauf, A. (Eds.) (2019). Geschlecht und Verhalten aus evolutionärer Perspektive [Gender and behavior from an evolutionary perspective]. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
Schwender, C., Lange, B.P., & Schwarz, S. (Eds.) (2017). Evolutionäre Ästhetik [Evolutionary aesthetics]. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
Lange, B.P. & Schwarz, S. (Eds.) (2015). Die menschliche Psyche zwischen Natur und Kultur [The human psyche between nature and culture]. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
Book chapters
Agthe M., Klümper, L., & Schwarz, S. (in prep.). Attraction. In T. K. Shackelford (Ed.). Encyclopedia of sexual psychology and behavior. New York: Springer.
Schwarz, S., Klümper, L., & Agthe, M. (in press). Red clothing, mate attraction tactics. In T. K. Shackelford (Ed.). Encyclopedia of sexual psychology and behavior. New York: Springer.
Klümper. L. & Schwarz, S. (in prep,). Inwieweit ist die Personenwahrnehmung eine psychologische Adaptation? Eine evolutionspsychologische Perspektive auf die automatische Verarbeitung von partnerwahl- relevanten Merkmalen [To what extent is person perception a psychological adaptation? An evolutionary psychological perspective on the automatic processing of mate choice-relevant person characteristics]. In M. Hammerl, S. Schwarz, & K. P. Willführ (Eds.). Evolutionäre Sozialwissenschaften (Arbeitstitel) [Evolutionary social sciences (working title)]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Lange, B. P. & Schwarz, S. (in prep.). Geschlechtsstereotype im Vergleich mit Geschlechtsunterschieden am Beispiel von Medienpräferenzen: Zutreffend, nur überzogen oder völlig daneben? [Gender stereotypes compared with gender differences using media preferences as an example: True, just exaggerated, or completely off the mark? An evolutionary psychological perspective]. In M. Hammerl, S. Schwarz, & K. P. Willführ (Eds.). Evolutionäre Sozialwissenschaften (Arbeitstitel) [Evolutionary social sciences (working title)]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
Klümper, L., Schwarz, S. (2023). Personality/Individual Differences: Interpersonal Dominance. In T. K. Shackelford (Ed). Encyclopedia of Sexual Psychology and Behavior. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08956-5_1802-1
Lange, B.P. & Schwarz, S. (2020). Erleben und Verhalten aus stammesgeschichtlicher Perspektive [Experience and behavior from an evolutionary perspective]. In G. Jüttemann (Ed.). Psychologie der Geschichte [Psychology of history] (pp. 118-125). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
Baßfeld, L. & Schwarz, S. (2019). Wahrnehmung mehrdeutiger Verhaltensweisen am Arbeitsplatz – Eine evolutionspsychologische Betrachtung [Perception of ambiguous behaviors in the workplace - An evolutionary perspective]. In C. Schwender, S. Schwarz, B. P. Lange, & A. Huckauf (Eds.). Gender and behavior from an evolutionary perspective (pp. 131-146). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
Schwarz, S., Lange, B.P. & Wühr, P. (2019). Gender differences in movie tastes: Causes, magnitude, and consequences for information processing. In C. Schwender, S. Schwarz, B. P. Lange & A. Huckauf (Eds.). Geschlecht und Verhalten aus evolutionärer Perspektive [Gender and behavior from an evolutionary perspective] (pp. 259-272). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
Schwarz, S., Pashos, A., & Euler, H.A. (2017). Grandparental investment. In T. K. Shackelford & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.). Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science. New York: Springer.
Schwarz, S. (2017). Presence of children. In T. K. Shackelford & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.). Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science. New York: Springer.
Hassebrauck, M. & Schwarz, S. (2016). Interpersonale Attraktion [Interpersonal attraction]. In H.-W. Bierhoff & D. Frey. (Eds.). Enzyklopädie der Psychologie: Sozialpsychologie. Bd. 2: Soziale Motive und Soziale Einstellungen (S. 353-377) [Encyclopedia of psychology: Social psychology. Vol. 2: Social motives and social attitudes] (pp. 353-377). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Schwarz, S. (2016). Ein Filtermodell zur Erklärung physischer Attraktivitätsurteile unter Berücksichtigung des behavioralen Immunsystems [A filter model to explain physical attractiveness judgments considering the behavioral immune system]. In C. Hennighausen, B. P. Lange & F. Schwab (Eds.). Evolution des Sozialen [Social evolution] (pp. 144-153). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
Schwarz, S. (2015). Beziehungsorientierung [Relationship orientation]. In D. Richter, E. Brähler & J. Ernst. (Eds.). Handbuch zur Familien- und Paardiagnostik [Handbook of family and couple diagnostics] (pp. 76-79). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
Schwarz, S. (2015). Physische Attraktivität [Physical attractiveness]. In B. P. Lange & S. Schwarz (Eds.). Die menschliche Psyche zwischen Natur und Kultur [The human psyche between nature and culture] (pp. 141-149). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
Lange, B.P. & Schwarz, S. (2015). Verhalten und Erleben im Spannungsfeld von Kultur und Natur [Behavior and experience at the nexus of culture and nature]. In B.P. Lange & S. Schwarz (Eds.). Die menschliche Psyche zwischen Natur und Kultur [The human psyche between nature and culture] (pp. 10-17). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
Lange, B.P. & Schwarz, S. (2013). Evolutionspsychologische Perspektiven zur Erklärung kultureller Leistungen [Evolutionary psychological perspectives on explaining cultural performance]. In G. Jüttemann (Ed.). Entwicklungspsychologie der Menschheit. Grundlegung eines integrativen Forschungsansatzes [Developmental psychology of humanity. Groundwork for an integrative research approach] (pp. 164-175). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
Hassebrauck, M. & Schwarz, S. (2006). Der Einfluss von Geschlecht und Fertilität auf die Informationsverarbeitung in Paarbeziehungen [The effects of gender and fertility on information processing in romantic relationships]. In E. Witte (Ed.), Evolutionäre Sozialpsychologie und automatische Prozesse [Evolutionary social psychology and automatic processes] (pp. 81-94). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
Schwarz, S. & Hassebrauck, M. (2006). Indirekte Methoden zur Bestimmung der weiblichen Fertilität - ein Beitrag zur Methodologie einer evolutionären (Sozial-) Psychologie [Indirect methods for determining female fertility - A contribution to the methodology of an evolutionary (social) psychology]. In E. Witte (Ed.), Evolutionäre Sozialpsychologie und automatische Prozesse [Evolutionary social psychology and automatic processes] (pp. 95-113). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
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