Using valid and reliable measures is a part of good scientific practice. Gabriela Czarnek, Piotr Dragon and Paulina Szwed from our Centre together with Bogdan Wojciszke (SWPS, Sopot) aimed to check psychometric properties of the Political Beliefs Questionnaire. They ran … Continued
We are very happy to share that Małgorzata Kossowska, head of our group, was elected a member of Executive Committe of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP). EASP is one of the most important social psychological organizations nowadays, with … Continued
Online news outlet “Science & Scholarship in Poland” writes about the studies on conspiracy beliefs that Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw) and Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent) conducted together with Małgorzata Kossowska from our Centre. Take a moment to get … Continued
On June 12th Ewa Szumowska from our Centre defended her thesis titled ”Motivational predictors of multitasking performance: Need for cognitive closure and multitasking strategy and performance”. Prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kossowska was the thesis supervisor, the reviewers were prof. dr hab. … Continued
Conspiracy theories may be attractive to people who seek certainty when facing unclear situations – that was an assumption of research conducted by Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw) together with Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent, UK) and Małgorzata Kossowska from … Continued
Embodied cognition – a perspective joining cognitive with physical aspects of human functioning – gained lots of attention recentely. Katarzyna Cantarero and Michał Parzuchowski together with Karolina Dukała from our Centre tested whether hand-over-heart gesture diminishes other-oriented dishonesty, as previous … Continued
Condition of social psychology is a matter that Arie Kruglanski and Marina Chernikova together with Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre investigate in the paper published by European Journal of Social Psychology. In-depth analysis let the authors reflect on both – … Continued
Małgorzata Kossowska, Paulina Szwed, Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, Maciek Sekerdej and Miroslaw Wyczesany ran a psychophysiological study on threat relieving strategies in religious context. Groups that hold a certain worldview often react with prejudice toward groups of opposit views. Following this reasoning, … Continued
New paper from our lab! Ewa Szumowska, Paulina Szwed, Małgorzata Kossowska & Rex Wright (University of Texas) published their paper titled “Multifaceted Effects of Need for Cognitive Closure on Effort: A Cardiovascular Response Study. Motivation Science” in “Motivation Science”. In … Continued
A new paper from our group! Sindhuja Sankaran, Ewa Szumowska, & Małgorzata Kossowska published their article “When the going gets tough, the tough get going: Motivation towards closure and effort investment in the performance of cognitive tasks” in Motivation & … Continued