A5060303924- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Social Media and Politics
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Fashion and Cultural Textiles
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Sociopolitical Dynamics in Russia
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Ethics in medical practice
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Computational and Text Analysis Methods
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
University of Winnipeg
2014-2023
University of British Columbia
2007-2013
Two contrasting types of moral exemplars were examined so as to identify personality variables associated with action. The sample comprised 50 Canadian awardees for either exceptional bravery or caring, well comparison participants. Participants responded a set questionnaires and life-review interview. Personality found substantially augment cognition in the prediction exemplary In support notion that there is personological core domain, it was distinguished from groups by themes embodied...
Agency and communion are fundamental human motives, often conceptualized as being in tension. This study examines the notion that moral exemplars overcome this tension adaptively integrate these 2 motives within their personality. Participants were 25 exemplars-recipients of a national award for extraordinary volunteerism-and demographically matched comparison participants. Each participant responded to life review interview provided list personal strivings, which coded themes agency...
Self-interest and moral sensibilities generally compete with one another, but for exemplars, this tension appears to not be in play. This study advances the reconciliation model, which explains anomaly within a developmental framework by positing that relationship between self's interests concerns ideally transforms from of mutual competition synergy. The degree morality is central an individual's identity-or centrality-was operationalized terms values advanced implicitly self-understanding...
Liberals and conservatives disagree about obeying authorities, with holding the more positive views. We suggest that reactions to conservative rather than obedience itself, are responsible for division. Past findings favor uniformly confounded authorities. break down authority into its constituent parts test divisiveness of each part. The concepts (Study 1) 2) recruited inferences conflating results simple, seemingly face valid tests their divisiveness. These establish necessary features a...
We provide the first systematic investigation of trends in incivility American politicians on Twitter, a dominant platform for political communication United States. Applying validated artificial intelligence classifier to all 1.3 million tweets made by members Congress since 2009, we observe 23% increase over decade Twitter. Further analyses suggest that rise was partly driven reinforcement learning which engaged greater following positive feedback. Uncivil tended receive more approval and...
Four perspectives dominate thinking about moral heroism: One contends that action is primarily instigated by situational pressures, another holds excellence entails the full complement of virtues, third asserts a single superintending principle, and fourth posits different varieties personality. This research addresses these competing examining personalities heroes. Participants were 50 national awardees for comparison individuals. They responded to personality inventories life-review...
The purpose of this research is to (a) identify which recent history's influential figures did and not personify moral excellence, (b) examine the motives that drove these individuals along such divergent paths. In Study 1, 102 social scientists evaluated qualities from Time Magazine's lists. 2, we selected 15 top ranking comprise a exemplar group bottom comparison similarly people. We measured motivational aspects their personality (agency communion) by content-analyzing extant speeches...
Do liberals and conservatives have qualitatively different moral points of view? Specifically, do rely on the same or sets foundations-care, fairness, loyalty, authority, purity (Haidt, 2012)-when making judgments about influential people? In Study 1, 100 experts evaluated impact that 40 figures had each foundation, yielding stimulus materials for remaining studies. 2, 177 American liberal conservative professors rated character figures. Liberals relied 3 foundations: For both groups,...
People are motivated to behave selfishly while appearing moral. This tension gives rise 2 divergently selves. The actor-the watched self-tends be moral; the agent-the self as executor-tends selfish. Three studies present direct evidence of actor's and agent's distinct motives. To recruit self-as-actor, we asked people rate importance various goals. self-as-agent, describe their goals verbally. In Study 1, actors claimed were equally about helping others (viz., moral); agents primarily...
M. W. Montagu asserted that, "civility costs nothing and buys everything." In the realm of social judgment, notion that people generally evaluate civil more favorably than uncivil may be unsurprising. However, Principle not apply in a hyper-partisan political environment which politicians "throw red meat to their base" by unleashing uncivil, personal attacks against opponents, satisfying aggressive desires most supporters, thus potentially redoubling approval among them. We conducted 2...
Moral psychology is between paradigms. Kohlberg's model of moral rationality has proved inadequate in explaining action; yet its augmentation—moral personality—awaits empirical embodiment. This article addresses some critical issues developing a comprehensive paradigm personhood. Is first‐person or third‐person definition behaviour more appropriate? operative judgement better understood as deliberative intuitive? What the essential nature self? Two basic constructs personality which have...
Are social conservatives the only ones who use concerns about sacred objects or practices when making moral judgments, such as they defend “sanctity of marriage”? Or do liberals condemn sacrilege too? A third possibility is that all talk sanctity and merely post hoc justification judgments based solely on perception harm to sentient anthropomorphized beings. We present evidence liberals, like conservatives, morally harmless violations their own objects. In most cases liberal (e.g.,...
Abstract Political arguments may endure seemingly into perpetuity because the conflicted combatants view issues in different ways, with one side decrying unfairness and other attacks on sacrosanct. We tested whether both conservatives liberals rely protecting sacrosanct when justifying their attitudes some contentious moral issues. In four studies, we examine how justify political of same‐sex marriage Keystone XL oil pipeline. Liberals supported rights primarily name fairness equality;...
We propose that political extremists use more negative language than moderates. Previous research found conservatives report feeling happier liberals and yet “display greater happiness” in their do conservatives. However, some of the previous studies relied on questionable measures orientation affective language, no have examined whether are nonlinearly related. Revisiting same contexts (Twitter, U.S. Congress), adding three new ones (political organizations, news media, crowdsourced...
Significance Past laboratory research has shown that talking about helping others can make a positive impression upon listener. We tested whether this basic social-cognitive phenomenon help explain how governments gain the confidence of public they serve. A computerized text analysis debates US Congress over past 20 y found density prosocial language strongly predicted approval ratings 6 mo later. These results suggest both individuals and social by merely cooperating others.
How does moral motivation develop across the life span? Previous research has indicated that exemplars have integrated typically oppositional motives of agency and communion. The present maps developmental trajectories in these may lead to this end-point integration. Participants were 140 Canadians comprising four age groups (childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood, mid-adulthood). Agentic communal was assessed an interview asked participants about aspects their lives prompted for...
What type of language makes the most positive impression within a professional setting? Is competent/agentic or warm/communal more effective at eliciting social approval? We examined this basic cognitive question in real world context using "big data" approach-the recent record-low levels public approval U.S. Congress. Using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC), we text analyzed all 123+ million words spoken by members House Representatives during floor debates between 1996 2014 compared...
Ideologically committed people are similarly motivated to avoid ideologically crosscutting information. Although some previous research has found that political conservatives may be more prone selective exposure than liberals are, we find similar motives on the left and right across a variety of issues. The majority both sides same-sex marriage debate willingly gave up chance win money hearing from other side (Study 1). When thinking back 2012 U.S. Presidential election 2), ahead upcoming...
Previous theory and research has suggested that right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) is a unitary construct related to attitudes regarding obedience authority. Recently, scholars have RWA multidimensional. To adjudicate these competing notions, we test whether the associations between components moral differ depending on ideology of Across three studies an integrative data analysis, found component capturing respect for authorities (i.e., submission) judgments it obey all authorities, perhaps...
This article reviews the concepts and methods of Bayesian statistical analysis, which can offer innovative powerful solutions to some challenging analytical problems that characterize developmental research. In this article, we demonstrate utility explain its unique adeptness in circumstances, address concerns misconceptions about approach, illustrate applications analysis issues frequently arise The illustrations approach provided here reflect several important within domain moral reasoning...