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
Marcin Bukowski from our Centre, together with colleagues, tested an alternative prediction that the salient lack of personal control (vs. having control) experienced in the context of unemployment can lead to connectedness and more positive perception of similar others (e.g. … Continued
Our sense of control is often lost and regained many times a day. Such fluctuations might influence the way we perceive and categorize the world and other people. In this research, Marcin Bukowski from our Centre and collaborators asked how … Continued
‘Both rightists and leftists are prejudiced — but toward different groups’ – what does it mean? Eric B. Dolan on the PsyPost website asks this question discussing the new paper by Gabriela Czarnek, Paulina Szwed, and Małgorzata Kossowska from out … Continued
The majority of psychological research so far was focused on showing that people holding right-wing political beliefs, in comparison to left-wingers, are more prejudiced. Nevertheless, some researchers were questioning this assumption and showed that both rightists and leftists might be … Continued
How the process of emotion regulation in powerless groups looks like? Marcin Bukowski from our Centre together with colleagues from Spain, Chile, and the Netherlands tried to answer this question in their studies published lately in ‘Polish Psychological Bulletin’. The … Continued
How touch is perceived in social dyadic interactions, depending on its temporal features (initiation / reciprocity of touch) and more or less formal character? These interesting questions were asked and answered in work of Maciek Sekerdej from our Centre and … Continued
May multitasking performance be somehow dependent on the level of need for closure (NFC)? – according to new studies by the members of our Centre, yes! Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska together with Arne Roets (Ghent University, Belgium) recently published … Continued
A new article by our colleagues in European Journal of Social Psychology! Maciek Sekerdej together with Małgorzata Kossowska and Aneta Czernatowicz-Kukuczka from our Centre recently published a paper on the relationship between epistemic motivation and intergroup perception (mediated through the … Continued
A paper on the link between need for cognitive closure (NFCC) and endorsment of conspiracy theories, published in the ‘European Journal of Social Psychology’ and written by Marta Marchlewska (University of Warsaw), Aleksandra Cichocka (University of Kent, UK) and Małgorzata … Continued