Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research
The Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research was a research institute of the Max Planck Society formerly located in Munich in Germany.
Founded in 1981, the institute included the following units:
- Behavioral and Cognitive Development under the direction of Prof. Dr. Franz E. Weinert
- Motivational Psychology under the direction of Prof. Dr. Heinz Heckhausen
- Intention and Action under the direction of Dr. Peter Gollwitzer
- Cognition and Action under Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Prinz
- Adaptive Behavior and Cognition under Prof. Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer, which moved in 1997 to the Max Planck Institute for Human Development