Welcome to the Chair of Cross-Cultural Social and Personality Psychology! In science, humans are often referred to as the "ultrasocial animal" or the "cultural animal": evolution has adapted human nature to life in particularly complex, cultural groups. We research precisely this fundamentally social and cultural nature of human beings.

In doing so, we do not want to overlook that people can differ from one another due to their experiences and their biological makeup; therefore, we also investigate corresponding personality differences.

- What evolutionary advantage does it have that people evaluate others and themselves primarily along the two trait dimensions of "agency" (status, knowledge, assertiveness) and "communion" (helpfulness, trustworthiness, reliability)?

- The human ability to learn from others is crucial to the evolutionary success of our species. But which social learning strategies do people primarily use, and to what extent—and why—do people differ in whom they choose to learn from socially?

- Is it part of human nature to assess oneself accurately, or do humans typically view themselves through "rose-colored glasses"? In other words, do we generally tend to overestimate ourselves? And is such overestimation equally pronounced in all areas of life, or is it especially evident in agentic domains, while communal areas of life—such as religiosity, yoga, or mindfulness—might even serve as a remedy for overestimation?