Anna Kamza

Dr. Anna Kamza is an Assistant Professor at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, affiliated with the Faculty of Psychology and Law in Poznań, Department of Methodology and Psychological Assessment, and the Center for Research on Personality Development within the Institute of Psychology.

Her research expertise spans multiple domains of psychology:

• Cognitive Psychology
• Personality Psychology
• Psychology of Individual Differences
• Attachment Theory
• Mentalization (understanding mental states of others)
• Cognitive and psychophysiological correlates of psychological processes

Dr. Kamza's research focuses on the intersection of cognitive processes, personality development, and individual differences. She investigates how attachment systems operate in adulthood, particularly examining mentalization abilities and their cognitive correlates. Her work combines theoretical frameworks from cognitive psychology with methodologies from personality assessment.

She has received research funding from the National Science Center through the MINIATURA competition for her project 'Verification of the procedure for suprathreshold activation of the attachment system in adulthood: a pilot study' (2021-2022).

Dr. Kamza is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and publishes in both Polish and international scientific journals.

At SWPS University, she teaches courses in cognitive processes, psychology of individual differences, and offers specialized instruction on mentalization in developmental and clinical contexts. She serves as a Master's thesis advisor for graduate students.