Bittner, Dr. J.V. (Jenny)

Expertise

Research

My main research line is on goal pursuit, i.e. how consciously or nonconsciously activated goals are pursued and influence motivation and behavior (e.g., Bittner, 2011). In recent experiments I investigated the role of positive and negative affect during goal striving.
In another line of research I am looking at effects of stereotypes on judgment and decision making, e.g. effects of age stereotypes.


Awards

Boards and Editorships

Publications

Heidemeier, H., & Bittner, J. V. (2012). Competition and achievement goals in work teams: Person-contextual interactions. Human Performance, 25 (2), 138-158.

Bittner, J. V. (2011). Implicit processing goals combine with explicit goal standards to motivate performance through underlying comparison processes. European Journal of Social Psychology, 41 (2), 210-219.

Bittner, J. V., & Wippich, W. (2011). Altersstereotype: Bilder vom Altern und von älteren Arbeitnehmern [Age stereotypes: Images of aging and of older workers]. In-Mind Magazine, 1. http://de.in-mind.org/content/altersstereotype-bilder-vom-altern-und-von-aelteren-arbeitnehmern

Bittner, J. V. (2011). Die Herausforderungen einer alternden Gesellschaft [The challenges of an aging society]. Special Issue on Aging Societies, In-Mind Magazine, 2. http://de.in-mind.org/content/die-herausforderungen-einer-alternden-gesellschaft-editorial-zur-mind-themenausgabe

Bittner, J. V., & Becker, J. (in press). Risikofreude und Impulsivität: Erfassung impliziter Risiko-Einstellungen [Risk and impulsivity: Assessing implicit risk-taking attitudes]. In J. Müller, M. Rösler, & P. Brinken (Eds.) Empirische Forschung in der Forensischen Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie. Berlin: Medizinischer Wissenschaftsverlag.

Bittner, J. V., Becker, J., & Neumann, T. (2010). Indirekte Verfahren zur Messung der impliziten Risikoeinstellung von Straftätern. [Indirect methods for assessing implicit risk-taking attitudes of offenders]. Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 93 (1), 1-15.

Bittner, J. V. (2010). Wie Ziele auf Leistung wirken [How goals influence performance]. Wirtschaft Nordhessen, 3, 22-23.

Stamov-Rossnagel, C., Bittner, J. V., & Staudinger, U. M. (2009). Self-regulation across the lifespan: Its conceptualization and assessment in the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). Expert Report for NEPS, Bamberg.

Bittner, J. V. (2009). Motivational consequences of comparison standards: Assimilation and contrast of performance towards goals. Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag.

Bittner, J. V. (2008). Das gerichtete Vergessen von Stereotypen: Ermöglicht unser Gedächtnis eine faire Beurteilung älterer Jobbewerber? [Directed forgetting of stereotypes: Are fair judgments of older job-applicants possible?] Saarbrücken: Verlag Dr. Müller.

Becker, J., Bittner, J. V., Erkel, S., & Giebel, S. (2006). Verankerung als Mechanismus unbewusster Handlungssteuerung. [Anchoring as a mechanism for nonconscious control of behavior]. In Kibele, A. (Ed.), Nicht-bewusste Handlungssteuerung im Sport, S. 77-92. Schorndorf: Hofmann.

Presentations (selection)

Bittner, J. V. (2011). The influence of positive and negative affect on the pursuit of goal standards. Talk at the European Social Cognition Network: Transfer of Knowledge Conference ESCON 2, Sligo/Ireland.

Bittner, J. V. (2011). How multiple goals influence motivation, performance, and creativity. Invited talk “Heymans Colloquium,” Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands.

Bittner, J. V., & Heidemeier, H. (2011). Regulatorischer Fokus und Kooperation in Gruppen. Talk at 13. Tagung Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie der DGPs, Hamburg.

Bittner, J. V., Becker, J., & Neumann, T. (2010). The applicability of an Implicit Association Test (IAT) to measure implicit risk-taking attitudes. Talk at the 7^th Conference of the International Test Commission, Hong Kong.

Bittner, J. V. (2010). The combined Influence of Implicit and Explicit Goals on Performance Outcomes. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Motivation (SSM), Boston.

Bittner, J. V. (2009). How primed processing goals influence the pursuit of explicit goals. Talk at the European Social Cognition Network: Transfer of Knowledge Conference ESCON 2, Warsaw.

Bittner, J. V. (2009). How social comparisons influence goal pursuit. Poster at the European Congress of Work and Organizational Psychology, Spain/Santiago de Compostela.

Bittner, J. V. (2009). Motivationale Auswirkungen von automatischen Vergleichsstandards. Talk at TeaP (Conference for Experimental Psychology), Jena.

Bittner, J. V. (2008). Automatic comparison processes in goal-setting. Talk at the PostDoc Summer School for Advanced Work and Organizational Psychology, Berlin.

Bittner, J. V., Becker, J., & Neumann, T. (2008). Implicit attitudes towards risk-taking in decision making processes of managers. Talk at the XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin.

Bittner, J. V., & Wippich, W. (2007). Zur Hemmung explizit vs. implizit aktivierter Stereotype. Poster at TeaP (Conference for Experimental Psychology), Trier.

Bittner, J. V., & Wippich, W. (2006). Die Hemmung von Stereotypen bei der Beurteilung älterer Jobbewerber. Poster at the 45. Conference of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Nürnberg.