Themen für Bachelorarbeiten

Beschreibung: The imposter phenomenon, which involves persistent feelings of intellectual inadequacy and fear of being exposed as a fraud despite evident competence, has been documented across diverse cultural contexts. Its expression and meaning vary according to the social and cultural frameworks in which it occurs. This literature review will explore how cultural norms surrounding achievement, modesty, collectivism, and individualism influence the manifestation, interpretation, and coping mechanisms associated with the imposter phenomenon. The thesis should examine how differing cultural scripts shape who is most likely to experience imposter feelings, how these feelings are articulated, and what social or institutional factors reinforce or mitigate them. This work should be written in English.
Relevant literature:
Ibrahim, F., Druic?, E., Musso, F. et al. Cross-cultural validation and standardization of the Impostor-Profile 30. Curr Psychol 44, 9987?10000 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-07865-1
Ibrahim, F., Münscher, JC. & Herzberg, P.Y. The facets of an impostor ? development and validation of the impostor-profile (IPP31) for measuring impostor phenomenon. Curr Psychol 41, 3916?3927 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00895-x

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Beschreibung: Non-ordinary experiences, including the "third man factor" (sensing an unseen presence during extreme situations), mystical experiences, and altered states of consciousness, appear across all cultures but are interpreted and expressed through different cultural lenses. This literature review will examine how cultural scripts, religious frameworks, and local meaning systems shape the reporting, interpretation, and integration of non-ordinary experiences. The thesis should explore cross-cultural variations in how these experiences are conceptualized, valued, and incorporated into personal and collective narratives. This work should be written in English.
Relevant Literature:
Maraldi, E.O., Taves, A., Moll, J. et al. Nonordinary Experiences, Well-being and Mental Health: A Systematic Review of the Evidence and Recommendations for Future Research. J Relig Health 63, 410?444 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-023-01875-8
Taves, A., & Barlev, M. (2023). A feature-based approach to the comparative study of ?nonordinary? experiences. American Psychologist, 78(1), 50?61. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000990

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Beschreibung: As artificial intelligence is filtering into the broader public, it is expected to impact on a wide range of domains, from economic to social life. One area of particular interest is the use of AI by individuals to address social or romantic motivations. This review will in a structured fashion identify areas in which AI is used to fulfill social and emotional needs, examining: (1) the psychological factors that predispose individuals to form parasocial or intimate relationships with AI entities (including personality traits, attachment styles, loneliness, and social anxiety); (2) the features of AI systems that facilitate emotional bonding (anthropomorphism, responsiveness, perceived empathy, and customization); (3) cultural variations in acceptance and conceptualization of human-AI relationships. This work should be written in English.
Relevant Literature:

Skjuve, M., Følstad, A., Fostervold, K. I., & Brandtzaeg, P. B. (2021). My chatbot companion - A study of human-chatbot relationships. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 149, 102601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2021.102601
Pentina, I., Hancock, T., & Xie, T. (2023). Exploring relationship development with social chatbots: A mixed-method study of replika. Computers in Human Behavior, 140, 107600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107600

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Beschreibung: Right now, Stoicism is experiencing a revival, both in popular understandings and in psychological research. Nevertheless, psychologist and philosophers have a difficult time agreeing on what is being talked about under the label of Stoicism. This thesis aims to track the conceptual evolution and measurement of Stoicism in psychology through a literature review to understand how psychologists use lay understandings and existing labels to derive new constructs. This work should be written in English.
Relevant literature:
LeBon, T., Brown, G., DiGiuseppe, R. et al. The Development and Validation of the Stoic Attitudes and Behaviours Scale. Cogn Ther Res (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-025-10635-9
Karl, J. A., Verhaeghen, P., Aikman, S. N., Solem, S., Lassen, E. R., & Fischer, R. (2022). Misunderstood stoicism: The negative association between stoic ideology and well-being. Journal of Happiness Studies: An Interdisciplinary Forum on Subjective Well-Being, 23(7), 3531?3547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00563-w

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Beschreibung: Psychology is increasingly recognizing the value of historical texts as data source to understand past societies and gain a long-term understanding of psychological dynamics. The aim of this thesis is to write a systematic literature review which summarizes the state of the art how psychologists have gone and are going about extracting psychological information from text. This work has to be written in English.
Relevant Literature
Atari, M., & Henrich, J. (2023). Historical Psychology. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32(2), 176-183. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214221149737 (Original work published 2023)
Du, A. H., Karl, J. A., Fetvadjiev, V., Luczak-Roesch, M., Pirngruber, R., & Fischer, R. (2023). Tracing the evolution of personality cognition in early human civilisations: A computational analysis of the Gilgamesh epic. European Journal of Personality, 38(2), 274-290. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070231161869 (Original work published 2024)

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