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Habitual Behavior Is Goal-Driven by Kruglanski, Arie W., Szumowska, Ewa

“…We address the relation between goal-driven and habitual behaviors. Whereas in recent years the two have been juxtaposed, we suggest that habitual behavior is…”
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The Call of the Wild: How Extremism Happens by Kruglanski, Arie W., Szumowska, Ewa, Kopetz, Catalina

“…Behavioral extremism (e.g., violent extremism, extreme humanism, or extreme athleticism) elicits fear, revulsion, pity, or admiration depending on the context…”
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Says Who? Credibility Effects in Self-Verification Strivings by Szumowska, Ewa, Wójcik, Natalia, Szwed, Paulina, Kruglanski, Arie W.

“…Research shows that people prefer self-consistent over self-discrepant feedback—the self-verification effect. It is not clear, however, whether the effect…”
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Why Do We Need Media Multitasking? A Self-Regulatory Perspective by Popławska, Agnieszka, Szumowska, Ewa, Kuś, Jakub

“…In the digital world of today, multitasking with media is inevitable. Research shows, for instance, that American youths spend on average 7.5 h every day with…”
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The role of fear, closeness, and norms in shaping help towards war refugees by Kossowska, Małgorzata, Szwed, Paulina, Szumowska, Ewa, Perek-Białas, Jolanta, Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, Aneta

“…The paper investigates the psychological factors associated with the unprecedented assistance that Poles have offered refugees from Ukraine since the outset of…”
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Publisher Correction: The role of fear, closeness, and norms in shaping help towards war refugees by Kossowska, Małgorzata, Szwed, Paulina, Szumowska, Ewa, Perek-Białas, Jolanta, Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, Aneta

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Helping when the desire is low: Expectancy as a booster by Kossowska, Małgorzata, Szumowska, Ewa, Szwed, Paulina, Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, Aneta, Kruglanski, Arie W.

“…One might assume that the desire to help (here described as Want ) is the essential driver of helping declarations and/or behaviors. However, even if desire to…”
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Mass mobilizations for helping war refugees: The role of fear, closeness, and norms by Kossowska, Małgorzata, Perek-Białas, Jolanta, Blukacz, Mateusz, Szwed, Paulina, Szumowska, Ewa, Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, Aneta

“…•Feeling of closeness towards refugees played vital roles in sustaining helping behavior, regardless of the time that had passed since the Russian invasion of…”
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The Psychology of Getting Busy: Multitasking as a Consequence of Goal Activation by Szumowska, Ewa, Kruglanski, Arie W.

“…With the constantly increasing popularity of human multitasking, it is crucial to know why people engage in simultaneous task performance or switch between…”
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Motivational rigidity enhances multitasking performance: The role of handling interruptions by Szumowska, Ewa, Kossowska, Małgorzata

“…In two studies we test the role motivational rigidity, i.e., need for cognitive closure (NFC), plays in handling task irrelevant interruptions and multitasking…”
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On the Psychology of Extremism: How Motivational Imbalance Breeds Intemperance by Kruglanski, Arie W., Szumowska, Ewa, Kopetz, Catalina H., Vallerand, Robert J., Pierro, Antonio

“…We present a psychological model of extremism based on the concept of motivational imbalance whereby a given need gains dominance and overrides other basic…”
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Need for cognitive closure and attention allocation during multitasking: Evidence from eye-tracking studies by Szumowska, Ewa, Kossowska, Małgorzata

“…In two studies, we examine how need for cognitive closure (NFC), referring to an individual's tendency to reduce uncertainty via rigid processing style,…”
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Need for closure and multitasking performance: The role of shifting ability by Szumowska, Ewa, Kossowska, Małgorzata

“…The aim of the study was to test the role need for closure (NFC) plays in multitasking performance. We predicted that this specific motivation, defined as a…”
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"Always Look on the Bright Side of Life": The Role of Adaptive Rumination on Goal Pursuit and Cognitive Task Performance by Sankaran, Sindhuja, Szumowska, Ewa, Kossowska, Małgorzata

“…Most research on depressive rumination is generally related to performance deterioration. Rumination, however, may be adaptive if it is associated with…”
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The interplay of positivity and self-verification strivings: Feedback preference under increased desire for self-enhancement by Szumowska, Ewa, Szwed, Paulina, Wójcik, Natalia, Kruglanski, Arie W.

“…Feedback preference is motivated. In the educational context, two main drivers of feedback preference are the desire for positive evaluation (self-enhancement…”
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Cognitive mechanisms in violent extremism by Kruglanski, Arie W., Fernandez, Jessica R., Factor, Adam R., Szumowska, Ewa

“…•Extremism stems from a motivational imbalance in which one need crowds out others.•In such a state, behavior serving the dominant need is liberated from…”
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Motivation to comply with task rules and multitasking performance: The role of need for cognitive closure and goal importance by Szumowska, Ewa, Kossowska, Małgorzata, Roets, Arne

“…In three studies, we examined the role task rules play in multitasking performance. We postulated that rules should be especially important for individuals…”
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Curiosity as end and means by Szumowska, Ewa, Kruglanski, Arie W

“…In the current review, we propose to look at curiosity from the goal systemic perspective and differentiate between curiosity as a motive/goal, which engenders…”
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“When the going gets tough, the tough get going”: Motivation towards closure and effort investment in the performance of cognitive tasks by Sankaran, Sindhuja, Szumowska, Ewa, Kossowska, Małgorzata

“…Previous studies have demonstrated that the need for closure (NFC), which refers to an individual’s aversion toward uncertainty and the desire to quickly…”
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A Stroll through the Garden of "Goodness" and "Badness": The Goal Systemic View on the Value of Actions and Outcomes by Szumowska, Ewa, Kruglanski, Arie W.

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