Marija Petrović

PhD candidate

  • CONTACT INFORMATION
  • maka.petrovic@gmail.com
  • Consistently inconsistent: predictivity and validity of doublethink
  • Mentor: Iris Žeželj

RESEARCH INTERESTS

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My primary research interests are focused on irrational beliefs, especially doublethink (proneness to endorsement of mutually incompatible beliefs) and belief in conspiracy theories. I am interested in how people handle inconsistencies in their belief system, as well as possible interventions for correcting misinformation and irrational beliefs.

KEYWORDS

KEYWORDS

irrational beliefs, conspiracy theories, doublethink, belief inconsistency, tolerating contradictions

EDUCATION INFO

EDUCATION INFO

2019 – present PhD studies. Department of psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Supervisor: prof. dr Iris Žeželj
2018 – 2019 Master studies. Department of psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. Supervisor: prof. dr Iris Žeželj
2014 – 2018 Undergraduate studies. Department of psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

OTHER INFORMATION

OTHER INFORMATION

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Petrović, M. & Žeželj, I. (in press). Thinking inconsistently: Development and validation of an instrument for assessing proneness to doublethink. European Journal of Psychological Assessment.

  • Mijatović, N., Šljivić, J., Tošić, N., Conić, L., Petrović, M., & Žeželj, I. (2022). Big Suppla: Challenging the Common View of the Supplements and Herbs Industry Affects the Willingness to Try and Recommend Their Products. Studia Psychologica, 64(1). https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2022.01.841 [PDF]

  • Petrović, M., & Žeželj, I. (2022). Both a bioweapon and a hoax: The curious case of contradictory conspiracy theories about COVID-19. Thinking & Reasoning, 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2022.2088618

  • Ruggeri, K., … Lazić, A., … Petrović, M. B., … Zupan, Z., & Garcia-Garzon, E. (2022). The globalizability of temporal discounting. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01392-w

  • Lazić, A., Kalinova, K. N., Packer, J., Pae, R., Petrović, M. B., Popović, D., Sievert, D. E. C., & Stafford-Johnson, N. (2021). Social nudges for vaccination: How communicating herd behaviour influences vaccination intentions. British Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12556
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  • Ruggeri, K., Većkalov, B., Bojanić, L., Andersen, T. L., Ashcroft-Jones, S., Ayacaxli, N., Barea-Arroyo, P., Berge, M. L., Bjørndal, L. D., Bursalıoğlu, A., Bühler, V., Čadek, M., Çetinçelik, M., Clay, G., Cortijos-Bernabeu, A., Damnjanović, K., Dugue, T. M., Esberg, M., Esteban-Serna, C., … Petrović, M.B., … Folke, T. (2021). The general fault in our fault lines. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(10). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01092-x

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

    RESEARCH REPORTS

    RESEARCH REPORTS

      PhD THESES

      PhD THESES

        PROJECTS

        PROJECTS

        • 2022 - 2025: REASON4HEALTH Irrational mindset as a conceptual bridge from psychological dispositions to questionable health practices

          Rukovodilac projekta: dr Iris Žeželj

          Saradnici iz LIRA-e: Aleksandra Lazić, dr Danka Purić, dr Goran Knežević, dr Goran Opačić, dr Ljiljana B. Lazarević, dr Predrag Teovanović, dr Zorana Zupan, Marija Petrović, Marko Živanović, Milica Ninković, Petar Lukić, and Sanda Stanković

        • 2022 : Trust in Science and Science-Related Populism (TISP) (POSETITE SAJT)

          Rukovodilac projekta: Dr. Viktoria Cologna, Dr. Niels G. Mede

          Saradnici iz LIRA-e: Aleksandra Lazić and Marija Petrović

        • 2019 - 2020: Social norms for public health: How communicating herd behaviour influences vaccination rates in Europe (POSETITE SAJT)

          Rukovodilac projekta: Aleksandra Lazić

          Saradnici iz LIRA-e: Aleksandra Lazić and Marija Petrović