Andreas Kappes
Biographic Data
| ID | 1851737 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andreas Kappes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andreas |
| FAMILY NAME | Kappes |
| SIGNATURE | KAPPES A |
| AFFILIATIONS | City, University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0867-6630 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Cultural Differences in Vicarious Optimism
Prosocial behavior is affected by the beliefs people have about others. The maintenance of these beliefs is biased: people are vicariously optimistic when updating beliefs about the future of others they care about. This vicarious optimism influences prosocial behavior and might be shaped by the culture people live in. We investigated this question by measuring learning from good and bad news for oneself, friends, and strangers in a pre-registere…
From conflict to control
Social uncertainty is heterogeneous and sometimes valuable
The automatic nature of motivated belief updating
People's risk estimates often do not align with the evidence available to them. In particular, people tend to discount bad news (such as evidence suggesting their risk of being involved in a car accident is higher than they thought) as compared to good news (evidence suggesting it is lower) – this is known as the belief update bias. It has been assumed that individuals use motivated reasoning to rationalise away unwanted evidence (e.g., “I am a s…
Uncertainty about the impact of social decisions increases prosocial behaviour
The emergence of goal pursuit
Goal projection and giving help
Mental contrasting changes the meaning of reality
Mental contrasting instigates goal pursuit by linking obstacles of reality with instrumental behavior
Mental contrasting changes the meaning of reality
Mental contrasting instigates goal pursuit by linking obstacles of reality with instrumental behavior
The emergence of goal pursuit
Uncertainty about the impact of social decisions increases prosocial behaviour
Goal projection and giving help
The automatic nature of motivated belief updating
People's risk estimates often do not align with the evidence available to them. In particular, people tend to discount bad news (such as evidence suggesting their risk of being involved in a car accident is higher than they thought) as compared to good news (evidence suggesting it is lower) – this is known as the belief update bias. It has been assumed that individuals use motivated reasoning to rationalise away unwanted evidence (e.g., “I am a s…
Mental contrasting instigates goal pursuit by linking obstacles of reality with instrumental behavior
Mental contrasting changes the meaning of reality
The emergence of goal pursuit
Goal projection and giving help
The automatic nature of motivated belief updating
People's risk estimates often do not align with the evidence available to them. In particular, people tend to discount bad news (such as evidence suggesting their risk of being involved in a car accident is higher than they thought) as compared to good news (evidence suggesting it is lower) – this is known as the belief update bias. It has been assumed that individuals use motivated reasoning to rationalise away unwanted evidence (e.g., “I am a s…
Uncertainty about the impact of social decisions increases prosocial behaviour
Social uncertainty is heterogeneous and sometimes valuable
Cultural Differences in Vicarious Optimism
Prosocial behavior is affected by the beliefs people have about others. The maintenance of these beliefs is biased: people are vicariously optimistic when updating beliefs about the future of others they care about. This vicarious optimism influences prosocial behavior and might be shaped by the culture people live in. We investigated this question by measuring learning from good and bad news for oneself, friends, and strangers in a pre-registere…
From conflict to control
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Goal pursuit (3 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (3 works) · Cognition (2 works)