Summer Term

B.Sc. Psychologie - "Empirisch-experimentelles Praktikum I: Grundmodul"

M.Sc. Business & Psychology - seminar "Human-Technology Interaction: Potential and Application"

Winter Term

B.Sc. Psychologie - "Empirisch-experimentelles Praktikum II: Aufbaumodul"

M.Sc. Psychologie - seminar "Human Factors und Kognitive Ergonomie"

regular time course

4th term: topic selection in the seminar „Aktuelle Forschungsfragen“

5th term: data collection

6th term: writing of the bachelor thesis

format of the thesis

• paper style according to APA = brief, concise but complete description
• page count depends on content (e.g. length of description adapted to the complexity of the method)

regular time course

• 3rd term: topic selection in the seminar "Projektarbeit & Datenerhebung"
• 4th term: writing the master thesis

format of the thesis

• paper style according to APA = brief, concise but complete description
• page count depends on content (e.g. length of description adapted to the complexity of the method)

regular time course

• 3rd term: theoretical preparatory work within the interdisciplinary research seminar
• 4th term: writing of the master thesis

format of the thesis

• paper style according to APA
• page count as required in the M.Sc. Business & Psychology: ~ 70 pages (including e.g. extensive additional material like detailed tables, figures, and additional analyses)  

experimental design

• active contributions to (jointly) designing the study and piloting of the study 
• for complext stimulus material, contributions to creating/obtaining stimulus material might be necessary (especially in certain applied contexts or for own research questions)
• for complex online experiments especially in certain applied contexts, small (realistic) programming contributiongs (e.g., formating elements on a webpage) might be necessary 

Open Science

• usually, all theses are pre-registered beforehand
• after completion, all data and materials are made a available to the public via OSF

data collection

• autonomous data collection (after prior introduction into data collection)
• partial contributions to larger studies are possible as a thesis

data analysis

• analysis software: e. g. R recommended (freely available)
• analysis: adapted to the research question; analyses with t-tests/ANOVAs possible; more complex methods of analysis can be used if interested (e. g. linear mixed modelling) 
• writing an own analysis script (based on provided materials and support)

written thesis

• in paper style according to APA guidelines

evaluation criteria for bachelor and master theses

The form used by the Chair of Human-Technology Interation to evaluate bachelor and master theses including all evaluation criteria can be foundhere. The evaluation criteria are the same for all theses regardless of whether they are written on the bachelor or master level, expectations are, however, adapted according to the study program a student is enrolled in.

inquiry

After the topic presentation of all Chairs of Psychology in the summer term (for B.Sc./M.Sc. Psychology), please inform yourself about the thesis opportunities at the Chair of Human-Technology Interaction via this webpage and/or the ILIAS course for prospective thesis students. Approximately 1-2 weeks after the general topic presentation of all Psychology chairs in the summer term, a Zoom meeting  for interested students will take place, in which you can ask your questions about the organization of theses at the Chair of Human-Technology Interaction as well as about specific topics.

If you then conclude that you are interested in writing your thesis at the Professorship of Human-Technology Interaction, please fill out the short survey regarding your interests (topic, methods, analyses, …) and your planned timeline in the ILIAS course for prospective thesis students and inform Jun.-Prof. Christina Pfeuffer via mail that you are interested. 

Subsequently (if required), an individual meeting to discuss specific topics, method, and analysis options will take place. This allows you to make an informed decision and start your thesis with appropriate expectations. 

Finally, the selection takes place. If you are selected, please also indicate that you will write your thesis with the Chair of Human-Technology Interaction when filling out the survey of all Chairs of Psychology regarding thesis allocations later in the summer term.

selection

Theses projects in the B.Sc./M.Sc. Psychology are accepted based on the central application procedure.

In case there are more applicants than available supervision spots, the selection will be based on the following criteria:

• prior experiences with research methods of the chair (e. g. by working as a student research assistant, due to a prior thesis, due to a prior experimental practical project)
• participation in associated courses
• topic fit
• possibly interview

APA style

Open Science Framework (templates for pre-registrations and sharing of projects and materials)

ILIAS course containing general material on scientific writing - prior login in ILIAS required - password: Writing

current and prior bachelor theses 

• Wappes, M. (in preparation). The influence of expectations and confidence on anticipatory saccades [Arbeitstitel]
• Förner, E. (in preparation). Eye Movements as a Predictor of Exam Performance [Arbeitstitel]
• Mauß, N. (in preparation). Self-Eyessessment: A novel method for predicting exam success based on anticipatory eye movements in a learning quiz?
• Prantl, K. (2024). Eye Movements as a Predictor of Exam Performance? - An Assessment of Implicit Self-Evaluations via Anticipatory Saccades
• Hertel, S.. (2024). Does Gambling lead to Attentional Biases for Win- and Loss-associated Stimuli? 

current and prior master theses 

• Brandstetter, J. (in preparation). Do we look towards future profits? - Anticipatory saccades in stock trading
• Fink, V. (2024). Evaluierung akustischer und vestibulärer Gestaltungsparameter eines VR-Fahrsimulators
  hinsichtlich Fahrperformance und subjektivem Realitätsempfinden
• Koschmieder, M. (2024, co-supervised, interdisciplinary master thesis in Physical Geography). Untersuchungen zur Wahrnehmung der Ästhetik hochalpiner Landschaften im Klimawandel anhand von historischen und aktuellen Fotos sowie digitalen Fernerkundungsdaten
• Blumenthal (2023). Personnel development systems – The influence of human versus AI assistance on training plan evaluation and employees‘ perceived autonomy in learning
• Esch, C. (2023). Algorithmic vs. Human Decision-Making: How does the method of decision-making and the level of communicated fairness influence justice perception and trust?-A higher education perspective
• Fares, F. (2023). Algorithmic vs. Human Decision-Making: How does the method of decision-making and the level of communicated fairness influence justice perception and emotional responses? A higher education perspective
• Redegeld, A. (2023). Job Recruitment – On the impact of personal information inquiries and feedback opportunities on trust in AI systems
• Ruff, A. (2023). Security labels on AI products: The impact of graphical vs. text-based labels on trust, anxiety, and attributed value

bachelor theses - still at the University of Freiburg

• Lang, V. (2022) - Looking Towards the Future's Demands: Proactively Monitoring Relevant versus Irrelevant Features of Action Consequences
• Bouhlel, D. (2022) - How Complex is Too Complex? - The Influence of Action Complexity on Anticipatory Saccades
• Gaßmann, B. (2020) - Zeitliche Aspekte zielgerichteter Handlungskontrolle
• Keintzel, S.  L. (2020) - The Future at Face Value: Antizipative Sakkaden zu sozialen und neutralen Handlungseffekten
• März, J. (2020) - May the control be with you! - On the formation of stimulus-response associations for self-controlled versus passively-induced movements
• Koger, A. (2019) - Expecting the Unpredictable: On the influence of temporal action effect predictability on anticipatory saccades
• Seuling, P. (2019) - Assoziatives Lernen – ein Teufelskreis?: Zusammenhänge zwischen repetitiven Verhaltensweisen, Stimulus-Reaktions- und Reaktions-Effekt-Assoziationen
• Lorenz, J. (2019) - Im Zweifel Augen auf! Der Einfluss von zeitlicher Handlungs-Effekt-Kontingenz auf antizipative Sakkaden    
• Funke, L. M. (2018) - Bright mood, bright eyes? The relationship between induced mood and the reaction to reward in anticipatory saccades
• Rickert, A. (2018) - Criminal Minds: Zur Kontextabhängigkeit von Stimulus-Response Assoziationen beim Lügen
• Rosca, A. M. (2018) - Anticipation Right on Time: the temporal characteristics of R-E-associations and their influence on anticipatory saccades
• Schmadlak, M. (2018) - Criminal Intent: zum kontextabhängigen Abruf von Lügen nach wiederholter Übung
• Hettich, A. (2017) - Looking where nothing will be? Der Einfluss inhibitierter Handlungen auf antizipative Augenbewegungen zu Handlungseffekten
• Höft, L. (2017) - Do the eyes switch when the hand does? The impact of response switching during action planning on anticipatory saccades
• Moser, S. (2017) - Können S-R Assoziationen durch Probehandeln gebildet werden?
• Hörburger, A. (2016) - Übung macht den Meister? Die Beeinflussung des Abrufs von Stimulus-Response-Assoziationen durch einfaches und mehrfaches Priming
• Hosp, T. M. (2016) - A picture is worth a thousand words?: On the generalization of stimulus-response associations from specific examples to abstract representations and vice versa
• Kimmig, E. (2016) - Die Verbindung von Wort und Tat – Zur Bildung von Stimulus-Response-Assoziationen bei Wortstimuli
• Radau, L. (2016) - Anwendung gegen bloße Instruktion: Zum Einfluss kurzfristiger Arbeitsgedächtnisbelastung auf den Abruf von Stimulus-Response-Assoziationen
• Sander, L. (2016) - Looking Where Nothing is Left: Spontaneous Anticipatory Saccades in Goal-Directed Action Control
• Przybylski (jetzt Stecher), F. (2015) - Binding Lies: An experimental approach to the formation of stimulus-response bindings during lying and truth-telling
• Huber, A. (2015) - Sagen Taten mehr als Worte? Zum kontextabhängigen Einfluss instruierter Flanker

master theses - still at the University of Freiburg

• Rosca. A. (2022) - Evidence for the Contribution of Pre-established Semantic Networks to Stimulus-Classification Associations
• Ackermann, H. (2022) - Proactive Effect Monitoring in Human Action Control: Predicting the Latency of Anticipatory Saccades via Machine Learning
• Gorki, M. (2022) - NEAT predictions: Modeling anticipatory saccades in human action control with the neuroevolution of augmenting topologies algorithm
• Link, L. (2020) - Declassified? Can stimulus-classification associations be intentionally forgotten?
• Rickert, A. (2020) - In the Eyes of a Liar: Attention allocation in honest and dishonest contexts
• Stengele, S. (2020) - Der Einfluss von Salienz auf antizipative Blickbewegungen zu erwarteten Handlungskonsequenzen
• Dames, H. (2018) - What eye movements reveal about error processing in endogenous action control
• Rieder, Y. (2018) - Antizipative Sakkaden in der zielgerichteten Handlungskontrolle
• Simon, C. (2017) - Dynamische Messung der zeitbasierten Erwartung von valenten Stimuli mittels MEG