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
How do political elections affect the way people feel and why does it matter? Does winning make people more peaceful and benevolent while a defeat leads to hostility and support for violence? Katarzyna Jasko, Joanna Grzymala-Moszczynska, Marta Maj, Marta Szastok, … Continued
Katarzyna Jasko and Gary LaFree compared leaders and followers in extremist groups with regard to their engagement in political violence. In a sample of 1331 individuals who have committed ideologically motivated violence in the United States they found that even … Continued
Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre together with David Webber, Arie Kruglanski, Michele Gelfand, Muh Taufiqurrohman, Malkanthi Hettiarachchi, and Rohan Gunaratna have just published a new article in ‘Journal of Personality and Social Psychology’. The paper investigates the role of social context in violent … Continued
What motivates sacrifice for a political cause? Katarzyna Jasko, Marta Szastok, Joanna Grzymala-Moszczynska, Marta Maj, and Arie Kruglanski investigated this problem in six studies, which included diverse groups of political activists such as feminist activists engaged in Czarny Protest, environmental … Continued