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
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
Not always higher level in Need for Cognitive Closure (NFC) is related to boost in prejudice or stereotyping. Małgorzata Kossowska, Marcin Bukowski, and Piotr Dragon from our group together with Ana Guinote (University College London) and Arie Kruglanski (University of … Continued
Can patriotism be simply defined by love to one’s nation? – according to current studies, not necessarily. Maciej Sekerdej from our Centre together with Sonia Roccas from the Open University of Israel published a paper on conventional and constructive patriotism … Continued
Is there one universal reaction to power? According to the new paper by Małgorzata Kossowska, Ana Guinote, and Paweł Strojny published in Motivation & Emotion – there is not, at least when we talk about information processing. It seems that ‘Power … Continued
Ewa Szumowska and Małgorzata Kossowska from our lab published a paper that will be published in Personality and Individual Differences. It is titled ‘Need for closure and multitasking performance: The role of shifting ability’. You can read the paper (full version!) … Continued
