Benefits without costs? [Elektronische Ressource] : side effects of implementation intentions / von Frank Wieber

Benefits without costs? Side effects of implementation intentions Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor philosophiae (Dr. phil.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Fakultät für Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena von Dipl.-Psych. Frank Wieber geboren am 24.05.1974 in Höxter Gutachter: 1. Prof. Dr. Amélie Mummendey 2. PD Dr. Kai Sassenberg Tag des Kolloquiums: 04.05.2006 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My biggest ‘Thank You’ goes to my supervisor PD Dr. Kai Sassenberg, for his enduring encouragement, insightful and skilled advice, practical support, concern for my work, and for always being available. Moreover, I would to thank my second supervisor Prof. Dr. Amélie Mummendey for her inspiring ideas for my research, the academic freedom and the excellent research facilities in Jena. I would also like to thank the members of the Junior Research Group “Social Discrimination” for their support. You are a terrific team! Likewise, I would like to thank the faculty as well as the fellows of the International Graduate College “Conflict and cooperation between social groups” for being such a great group. Special thanks go out to Jörg Neumann for being the good soul of the IGC, to Steffen Giessner for Project 15, and Raff Calitri for his support and friendship.