At the Chair of Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Aging,  we have a deadline for theses every semester in mid-November and mid-May, when possible topics are published here on this page. You can request a topic from the respective list for the following semester (November list -> supervision in the next spring semester, May list -> supervision in the next winter semester).

This website provides an overview of thesis topics that were not allocated during the regular application process. If you are interested in any of these topics, you are welcome to contact us.

Desirée Schönung:

Source Memory and Metamemory
Participants learn words associated with sources (e.g., speakers) and estimate how well they will later remember each source. These estimates are called Judgments of Source (JOS), and research in this area is still limited.
We are interested in whether and how accurately participants can predict their own source memory. Three specific questions are suitable for bachelor’s or master’s theses:

• Influence of Source Similarity on Metacognitive Ability
  Source memory is known to decline when sources are more similar. It remains unclear whether source similarity also affects the accuracy of metamemory judgments about source memory.
• Comparison of Different Source Paradigms
  Research distinguishes between external sources (e.g., speakers) and internal sources (e.g., imagined vs. thought). Related paradigms include external, internal, and reality-monitoring.
  The open question is: In which paradigm can people most accurately predict their own memory performance?
• Age-Related Differences in Memory and Metamemory
  A comparison of metacognitive predictions and memory performance between younger adults (student sample) and older adults (aged 60+).

If you are interested in this topic, please contact us at desiree.schoenungmail-uni-mannheim.de.

Registration: To register, you need to submit an application to the supervising person. Once you have completed the application and it has been signed by the supervising person, please send it to Frau Bauer (studienbuero-psychologiemail-uni-mannheim.de). You can find more information here.

Submission: The digital submission of the thesis is sufficient. However, we recommend checking with the supervising person to ensure all requirements are met. Please send your thesis to the reviewing person as well as to Frau Bauer.