Miriam K. Depping, Dipl.-Psych. (equiv. to M.A.)
Doctoral student
Contact | ||
 | Miriam K. Depping University of Zurich Department of Psychology Applied Psychology: Life-Management Binzmuehlestrasse 14/11 8050 Zurich / Switzerland | |
| Phone:
Fax: E-Mail: Room: Office hours: | ++41 44 635 71 88
++41 44 635 72 09 m.depping@psychologie.uzh.ch BIN 3.A.03 on appointment | |
Central Research Interests
- changes in decision making across the lifespan
- goal-orientation: approach- and avoidance goals and their change across the life span
- the roles of motivation and affect in decision making and their change across the life span
- motivated cognition
Brief Research Statement
I am interested in decision making across the life span. In my research, I study how the motivational shift from gain-oriented goals to goals directed at the prevention of loss impacts decision making.
Selected Key Publications
| Depping, M. K., Freund, A. M. (2011). Normal Aging and Decision Making: The Role of Motivation. Human Development, 54, 349-367. |
Education and Honors
| Since 2009 |
Doctoral student, Department of Psychology, Applied Psychology: Life-Management Stipend, International Max Planck Research School «The Life Course: Evolutionary and Ontogenetic Dynamics» |
| 2009 | Diploma in Psychology (equivalent to M.A.), Humboldt Univerität zu Berlin |
| 09/2007 - 06/2008 | Visiting student, University of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies, Canada |
| 09/2006 - 02/2007 | ERASMUS exchange program, University X Paris, Nanterre, Master I Cognitive Psychology, France |
| 2004 -2009 |
Scholarship "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes" (German National Academic Foundation) Scholarship "Evangelisches Studienwerk, Villigst e.V." (German protestant church's scholarship programme for gifted students) |
| 2003 - 2009 | Undergraduate and graduate studies, Psychology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany |