Markus Kemmelmeier is a German social psychologist at the

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, where he is a foundation professor and director of the Ph.D. program in interdisciplinary

social psychology Social psychology is the scientific study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people or by social norms. Social psychologists typically explain human behavior as a result of the ...

Career

He is known for his research on the psychological effects of exposure to flags, such as the

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. He has also researched the relationship between

political ideology An ideology is a set of beliefs or philosophies attributed to a person or group of persons, especially those held for reasons that are not purely epistemic, in which "practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones." Formerly applied prim ...

and

intelligence Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. More generally, it can be des ...

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* Living people American social psychologists University of Mannheim alumni University of Michigan alumni American political psychologists Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-psychologist-stub