Vaccines and Vaccinations: A Psychological Perspective

Wojciech Kulesza Professor, vice-chair of Warsaw’s Science Festival, chair of social psychology department. Researches, publishes, and teaches: mimicry/the chameleon effect (The Pulse/NPR Interview), social biases in decision making, and psychology of love. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Polish Psychological Association. Publishes articles for the general public.Dariusz Dolinski Professor and chair, head of social psychology department in SWPS University, Department of Psychology in Wroclaw, past president of Polish Association of Social Psychology and past editor-in-chief of Polish Psychological Bulletin.Researcher working in the area of social influence. Author of 24 books and more than 250 articles. Currently involved in interdisciplinary research concerning the anti-vaccination movement.Tomasz Grzyb Professor of Psychology at SWPS University in Wrocław and former President of the Polish Social Psychological Society. He researches social influence and field methods, serves as Editor-in-Chief of Polish Psychological Bulletin, and is Dean of the Faculty of Psychology in Wrocław at SWPS University.

• 1.Inoculation - a Vaccine Against Anti-Vaccine Arguments.- 2.An Online Dialogue Simulation: the FLORA Application as a Social Influence Tool to Counteract Misinformation and Promote Public Health.- 3.Short Course in Critical Thinking as a Method of Undermining Skeptical Attitudes Towards Immunization.- 4.Seeking Ways of Understanding Amidst Uncertainty: On the Role of Trust (Not Just in Science) in Discussions on Vaccination.- 5.The Role of Social Policy: Dependent and Independent Decision Attributes and Behavioral Interventions in Vaccination Choices.- 6.Who's Talking About Vaccines and to Whom? The Construction of the Actor in Anti-Vaccine Discourse.- 7.The Use of Mimicry to Promote Vaccination Uptake.- 8.Exposing the Source of Disinformation as a Means of Countering Anti-Vaccine Propaganda.- 9.Authority and Persuasion.- 10.Cognitive Bias - Understanding the Anti-Vaxxer.- 11.The Political Psychology of Vaccination: Ideology, Sense of Control, and Conspiracy Theories in Public Health.- 12.Morality and Vaccination.- 13.Vaccines, Vaccinations, and Psychology: Cross-cultural Perspectives.- 14.Vaccines, Vaccinations, and Psychology: The Role of Digital Platforms.