Changing impressions: Moral character dominates impression updating

Brambilla, Marco; Carraro, Luciana; Castelli, Luigi; Sacchi, Simona

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2019.01.003

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“…Moreover, impressions are more polarized when individuals evaluate others' morality rather than other characteristics (Brambilla, Carraro, Castelli, & Sacchi, 2019). Taken together, these studies show that morality perceptions are important predictors of interpersonal and intergroup attitudes (Brambilla & Leach, 2004).…”

Section: Outgroup Morality Perceptions As a Mediator Of Contact Effectsmentioning

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Outgroup morality perceptions mediate secondary transfer effects from direct and extended contact: Evidence from majority and minority group members

Vezzali

Bernardo

Birtel

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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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The secondary transfer effect (STE), defined as contact with a primary outgroup improving attitudes towards a secondary outgroup uninvolved in contact, has mainly been studied with reference to direct contact and considering attitude generalization as the main mediating mechanism. Using a majority (422 Italians) and minority (130 immigrants) adolescent sample from high schools in Italy, we examined outgroup morality perceptions as a new mediating mechanism, and tested for the first time whether the STE emerges for extended contact. Results revealed that the STE emerged for direct contact among the majority group and for extended contact among the minority group, and it was sequentially mediated by perceptions of morality towards the primary outgroup, and by attitudes towards the primary outgroup and perceptions of morality towards the secondary outgroup. The STE also emerged for direct contact among the minority group, with morality perceptions towards the secondary outgroup and attitudes towards the primary outgroup being parallel mediators. We discuss the theoretical implications of the findings, arguing that it is important to identify the conditions and underlying processes of the STE in order to reduce prejudice in the case of both majority and minority groups.

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Section: Outgroup Morality Perceptions As a Mediator Of Contact Effectsmentioning

confidence: 88%

Outgroup morality perceptions mediate secondary transfer effects from direct and extended contact: Evidence from majority and minority group members

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Bernardo

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“…A productive starting point for exploring the biases in relation to potential in morality involves referring to research on potential in competence, as morality and competence are two fundamental dimensions in the judgment of individuals and groups [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Morality is linked to the perceived correctness of social targets, and is exemplified by traits such as honesty, sincerity, and trustworthiness [12,16,17], whereas competence is linked to goal-attainment and is exemplified by traits such as intelligence, skillfulness, and confidence [18][19][20].…”

Section: Symmetric Biases Regarding Potential For Competence Improvemmentioning

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“…Morality and competence are two important aspects for people to perceive individuals and groups [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. However, the structure of morality and competence seems to be different.…”

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“…Compared with competence, morality is a more essential characteristic of individuals and groups [17,45]. Compared with negative competence information, negative moral information is viewed as more dominative [11] and diagnostic [46]. The potential for moral decline is likely to have a negative impact on overall impressions about individuals or groups [15], even affecting perceptions of competence [47].…”

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The preference for potential in competence, not in morality: Asymmetric biases regarding a group's potential for moral improvement and decline

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The current study examined the effect of a group's potential for improvement and decline in morality and competence on applicants' willingness to join the group. We conducted four experiments with 399 Chinese participants who rated their willingness to join groups with potential for improvement, potential for decline, or stability in terms of morality or competence. The results showed that, compared with groups with stable competence, participants preferred groups with potential for competence improvement and were more averse to groups with potential for competence decline. However, the biases regarding the potential for moral improvement and decline were asymmetric. Specifically, compared with groups with stable morality, participants had no preference for groups with potential for moral improvement, but were more averse to groups with potential for moral decline. Possible explanations for the asymmetric biases regarding the potential for moral improvement and decline and future research directions are discussed.

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“…Specifically, when forming global impressions of other individuals, participants focused more on traits related to morality (like "trustworthy"), versus traits related to either sociability (like "likable") or competence (like "intelligent," Brambilla et al, 2011). In addition, morality dominates over sociability and competence information when updating impressions as well (Brambilla, Carraro, Castelli, & Sacchi, 2019).…”

Section: Morality: the Third Dimension Of Social Cognitionmentioning

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The role of morality in social cognition

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Gantman³

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Over the past few decades, two-factor models of social cognition have emerged as the dominant framework for understanding impression formation. Despite the differences in the labels, there is wide agreement that one dimension reflects sociability potential, and the other, competence. One way in which the various two-factor models do clearly differ, however, is in the way the dimensions incorporate or produce evaluations of morality. Aristotle saw morality as the most important basis on which to form positive evaluations, because competence and sociability could only be virtuous, sincere, and trustworthy if expressed through a moral character. This chapter highlights research demonstrating the unique and possibly primary role of morality in social cognition. We clarify the dynamic, interactive, and conjoint effects of morality on social perception, and argue morality, competence, and sociability are three influential and interactive dimensions of social perception.

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Changing impressions: Moral character dominates impression updating

Cited by 60 publications

References 74 publications

Outgroup morality perceptions mediate secondary transfer effects from direct and extended contact: Evidence from majority and minority group members

Outgroup morality perceptions mediate secondary transfer effects from direct and extended contact: Evidence from majority and minority group members

The preference for potential in competence, not in morality: Asymmetric biases regarding a group's potential for moral improvement and decline

The role of morality in social cognition

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