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Prof. Dr. Ute Kunzmann



Consulting hours: Mon 12.00 - 1.00 pm


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Fon: 0341-97-35967
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E-Mail: kunzmann(at)uni-leipzig.de

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2006
Habilitation, Free University Berlin
Die differentielle Entwicklung lebenspragmatischer Kompetenz im Erwachsenenalter und Alter

1998
Ph.D in Psychology (Dr. phil.), Free University Berlin
Being and feeling in control: Two sources of older people's emotional well-being

1994
Diploma in Psychology, Free University Berlin
Emotional Well-Being: Structure, Stability and Change

Professional Positions

since 2007
Professor of Life-Span Developmental Psychology (W3), University Leipzig, Department of Psychology

2004 - 2007
Assistant Professor of Psychology, Jacobs University Bremen, Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development (Dean: Prof. Ursula M. Staudinger)

2000 - 2004
Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Center for Life-Span Psychology (Director: Prof. Paul B. Baltes)

1998 - 1999
Post-Doctoral Stipend of the German Research Foundation, Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California at Berkeley, Institute of Personality and Social Research, Berkeley Psychophysiology Lab (Director: Prof. Robert W. Levenson)

1994 - 1997
Doctoral Stipend, Max Planck Institute of Human Development in Berlin, Center for Life-Span Psychology (Director: Prof. Paul B. Baltes)

1992 - 1994
Research Assistent, Max Planck Institute of Human Development in Berlin, Center for Life-Span Psychology (Director: Prof. Paul B. Baltes)

1991 - 1992
Research Assistent, Free University Berlin, Social and Personality Research Group (Prof. Adolf O. Jäger and Prof. Heinz-Martin Süss)

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Research Interests and Research Projects

Entwicklungspsychologie der Lebensspanne

Prozesse der Entwicklungsregulation, erfolgreiche Entwicklung

Altersunterschiede in der emotionalen Reaktivität

Formen der Emotionsregulation über die Lebensspanne

Emotionsdarstellung und –erkennung in der bildenden Kunst

Empathie: Akkuratheit und Mitgefühl

Das Stabilitätsparadox affektiven Wohlbefindens

Psychologie der Weisheit

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Publications

Streubel, B. & Kunzmann, U. (2011). Age differences in emotional reactions: Arousal and age-relevance count. Psychology and Aging, 26, 966-978

Richter, D., Dietzel, C. & Kunzmann, U. (2010). Age differences in emotion recognition: The task matters. Journals of Gerontology: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 66, 48-55

Richter, D. & Kunzmann, U. (2010). Age differences in three facets of empathy: Perfomance-based evidence. Psychology and Aging. DOI: 10.1037/a0021138

Kunzmann, U. & Richter, D. (2009). Emotional reactivity across the adult life-span: The cognitive pragmatics make a difference. Psychology and Aging. 24, 879-889

Kunzmann, U. & Salisch, M., von (2009). Die Entwicklung von Emotionen und emotionalen Kompetenzen über die Lebensspanne. In G. Stemmler (Eds.), Enzyklopädie der Psychologie: Psychologie der Emotion. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Scheibe, S., Kunzmann, U. & Baltes, P. B. (2009). New territories of Positive Lifespan Development: Wisdom and Life Longings. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Oxford handbook of Positive Psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Stange, A. & Kunzmann, U. (2009). Fostering wisdom: A psychological perspective. In M. Ferrari & G. Potworowski (Eds.), Teaching for wisdom: Cross-cultural perspectives on fostering wisdom (pp. 23-36). New York: Springer.

Kunzmann, U. (2008). Emotionale Entwicklung im Alter: Verlust oder Gewinn? In W. Janke, G. Debus & M. Schmidt-Daffy (Hrsg.), Experimentelle Emotionspsychologie (pp. 887-910). Lengerich. Papst Verlag.

Kunzmann, U. (2008). Differential age trajectories of positive and negative affect: Further evidence from the Berlin Aging Study. Journals of Gerontology: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 63, 261-270.

Kunzmann, U. (2007). Wisdom: Motivational and emotional dynamics in old age. In: R. Fernández-Ballesteros (Ed.), Geropsychology: European perspectives for an ageing world (pp. 224-238). Hogrefe & Huber.

Scheibe, S., Kunzmann, U. & Baltes, P. B. (2007). Wisdom, life-longings, and optimal development. In J. A. Blackburn & C. N. Dulmus (Eds.), Handbook of gerontology: Evidence-based approaches to theory, practice, and policy (pp. 117-142). New York: Wiley.

Kunzmann, U. (2006). Wisdom. In R. Schulz (Editor-in-Chief), The encyclopedia of aging (4th edition). New York, NY: Springer.

Kunzmann, U. & Stange, A. (2006). Wisdom as a classical human strength: Psychological conceptualizations and empirical inquiry. In A. D. Ong & M. Van Dulmen (Eds.), Varieties of positive experience: Structure, variability, and change (pp. 306-322). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Kunzmann, U. & Baltes, P. B. (2005). The psychology of wisdom: Theoretical and empirical challenges. In R. J. Sternberg & J. Jordan (Eds.), Handbook of wisdom (pp. 110-135). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Kunzmann, U. & Grühn, D. (2005). Age differences in emotional reactivity: The sample case of sadness. Psychology and Aging, 20, 47-59.

Kunzmann, U., Kupperbusch, C. S. & Levenson, R. W. (2005). Behavioral inhibition and amplification during emotional arousal: A comparison of two age groups, Psychology and Aging, 20,144-159.

Kunzmann, U., Stange, A. & Jordan, J. (2005). Positive emotionality and lifestyle in adulthood: Do you do what you feel? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 574-588.

Salisch, M., von & Kunzmann, U. (2005). Emotionale Entwicklung über die Lebensspanne. In J. Asendorpf (Hrsg.), Bd. 3: Soziale, emotionale und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Serie V: Entwicklungspsychologie, Themenbereichs C: Theorie und Forschung, Enzyklopädie der Psychologie (pp. 259-334), Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Staudinger, U. M. & Kunzmann, U. (2005). Positive adult personality development: Adjustment and/or growth? European Psychologist, 10, 320-329.

Baltes, P. B. & Kunzmann, U. (2004). Two faces of wisdom: Wisdom as a general theory of knowledge and judgment about excellence in mind and virtue vs. wisdom as everyday realization in people and products. Human Development, 47, 290-299.

Kunzmann, U. (2004). Approaches to a good life: The emotional-motivational side to wisdom. In P. A. Linley & S. Joseph (Eds.), Positive Psychology in Practice (pp. 504-517). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.

Li, S.-C. & Kunzmann, U. (2004). Research on intelligence in German speaking countries. In R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), International handbook of the psychology of human intelligence (pp. 135-169). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Baltes, P. B. & Kunzmann, U. (2003). Wisdom: The peak of human excellence in the orchestration of mind and virtue. The Psychologist, 16, 131-133.

Kunzmann, U. & Baltes, P. B. (2003). Beyond the traditional scope of intelligence: Wisdom in action. In R. J. Sternberg, J. Lautry & T. I. Lubart (Eds.), Models of intelligence for the next millennium (pp. 329-343). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Kunzmann, U. & Baltes, P. B. (2003). Wisdom-related knowledge: Affective, motivational, and interpersonal correlates. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1104-1119.

Baltes, P. B., Glück, J. & Kunzmann, U. (2002). Wisdom: Its structure and function in regulating successful lifespan development. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology (pp. 372-350). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Kunzmann, U., Little, T. D. & Smith, J. (2002). Perceiving control: A double-edged sword in old age. Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 57, 484-491.

Kunzmann, U., Little, T. D. & Smith, J. (2000). Is age-related stability of subjective well-being a paradox? Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from the Berlin Aging Study. Psychology and Aging, 15, 511-526.

Smith, J., Fleeson, W., Geiselmann, B., Settersten, R. & Kunzmann, U. (1999). Sources of well-being in very old age. In P. B. Baltes & K. U. Mayer (Eds.), The Berlin Aging Study: Aging from 70 to 100 (pp. 450-471). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

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