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Molly J Crockett - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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inference of trustworthiness from intuitive moral judgments
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2016Co-Authors: Jim A C Everett, David A Pizarro, Molly J CrockettAbstract:Moral judgments play a critical role in motivating and enforcing human cooperation, and research on the proximate mechanisms of moral judgments highlights the importance of intuitive, automatic processes in forming such judgments. Intuitive moral judgments often share characteristics with deontological theories in normative ethics, which argue that certain acts (such as killing) are absolutely wrong, regardless of their consequences. Why do moral intuitions typically follow deontological prescriptions, as opposed to those of other ethical theories? Here, we test a functional explanation for this phenomenon by investigating whether agents who express deontological moral judgments are more valued as Social Partners. Across 5 studies, we show that people who make characteristically deontological judgments are preferred as Social Partners, perceived as more moral and trustworthy, and are trusted more in economic games. These findings provide empirical support for a partner choice account of moral intuitions whereby typically deontological judgments confer an adaptive function by increasing a person's likelihood of being chosen as a cooperation partner. Therefore, deontological moral intuitions may represent an evolutionarily prescribed prior that was selected for through partner choice mechanisms. (PsycINFO Database Record
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inference of trustworthiness from intuitive moral judgments
2016Co-Authors: Jim A C Everett, David A Pizarro, Molly J CrockettAbstract:Moral judgments play a critical role in motivating and enforcing human cooperation. Research on the proximate mechanisms of moral judgments highlights the importance of intuitive, automatic processes in forming such judgments. Intuitive moral judgments often share characteristics with deontological theories in normative ethics, which argue that certain acts (such as killing) are absolutely wrong, regardless of their consequences. Why do moral intuitions typically follow deontological prescriptions, as opposed to those of other ethical theories? Here we test a functional explanation for this phenomenon by investigating whether agents who express deontological moral judgments are more valued as Social Partners. Across five studies we show that people who make characteristically deontological judgments (as opposed to judgments that align with other ethical traditions) are preferred as Social Partners, perceived as more moral and trustworthy, and trusted more in economic games. These findings provide empirical support for a partner choice account for why intuitive moral judgments often align with deontological theories.
Jim A C Everett - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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inference of trustworthiness from intuitive moral judgments
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2016Co-Authors: Jim A C Everett, David A Pizarro, Molly J CrockettAbstract:Moral judgments play a critical role in motivating and enforcing human cooperation, and research on the proximate mechanisms of moral judgments highlights the importance of intuitive, automatic processes in forming such judgments. Intuitive moral judgments often share characteristics with deontological theories in normative ethics, which argue that certain acts (such as killing) are absolutely wrong, regardless of their consequences. Why do moral intuitions typically follow deontological prescriptions, as opposed to those of other ethical theories? Here, we test a functional explanation for this phenomenon by investigating whether agents who express deontological moral judgments are more valued as Social Partners. Across 5 studies, we show that people who make characteristically deontological judgments are preferred as Social Partners, perceived as more moral and trustworthy, and are trusted more in economic games. These findings provide empirical support for a partner choice account of moral intuitions whereby typically deontological judgments confer an adaptive function by increasing a person's likelihood of being chosen as a cooperation partner. Therefore, deontological moral intuitions may represent an evolutionarily prescribed prior that was selected for through partner choice mechanisms. (PsycINFO Database Record
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inference of trustworthiness from intuitive moral judgments
2016Co-Authors: Jim A C Everett, David A Pizarro, Molly J CrockettAbstract:Moral judgments play a critical role in motivating and enforcing human cooperation. Research on the proximate mechanisms of moral judgments highlights the importance of intuitive, automatic processes in forming such judgments. Intuitive moral judgments often share characteristics with deontological theories in normative ethics, which argue that certain acts (such as killing) are absolutely wrong, regardless of their consequences. Why do moral intuitions typically follow deontological prescriptions, as opposed to those of other ethical theories? Here we test a functional explanation for this phenomenon by investigating whether agents who express deontological moral judgments are more valued as Social Partners. Across five studies we show that people who make characteristically deontological judgments (as opposed to judgments that align with other ethical traditions) are preferred as Social Partners, perceived as more moral and trustworthy, and trusted more in economic games. These findings provide empirical support for a partner choice account for why intuitive moral judgments often align with deontological theories.
Wilfried Kunde - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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What or when? The impact of anticipated Social action effects is driven by action-effect compatibility, not delay
Attention Perception & Psychophysics, 2017Co-Authors: Roland Pfister, Lisa Weller, David Dignath, Wilfried KundeAbstract:Motor actions are facilitated if they are foreseeably being imitated rather than counterimitated by Social Partners. Such beneficial effects of anticipated imitation have been explained in terms of compatibility between one’s own actions and their anticipated consequences. Previous demonstrations of these effects might alternatively be explained by consistently faster partner responses for imitative than for nonimitative actions, however. This study contrasts both explanations by using virtual coactors to disentangle the contributions of anticipated action-effect compatibility and anticipated action-effect delay. The data of two experiments support previous theoretical assumptions by showing that the effects of anticipated imitation are indeed driven by compatibility rather than delay.
Frieder R Lang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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changes in peripheral Social Partners and loneliness over time the moderating role of interdependence
Psychology and Aging, 2011Co-Authors: Xin Zhang, Helene H. Fung, Dannii Y Yeung, Frieder R LangAbstract:We examined the relationships between age, changes in the number of peripheral Partners, and changes in loneliness over 2 years among 365 Hong Kong Chinese aged 18-91 years. We also tested the moderating role of interdependent self-construal in the relationships. Results showed that the well-documented negative association between age and number of peripheral Partners over time was only significant for individuals with low and medium interdependence but not for those with high interdependence. Moreover, only older and middle-aged adults high in interdependence benefitted from having more peripheral Social Partners by showing decreased loneliness in the 2-year interval.
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Age-Related Patterns in Social Networks among European Americans and African Americans: Implications for Socioemotional Selectivity across the Life Span
International journal of aging & human development, 2001Co-Authors: Helene H. Fung, Laura L Carstensen, Frieder R LangAbstract:Socioemotional selectivity theory contends that as people become increasingly aware of limitations on future time, they are increasingly motivated to be more selective in their choice of Social Partners, favoring emotionally meaningful relationships over peripheral ones. The theory hypothesizes that because age is negatively associated with time left in life, the Social networks of older people contain fewer peripheral Social Partners than those of their younger counterparts. This study tested the hypothesis among African Americans and European Americans, two ethnic groups whose Social structural resources differ. Findings confirm the hypothesis. Across a wide age range (18 to 94 years old) and among both ethnic groups, older people report as many emotionally close Social Partners but fewer peripheral Social Partners in their networks as compared to their younger counterparts. Moreover, a greater percentage of very close Social Partners in Social networks is related to lower levels of happiness among the ...
Allen J Moore - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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indirect genetic effects in behavioral ecology does behavior play a special role in evolution
Behavioral Ecology, 2018Co-Authors: Nathan W Bailey, Lucas Marieorleach, Allen J MooreAbstract:Behaviour is highly flexible, but does this make it special compared to other types of traits? We review how considering indirect genetic effects—the influence of genes expressed by Social Partners—can inform behavioural ecology research by improving predictions of behavioural optima in different Social, evolutionary and ecological contexts. We argue that this framework is ideal for empirically testing behaviour’s proposed, yet heavily debated, unique role in shaping evolutionary patterns and processes.
