Aleksandra Szymkow
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4268034 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Aleksandra Szymkow |
| NOMBRES | Aleksandra |
| APELLIDO | Szymkow |
| FIRMA | SZYMKOW A |
| AFILIACIONES | Uniwersytet SWPS |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6550-7369 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2008 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Effects of Psychological Distance on Mental Abstraction
Construal-level theory (CLT) proposes that psychological distance influences the level of abstraction at which something is mentally construed: Things perceived as less probable (likelihood) or further away from the here (spatial distance), now (temporal distance), or self (social distance) are thought about more abstractly. In this international multilab study, we tested four basic hypotheses derived from core assumptions of CLT and explore pote…
Disgust sensitivity across the menstrual cycle
Creative Potential Peaks During Ovulation
Recent studies suggest that women's divergent thinking, an indicator of creative potential, peaks during ovulation, potentially as a signal to attract mates. However, given that arousal is a key factor facilitating creative cognition, this increase may be a by‐product of general heightened arousal during ovulation. This hypothesis has not been fully explored, as most research relies on self‐reported measures of arousal, which is a significant lim…
Polish Women’s Sexual Strategies in Mate Retention
Mate retention strategies are behaviors to maintain a partner's commitment and prevent infidelity or relationship dissolution. Individuals generally seek partners with comparable mate value (MV) to reduce the risk of rejection. When a mate value discrepancy (MVD) emerges, the partner with lower MV may adopt strategies to retain the relationship. This study examined whether Polish women with lower MV relative to their male partners more frequently…
Oral Sex May Serve as Low Mate Value Compensation Among Men
From the evolutionary perspective, maintaining a committed relationship is beneficial for reproductive success but involves risks such as losing a partner or infidelity. People typically prefer partners with similar mate value (MV) to avoid rejection. However, when a mate value discrepancy (MVD) arises, the partner with lower MV might employ mate retention strategies to maintain the relationship. This study investigated whether men with lower MV …
The Influence of Mating Context on Creativity
Creativity offers both survival and reproductive benefits, being a desirable trait in potential mates and linked to fertility and sexuality. We investigated whether viewing attractive faces of potential short-term or long-term partners in a simulated dating portal enhances participants’ creativity. We also explored possible mediators (arousal, mood, sexual arousal, motivation, and attraction) and moderators (relationship status, satisfaction, mat…
The More Fertile, the More Creative
Creative thinking is a defining human feature. It provides novel solutions and as such undoubtedly has contributed to our survival. However, according to signaling theory, creativity could also have evolved through sexual selection as a potential fitness indicator. In our study, we tested one implication of this theory. Specifically, we hypothesized that if creativity can serve as a signal of women's fitness, then we should observe an increase in…
Facets of the Fundamental Content Dimensions
1.808). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported our model. Both the two-factor model and the four-factor model showed good fit indices across countries. Participants answered additional measures intended to demonstrate the fruitfulness of distinguishing the facets. The findings support the model's construct validity by positioning the fundamental dimensions and their facets within a network of self-construal, values, impression man…
Warmer hearts, and warmer, but noisier rooms
Warmer Hearts, Warmer Rooms
Conceptual representations of warmth have been shown to be related to people's perceptions of ambient temperature. Based on this premise, we hypothesized that merely thinking about personality traits related to communion (but not agency) influences physical experience of warmth. Specifically, the three studies revealed that (a) perceptions of temperature are influenced by both positive and negative attributes within the communion but not agency d…
Self‐esteem is dominated by agentic over communal information
We present a Double Perspective Model (DPM) explaining why agency (competence) and communion (warmth) constitute two basic content dimensions of social cognition. Every social action involves two perspectives: of the agent (a person who performs an action) and of the recipient (a person at whom the action is directed). Immediate cognitive goals of the agent and recipient differ, which results in heightened accessibility and weight of content refe…
Saying is experiencing
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Well, slap my thigh
Two studies examined the general prediction that one's emotional expression should facilitate memory for material that matches the expression. The authors focused on specific facial expressions of surprise. In the first study, participants who were mimicking a surprised expression showed better recall for the surprising words and worse recall for neutral words, relative to those who were mimicking a neutral expression. Study 2 replicated the resu…
Self‐esteem is dominated by agentic over communal information
We present a Double Perspective Model (DPM) explaining why agency (competence) and communion (warmth) constitute two basic content dimensions of social cognition. Every social action involves two perspectives: of the agent (a person who performs an action) and of the recipient (a person at whom the action is directed). Immediate cognitive goals of the agent and recipient differ, which results in heightened accessibility and weight of content refe…
Warmer Hearts, Warmer Rooms
Conceptual representations of warmth have been shown to be related to people's perceptions of ambient temperature. Based on this premise, we hypothesized that merely thinking about personality traits related to communion (but not agency) influences physical experience of warmth. Specifically, the three studies revealed that (a) perceptions of temperature are influenced by both positive and negative attributes within the communion but not agency d…
Warmer hearts, and warmer, but noisier rooms
Well, slap my thigh
Two studies examined the general prediction that one's emotional expression should facilitate memory for material that matches the expression. The authors focused on specific facial expressions of surprise. In the first study, participants who were mimicking a surprised expression showed better recall for the surprising words and worse recall for neutral words, relative to those who were mimicking a neutral expression. Study 2 replicated the resu…
Saying is experiencing
Sciendo provides publishing services and solutions to academic and professional organizations and individual authors. We publish journals, books, conference proceedings and a variety of other publications
Self‐esteem is dominated by agentic over communal information
We present a Double Perspective Model (DPM) explaining why agency (competence) and communion (warmth) constitute two basic content dimensions of social cognition. Every social action involves two perspectives: of the agent (a person who performs an action) and of the recipient (a person at whom the action is directed). Immediate cognitive goals of the agent and recipient differ, which results in heightened accessibility and weight of content refe…
Warmer Hearts, Warmer Rooms
Conceptual representations of warmth have been shown to be related to people's perceptions of ambient temperature. Based on this premise, we hypothesized that merely thinking about personality traits related to communion (but not agency) influences physical experience of warmth. Specifically, the three studies revealed that (a) perceptions of temperature are influenced by both positive and negative attributes within the communion but not agency d…
Facets of the Fundamental Content Dimensions
1.808). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported our model. Both the two-factor model and the four-factor model showed good fit indices across countries. Participants answered additional measures intended to demonstrate the fruitfulness of distinguishing the facets. The findings support the model's construct validity by positioning the fundamental dimensions and their facets within a network of self-construal, values, impression man…
Warmer hearts, and warmer, but noisier rooms
The More Fertile, the More Creative
Creative thinking is a defining human feature. It provides novel solutions and as such undoubtedly has contributed to our survival. However, according to signaling theory, creativity could also have evolved through sexual selection as a potential fitness indicator. In our study, we tested one implication of this theory. Specifically, we hypothesized that if creativity can serve as a signal of women's fitness, then we should observe an increase in…
Oral Sex May Serve as Low Mate Value Compensation Among Men
From the evolutionary perspective, maintaining a committed relationship is beneficial for reproductive success but involves risks such as losing a partner or infidelity. People typically prefer partners with similar mate value (MV) to avoid rejection. However, when a mate value discrepancy (MVD) arises, the partner with lower MV might employ mate retention strategies to maintain the relationship. This study investigated whether men with lower MV …
The Influence of Mating Context on Creativity
Creativity offers both survival and reproductive benefits, being a desirable trait in potential mates and linked to fertility and sexuality. We investigated whether viewing attractive faces of potential short-term or long-term partners in a simulated dating portal enhances participants’ creativity. We also explored possible mediators (arousal, mood, sexual arousal, motivation, and attraction) and moderators (relationship status, satisfaction, mat…
Effects of Psychological Distance on Mental Abstraction
Construal-level theory (CLT) proposes that psychological distance influences the level of abstraction at which something is mentally construed: Things perceived as less probable (likelihood) or further away from the here (spatial distance), now (temporal distance), or self (social distance) are thought about more abstractly. In this international multilab study, we tested four basic hypotheses derived from core assumptions of CLT and explore pote…
Disgust sensitivity across the menstrual cycle
Creative Potential Peaks During Ovulation
Recent studies suggest that women's divergent thinking, an indicator of creative potential, peaks during ovulation, potentially as a signal to attract mates. However, given that arousal is a key factor facilitating creative cognition, this increase may be a by‐product of general heightened arousal during ovulation. This hypothesis has not been fully explored, as most research relies on self‐reported measures of arousal, which is a significant lim…
Polish Women’s Sexual Strategies in Mate Retention
Mate retention strategies are behaviors to maintain a partner's commitment and prevent infidelity or relationship dissolution. Individuals generally seek partners with comparable mate value (MV) to reduce the risk of rejection. When a mate value discrepancy (MVD) emerges, the partner with lower MV may adopt strategies to retain the relationship. This study examined whether Polish women with lower MV relative to their male partners more frequently…
Psychology (9 obras) · Social Psychology (9 obras) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (6 obras) · Developmental psychology (4 obras) · Arousal (3 obras) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (3 obras) · Cultural Differences and Values (3 obras) · Menstrual cycle (3 obras) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (3 obras) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 obras)