A5022353920- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Human Pose and Action Recognition
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
- Social Media and Politics
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Human Motion and Animation
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- AI in Service Interactions
- Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Video Surveillance and Tracking Methods
- Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2016-2025
Universidad El Bosque
2022
McGill University
2021
Northwestern University
2021
Carleton University
2021
University of North Carolina Health Care
2019
University of Maryland, College Park
2010-2014
Harvard University
2006-2014
Harvard University Press
2008-2010
University of Southampton
2010
Participants compared the mental capacities of various human and nonhuman characters via online surveys. Factor analysis revealed two dimensions mind perception, Experience (for example, capacity for hunger) Agency self-control). The predicted different moral judgments but were both related to valuing mind.
Mind perception entails ascribing mental capacities to other entities, whereas moral judgment labeling entities as good or bad actions right wrong. We suggest that mind is the essence of judgment. In particular, we rooted in a cognitive template two perceived minds—a dyad an intentional agent and suffering patient. Diverse lines research support dyadic morality. First, perceptions are linked judgments: dimensions (agency experience) map onto types (agents patients), deficits correspond...
Moral agency is the capacity to do right or wrong, whereas moral patiency be a target of wrong. Through 7 studies, authors explored typecasting-an inverse relation between perceptions and patiency. Across range targets situations, good- evil-doers (moral agents) were perceived less vulnerable having good evil done them. The recipients patients), in turn, as capable performing actions. typecasting stems from dyadic nature morality explains curious effects such people's willingness inflict...
When something is wrong, someone harmed. This hypothesis derives from the theory of dyadic morality, which suggests a moral cognitive template wrongdoing agent and suffering patient (i.e., victim). means that victimless wrongs (e.g., masturbation) are psychologically incomplete, compelling mind to perceive victims even when they objectively absent. Five studies reveal completion occurs automatically implicitly: Ostensibly harmless perceived have (Study 1), activate concepts harm (Studies 2...
Diverse lines of evidence point to a basic human aversion physically harming others. First, we demonstrate that unwillingness endorse harm in moral dilemma is predicted by individual differences aversive reactivity, as indexed peripheral vasoconstriction. Next, tested the specific factors elicit response harm. Participants performed actions such discharging fake gun into face experimenter, fully informed were pretend and harmless. These simulated harmful increased vasoconstriction...
According to models of objectification, viewing someone as a body induces de-mentalization, stripping away their psychological traits. Here evidence is presented for an alternative account, where focus does not diminish the attribution all mental capacities but, instead, leads perceivers infer different kind mind. Drawing on distinction in mind perception between agency and experience, it found that focusing someone's reduces perceptions (self-control action) but increases experience...
Do moral disagreements regarding specific issues (e.g., patriotism, chastity) reflect deep cognitive differences (i.e., distinct mechanisms) between liberals and conservatives? Dyadic morality suggests that the answer is “no.” Despite diversity, we reveal cognition—in both conservatives—is rooted in a harm-based template. A dyadic template harm should be central within cognition, an idea tested—and confirmed—through six hypotheses. Studies suggest judgment occurs via comparison, which...
Organizations are increasingly relying on service robots to improve efficiency, but these often make mistakes, which can aggravate customers and negatively affect organizations. How organizations mitigate the frontline impact of robotic blunders? Drawing from theories anthropomorphism mind perception, we propose that people evaluate more positively when they anthropomorphized seem humanlike-capable both agency (the ability think) experience feel). We further in face robot failures, increased...
Significance All Americans are affected by rising political polarization, whether because of a gridlocked Congress or antagonistic holiday dinners. People believe that facts essential for earning the respect adversaries, but our research shows this belief is wrong. We find sharing personal experiences about issue—especially involving harm—help to foster via increased perceptions rationality. This provides straightforward pathway increasing moral understanding and decreasing intolerance....
Robots are transforming the nature of human work. Although human-robot collaborations can create new jobs and increase productivity, pundits often warn about how robots might replace humans at work mass unemployment. Despite these warnings, relatively little research has directly assessed laypeople react to in workplace. Drawing from cognitive appraisal theory stress, we suggest that employees exposed (either physically or psychologically) would report greater job insecurity. Six...
Companies and governments are using algorithms to improve decision-making for hiring, medical treatments, parole. The use of holds promise overcoming human biases in decision-making, but they frequently make decisions that discriminate. Media coverage suggests people morally outraged by algorithmic discrimination, here we examine whether less discrimination than discrimination. Eight studies test this algorithmicoutrage deficit hypothesis the context gender hiring practices across diverse...
Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people their beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interventions' effectiveness was small, largely limited nonclimate skeptics,...
People view AI as possessing expertise across various fields, but the perceived quality of AI-generated moral remains uncertain. Recent work suggests that large language models (LLMs) perform well on tasks designed to assess alignment, reflecting judgments with relatively high accuracy. As LLMs are increasingly employed in decision-making roles, there is a growing expectation for them offer not just aligned also demonstrate sound reasoning. Here, we advance Moral Turing Test and find...
Believing in God requires not only a leap of faith but also an extension people’s normal capacity to perceive the minds others. Usually, people all kinds by trying understand their conscious experience (what it is like be them) and agency they can do). Although humans are perceived have both experience, appear see as possessing agency, experience. God’s unique mind due, authors suggest, uniquely moral role He occupies. In this article, propose that seen ultimate agent, entity blame praise...
The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety. —Felix Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn, famous Romantic composer, sought to take unique experiences each human life—distinctive sorrows an...
It has long been known that psychopathology can influence social perception, but a 2D framework of mind perception provides the opportunity for an integrative understanding some disorders. We examined covariation with three subclinical syndromes--autism-spectrum disorder, schizotypy, and psychopathy--and found each presents unique mind-perception profile. Autism-spectrum disorder involves reduced agency in adult humans. Schizotypy increased both experience entities generally thought to lack...
When people are the victims of greed or recipients generosity, their first impulse is often to pay back that behavior in kind. What happens when cannot reciprocate, but instead have chance be cruel kind someone entirely different--to it forward? In 5 experiments, participants received greedy, equal, generous divisions money labor from an anonymous person and then divided additional resources with a new person. While equal treatment was paid forward kind, more than generosity. This asymmetry...