Overview
- Reframing self-delusional attitudes to disease
- Understanding the social psychological aspect of disease cognition
- Preventing social biases in the future
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology (BRIEFSPSYCHOL)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This open acess book focuses on a critical aspect of pandemic behavior, which is how important information is communicated. It examines how the press and other entities may bias the dissemination of this information, and what may be done to counteract this tendency. Covering theory and research in this area, the book applies these to practical considerations that may be utilized in times of health crisis. It lays the groundwork for understanding how irrationality becomes a factor. It explores the positive and negative aspects of illusion creating and provides tools for moving more quickly to resolution.
Reviews
“The authors, two well-respected social psychologists from Poland, have written a book explaining how common, everyday biases in how we see ourselves and the world can have important negative consequences for how we react to and cope with emergencies and catastrophes. Their primary thesis, which they support with numerous citations from their own and others’ work, is that people tend to “ignore the downside” and “focus on the upside” when they evaluate potential risks. Highly recommended for those who are curious about how the cognitive biases of individuals can affect how society deals with large-scale challenges.” – John Nezlek, College of William & Mary, USA, SWPS University, Poland
“In this timely and important book, Kulesza and Dolinski document the many crises that humanity faces today and show how these challenges are magnified by the cognitive biases inherent in human nature. They argue that awareness of these biases does not doom us to succumb to dysfunctional behavior, but rather provides the knowledge we need to meet the challenges of living in a precarious world.” – Robin R. Vallacher, Florida Atlantic University, USA“Kudos to Drs. Kulesza and Dolinski! This book is a timely and entertainingly examination of the comparative biases that pervade our judgements about our risk for COVID and other unwanted outcomes and what we can do to reduce the biases.” – James A. Shepperd, University of Florida, USA
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Wojciech Kulesza is Associate professor, chair of social psychology department (SWPS University). Researches, publishes, and teaches across three main disciplines: (1) mimicry/the chameleon effect, (2) social biases in decision making, and (3) psychology of love. Currently involved in interdisciplinary research on the anti-vaccination movement.
Dariusz Dolinski is Professor and chair, head of social psychology department in SWPS University, Department of Psychology in Wroclaw, past president of Polish Association of Social Psychology and past editor-in-chief of Polish Psychological Bulletin. Researcher working in the area of social influence. Author of 24 books and more than 250 articles. Currently involved in interdisciplinary research concerning the anti-vaccination movement.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Biases During Covid 19
Book Subtitle: Managing the Anxiety of Uncertainty
Authors: Wojciech Kulesza, Dariusz Doliński
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34706-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-34705-4Published: 25 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-34706-1Published: 24 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2192-8363
Series E-ISSN: 2192-8371
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 94
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychology, general, Personality and Social Psychology