A5069703943- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Educational and Social Studies
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Italian Social Issues and Migration
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Management, Economics, and Public Policy
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Risk Perception and Management
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
University of Milano-Bicocca
2016-2025
ORCID
2020
University of Milan
2003
The Ohio State University
2002
University of Rome Tor Vergata
2000
Merging insights from the intergroup relations literature and terror management theory, authors conducted an experiment in which they assessed impact of death-related thoughts on a series ingroup measures. Participants mortality-salience condition displayed stronger identification, perceived greater entitativity, scored higher bias Also, entitativity as well identification mediated effect mortality salience manipulation bias. The findings are discussed relation to theories theory. A new...
Abstract Research on the two fundamental dimensions of social judgment, namely warmth and competence, has shown that a primary dominant role in information gathering about others. In studies we examined whether sociability morality components play distinct roles such process. Study 1 ( N = 60) investigated which traits were mostly selected when forming impressions The results showed that, regardless task goal, related to differently processed. Furthermore, participants more interested...
Research has shown that warmth and competence are core dimensions on which perceivers judge others a primary role at various phases of impression formation. Three studies explored whether the two components (i.e., sociability morality) have distinct roles in predicting global social groups. In Study 1 (N= 105) 2 112), participants read an immigration scenario depicting unfamiliar group terms high (vs. low) morality, sociability, competence. both studies, were asked to report their group....
The worldwide spread of a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) since December 2019 has posed severe threat to individuals’ well-being. While the world at large is waiting that released vaccines immunize most citizens, public health experts suggest that, in meantime, it only through behavior change COVID-19 can be controlled. Importantly, required behaviors are aimed not safeguarding one’s own health. Instead, individuals asked adapt their protect community large. This raises question which social...
Do people gamble more on slot machines if they think that are playing against humanlike minds rather than mathematical algorithms? Research has shown have a strong cognitive tendency to imbue mental states nonhuman entities (i.e., anthropomorphism). The present research tested whether anthropomorphizing would increase gambling. Four studies manipulated machine anthropomorphization and found exposing an anthropomorphized description of increased gambling behavior reduced outcomes. Such...
In an international relations context, the mutual images held by actors affect their expectations about Other's behavior and guide interpretation of actions. Here it is argued that effect these moderated degree entitativity Other—that is, extent to which perceived as a real entity. Two studies tested this hypothesis manipulating European Union (EU) among U.S. citizens whose EU varied along enemy/ally dimension. Results yielded converging evidence in support hypothesized moderating...
Confirmation bias, whereby individuals hold unwarranted confidence in a focal hypothesis, might emerge from combination of errors at the testing and evaluation stages hypothesis development. We focused on one such combination: Positive testing, questions are asked about features that expected to be present feature positive effect, presence outweighs absence when evaluating available evidence. Participants were presented with two criminal scenarios evaluate utility four possible queries...
Research has shown that perceived group status positively predicts competence stereotypes but does not predict warmth stereotypes. The present study identified circumstances in which both and judgments. Students (N = 86) rated one of two groups (psychologists vs. engineers) presented as either being low or high social on competence. Results showed predicted for groups, only psychologists, whom traits are to be functional goal achievement. Moreover, psychologists mediated the relationship...
Morality, which refers to characteristics such as trustworthiness and honesty, has a primary role in social perception judgment. A negativity effect characterizes the morality dimension, whereby negative information is weighed more than positive trait attribution impression formation. This article reviews literature on We examine main boundary conditions of by considering relevant moderators, behavior consistency evaluative extremity, level categorization, measurement type well some...
The purpose of the study was to examine impact idiopathic epilepsy on mothers and fathers in terms strain, burden care, worries perception vulnerability. Data were collected analyzed shortly after diagnosis (T0) 12 months later (T1). results indicated that at T0 parents children with showed higher levels vulnerability than controls; sustained a greater care exhibited strain fathers. At T1, decreased both for fathers, while remained stable. associated parents' anxiety their children's future.
The ability to detect facial expressions of pain is crucial in eliciting prosocial behaviors towards the individual experiencing pain. Previous studies have shown that sufferers' gender can affect observers' explicit judgment face, thus suggesting its possible influence on decoding. present study investigates whether sufferer's affects observer's reflexive or implicit detection expression More specifically, we used measures test observers pained more quickly accurately male female faces. In...
Research on Human-Technology Interactions revealed that, under certain conditions, people instinctively interact with social robots in ways comparable to Human–Human Interactions. Indeed, apply perception schemas and attribute a mind robots, especially when they present anthropomorphic characteristics. Furthermore, are awarded moral consideration participate dyads. Thus, anthropomorphism facilitates integration people's lives. However, what is still unknown whether adopting turn, affects how...
The perception of groups as real entities rather than mere aggregates individuals has important consequences on intergroup relations. Social psychological research, in fact, shows that it affects stereotyping, identification process, and bias. Previous research also shown group entitativity is not a positive or negative attribute per se; rather, depends the context relationship between perceiver group. While enhancing leads to worse expectations about out-group actions, high valued...
Past studies showed increased sensitivity to other people's gaze after social exclusion. In the present research, across two studies, we tested whether exclusion could affect basic cognitive phenomenon of gaze-cueing effect, namely, tendency redirect visual attention same location that people are looking at. To this purpose, participants were socially excluded or included using Cyberball manipulation. Study 1, manipulation, performed a task in which an individual's gaze, oriented rightward...