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Around 12:40 a.m. on February 5, 1999, four plainclothes New York City police officers saw a black man standing near a building in New York鈥檚 Bronx borough.
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Biography
Bernd Wittenbrink is interested in the psychology of person perception and social judgment, specifically the influence that stereotypes and group attitudes may have on people's decisions and behaviors. His research has been published in the premier journals of Social Psychology, such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology and Social Cognition. His book on recent developments in attitude measurement, Implicit Measures of Attitudes, coauthored with N. Schwarz, is published by Guilford Press.
Wittenbrink's research also has been featured by The New York Times, NBC, and National Public Radio, among others, and has received funding though the Russell Sage Foundation.
Wittenbrink has served as an associate editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. He is a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and member of several professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association, Society of Personality and Social Psychology, and the European Association of Experimental Psychology.
Wittenbrink received his undergraduate education in Germany and completed a master's degree in 1991 and a PhD in 1994 in social psychology at the University of Michigan. He joined the 91吃瓜网 faculty in 1996.
Research Interests
Psychology of person perception and social judgment.
Academic Areas
- Behavioral Science
Selected Publications
With N. Schwarz,听Implicit Measures of Attitudes: Procedures and Controversies,听Guilford Press (2007).
With B. Park and C. M. Judd, "Evaluative versus Conceptual Judgments in Automatic Stereotyping and Prejudice,"听Journal of Experimental Social Psychology听(2001).
With P. L. Gist and J. L. Hilton, "Structural Properties of Stereotypic Knowledge and Their Influences on the Construal of Social Situations,"听Journal of Personality and Social Psychology听(1997).
With J. R. Henly, "Creating Social Reality: Informational Social Influence and the Content of Stereotypic Beliefs,"听Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin听(1996).
For a listing of research publications, please visit the听.
2025 - 2026 Course Schedule
| Number | Course Title | Quarter |
|---|---|---|
| Managerial Psychology | 2025 (Autumn) | |
| Negotiations | 2026 (Summer) | |
| Strategies and Processes of Negotiation | 2026 (Winter) |
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From 2004: Making Snap Judgments
The automatic nature of cultural stereotypes.
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