IRIS K. SCHNEIDER Iris K. Schneider Postdoctoral Research Associate Mind & Society Center :: Department of Psychology University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-3331, (310) 280 6395 :: schneider.ik@gmail.com ::www.irisschneider.nl EDUCATION PhD University of Amsterdam, 2008-2013 The Dynamics of Ambivalence: Cognitive, Affective, and Physical Consequences of Evaluative Conflict (advisors; Frenk van Harreveld, Joop van der Pligt and Mark Rotteveel). M. Sc. Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, July 2007 (cum laude, top 5%) Research Master Social Psychology, Honor s Masters Program Thesis 1: A healthy dose of trust: The relationship between trust and health Thesis 2: Love me for me: The effects of motivational bases for relationships on love, trust, and commitment (advisor: Caryl Rusbult), ECTS 120. B.Sc. (cum laude, top 5%) Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, July 2005 Social Psychology Bachelor Program (advisor: Camiel Beukeboom), ECTS: 204 WORK EXPERIENCE Aug 2014 - current Oct 2012 current Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, working with Norbert Schwarz. Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the VU University in Amsterdam, working with Sander Koole. Oct 2011 Dec 2011 Visiting Scholar at the University of Würzburg, working with Fritz Strack and Sascha Topolinski. Apr 2008 Oct 2008 Research Assistant Communication Science, VU University Amsterdam, working with Elly Konijn. Aug 2007 Aug 2008 Assessment & Development Consultant (Young Executive Re cruitment, Amsterdam)
Sep 2006 Jul 2007 Research Assistant Social Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, working with Wilco van Dijk and Nils Jostmann). RESEARCH INTERESTS My research examines the context sensitivity of judgment and decision-making, with an emphasis on social cognition and sensory and embodied processes. I utilize strong experimental methods to examine how physical characteristics of the context can have surprising psychological consequences in apparently unrelated domains. My particular interest is in how sensory perceptions of distance can influence attitudes, judgment, and decision-making, for instance when choice options are physically close together, or far apart. Furthermore, I examine how psychological states such as am bivalence and feelings of importance are reflected in embodied processes like weight perception and body movement. keywords: social cognition, embodiment, judgment and decision-making PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES Topolinski S., Zürn M., and Schneider I.K. (2015). What s In and What s Out in Branding? A Novel Articulation Effect for Brand Names. Frontiers in Psychology. 6:585. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00585. IF 2.8 Tjew-A-Sin, M, Schneider, I.K. and Koole, S.L. (2015) Data from Paper Embodied Terror Management: Interpersonal Touch Alleviates Existential Concerns among Individuals with Low Self-esteem. Journal of Open Psychology Data 3(1):e2, doi: 10.5334/jopd.ah van Harreveld, F., Nohlen, H. U., & Schneider, I. K. (in press) The ABC of ambivalence: Affective, behavioral, and cognitive consequences of attitudinal conflict. In M.P. Zanna & J. Olson (Eds.). Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol 52). New York: Academic Press. IF 4.6 Schneider, I.K., Parzuchowski, M., Wojciszke, B., Schwarz, N., & Koole, S.L. (2014). Weighty data: importance information influences estimated weight of digital information storage devices. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1636, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg. 2014.01536. IF 2.8 * van Harreveld, F., Rutjens, B.T., Schneider, I.K., Nohlen, H. & Keskinis, K. (2014). In doubt and disorderly: Ambivalence promotes compensatory perceptions of order. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143, 1666-1676, doi:10.1037/ a0036099. IF 5.5 Koole, S.L., Tjew A Sin, M., & Schneider, I.K. (2014). Embodied Terror Management: (Simulated) Interpersonal Touch Alleviates Existential Concerns among Individuals with Low Self-Esteem. Psychological Science, 25, 30-37, doi: 10.1177/0956797613483478 IF 4.8
Schneider, I.K., Eerland, A., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M., van der Pligt, J., van der Stoep, N., & Zwaan, R.A. (2013). One way and the other: The bi-directional relationship between ambivalence and body movement. Psychological Science, 24, 319-325. doi: 10.1177/0956797612457393 IF 4.8 Schneider, I.K., Rutjens, B.T. & Jostmann, N.B. & Lakens, D. (2011). Weighty matters. Importance literally feels heavy. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2, 474-478. doi: 10.1177/1948550610397895 IF: 1.3 Lakens, D., Schneider, I. K., Jostmann, N. B., & Schubert, T. W. (2011). Telling things apart: The distance between response keys influences categorization times. Psychological Science, 22, 887-890. DOI:10.1177/0956797611412391. IF 4.8 Schneider, I.K., Konijn, E.A., Righetti, F. & Rusbult, C.E. (2011). A healthy dose of trust: The relationship between trust and health. Personal Relationships, 78, 668 676 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01338. IF 1.4 Schneider, I.K., van Harreveld, F.,Rotteveel, M. & van der Pligt, J. (2010). Weten is voelen: Negatieve gevoelens als gevolg van conflictbewustzijn en ambivalentie (Knowing is feeling: Conflict awareness as a cause of ambivalence induced negative feelings). In B. Derks, R.J. Renes, K. Ruys, N. van de Ven, N., & M. Vliek (eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie, ASPO Press, 391-402. Schneider, I.K., Rusbult, C.E., & Konijn, E.A. (2009). Vertrouwen binnen romantische relaties bevordert gezondheid (Trust in romantic relationships promotes health). In R. Custers, B. Beersma, H. van de Berg, F. Harinck, & M. van Zomeren (eds.), Jaarboek Sociale Psychologie, ASPO Press, 373-381. * In accordance with the Dutch Science Organization policy for promoting Open Access, papers published during this funding are published in open access journals, making research results that have been obtained using public funds as public as possible. WORKING PAPERS Schneider, I.K., Veenstra, L., van Harreveld, F., Schwarz, N., and Koole, S.L. Let s not be Indifferent about Neutrality: Neutral Ratings in the IAPS Mask Mixed Affective Responses (under review) Schneider, I.K., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M., Topolinski, S., van der Pligt, J., Schwarz, N. & Koole, S. The Path of Ambivalence: Tracing the Pull of Opposing Evaluations using Mouse Trajectories (under review) Stins, J., Schneider, I.K., van Beek, P., & Koole, S. The Influence of Mental Imagery on Postural Sway: Differential Effects of Type of Body Movement and Person Perspective (revise & resubmit)
Veenstra, L., Schneider, I.K., Domachowska, I., Bushman, B. J. & Koole, S.L. Taming Tempers: Approach/Avoidance Motivation Moderates the Effects of Trait Anger on State Anger and Agression (under review) BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS Van Harreveld, F., Nohlen, H.U, & Schneider, I.K. (forthcoming) You shan t always get what you want: The consequences of ambivalence towards desires. in L.F. Nordgren & W. Hofmann (Eds), The Psychology of Desire (pp. xx-xx). New York: Guilford Press. Koole, S.L., Tops, M., Strübin, S, Bouw, J., Schneider, I.K. & Jostmann, N.B. (2014). The Ego Fixation Hypothesis: Involuntary Persistence of Self-Control. In J. P. Forgas & E. Harmon-Jones (Eds.), The control within: Motivation and its regulation (pp. 95-112). New York: Psychology Press Koole, S.L., Tops, M., Fockenberg, D. & Schneider, I.K. (2013). The Birth and Death of the Superhero Film. D. Sullivan and J. Greenberg (Eds.) Fade to Black: Death in Classic and Contemporary Cinema (pp 135-150). New York: Palgrave McMillan Schneider, I.K. (2013). The dynamics of ambivalence: cognitive, affective, and physical consequences of evaluative conflict. Doctoral dissertation, University of Amsterdam. Van Harreveld, Schneider, I.K., Nohlen, H.U., & van der Pligt (2011). Ambivalence and conflict in attitudes and decision-making. In B. Gawronski & F. Strack (eds.), Cognitive Consistency: A Fundamental Principle in Social Cognition (pp. 267-284) New York: Guilford Press. Konijn, E. A., Oegema, D., Schneider, I.K., De Vos, B., Krijt, M., & Prins, J. (2010). Young and Multi-Media: Media use and information seeking among adolescents and young adults, especially among muslim youth. Amsterdam/The Hague, NL: Breckfield Hall Publishers/WODC, Ministry of Justice. (230 pages). CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & INVITED TALKS Schneider, I.K., Schwarz, N., & Koole, S.L. (May 2015). Room to decide: Distance between choice options influences decision difficulty (poster). Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Association of Psychological Science, New York, NY, United States of America. Veenstra, L., Schneider, I. K., Domachowska, I., Bushman, B. J., & Koole, S. L. (March 2015). Rage restrained: Dynamic changes in approach/avoidance motivation moderate the effects of trait anger on state anger and aggression (poster). International Convention of Psychological Science 2015, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Schneider, I.K., Schwarz, N., & Koole, S.L. (February 2015). Room to decide: Distance between choice options influences decision difficulty. Embodiment Pre-conference, Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA, United States of America Veenstra, L., Schneider, I. K., & Koole, S. L. (February 2015). Emotion regulation through body posture: The case of sadness (poster). Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Long Beach, CA, United States of America Schneider. I.K. (September 2014). A body of doubt: the role of embodied processes in ambivalence. Brown Bag Talk Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. Schneider, I.K., Parzuchowski, M., Wojciszke, B, Schwarz, N. & Koole, S.L. (July 2014) Weighty data: Perceived information importance influences weight estimates of digital storage devices (poster). 17th EASP General Meeting, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Veenstra, L., Schneider, I. K., & Koole, S. L. (July 2014). Embodied emotion regulation: When body posture helps or hurts regulation of sadness. 17th EASP General Meeting, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Schneider, I.K., M.M. Tjew A Sin, & Koole, S.L. (May 2014) Embodied Terror Management: (Simulated) Interpersonal Touch Alleviates Existential Concerns among Individuals with Low Self-Esteem. Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Association of Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. Schneider, I.K. (April 2014) Ambivalent Moves: Using Mouse Trajectories to Reveal Evaluative Conflict. Invited Talk at the Department of Clinical & Health Psychology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Schneider, I.K., Parzuchowski, M., Wojciszke, B, Schwarz, N. & Koole, S.L. (February 2014) Weighty data: Perceived information importance inflates estimates of weight. Embodiment Preconference, Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX, United States of America. Schneider. I.K. (May 2013). Ambivalence in action: Evaluating Ambivalent Attitude Objects Leads to Cognitive Competition. Invited talk at Brain and Cognition, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Schneider, I.K., Stins, J.F., Eerland, A., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M., van der Pligt, J., van der Stoep, N., & Zwaan, R (May 2013). The relationship between ambivalence and body movements revisited (poster). Interdisciplinary symposium of The Faculty of Human Movement Sciences and the Faculty of Psychology and Education of the VU University. Schneider, I.K., Eerland, A., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M., van der Pligt, J., van der Stoep, N., & Zwaan, R (May 2012). One way and the other: the relationship between ambivalence and body movements (poster). Bi-annual conference of the Kurt Lewin Institute, Zeist, The Netherlands.
Schneider, I.K., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M. & van der Pligt, J. (October 2011). A body of doubt. Embodied responses to ambivalence. University of Würzburg, Germany Schneider, I.K., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M. & van der Pligt, J. (July 2011). The morn of feeling torn. Motor responses to ambivalence. 16th EASP General Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden. Schneider, I.K., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M. & van der Pligt, J. (2011). Motor responses to ambivalence. Research Methods in Cognitive Studies Winterschool, Zakopane, Poland. Schneider, I.K., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M. & van der Pligt, J. (December 2010). Weten is voelen: Negatieve gevoelens als gevolg van conflictbewustzijn en ambivalentie (Knowing is feeling: Conflict awareness as a cause of ambivalence induced negative feelings). ASPO Conference, Enschede, The Netherlands. Schneider, I.K., van Harreveld, F., Rotteveel, M. & van der Pligt, J. (November 2010). Motor responses to ambivalence. Approach and avoidance motivation in positive and negative affect research workshop of the Kurt Lewin Institute, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Schneider, I.K., Rusbult, C.E., & Konijn, E.A. (December, 2008). Vertrouwen binnen romantische relaties bevordert gezondheid (Trust in romantic relationships promotes health). ASPO Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Schneider, I.K., Rusbult, C.E., & Konijn, E.A. (February, 2009). Vertrouwen binnen romantische relaties bevordert gezondheid (Trust in romantic relationships promotes health). ETMAAL Conference, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. E.A. Konijn, Schneider, I.K. & C.E. Rusbult (2009). A Healthy Dose of Trust: Communicating Trust Improves Health in Romantic Relationships.Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Chicago, IL, United States of America. GRANTS & AWARDS 63000 Rubicon Grant from the Dutch Science Organization to work with Norbert Schwarz at the University of Southern California (2014) 1500 grant for ASPO Blits! conference to promote social psychological science from the Dutch Association of Social Psychology (2012) 1000 grant for ASPO Blits! conference to promote social psychological science from the Dutch Association of Social Psychology (2010) 800 Travel Grant European Association of Social Psychology to visit Fritz Strack and Sascha Topolinski at the University of Würzburg (2011).
Beyond the Call of Duty Award from the department of Social Psychology at the University of Amsterdam in recognition of extraordinary contribution to the department (2009) TEACHING Practicum Research (BA2 - undergraduate) (2010, 2011, 2012) Academic Writing (BA2 - undergraduate) (2009, 2010, 2011) Programming in Inquisit (MA - graduate) (2011, 2012, 2013) Design Thinker: Executive MBA course on Innovation and Creativity, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Los Angeles Campus, TA to Jeffrey Sanchez- Burks (2014). Master Thesis Supervision: M. Zandbergen, J. Nooteboom, F. de Groot, A. Vonk, L. van de Sande, F. van de Valk, K. Kamenov, T. Fehn, N. Sterk. PhD student (co)-supervision: Lotte Veenstra (expected end date October 2016) Course: Teaching in Higher Education completed successfully in 2010 SKILLS Fluent in Dutch and English Moderate in French and German Well-versed in Microsoft Office, SPSS, Authorware, Inquisit, Qualtrics, Medialab, Mousetracker, Direct RT. OTHER ACTIVITIES Organizer of the Social Nature of Emotions conference 2013 in Amsterdam, together with Agneta Fischer, Gerben van Kleef, and Arik Cheshin. Organizer of the 2013 KLI workshop Self-Regulation of Effort: Social-Cognitive, Motivational, and Physiological Processes with invited speaker Guido Gendolla together with Nils Jostmann, Sander Koole, and Lotte van Dillen. Organizer of the ASPO Blits! In 2010 & 2012 together with Daniël Lakens and Nils Jostmann. Organizer of the 2012 KLI workshop Should we worry about our methodology? Current concerns in experimental research and how to deal with them with invited speakers Klaus Fiedler and Eric-Jan Wagenmakers together with Daniel Lakens and Nils Jostmann. Participant in the 2011 Research Methods in Cognitive Studies Winterschool, Zakopane, Poland.
2010-2013 PhD Student Representative within the Kurt Lewin Insitute (www.kurtlewininstituut.nl) REVIEWING Psychological Science Cognition and Emotion Motivation and Emotion Emotion International Journal of Psychology Social Psychology International Journal of Behavioral Development MEMBERSHIPS Society of Personality and Social Psychology Association for Psychological Science Dutch Association for Social Psychological Research Kurt Lewin Institute (full member) Amsterdam Uncertainty Lab, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Amsterdam Emotion Regulation Lab, VU University, the Netherlands Mind and Society Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA European Association Social Psychology (full member)