Discourse about people seeking refuge from conflict varies considerably. To understand what components of this discourse reach refugees the most, authors examined refugees’ perceptions of how their host communities perceive them (i.e., intergroup metaperceptions). They sampled refugees who fled Syria … Continued
A new paper in PSPB by Katarzyna Jamróz-Dolińska, Maciej Sekerdej, Mirjana Rupar, and Maryna Kołeczek from our Centre! When people consider what is good for their country, they might face a conflict between the country’s short-term and long-term interests. We … Continued
While the importance of a nation’s history for its current national issues is well established, whether and how that history may be leveraged to promote inclusive and amicable intergroup relationships is less clear. We offer answers to these questions by … Continued
We highly recommend reading an interview with prof. Małgorzata Kossowska on DigiPatch project conducted by Dr Samuel Nowak for onet.pl. “We try to describe the psychological and social mechanisms of creating narrow, rigid, and closed groups with strong identities, in which … Continued
In the latest interview prof. Małgorzata Kossowska, head of our Centre, talks about the motivations behind the actions to help Ukrainian war refugees. It was conducted by Katarzyna Sroczyńska. The interview is in Polish. Highly recommended! https://oko.press/jak-pomagalismy-uchodzcom-z-ukrainy
Maciek Sekerdej, Mirjana Rupar, Katarzyna Jamróz-Dolińska and Maryna Kołeczek from our lab just published a paper in the British Journal of Social Psychology! In order to clarify the perceptual underpinnings of critical national attachment, they examined the links between constructive … Continued
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