Prof David Maree (Head of Department)

Prof David Maree (Head of Department)
Contact Details:
University of Pretoria
Room 11 - 14
Humanities Building, Main Campus
Telephone:
+27 12 420 2329
Email:
[email protected]
Qualifications
BA, BA Honours (Psych), BD, BA Honours (Phil), DD and DPhil Psychology
Brief Bio
Prof David Maree started working as a researcher in Traffic Research at the Human Sciences Research
Council (HSRC) in 1987. He worked in the field of psychometrics specifically standardising psychomotor
assessment tests and he was appointed as head of Traffic Research in 1995. In 1997 he became director
of the unit for test development at the HSRC.
In 1999 he moved to the University of Pretoria as full professor in the Department of Psychology. His duties
included lecturing research methodology, cognitive psychology and statistics to graduate students. He
was coordinator of the MA Research Psychology degree from 2000 to 2012. He is involved in numerous
research projects, committees and workgroups within and outside the University.
Prof Maree is a registered Research Psychologist, a member of the Association of Psychological Science
(APS) and a C2 NRF rated researcher. He acted as Head of Department of Philosophy in 2010/11 and
currently is Head of the Department of for Psychology from 2013. He is also President for Psychological
Society of South Africa (PsySSA) for the 2013/14 period.
Research interests
Cognitive Psychology
Research Methods
Rasch modeling and psychometrics
Critical Realism and Philosophy of Science
Supervision of Students
- Completed:
8 PhDs and 27 Masters
- In process: 5 PhDs and 11 Masters
Courses taught
Undergrad:
Introduction to Psychology and Cognitive Psychology
Honours:
Research methods
Masters:
Psychometrics, Research methods, Statistics and Cognitive Psychology
Awards/memberships/professional registration
President:
PsySSA
HPCSA:
Research Psychologist
Member:
Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Recent publications
Maree, DJF, Visser, M & Mostert, S. (2013). Public and Stakeholder Awareness Access, Trust, Confidence
and Faith for the Public Protector South Africa. Pretoria: BE@UP
Maree, D. J. F., & Maree, M. (2013). Multi-cultural Differences in Hope and Goal-Achievement. In M. P.
Wissing (Ed.), Well-Being Research in South Africa (pp. 439–477). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.
Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-6368-5_21
Diteweg, H., Van Oostwaard, A., Tempelman, H., Vermeer, A., Appels, M., Van der Schaaf, M. F., &
Maree, D. J. F. (2013). AIDS awareness and VCT behaviour: An application of the integrated model of
behaviour prediction. Health SA Gesondheid, 18(1), 1–10. doi:10.4102/hsag.v18i1.530
Maree, D. J. F., & Maree, M. (2010). Factors contributing to the success of women working in Science,
Engineering and Technology (SET) careers. In A. Cater-Steel & A. Cater (Eds.), Women in Engineering,
Science and Technology: Education and Career Challenges (pp. 183-210). Hershey, PA: Engineering
Science Reference.

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