Dr. Christine Blech

• Teaching of Psychology, evidence-based learning
• Perception of data graphs
• Joint action and co-representation
• Dual tasking
• Cognitive biases
• (complex) problem-solving and decision making
• Goal conflicts

Academic Education

• 2006 – 2011 Doctoral degree in Psychologie (Dr. phil.), University of Heidelberg, Germany
• 2000 – 2006 Diploma in Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.), University of Heidelberg, Germany

Academic Positions

• 2011 to present: Lecturer (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben) at the Chairs of General Psychologie (Learning, Motivation, Emotion and Judgement, Action, Decision Making) FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.
• 2009 – 2010: Lecturer at the "Pepperdine University International Program Heidelberg", Germany
• 2009 – 2010: PhD student, Scholarship of the Excellence Initiative of the Graduate Academy, University of Heidelberg, Germany
• 2006 – 2009: Research and Teaching Assistant at the Chair of General and Theoretical Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Blech, C., Liepelt, R., & Gaschler, R. (2024). Wie wirken Projektgruppen bei der Betreuung empirischer Abschlussarbeiten in der Psychologie? In M. Krämer & M. Imhof (Hrsg.), Psychologiedidaktik und Evaluation XV (S. 189-196). Shaker Verlag. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.15621

Blech, C., Reimann, D., Ram, N., & Gaschler, R. (2023). Is detecting discontinuity difficult? Evidence from the visual trend classification of scatterplots. American Journal of Psychology, 136(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.5406/19398298.136.1.01

Naefgen, C., Blech, C., Kriechbaumer, M., Haider, H., Ram, N., & Gaschler, R. (2023). Between- and within-subject covariance perspectives matter for investigations into the relationship between single- and dual-tasking performance, Methods in Psychology, 8, e100110, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2023.100110

Gaschler, R., Ditsche-Klein, B. E., Kriechbaumer, M., Blech, C., & Wenke, D. (2022). Using position rather than color at the traffic light - Covariation learning-based deviation from instructions in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 967467. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.967467

Reimann, D., Blech, C., Ram, N., & Gaschler, R. (2021). Visual model fit estimation in scatterplots: Influence of amount and decentering of noise. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 27(9), 3834–3838. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2021.3051853

Reimann, D., Blech, C., & Gaschler, R. (2020) Visual model fit estimation in scatterplots and distribution of attention: Influence of slope and noise level. Experimental Psychology, 67(5), 292–302. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000499

Blech, C., Gaschler, R., & Bilalić, M. (2019). Why do people fail to see simple solutions? Using think-aloud protocols to uncover the mechanism behind the Einstellung (mental set) effect, Thinking & Reasoning. DOI: 10.1080/13546783.2019.1685001

Blech, C., & Gaschler, R. (2018). Assessing students’ knowledge about learning and forgetting curves with a free production technique: Measures and implications for the development of learning aids. Psychology Learning & Teaching, 17(3), 308–322. doi: 10.1177/1475725718779684

Blech, C., & Gaschler, R. (2017). Developing a drawing task to differentiate group average time course vs. dynamics in the individual. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 16, 212–231.[BC1]

Blech, C. & Funke, J. (2015). The dynamic process of polytelic problem solving: a model and first results. International Journal Of Business And Management Study, 2, 180-186. Link

Blech, C. (2010). Komplexes Problemlösen in Situationen mit Zielkonflikt. Dissertation, Psychologisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg. Link

Blech, C. & Funke, J. (2010). You cannot have your cake and eat it, too: How induced goal conflicts affect complex problem solving. Open Psychology Journal, 3, 42-53. Link

Blech, C. & Funke, J. (2006). Zur Reaktivität von Kausaldiagramm-Analysen beim komplexen Problemlösen. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 117, 185-195.

Reeff, J.-P., Zabal, A. & Blech, C. (2006). The assessment of problem-solving competencies. Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung, Bonn. Link

Blech, C. & Funke, J. (2005). Dynamis review: An overview about applications of the Dynamis approach in cognitive psychology. Unveröffentlichtes Manuskript, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg. Link

Blech, C., Gaschler, R., & Kubik, V. (2023, June). Enhanced learning for complex lecture texts through retrieval practice: The forward testing effect in (digital) higher education. Talk given at ESPLAT conference, Umeå, Sweden.

Blech, C., Lembcke, H., Borchardt, M., Farnleitner, M. & Liepelt, R. (2023, March). Taking the level 1 visual perspective of a robot avatar requires conscious processing. Poster presented at the TeaP, Trier, Germany.

Blech, C., Wilke, S. & Gaschler, R. (2022, September). Trust your eyes or trust the p-value? Tracking the use of data graphs in psychological scientific journals over two decades. Poster presented the Conference of the DGPs, Hildesheim, Germany.

Blech, C., Lembcke, H. & Liepelt, R. (2022, March). Having the same biological sex as an avatar can inhibit performance: Evidence from a level 1 visual perspective taking task. Talk given at the TeaP, online.

Blech, C., Gaschler, R. & Bilalić, M. (2021, March). No evidence for a visual hindsight bias in data graph perception. Poster presented at the TeaP, online.

Blech, C. & Gaschler, R. (2019, September). Students charting graphism in psychology. Talk given at ESPLAT conference, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Blech, C., Gaschler, R., Kriechbaumer, M., Henninger, F., Jekel, M., Schuck, N. W., & Wenke, D. (2019, April). Acquiring a covariation and controlling when to apply it. Poster presented at TeaP, London, UK.

Blech, C., Kriechbaumer, M., Henninger, F. & Gaschler, R. (2018, September). Aufgabenwechsel kostet mit Übung weniger – Differenzierung von Veränderung innerhalb von Übungseinheiten und über Übungseinheiten hinweg. Poster presented at the Conference of the DGPs, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

Blech, C. & Gaschler, R. (2018, March). Identification of linear, exponential, and step function trends in scatterplots: detecting straight lines straightforward. Poster presented at TeaP, Marburg, Germany.

Blech, C. & Gaschler, R. (2017, September). Assessing students’ knowledge about learning and forgetting curves with a free production technique: Measures and implications for the development of learning aids. Talk given at EUROPLAT conference, Salzburg, Austria.

Blech, C., Gaschler, R., & Bilalić, M. (2017, March). Luchins reloaded – Think aloud protocols suggest that the set is reloaded into working memory after interruption. Poster presented at TeaP, Dresden, Germany.

Blech, C. & Gaschler, R. (2016, September). Psychologiedidaktik der Lernkurve – besser zuerst über den Einzelfall nachdenken. Talk given at the Conference of the DGPs, Leipzig, Germany.

Blech, C., Krause, C., & Gaschler, R. (2016, March). Learning and forgetting of(f) the curve: assessing and improving learning curve knowledge with a free production technique. Poster presented at TeaP, Heidelberg, Germany.

Blech, C. & Funke, J. (2014, October). The dynamic process of polytelic problem solving: A model and first results. Talk given at the International Conference on Advances in Social Science, Management and Human Behaviour, Zürich, Switzerland.

Blech, C. (2013, July). Ego Depletion und geschlechtergerechte Sprache. Ist Gender-Fairness mental anstrengend? Poster presented at the MPK (Motivationspsychologisches Kolloquium), Osnabrück, Germany.

Blech, C. (2012, September). Farbinduzierte Vermeidungsmotivation und der Einfluss von positivem vs. negativem Affekt beim Lösen einer Konzentrationsaufgabe. Poster presented at the MPK, Halle, Germany.

Blech, C. & Funke, J. (2010, July). Wenn keine Strategie passt - Rumination und Strategien des komplexen Problemlösens bei Zielkonflikten. Talk given at the MPK, Mannheim, Germany.

Blech, C. & Funke, J. (2010, May). Induced goal conflicts affect motivation, wellbeing, and strategies in complex problem solving. Poster presented at the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Motivation, Boston, MA.

Blech, C. (2009, April). Zielkonflikte beim komplexen Problemlösen: Welchen Einfluss haben Rumination und Lösungsstrategien auf problembezogene Gedächtnisleistungen? Talk given at the TeaP, Jena, Germany.

Blech, C. (2008, March). You cannot have a cake and eat it, too: Wie induzierte Zielkonflikte das Lösen komplexer Probleme beeinflussen. Talk given at the TeaP, Marburg, Germany.