We highly recommend a new paper by Gabriela Czarnek and Małgorzata Kossowska from our Centre. In the article, our colleagues analyzed the effects of needs for security and certainty (NSC) on economic beliefs and they suggested that these relationships are … Continued
We are happy to share a new paper entitled “On the psychology of extremism: How motivational imbalance breeds intemperance” in which the authors present a psychological model of extremism based on the concept of motivational imbalance. According to the model, … Continued
Ewa Szumowska from our Centre talks about the background and common aspects of various extreme behaviors. We recommend a very interesting article on the Science in Poland portal (in Polish language only). We also recommend the related, new paper co-authored … Continued
We are very proud to share that our colleagues have just published a paper titled “Right-wing ideology reduces the effects of education on climate change beliefs in more developed countries” at Nature Climate Change! They analyzed the effects of education … Continued
We introduce an impressive dataset, co-authored by a member of our team, Joanna Grzymała-Moszczyńska. Scientists gathered information about strategies that 50+ countries developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The dataset is published under Scientific Data (Nature) and it is … Continued
Researchers examined the job outcomes of men and women who recently graduated from STEM majors. The results demonstrated that women experienced more difficulties in finding a job, received fewer job offers, were less likely to find a job consistent with … Continued
Critical reflection on one’s own group is beneficial for the group in the long run, yet critics addressing its wrongdoings are usually not welcomed and have to cope with hostility and ostracism from the ingroup. The present research tested whether … Continued
What motivates prosocial behavior? – the answer to that question is not simple at all. Małgorzata Kossowska, Ewa Szumowska, Paulina Szwed, and Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka from our team together with Arie Kruglanski shed some light on the issue in a paper … Continued
People often seek new information and eagerly update their beliefs. Other times they avoid information or resist revising their beliefs. What explains those different reactions? Answers to this question often frame information processing as a competition between cognition and motivation. … Continued
We recommend an article by David Webber, Arie Kruglanski, Erica Molinario and Katarzyna Jasko from our team, recently published by ‘Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences’. The article identifies important existential and epistemic needs that motivate individuals to become ideological extremists … Continued