Catalina Kopetz

Institution University of Maryland, College Park Current Position Faculty Research Associate Highest Degree Ph.D. in Social Psychology from University of Maryland, 2007 Research Interests Emotion Health Motivation/Goal Setting Social Cognition Laboratory Home Page Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research Courses Taught Applied Cognitive Psychology Experimental Psychology: Social processes Introduction to Social Psychology   Catalina Kopetz Center for Addiction, Personality, and Emotion Research Department of Psychology University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742 U.S.A. Home Page Phone: (301) 405-7099 My main research interests focus on self-regulation phenomena from the perspective of motivation as cognition. I am particularly interested in how the dynamic relation between goals and means within a particular goal-system, as well as between different goal-systems set in place in specific circumstances may influence one's course of action. One intriguing aspect of self-regulation is that people are often unaware of the real motives driving their behavior. My research seeks to understand the unconscious aspect of self-regulation in terms of goal-means and inter-goal associations and to explore its implications for both normal (e.g., self-regulation of dieting behavior, consumer decision making) and abnormal behavior (e.g., risk taking and addiction). Journal Articles: Desrichard, O., & Kopetz, C. (2005). A threat in the elder: The impact of task instructions and self-efficacy on memory performance in the elderly. European Journal of Social Psychology, 35(4), 537-552. Kopetz, C., Arens, Z., Etkin, J, Macrea Jonhson, H, Kruglanski, A. W. A goal-systemic approach to consumer behavior. Invited manuscript for Journal of Consumer Psychology. Kopetz, C., Fishbach, A., & Kruglanski, A. (2010). Taking alternative goals into account: Multifinality constraints on means generation. Manuscript in preparation. Kopetz, C., & Kruglanski, A. W. (2008). Effects of accessibility and instantiation on the use of piecemeal and category information in impression formation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34(5), 692-705. Kopetz, C., Kruglanski, A. W. Chen, X., & Orehek, E. (2008). Goal systemic effects in the context of choice and social judgment. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2(6), 2071-2089. Kopetz, C., Reynolds, E. K, Hart, C. L, Kruglanski, A. W., & Lejuez, C. W. (2009). The role of social context in the relationship between drug use and sexual behavior among individuals who use both cocaine and heroin. Invited resubmission for Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology Kopetz, C., Wiers, R., Kruglanski, A. W., & Lejuez, C. W. Implicit self-regulatory mechanisms underlying drug use behaviors. Manuscript in preparation Other Publications: Kruglanski, A. W., & Kopetz, C. (2010). Confronting the self-control challenge: Unpacking the dilemma and its modes of resolution. In R. Hassin, K. Ochsner, & Y. Trope (Eds.), Self-control (pp 297-311). New York: Oxford University Press. Kruglanski, A. W., & Kopetz, C. (2009). The role of goal-systems in self-regulation. In E. Morsella, J. A. Bargh, & P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds.), The psychology of action (Vol 2): The mechanisms of human action (pp. 350-367). Oxford University Press. Kruglanski, A. W., & Kopetz, C. (2009). What is so special (and non-special) about goals? A view from the cognitive perspective. G. B. Moskowitz and H. Grant (Eds.), Goals (pp. 27-55). New York: Guilford Press.

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