Social Biases During Covid 19 : : Managing the Anxiety of Uncertainty.

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Psychology Series
• Author: Kulesza, Wojciech.
• TeilnehmendeR: Doliński, Dariusz.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (102 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Endorsements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: The Unbearable Darkness of Being and a Toolkit for How We Forge It: Comparative Biases -- 1.1 Realism, Illusions, or Even Delusions? -- 1.2 Social Comparison and Egotism -- 1.3 Better-than-Average Effect -- 1.4 Unrealistic Optimism -- Chapter 2: How Did We Forge a Bearable Reality in COVID-19? Biases in Social Comparative Judgments in a Time of Pervasive Threat -- 2.1 Dynamics of Unrealistic Optimism in a Time of Pervasive Threat -- 2.2 The Better-than-Average Effect in a Time of Pervasive Threat -- Chapter 3: Time to Worry? Comparative Biases and Health-Related Behaviors in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 3.1 Unrealistic Pessimism -- 3.2 Unrealistic Optimism: Pre-pandemic Research -- 3.3 Unrealistic Optimism in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- 3.4 Better than Average -- Chapter 4: Time to Act! Means of Reducing Positive Illusions -- 4.1 You Are Not Exceptional, Not at All! -- 4.2 Don't Look Away: Think About the Danger! -- 4.3 Chameleon? Failed! -- 4.4 Media Intervention Program -- 4.5 Teach and Learn? -- Chapter 5: Time to Bother! Longitudinal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic (and Others Too): Why Dismantling Social Cognition Biases Is Absolutely Crucial to Save Not Only Lives -- 5.1 Psychological and Psychiatric Consequences -- 5.2 COVID-19 Pandemic = School Closures = Longitudinal Social Disaster -- 5.3 Neurological Impact = Years of Cognitive Dysfunctions -- Final Remarks: It's Scary, but Manageable -- References -- Index.