Personality and Social Dynamics (PerSoDyn)

People react differently to social situations. A conflict, a personal conversation, or a social performance situation can trigger very different reactions in different people. PerSoDyn studies such differences as part of personality.

What is it about? 

Personality is usually measured with questionnaires: How sociable, assertive, or warm is someone in general? Such averages reveal little about how people differ in their reactions to specific situations. These social dynamics have received increased attention in personality research. So far, however, this research has mostly relied on self-reports, and comparisons across methods are rare. PerSoDyn therefore assesses social dynamics in the same people in daily life and in the lab (in cooperation with the Limette and the CeSoS), through self- and informant reports, and in standardized chats with AI (in cooperation with the PerTRAIN project). The project aims to contribute to a better understanding of social personality and also offers potential for applications, such as personalized interventions.

Team 

Project lead: Dr. Niclas Kuper
Collaborators: Dr. Helmut Ahrens, Dr. Simon Breil, M.Sc. Ole Hätscher, Dr. Lara Kröncke, M.Sc. Elisa Palme, Dr. Christoph Schild, M.Sc. Tim Seidel, Prof. Dr. Mitja Back
Student assistants: Jacob Duda, Svea Hinz, Leonie Roeder, Maren Wibker, Veronika Witzel

Funding

PerSoDyn is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG; project number 543976577). Title of the funded project: “Individual Differences in Situational Contingencies as Personality Variables: A Multi-Methodological Investigation in Social Situations”.

Contact

Questions about the project: Dr. Niclas Kuper, niclas.kuper[at]uni-muenster.de
Questions about the study: persodyn[at]uni-muenster.de