Dr. Johannes Hönekopp
Johannes Hönekopp

Email:

johannes.honekopp@unn.ac.uk    

Curriculum Vitae

1970 First studies on Mom and Dad.
1996 Diploma in psychology from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany).
May - Dec. 1996 Research assistant in a project on the ergonomics of display design (Günther Kebeck, WWU Münster).
1996 - 1999 Vocational training in behaviour therapy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verhaltenstherapie).
1997 - 1998 PhD stipend from WWU Münster.
1999 - 2001 Research assistant at the Chair for General Psychology and Human Factors (Wolfgang Hell, WWU Münster).
2001 PhD from Gesamthochschule Paderborn; thesis on decision making under uncertainty.
June 2001 - 2006 Assistant professor at Technische Universität Chemnitz (at the Chair for General and Biological Psychology, Udo Rudolph).
Mai 2006 Habilitation at TU Chemnitz.
Since Sept. 2006 Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Publications

Hönekopp, J., Bartholdt, L., Beier, L., & Liebert, A. (2006). Second to fourth digit length ratio (2D:4D) and adult sex hormone levels: new data and a meta-analytic review. Psychoneuroendocrinology. (in press) acrobat Online Version

Hönekopp, J., Rudolph, U., Beier, L., Liebert, A. & Müller, C. (2006). Physical Attractiveness of Face and Body as Indicators of Physical Fitness in Men. Evolution and Human Behavior, 28, 106-111. acrobat Online Version

Hönekopp, J., Becker, B. J., & Oswald, F. L. (2006). The meaning and suitability of various effect sizes for structured rater × ratee designs. Psychological Methods, 11, 72-86. acrobat Online Version

Hönekopp, J., Manning, J. T., & Müller, C. (2006). Digit Ratio (2D:4D) and physical fitness in males and females: evidence for effects of prenatal androgens on sexually selected traits. Hormones & Behavior, 49, 545-549. acrobat Online Version

Hönekopp, J. (2006). Once more: is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Relative contributions of private and shared taste to judgments of facial attractiveness. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance,32, 199-209. acrobat Online Version

Hönekopp, J., Voracek, M., & Manning, J. T. (2006). 2nd to 4th digit ratio and number of sex partners: evidence for effects of prenatal testosterone in men. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 31, 30-37. acrobat Online Version

Hönekopp, J., Bartholomé, T., & Jansen, G. (2004). Facial attractiveness, symmetry, and physical fitness in young women. Human Nature, 15, 147- 167. acrobat Online Version

Hönekopp, J. (2003). Precision of probability information and prominence of outcomes: a description and evaluation of decisions under uncertainty. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 90, 124-138. acrobat Online Version

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Teaching experience

Lectures

  • Learning.
  • Biological psychology.
  • Introduction to statistics.

Courses

  • Introduction to evolutionary psychology.
  • Behavior genetics.
  • Facial attractiveness.
  • Introduction to biological psychology.
  • Introduction to psychological methods.
  • Introduction to motivation.
  • Introduction to emotion.
  • Introduction to human factors.
  • Thinking and reasoning.
  • Decision making.
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Grants

2002 - 2005: DFG grant for the project Beauty and the Eye of the Beholder: A Meta-Analytic Review and Three Studies on Facial Attractiveness (in collaboration with Udo Rudolph, TU Chemnitz).

Current research priorities

Digit ratio (2D:4D) as an indicator of prenatal androgenization.

Sexual selection in humans (emphasis on physical fitness and physical attractiveness).
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