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Efficiency or equality? The utilitarianism-egalitarianism trade-off determines carbon allocation preference
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 27. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12702. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInternational carbon allocation confronts the conflict between efficiency and equality. Previous research based on the intergroup bias perspective has attributed carbon allocation preference to the defence of ingroup interests (i.e., national interests) while overlooking the critical role of trade-offs between competing moral values. Integrating the contingency theory of justice and moral philosophical theories of utilitarianism and egalitarianism, we proposed that the moral-values trade-off between utilitarianism and egalitarianism deter...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lingling Huang Li Liu Jianning Dang Cong Wei Xiaoyan Miao Source Type: research

Dressing up social psychology: Empirically investigating the psychological functions of clothing using the example of symbolic protection
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 27. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12700. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTClothing behaviour remains an understudied research area within social psychology. Through the present research, we aim to anchor attire as an empirical research subject by investigating the psychological properties of one of its functionalities, namely, to provide protection. We argue that attire's undisputed role in shielding humans from environmental hazards may extend to the psychological level and protect them from the incorporeal consequences of existential threats symbolically. In this Registered Report, a mixed-methods approach li...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert Gruber Michael H äfner Sven Kachel Source Type: research

Exaggerating differences back and forth: Two levels of intergroup accentuation
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 22. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12699. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSocial perceivers tend to exaggerate existing differences between groups, a phenomenon known as intergroup accentuation. In two preregistered experiments, we tested the hypothesis that accentuation originates in the initial learning of information about a novel group. In both experiments, perceivers exaggerated differences between two fictitious social groups that differed probabilistically in two dimensional traits. As hypothesized, accentuation was stronger for the group encountered second, confirming that accentuation originates partly...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Patrick Rothermund Roland Deutsch Source Type: research

Exaggerating differences back and forth: Two levels of intergroup accentuation
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 22. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12699. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSocial perceivers tend to exaggerate existing differences between groups, a phenomenon known as intergroup accentuation. In two preregistered experiments, we tested the hypothesis that accentuation originates in the initial learning of information about a novel group. In both experiments, perceivers exaggerated differences between two fictitious social groups that differed probabilistically in two dimensional traits. As hypothesized, accentuation was stronger for the group encountered second, confirming that accentuation originates partly...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Patrick Rothermund Roland Deutsch Source Type: research

Exaggerating differences back and forth: Two levels of intergroup accentuation
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 22. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12699. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSocial perceivers tend to exaggerate existing differences between groups, a phenomenon known as intergroup accentuation. In two preregistered experiments, we tested the hypothesis that accentuation originates in the initial learning of information about a novel group. In both experiments, perceivers exaggerated differences between two fictitious social groups that differed probabilistically in two dimensional traits. As hypothesized, accentuation was stronger for the group encountered second, confirming that accentuation originates partly...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Patrick Rothermund Roland Deutsch Source Type: research

Exaggerating differences back and forth: Two levels of intergroup accentuation
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 22. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12699. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSocial perceivers tend to exaggerate existing differences between groups, a phenomenon known as intergroup accentuation. In two preregistered experiments, we tested the hypothesis that accentuation originates in the initial learning of information about a novel group. In both experiments, perceivers exaggerated differences between two fictitious social groups that differed probabilistically in two dimensional traits. As hypothesized, accentuation was stronger for the group encountered second, confirming that accentuation originates partly...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Patrick Rothermund Roland Deutsch Source Type: research

How our ideological out-group shapes our emotional response to our shared socio-political reality
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 21. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12701. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWhat shapes our emotional responses to socio-political events? Following the social identity approach, we suggest that individuals adjust their emotional responses to socio-political stimuli based on their ideological out-group's responses, in a manner that preserves the comparative and normative fit of ideological in-group-out-group categories. In Study 1 and Study 2 (pre-registered), Jewish-Israeli leftists and rightists were exposed to their ideological out-group's alleged emotional response to a stimulus associated with Israeli-Palest...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julia Elad-Strenger Amit Goldenberg Tamar Saguy Eran Halplerin Source Type: research

How our ideological out-group shapes our emotional response to our shared socio-political reality
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 21. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12701. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWhat shapes our emotional responses to socio-political events? Following the social identity approach, we suggest that individuals adjust their emotional responses to socio-political stimuli based on their ideological out-group's responses, in a manner that preserves the comparative and normative fit of ideological in-group-out-group categories. In Study 1 and Study 2 (pre-registered), Jewish-Israeli leftists and rightists were exposed to their ideological out-group's alleged emotional response to a stimulus associated with Israeli-Palest...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julia Elad-Strenger Amit Goldenberg Tamar Saguy Eran Halplerin Source Type: research

Gender (in)equality at the kitchen table: A diary study on how Parents' coordination facilitates an equal task division and relationship quality
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 20. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12698. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlthough women's labour force participation has increased, women still lag behind in financial independence and men in spending time on parenting. Insight in individuals' explicit conversations with their partner about how to coordinate daily household, childcare and paid work may help to overcome these persistent inequalities. Using a daily diary design, the present study examined to what extent daily conversations with the partner about household, childcare and paid work can boost a more equal, fair task division and relationship qualit...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Larisa Riedijk Lianne Aarntzen Ruth van Veelen Belle Derks Source Type: research

Gender (in)equality at the kitchen table: A diary study on how Parents' coordination facilitates an equal task division and relationship quality
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 20. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12698. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAlthough women's labour force participation has increased, women still lag behind in financial independence and men in spending time on parenting. Insight in individuals' explicit conversations with their partner about how to coordinate daily household, childcare and paid work may help to overcome these persistent inequalities. Using a daily diary design, the present study examined to what extent daily conversations with the partner about household, childcare and paid work can boost a more equal, fair task division and relationship qualit...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Larisa Riedijk Lianne Aarntzen Ruth van Veelen Belle Derks Source Type: research

Not all ballots should be considered equal: How education-based dehumanization undermines the democratic social contract
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 16. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12697. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLess educated people are viewed negatively and their opinions are belittled in our society. Besides, along with other groups, they are underrepresented in the political arena which questions the legitimacy of democratic systems. Despite the existence of education-based devaluation, research on how people dehumanize individuals and groups with lesser education and minimize their democratic rights is scarce. In this project, we provide correlational evidence that less (vs. highly) educated individuals and groups are dehumanized (Study 1a, N...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mario Sainz Alexandra V ázquez Source Type: research

Ableism differs by disability, gender and social context: Evidence from vignette experiments
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 16. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12696. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTExisting research on prejudice and discrimination towards disabled people (i.e. 'ableism') has conceptualized it as a general attitude, obscuring the role of social context in its manifestation. We aimed to investigate whether and how ableism manifests differently depending on the nature of the disability, the disabled person's gender and the social context of the interaction. A nationally representative sample of 2000 adults read a series of vignettes about issues faced by disabled people (e.g. employment, relationships). Vignettes varie...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shane Timmons Frances McGinnity Eamonn Carroll Source Type: research

Not all ballots should be considered equal: How education-based dehumanization undermines the democratic social contract
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 16. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12697. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLess educated people are viewed negatively and their opinions are belittled in our society. Besides, along with other groups, they are underrepresented in the political arena which questions the legitimacy of democratic systems. Despite the existence of education-based devaluation, research on how people dehumanize individuals and groups with lesser education and minimize their democratic rights is scarce. In this project, we provide correlational evidence that less (vs. highly) educated individuals and groups are dehumanized (Study 1a, N...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mario Sainz Alexandra V ázquez Source Type: research

Ableism differs by disability, gender and social context: Evidence from vignette experiments
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 16. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12696. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTExisting research on prejudice and discrimination towards disabled people (i.e. 'ableism') has conceptualized it as a general attitude, obscuring the role of social context in its manifestation. We aimed to investigate whether and how ableism manifests differently depending on the nature of the disability, the disabled person's gender and the social context of the interaction. A nationally representative sample of 2000 adults read a series of vignettes about issues faced by disabled people (e.g. employment, relationships). Vignettes varie...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shane Timmons Frances McGinnity Eamonn Carroll Source Type: research

Not all ballots should be considered equal: How education-based dehumanization undermines the democratic social contract
Br J Soc Psychol. 2023 Nov 16. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12697. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLess educated people are viewed negatively and their opinions are belittled in our society. Besides, along with other groups, they are underrepresented in the political arena which questions the legitimacy of democratic systems. Despite the existence of education-based devaluation, research on how people dehumanize individuals and groups with lesser education and minimize their democratic rights is scarce. In this project, we provide correlational evidence that less (vs. highly) educated individuals and groups are dehumanized (Study 1a, N...
Source: The British Journal of Social Psychology - November 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mario Sainz Alexandra V ázquez Source Type: research