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
We are proud to share a new article by Ewa Szumowska (from our Centre) and Arie W. Kruglanski! In this article, the authors present a means-end perspective on curiosity. Specifically, they differentiate between curiosity as a motive/goal, which engenders various … Continued
We highly recommend a new paper authored by Wiktor Soral and Mirosław Kofta from Warsaw Universitry as well as Marcin Bukowski from our Centre about the control deprivation effects on implicit sense of agency published recently in “Journal of Experimental … Continued
A new book “Sense of control and uncertainty: consequences for understanding of social world” edited by Mirosław Kofta and Anna Rędzio is finally out! In the publication you can find latest research on how sense of control and uncertainty influence … Continued
We are very happy to share that Ewa Szumowska from our lab received a scholarship for outstanding young researchers from the Minister of Science and Higher Education. Congratulations! Check the details >>HERE<<
‘The Psychology of Tolerance in Times of Uncertainty’ by the members of our Lab is out for sale (in English). Highly recommended! You may check availability >>HERE<<
Two members of our Centre have been awarded NSC grants for their research! Paulina Szwed received a PRELUDIUM grant for the project titled ‘Effort processes in Cognitive Disonance reduction. Motivational Intensity Theory perspective’ and Katarzyna Jasko received OPUS for her … Continued
We are very proud to share that Katarzyna Jasko from our Centre received a grant from the National Science Centre in the Express call to found research on COVID-19! The project is titled “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on … Continued