A5069795160- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Ethics in medical practice
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- Doping in Sports
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
- Leadership, Behavior, and Decision-Making Studies
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems
- Media Influence and Health
Nova Southeastern University
2020-2025
University of Chicago
2016-2020
Franklin & Marshall College
2019
Decision Research
2016-2018
University of Pennsylvania
2013-2015
California University of Pennsylvania
2015
Hospital for Tropical Diseases
2013
To what extent are research results influenced by subjective decisions that scientists make as they design studies? Fifteen teams independently designed studies to answer five original questions related moral judgments, negotiations, and implicit cognition. Participants from 2 separate large samples (total N > 15,000) were then randomly assigned complete 1 version of each study. Effect sizes varied dramatically across different sets materials test the same hypothesis: Materials rendered...
Morality, sociability, and competence are distinct dimensions in person perception. We argue that a person’s morality informs us about their likely intentions, whereas sociability inform the likelihood they will fulfill those intentions. Accordingly, we hypothesized would be considered unconditionally positive, highly positive only moral others, less immoral others. Using exploratory factor analyses, Studies 1a 1b distinguished evaluations of sociability. 2 to 5 then showed evaluated...
The CAD triad hypothesis (Rozin, Lowery, Imada, & Haidt, 1999) stipulates that, cross-culturally, people feel anger for violations of autonomy, contempt community, and disgust divinity. Although the disgust-divinity link has received some measure empirical support, results have been difficult to interpret in light several conceptual design flaws. Taking a revised methodological approach, including use newly validated (Study 1), pathogen-free divinity code, we found 2) little evidence...
Abstract Recent research has shown that religious individuals are much more resistant to utilitarian modes of thinking than their less counterparts, but the reason for this is not clear. We propose a meta-ethical belief morality rooted in inviolable divine commands (i.e., endorsement Divine Command Theory) may help explain finding. present novel 20-item scale measuring founded on authority. The shows good internal reliability and convergent discriminant validity. Study 1 found fully mediated...
Abstract Recent theorizing about the cognitive underpinnings of dilemmatic moral judgment has equated slow, deliberative thinking with utilitarian disposition and fast, automatic deontological disposition. However, evidence for reflective hypothesis —the hypothesized link between individual differences in capacity rational reflection (gauged here by Cognitive Reflection Test [ CRT ; Frederick, 2005]) been inconsistent difficult to interpret light several design flaws. In two studies aimed at...
Abstract Two studies examined the relationship between individual differences in cognitive reflection (CRT) and tendency to accord genuinely moral (non-conventional) status a range of counter-normative acts — that is, treat such as wrong regardless existing social opinion or norms. We contrasted violations are intrinsically harmful others (e.g., fraud, thievery) with those not wearing pajamas work engaging consensual sexual intimacy an adult sibling). Our key hypothesis was more reflective...
A major challenge for accumulating knowledge in psychology is the variation methods and participant populations across studies a single domain. We offer systematic approach to addressing this implement it domain of money priming. In three preregistered experiments ( N = 4,649), participants were exposed one number manipulations before completing self-report measures activation (Study 1); engaging behavioral-persistence task 3); subjective wealth, self-sufficiency, communion-agency (Studies...
Abstract I present a novel way to conceptualize Turiel and colleagues’ Social Domain Theory (SDT), Haidt Moral Foundations (MFT), as theories of how concepts moral violations are mentally represented. argue that SDT is best viewed theory the features associated with violations, including wrongness, generalizability across cultures, intrinsic harmfulness, MFT, in contrast, individual differences what kinds acts categorized (i.e., category membership). This perspective generates prediction:...
The COVID-19 pandemic has created major upheavals in the lives of people worldwide. virus mostly affected elderly populations, but there may be corollary effects on young adults' psychosocial adjustment due to educational, economic, and occupational disruptions. Using latent class analysis, we examined unique typologies coping response among adults. We used an expanded set indicators including traditional measures problem- emotion-focused as well resilience flexibility. also whether...
In medical ethics, there is often a tradeoff between maximizing treatment efficacy and alleviating patient suffering. We adapt methods from consumer behavior research to examine whether ethicality judgments of treatments that vary on these dimensions exhibit preference reversals across tasks evaluation modes. Specifically, we present participants with pairs symmetrically dominate one another: more effective, while the other improves patients’ quality-of-life. Across three studies (total N =...
Do people think of the value all human lives as equivalent irrespective age? Affirmations equal are culturally prominent, yet much evidence points to fact that young often prioritized over old in life-and-death decision-making contexts. Studies 1-3 aimed reconcile this tension by showing although individuals seen more with respect negative rights not be harmed or killed (though completely equal), they less positive aided saved. Age exerts a large and systematic impact on decisions about who...
Disgust-sensitive individuals are particularly morally critical. Some theorists take this as evidence that disgust has a uniquely moral form: contributes to moralization even of pathogen-free violations, and disgust’s contribution is unique from other emotional states. We argue the relationship between sensitivity (DS) judgment not special in two respects. First, trait many affective states, beyond disgust, predicts evaluations. Second, DS also nonnormative evaluative judgments. Four studies...
Given prior research finding that young adults are less likely to engage in recommended public health behaviors (PHBs) than older adults, understanding who is and not PHBs among crucial mitigating the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on Transactional Theory Stress Coping, this study examined how typologies stress appraisal (SA) problem-focused coping (PFC) were associated with compliance recommendations during pandemic.An online sample United States, ages 18-35, was recruited early...
Abstract Evaluating other people's moral character is a crucial social cognitive task. However, the processes by which people seek out, prioritize, and integrate multiple pieces of character‐relevant information have not been studied empirically. The first aim this research was to examine traits are considered most important when forming an impression person's overall character. second understand how differing levels trait expression affect judgments. Four preregistered studies one...
The use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) elicits widespread normative opposition, yet little research has investigated what underlies these judgments. We examine this question comprehensively, across 13 studies. first test the hypothesis that opposition to PED cannot be fully accounted for by considerations fairness. then influence 10 other potential drivers in an exploratory manner. find health risks user and rules laws prohibiting anabolic steroids reliably affect Next, we whether...
Despite the well-documented costs of word-deed misalignment, hypocrisy permeates our personal, professional, and political lives. Why? We explore one potential explanation: moral flexibility can outweigh hypocrisy, making hypocritical absolutism a preferred social strategy to admissions nuance. study this phenomenon in context honesty. Across six studies (total N = 3545), we find that communicators who take flexible honesty stances ("It is sometimes okay lie") align with their behavior are...
Theories that view emotions as being related in some way to moral judgments suggest condemning should, at a minimum, be understood by laypeople coincide with of disapproval. Seven studies (total N = 826) tested the extent which anger and disgust align this criterion. We observed while is strongly disapproval people's actions character, not (Studies 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3), that, contexts where expressions are thought somewhat disapproval, part reason expression perceived (Study 4). Expressions...
We propose that methods from the study of category-based induction can be used to test descriptive accuracy theories moral judgment. had participants rate likelihood a person would engage in variety actions, given information about previous behavior. From these ratings, we extracted hierarchical, taxonomic model how violations relate each other (Study 1). then tested adequacy this against an alternative inspired by Moral Foundations Theory, using classic tasks research (Studies 2a and 2b),...
The status of disgust as a sociomoral emotion is debated. We conducted stringent test whether social stimuli (specifically, political outgroup members) can elicit physical disgust, distinct from moral or metaphorical disgust. employed (male faces) matched on baseline disgustingness, provided other ways for participants to express negativity toward members, and used concrete self-report measures well nonverbal measure (participants’ facial expressions). Across three preregistered studies...
To what extent are research results influenced by subjective decisions that scientists make as they design studies? Fifteen teams independently designed studies to answer five original questions related moral judgments, negotiations, and implicit cognition. Participants from two separate large samples (total N > 15,000) were then randomly assigned complete one version of each study. Effect sizes varied dramatically across different sets materials test the same hypothesis: rendered...