Are you interested in psychology? Also check out our blog: www.psyche.swps.pl You can also listen to the content we share on this channel in the form of podcasts on: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5cGf88v... iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/s... SoundCloud: / swpspl Lecton: https://lectonapp.com/podcast/e2bfa63... How is it that pseudoscientific theories gain so many supporters? Why do some people believe that left-handed vitamin C and baking soda will cure cancer, but do not trust scientific authorities and conventional therapy? The reasons for belief in pseudotheories and its psychological effects on the individual are explained by psychologist Dr. hab. Tomasz Grzyb, prof. at SWPS University. Kill the chicken and bury it. Why do people believe in things that are not worth believing? You can rub yourself with rhinoceros horn powder or drink a mixture of Himalayan salt and vitamin C (left-handed!). You can also do hundreds of other things whose effectiveness has never been proven or even those in which we are absolutely certain that they have no right to work. But why? During this lecture, we will try to answer this very question - why do people believe in things that simply do not make sense. What are the consequences for an individual of believing in superstitions and other "folk wisdom"? Or maybe not senseless? Maybe it only seems so to us? And what if such "folk wisdom" has a deep meaning from a certain perspective? About the speaker: dr hab. Tomasz Grzyb, professor at SWPS University - psychologist. He deals with the psychology of social influence. He is also interested in the methodology of psychological research, marketing and new technologies. He combines scientific work with marketing practice. He conducts training in the field of social psychology, manipulation and persuasion. Since 2013, he has been educating NATO and Associated Countries officers in the field of social influence techniques. Author of publications on the psychology of social influence and mechanisms of human behavior in crisis situations, including the book "Psychological aspects of crisis situations" (2011). Editor of numerous scientific and popular science articles, including in the "Journal of Applied Psychology" and "Marketing i Rynek". In 2014, he was awarded the Certificate of Appreciation of the NATO Special Operations Command in Afghanistan. At SWPS University, he teaches psychological research methodology and statistics using computers and experimental methods of perception research. About the project: Strefa Psyche at SWPS University is an innovative undertaking, the aim of which is to popularize psychological knowledge at the highest substantive level and to discover the possibilities of action offered by psychology in various spheres of both private and professional life. We want to show the practical application of psychological knowledge not only in the spheres obvious for this field of science (e.g. assistance, therapy), but also in the business sector and advanced, modern technologies. More about the project: http://www.swps.pl/strefa-psyche #pseudonauka #pseudoteorie #zabony