Sascha Schwarz
My current research interests include (1) females' mate choice across the menstrual cycle and relationship status, (2) methods to estimate indirectly women's fertility, (3) relationship orientation, and (4) physical attractiveness.
Primary Interests:
- Close Relationships
- Evolution and Genetics
- Interpersonal Processes
- Person Perception
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Sexuality, Sexual Orientation
- Social Cognition
Research Group or Laboratory:
Journal Articles:
- Cyrus, K., Schwarz, S., & Hassebrauck, M. (2011). Systematic cognitive biases in courtship context: Women's commitment-skepticism as a life-history strategy? Evolution and Human Behavior, 32, 13-20.
- Schwarz, S., Gand, K. & Hassebrauck, M. (2011). Effekte der weiblichen Fertilität auf das Verhalten und die Informationsverarbeitung im Kontext von Partnerschaft. Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung, 24, 1-15.
- Schwarz, S., & Hassebrauck, M. (2008). Self-perceived and observed variations in womens' attractiveness throughout the menstrual cycle: A diary study. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28, 282-288.
- Schwarz, S., & Hassebrauck, M. (2007). Interindividuelle Unterschiede in Beziehungspräferenzen: Das Konstrukt Beziehungsorientierung (BZO) und seine Messung. Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie, 38, 179-193.
- Schwarz, S., Hassebrauck, M., & Dörfler, R. (2010). Let us talk about sex: Prototypes and personal templates. Personal Relationships, 17, 533-555.
- Schwarz, S., Mustafić, M., Hassebrauck, M., & Jörg, J. (2011). Short- and long-term relationship orientation and 2D:4D finger-length ratio. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40, 565-574.
Courses Taught:
- Aggression
- Basics of Social Interaction
- Evolutionary Social Psychology
- Interpersonal Attraction
- Methods of Social Cognition Research
- Prosocial Behavior
- Social Processes in Groups
- Social Psychology
- Theories of Social Psychology
Sascha Schwarz
Institute for Psychology
University of Wuppertal
Gauss-Str. 20
42097 Wuppertal
Germany
- Phone: ++49-202-439-2323
- Fax: ++49-202-439-3038