We invite you to join us on Friday 24th, 5 p.m. for the discussion called “War in Ukraine. How the conflict in the east changed Poland and Poles.” Discussants: – Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, head of the Department of Social Psychology … Continued
We are happy to announce that Marta Maj from our lab has recently defended her doctoral thesis entitled ‘Facing Hypocrisy: Cognitive Dissonance and Strategies of its Reduction Regarding Value Importance’. The thesis was written under the supervision of Małgorzata Kossowska, … Continued
There is an open call for the position of Assistant professor (postdoctoral researcher) in a group of researchers at the Faculty of Philosophy of Jagiellonian University in the field of psychology in the Department of Social Psychology! The position is … Continued
In this research, we tested the hypothesis that ideology predicts the accuracy of factual beliefs. Specifically, we expected that right- (vs. left-) wing ideology would be associated with lower accuracy when assessing policy-relevant facts congenial to left– and right–wing beliefs. … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska was awarded with a CHANSE grant in a call “Transformations: Social and Cultural Dynamics in the Digital Age”. Project title: “Moving From Networked To Patchworked Society: Motivational Unperpinnings and Societal Consequences” The main goal of the project is … Continued
A new paper in Psychological Science by Ewa Szumowska, Natalia Wójcik, Paulina Szwed, & Arie W. Kruglanski! People typically prefer feedback consistent with what they think of themselves and reject feedback inconsistent with their self-views (e.g., they disregard compliments they … Continued
Maryna Kołeczek, Katarzyna Jamróz-Dolińska, Mirjana Rupar, and Maciej Sekerdej from our lab just published a new paper in Personality and Individual Differences. They found differences in the way critical and uncritical patriots think. Critical patriotism is the willingness to criticize one’s … Continued
Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, Paulina Szwed, dr Ewa Szumowska oraz dr Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka z naszego Centrum a także prof. Jolanta Perek-Białas wraz z Ośrodkiem Badań nad Migracjami przygotowali list skierowany do badaczy i badaczek którzy zamierzają badać migrantów przymusowych. Apel znajduje … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska from our lab together with Natalia Letki, Tomasz Zaleskiewicz, and Szymon Wichary published a book “Human Behaviour in Pandemics: Social and Psychological Determinants in a Global Health Crisis” in Routledge! “This timely interdisciplinary book brings together a wide … Continued
A new paper by Maciek Sekerdej and Roger Giner-Sorolla was just published in Social Psychology! Interpersonal research has shown that guilt motivates perpetrators to compensate victims at the expense of a third party, indicating that the emotion’s goal involves reparative … Continued