Zita Mayer, MSc
Doctoral student
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Zita Mayer, MSc University of ZurichDepartment of Psychology Developmental Psychology: Adulthood Binzmuehlestrasse 14/11 CH-8050 Zurich / Switzerland |
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mayer@psychologie.uzh.ch BIN 3.A.03 by appointment |
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Current Research Interests
- Self-Regulation
- Dynamics of multiple goal pursuit
- Life-span developmental psychology
Brief Research Statement
I am interested in self-regulatory processes involved in successful development across the life span. Grounded in the notion that selectively investing resources towards maximizing gains and minimizing loss promotes successful development, I seek to examine life-span variation in self-regulatory actions associated with adaptively managing multiple goal pursuit. Some of my dissertation research is embedded in an intensive-longitudinal study investigating the role of emotional and motivational attention for positive development in young, middle-aged, and older adults.
Education
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Since 2017 |
PhD student, Chair of Developmental Psychology: Adulthood, University of Zurich (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Alexandra M. Freund) |
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2015 – 2017 |
Master of Science in Psychology, University of Zurich |
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2012 – 2015 |
Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Modern History, University of Zurich Thesis: «Seek and you shall find? The relevance of cognitive considerations for studying motivation and volition» (Advisor: Dr. phil. Marcel Herrmann) |
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2012 |
Matura, Gymnasium Kirchenfeld, Bern |
Professional Positions (selection)
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2016 – 2017 |
Research assistant Chair of Gerontopsychology and Gerontology, University of Zurich (Prof. Dr. Mike Martin) |
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2015 – 2017 |
Statistics Tutor Chair of Psychological Methods, Evaluation, and Statistics, University of Zurich (Prof. Dr. Carolin Strobl) |
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2015 |
Research assistant |
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2015 – 2017 |
Research assistant |