Aleksandra Niemyjska
Biographic Data
| ID | 669298 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aleksandra Niemyjska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aleksandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Niemyjska |
| SIGNATURE | NIEMYJSKA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uniwersytet SWPS |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4773-7814 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others”
Animal harm often results in lenient legal responses, with prosecutions primarily targeting offenses against companion animals, while cases involving farm animals remain significantly underreported. This study examined pet‐favoritism bias in moral judgments, highlighting how animal category can shape perceptions of cruelty. Participants ( N = 569) evaluated sadistic harm toward either pet or farm animals by rating proposed prison sentences and mo…
“God is my vaccine”
Religious and conspiracy beliefs are based on the assumption that a potent force exists which is capable of affecting people’s destinies. According to compensatory control theory, the belief in such a potent external agent may serve to alleviate feelings of uncertainty and help restore a sense of control. This is of particular relevance and importance to attitudes and behaviour of religious individuals towards vaccinations during the Covid-19 pan…
Prolonged unemployment is associated with control loss and personal as well as social disengagement
OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND: The need for control is a fundamental human motivation, that when deprived can lead to broad and substantial changes in human behavior. We aimed to assess the consequences of control deprivation in a real-life situation that poses a severe threat to personal control: a prolonged unemployment. METHOD: Using a sample N = 1055 of unemployed (n = 748) versus working (n = 307) individuals, we examined predictions derived from…
Eating pigs, not Peppa Pig
Livestock and Pets
This study had a correlational design and aimed to develop and validate a database of dual-perspective (entire face and 3⁄4 face) face-focused photographs depicting pets (dogs, cats, miniature rabbits) and livestock animals (pigs and cattle). Participants (n = 268, 82% women, Mage = 28.2, SD = 8.5) viewed 72 pairs of photographs and evaluated each animal's similarity across two photographs, as well as their valence, typicality, familiarity, cuten…
The Limits of Antiatheist Prejudice
People tend to perceive atheists as being immoral. We tested whether this perception also applies to moral transgressions against animals. Study 1 ( N = 288) and Study 2 ( N = 306, pre-registered) utilized a conjunction fallacy paradigm to show that people attributed harming animals most frequently to criminals, then to God-believers, and least often to nonbelievers. Study 3 ( N = 248, pre-registered) used a job-choice paradigm and found that peo…
Friends are not to be eaten
When do keepsakes keep us together? The effect of separation from a partner on directing attachment to inanimate objects
Prior research has often limited the coping potential of inanimate objects to being cues for nostalgia. This article proposes that, due to an unavoidable separation from a loved one, individuals might adhere to an intuitive view that their loved one remains present in inanimate objects associated with him or her. Directing attachment behavior to inanimate objects associated with a loved one can be an effective strategy for maintaining subjective …
Perceptions of Divine Figures Among Polish People Struggling with Homelessness or Alcohol Addiction
This study aimed to investigate antecedents of positive perceptions of divine agents and the optimistic assumption that the world is meaningful, basically good and trustworthy, as found in Polish men and women who struggle with homelessness or alcohol addiction. In the largely understudied groups of people who were homeless (n = 111) or alcohol addicted (n = 120), we confirmed that communal orientation is a consistent precursor of beliefs in supe…
Too humanlike to increase my appetite
How does love magic work? The regulation of closeness and affect by magical thinking
Sympathetic magic and attachment theory enable the drawing of a parallel between functions of material possessions that are used in the absence of parents and a romantic partner. The ascribing of magical significance to objects may be a coping strategy facilitated by dispositional anxieties and situational threats. The aim of this research was to examine whether romantic magical thinking (MT) comforts individuals by regulating the perceived dista…
Too humanlike to increase my appetite
Friends are not to be eaten
How does love magic work? The regulation of closeness and affect by magical thinking
Sympathetic magic and attachment theory enable the drawing of a parallel between functions of material possessions that are used in the absence of parents and a romantic partner. The ascribing of magical significance to objects may be a coping strategy facilitated by dispositional anxieties and situational threats. The aim of this research was to examine whether romantic magical thinking (MT) comforts individuals by regulating the perceived dista…
Livestock and Pets
This study had a correlational design and aimed to develop and validate a database of dual-perspective (entire face and 3⁄4 face) face-focused photographs depicting pets (dogs, cats, miniature rabbits) and livestock animals (pigs and cattle). Participants (n = 268, 82% women, Mage = 28.2, SD = 8.5) viewed 72 pairs of photographs and evaluated each animal's similarity across two photographs, as well as their valence, typicality, familiarity, cuten…
The Limits of Antiatheist Prejudice
People tend to perceive atheists as being immoral. We tested whether this perception also applies to moral transgressions against animals. Study 1 ( N = 288) and Study 2 ( N = 306, pre-registered) utilized a conjunction fallacy paradigm to show that people attributed harming animals most frequently to criminals, then to God-believers, and least often to nonbelievers. Study 3 ( N = 248, pre-registered) used a job-choice paradigm and found that peo…
Perceptions of Divine Figures Among Polish People Struggling with Homelessness or Alcohol Addiction
This study aimed to investigate antecedents of positive perceptions of divine agents and the optimistic assumption that the world is meaningful, basically good and trustworthy, as found in Polish men and women who struggle with homelessness or alcohol addiction. In the largely understudied groups of people who were homeless (n = 111) or alcohol addicted (n = 120), we confirmed that communal orientation is a consistent precursor of beliefs in supe…
How does love magic work? The regulation of closeness and affect by magical thinking
Sympathetic magic and attachment theory enable the drawing of a parallel between functions of material possessions that are used in the absence of parents and a romantic partner. The ascribing of magical significance to objects may be a coping strategy facilitated by dispositional anxieties and situational threats. The aim of this research was to examine whether romantic magical thinking (MT) comforts individuals by regulating the perceived dista…
Perceptions of Divine Figures Among Polish People Struggling with Homelessness or Alcohol Addiction
This study aimed to investigate antecedents of positive perceptions of divine agents and the optimistic assumption that the world is meaningful, basically good and trustworthy, as found in Polish men and women who struggle with homelessness or alcohol addiction. In the largely understudied groups of people who were homeless (n = 111) or alcohol addicted (n = 120), we confirmed that communal orientation is a consistent precursor of beliefs in supe…
Too humanlike to increase my appetite
When do keepsakes keep us together? The effect of separation from a partner on directing attachment to inanimate objects
Prior research has often limited the coping potential of inanimate objects to being cues for nostalgia. This article proposes that, due to an unavoidable separation from a loved one, individuals might adhere to an intuitive view that their loved one remains present in inanimate objects associated with him or her. Directing attachment behavior to inanimate objects associated with a loved one can be an effective strategy for maintaining subjective …
Friends are not to be eaten
The Limits of Antiatheist Prejudice
People tend to perceive atheists as being immoral. We tested whether this perception also applies to moral transgressions against animals. Study 1 ( N = 288) and Study 2 ( N = 306, pre-registered) utilized a conjunction fallacy paradigm to show that people attributed harming animals most frequently to criminals, then to God-believers, and least often to nonbelievers. Study 3 ( N = 248, pre-registered) used a job-choice paradigm and found that peo…
“God is my vaccine”
Religious and conspiracy beliefs are based on the assumption that a potent force exists which is capable of affecting people’s destinies. According to compensatory control theory, the belief in such a potent external agent may serve to alleviate feelings of uncertainty and help restore a sense of control. This is of particular relevance and importance to attitudes and behaviour of religious individuals towards vaccinations during the Covid-19 pan…
Prolonged unemployment is associated with control loss and personal as well as social disengagement
OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND: The need for control is a fundamental human motivation, that when deprived can lead to broad and substantial changes in human behavior. We aimed to assess the consequences of control deprivation in a real-life situation that poses a severe threat to personal control: a prolonged unemployment. METHOD: Using a sample N = 1055 of unemployed (n = 748) versus working (n = 307) individuals, we examined predictions derived from…
Eating pigs, not Peppa Pig
Livestock and Pets
This study had a correlational design and aimed to develop and validate a database of dual-perspective (entire face and 3⁄4 face) face-focused photographs depicting pets (dogs, cats, miniature rabbits) and livestock animals (pigs and cattle). Participants (n = 268, 82% women, Mage = 28.2, SD = 8.5) viewed 72 pairs of photographs and evaluated each animal's similarity across two photographs, as well as their valence, typicality, familiarity, cuten…
Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others”
Animal harm often results in lenient legal responses, with prosecutions primarily targeting offenses against companion animals, while cases involving farm animals remain significantly underreported. This study examined pet‐favoritism bias in moral judgments, highlighting how animal category can shape perceptions of cruelty. Participants ( N = 569) evaluated sadistic harm toward either pet or farm animals by rating proposed prison sentences and mo…
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (5 works) · Harm (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Perception (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (2 works)