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MICHAŁ PARZUCHOWSKI, PhD
Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Sopot Social Cognition Lab ul. Polna 16/20, room 207, 81-745 Sopot
e-mail: mparzuchowski@swps.edu.pl
www.swps.pl

RESEARCH INTERESTS
embodied cognition, moral judgments, dilution of goals, consequences of complaining.

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Doctoral studies at Institute of Psychology at Polish Academy of Sciences and Warsaw School of Social Psychology (July 2008) Social Psychology thesis: Regulatory Consequences of Complaining (with honors). Advisor: Professor Bogdan Wojciszke.

Summer Institute in Social Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 2007

M.A., University of Gdansk (April 2003) Social Psychology thesis: Emotional Consequences and Functions of Private Publishing on the Internet (with honors). Advisor: Wieslaw Baryla, Ph.D.

PUBLICATIONS
Kwiecien, M., Puchalska, M., Parzuchowski, M. (in press). Too Much Of A Good Thing. Dilution model in person perception. Psychologia Jakosci Zycia (Co za dużo, to niezdrowo? Model rozmywania w spostrzeganiu innych).

Parzuchowski, M. (2008). On the Ineffectiveness of Provoking Distrust. Psychologia Społeczna, 34 (9), 362–365. (O nieskuteczności prowokowania nieufności).

Wojciszke, B., Baryla, W., Szymkow-Sudziarska, A., Parzuchowski, M., Kowalczyk, K. (2008). Saying is experiencing: Affective consequences of complaining and affirmation. Polish Psychological Bulletin, 39. 1-11.

Parzuchowski, M., Szymkow-Sudziarska, A. (2008). Well, Slap My Thigh: Expression of Surprise Facilitates Memory of Surprising Material. Emotion, 8 (3), 430-434. Download

Parzuchowski, M. (2005). „I also Hate Politics”: Relational Functions of Complaining. Psychologia Jakosci Zycia, 4 (1), 37-52. („Ja tez nie cierpie polityki”: relacyjna funkcja narzekania). Download (in polish)

Parzuchowski, M. (2005). Psychology of the Internet [in]: D. Muszynski, (Ed.), Czlowiek i Nowe Media. Gdansk: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdanskiego. (Psycholog w sieci). Download manuscript (in polish)

MANUSCRIPT IN PREPARATION
Parzuchowski, M., & Parzuchowska M. (in review). From the Heart: Hand over Heart as an Embodiment of Honesty. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Szymkow-Sudziarska, A., Parzuchowski, M., Chandler, J., Baryla, W., Wojciszke, B.  (in review). Life in the Fast Lane is Concrete: The Speed of Movements Influences the Construal Level of Goals. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Parzuchowski, M., Wojciszke, B., Baryła, W., Szymkow-Sudziarska, A. (in preparation). Construal Level of Complaints: Expression of Dissatisfaction Can Be Motivating If Concrete.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Parzuchowski, M., Parzuchowska, M. (August, 2009). You Can Handle the Truth: Hand over Heart as an Embodiment of Sincerity. Presentation at 11th Transfer of Knowledge Conference of the European Social Cognition Network, Warsaw.

Szymkow-Sudziarska, A., Parzuchowski, M., Chandler, J. (August, 2009). Fleet of Foot and Precise of Mind: The Speed of Movements Influences the Construal Level of Goals. Presentation at 11th Transfer of Knowledge Conference of the European Social Cognition Network, Warsaw.

Parzuchowski, M., Szymkow-Sudziarska, A., Chandler, J. (July, 2009). The Quick and Detailed: the Speed of Movement Influences the Construal Level of Goals. Presentation at Embodied and Situated Language Processing Conference, Rotterdam.

Parzuchowski, M., Szymkow-Sudziarska, A., Chandler, J. (June, 2009). Gimnastyka poczucia czasu: tempo ruchu ma wpływ na poziom interpretacji celów. Presentation at XVIII Kolokwia Psychologiczne PAN, Gdańsk.

Parzuchowski, M. (October, 2008). Body movin`: embodiment effects on social perception and memory. Presentation at Social Psychology Coloquim, University Erlangen-Nurmberg, Germany.

Parzuchowski, M., Szymków-Sudziarska, A. (September, 2008). Nie podjadaj w trakcie nauki! Wpływ zdziwienia na procesy pamięciowe. Presentation at General Meeting of Polish Society of Social Psychology, Białystok.

Parzuchowski, M., Szymków-Sudziarska, A. (September, 2008). Try to Act Surprised: Expression of Surprise Facilitates Memory of Surprising Material. Presentation at the 10th Transfer of Knowledge Conference of the European Social Cognition Network, Volterra, Italy.

Parzuchowski, M. (June, 2008). Kvetch in Detail or Gloat in General: The Construal Level of Satisfaction vs. Dissatisfaction Moderates the Regulatory Focus. Poster presentation at 15th General Meeting of European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, Opatija.

Parzuchowski, M. (February, 2008). Motivating nature of complaining. Psychological distance as a moderator of regulatory consequences of complaining. Presentation at ‘Winter Seminar on Social Cognition’ at Szczyrk.

Parzuchowski, M. (September, 2006). Minister of Education vs. Politicians in General: Abstractness of Language Moderates Consequences of Complaining. Poster presentation at 3rd Convention of Polish Association of Social Psychology, Gdansk.

Szymkow-Sudziarska, A., Parzuchowski, M. (August, 2006). When the Face Fits the Context: How Mimicking Surprise Affects Memory. Poster presentation at Cognitive and Social Psychology of Unconsciousness. Kazimierz Dolny.

Szymkow-Sudziarska, A., Parzuchowski, M. (December, 2005). Well, Slap my Thigh: How Embodiment and Category Activation Processes Influence Memory. Presentation at ‘Kolokwia Sopockie’ at Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Sopot Faculty.

Szymkow-Sudziarska, A., Parzuchowski, M. (November, 2005). Intelligent Mimicry: How Embodiment of Surprise Influences Memory. Presentation at 30 years of the Institute of Psychology Conference, University of Gdansk.

Roda, M., Parzuchowski, M. (June, 2004). Can a Computer Write an Anthology of Poems? Psychological Criteria for the Response to and Aesthetic Judgment of Poetry. Poster presentation at 2nd Warsaw Workshop on Social Psychology: Communication and Influence, Warsaw School of Social Psychology. Poster was awarded by the Organization Committee.

Parzuchowski, M. (June, 2004). Polish Culture of Complaining. Poster presentation at Graduate Students Session at Warsaw School of Social Psychology.

Parzuchowski, M. (November, 2002). Daily Weblogs Cycles: Functions of Private Publishing on the Internet. Presentation at ‘Psychology in everyday life. Theory and Practice of Social Psychology’ Conference in Gdansk.

Parzuchowski, M. (June, 2002). Sufferings of Young Blogger: Emotional Consequences of Private Publishing on the Internet. Presentation at ‘Festival of Psychology’ in Poznan.

Parzuchowski, M. (April, 2002). Disclosure or Showing off: Functions of Private Publishing on the Internet. Presentation at 9th Polish Psychology Convention ‘Aktualia’ in Lublin.

HONORS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2008-2009
Research Grant, Warsaw School of Social Psychology, “Embodied cognition” (co-investigator Aleksandra Szymkow-Sudziarska, Ph.D.) $3000

2007
Travel grant awarded by European Association of Experimental Social Psychology for travel expenses to Austin TX to attend Summer Institute of Social Psychology, $820

2006-2007
Doctoral grant for research program “Consequences of complaining” from Ministry of Education and Science (1 H01F 005 30), $8600

2006-2007
Research Grant, Warsaw School of Social Psychology, “Embodied cognition” (co-investigator with Aleksandra Szymkow-Sudziarska, Ph.D.) $1000

2003-2007
Pre-entry Fellowship at Warsaw School of Social Psychology, $15000

2003
Best business HR case study solution in nationwide contest “Grasz o Staz”, Price Waterhouse Coopers

2002-2003
University of Gdansk Scholarship

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Current: ‘Social Motives’ (for undergraduate and graduate students), ‘Empirical Research’, ‘Academic Skills & Computer Literacy’ (class and e-learning) & ‘Introduction to Statistics’ (for graduate students)

Past: ‘Dual model in processing social information’, ‘Introduction to Social Psychology’, ‘Introduction to Statistics’, ‘Advanced Statistics’, ‘Introduction to Research Design’ & ‘Introduction to Psychology of the Internet’

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
since 2007 -
SPSP: Society of Personality and Social Psychology

since 2007 -
APS: Association for Psychological Science

since 2006 -
EASP: European Association of Social Psychology

since 2006 -
PSPS: Polish Association of Social Psychology

REVIEWING
Editor of Polish version of In-Mind Magazine (since 2009) and popular-scientific website badania.net (since 2003),

Ad Hoc Reviewer for Polish Psychological Bulletin, Studia Psychologiczne (Polish),

Translating & reviewing translations of  TED Talks.

CONVENTIONS AND CONFERENCES ORGANIZED
September, 2006
3rd Convention of Polish Association of Social Psychology, Gdansk

November 2002
‘Psychology in everyday life. Theory and Practice of Social Psychology’. Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk.

November 2001
‘Application of Psychological Methods in Management and Commerce’. Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk.

October 2000
‘Current Directions in Clinical Psychology’. Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk.

OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
July 2007,
Summer Institute in Social Psychology at University of Texas at Austin, Two week seminar on self regulation and goals included courses taught by Constantine Sedikides, Jim Shah, Bill Swann, Hart Blanton and Niall Bolger. Acceptance into this program was very competitive: only five European graduate students were accepted (out of 39).

NON-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
2001- present,
Writing news on scientific research for nationwide magazines and newspapers (Polityka, Gazeta Wyborcza, Charaktery, Wiedza i Zycie, Ozon, badania.net),

2001-present,
Human Resources (Karczewski Human Resources, Profirma, Coaching Way),

2005
Analyzing usability of educational website (National Bank of Poland),

2003
Analyzing marketing information (British American Tobacco).

PERSONAL INTERESTS
Avid photographer & soccer player (see my photographs of local soccer team that combines those two hobbies) also guitar and texas Hold`em Poker player.

EXTRAS
Peter Rentfrow and Samuel Gosling have demonstrated that music selection is correlated with some personality traits. Thus, listed below are my favourite bands so that you could figure out some of my dearest qualities (little tip: diligent but moody):

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