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Research Projects 29-06-2020
Humans are social animals. Even introverts need social contact and interaction with other people. In this project, the researchers will investigate what psychological traits determine if people are liked and...
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Boredom is a very common feeling. People who feel bored usually engage in some stimulating activity, such as reading, watching TV, playing games, and meeting friends. However, some people turn...
Read moreResearch Projects 21-05-2020
In March 2020, at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued guidelines on the best ways of preventing COVID-19, with handwashing being the key preventive...
Read moreResearch Projects 01-02-2020
Over the past few decades, Europe has seen large waves of migration from post-soviet countries in Europe and from other continents. Young people leave their homes in search of better...
Read moreResearch Projects 29-08-2019
Communion is the need to establish and maintain positive relationships with people. Agency is the need to achieve goals and to emphasize one’s own values. These concepts are commonly found...
Read moreResearch Projects 22-03-2019
According to the World Health Organization, more than 300 million people around the world suffer from various forms depression, which is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and is a...
Read moreResearch Projects 02-10-2018
Museums and memorial sites of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camps play an important role as elements of historical education and a warning against horrific crimes committed by...
Read moreResearch Projects 27-09-2018
Among young people in Europe, one in seven 15-year old teenagers is overweight or obese. By 2025 overweight is expected to affect one in every five children – a total...
Read moreResearch Projects 07-08-2018
Procrastination is a self-regulation failure in which people delay some actions despite knowing that their behavior will lead to discomfort. It is estimated to affect 15-20% of population. Procrastination leads...
Read moreResearch Projects 26-07-2018
Most people may experience altered states of consciousness, such as depersonalization or derealization. These phenomena involve feeling separated from one's own body and mind or experiencing the environment as unreal...
Read moreResearch Projects 29-06-2018
Hedonism and eudaimonism are two philosophical traditions concerning happiness. Hedonism equates happinness with pleasure and enjoyment. Eudaimonism, on the other hand, equates happiness with the ability to pursue important goals...
Read moreResearch Projects 19-01-2018
The word ‘possession’ relates to change in behaviour and the sense of identity, attributed to supernatural forces. The ‘possessed’ often seek help from exorcists to take back control of their lives...
Read moreResearch Projects 19-01-2018
Communion is the need to establish and maintain positive relationships with people. Agency is the need to achieve goals and to emphasize one’s own values. These concepts are commonly found...
Read moreResearch Projects 01-06-2017
Everyone experiences negative thoughts from time to time. However, for people suffering from depression or anxiety negative thinking may turn into a self-propelling vicious circle that seems impossible to stop...
Read moreResearch Projects 15-03-2017
Neuroscientists have been interested in the undeniable impact of music on the human brain for many years. In his book Musicophilia, the noted neurologist Oliver Sacks describes how patients with...
Read moreResearch Projects 20-02-2017
Moral judgments and impressions are tremendously important. In extreme situations they can decide about life or death, for example convicted murderers perceived as untrustworthy (based on their appearance) are more...
Read moreResearch Projects 19-01-2017
Communion is the need to establish and maintain positive relationships with people. Agency is the need to achieve goals and to emphasize one’s own values. These concepts are commonly found...
Read moreResearch Projects 28-09-2016
Every year on January 1st, thousands of people make New Year’s resolutions related to their lifestyles. People mass enroll in fitness clubs and gyms, buy kitchen appliances for making healthy...
Read moreResearch Projects 01-09-2016
Imagine a world where everything you have planned, would happen for certain. Moreover, if all the future events were positive, it would be a perfect world. Unfortunately in real life...
Read moreResearch Projects 21-07-2016
Most people have heard about the Rwanda genocide. However, Rwanda’s history as a country goes back to the 19th century. Prior to Belgian colonisation, the current territory of Rwanda had...
Read moreResearch Projects 09-06-2016
The school-to-work transition is not a one-time event in the lives of young people. Rather, it is a phase that may last a few years and may include several career...
Read moreResearch Projects 11-05-2016
The team of lawyers from SWPS University, under the leadership of Professor Hubert Izdebski, will take an active role in preparing the guidelines for the new Law on Higher Education...
Read moreResearch Projects 09-05-2016
Witness testimony is a crucial element of the criminal justice system. However, memory is often false and perception distorted. Yet the testimony based on such imperfect data may change a...
Read moreResearch Projects 09-09-2015
Nowadays, the understanding of the need for psychological therapy in difficult or traumatic situations and the social acceptance of psychological intervention is growing. At the same time, in Poland alone...
Read moreResearch Projects 21-08-2015
An attempt to understand emotional responses and a nature of determined temperament dates back to the Ancient Greece. Modern science applies many research methods for studies of emotional behaviors, including...
Read moreResearch Projects 21-08-2015
Does separation with a loved-one change the way we perceive mementos (e.g. souvenirs, clothes, and photographs) associated with the relationship? The research project conducted by psychologists from the Sopot Campus...
Read moreResearch Projects 13-08-2015
The application of emotion regulation skills in prevention of depression has been attempted repeatedly, without much success so far. Researchers from SWPS University will investigate the effects of humor, one...
Read moreResearch Projects 17-02-2015
Having power over others or being subjected to power exercised by others is almost an everyday experience for large segments of the society. Therefore, power relationships have broad social consequences...
Read moreResearch Projects 04-02-2015
The brain is human body’s central command system. Just as a computer, it has a working and operational memory and it archives some information for long periods of time. The...
Read moreResearch Projects 25-01-2015
Human faces are important sources of information, which shapes social interaction. Just at a quick glance, people not only can identify others, but they also can deduce other person’s intentions...
Read moreResearch Projects 25-01-2015
How does aging influence decision making processes? How do older people make judgments about others and events they participate in? A team of psychologists from SWPS University, led by Professor...
Read moreResearch Projects 13-10-2014
Are average Poles interested in politics? Do they know their local MPs and the names of Ministers serving in the current government? Have they read the Constitution and are they...
Read moreResearch Projects 15-05-2014
The stress of coping with a serious or chronic illness impacts not only the patient, but also their family. The family worries about their loved one and must juggle their...
Read moreResearch Projects 28-03-2014
The objective of the project is to study how video images and messages are perceived and assessed by viewers. During the project, the researchers will study the reactions of viewers...
Read moreResearch Projects 07-03-2014
The project, though about Plato, relates to one of the fundamental problems of contemporary civilisation: are human rights, which are based in human dignity, truly universal in space and time?...
Read moreResearch Projects 07-01-2014
In 2010, 30 million Europeans were affected by depression and the number continues to grow. Half of the depression sufferers requiring mental care lack access to care services. Moreover, they...
Read moreResearch Projects 09-12-2013
We already know a lot about the impact of healthy eating and physical activity on wellbeing as well as on longevity and quality of life. Therefore it is surprising that...
Read moreResearch Projects 09-09-2013
Social distortions in comparative judgments may lead to the categorization of people and divisions and thus to depreciation of their values. The research project relates to the phenomenon known as...
Read moreResearch Projects 09-09-2013
The project focuses on the impact of cognitive limitations on decision making. This impact is obvious in everyday decision-making, which we often do under time pressure or stress. The current...
Read moreResearch Projects 09-09-2013
Consumers make decisions related to investing money, taking bank loans or buying insurance policies. They often consult their choices with financial experts. In the present project we carry out experiments...
Read moreResearch Projects 09-09-2013
One of the main reasons for scientific research is to challenge myths. We used to think that wellbeing of retired people depends on the amount of their pension. However, global...
Read moreResearch Projects 30-07-2013
Papyrus scrolls, movable print, color printing, and electronic readers. A phonograph, a gramophone, a tape recorder, a CD player, and an iPod. The ways of recording written texts and music...
Read moreResearch Projects 11-03-2013
The aim of the project is to better understand the processes undergoing during a traditional cognitive training and to compare them with analogous processes happening during a modern method of...
Read moreResearch Projects 19-10-2012
It is estimated that almost 10 percent of general population suffers from depression, but not everyone has access to effective treatments. Nowadays, depression is treated primarily with pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy...
Read moreResearch Projects 21-08-2012
Are men bigger risk takers than women? The research project, led by Szymon Wichary, Ph.D., provides data on personal differences and their impact risk taking and risk aversion. Combining data...
Read moreResearch Projects 01-12-2011
A close working relationship between NGOs, including knowledge and best practice sharing as well as common planning and project development, supports the growth of the third sector in economy. A...
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