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Rom, Sarah C., Weiss, Alexa and Conway, Paul (2017). Judging those who judge: Perceivers infer the roles of affect and cognition underpinning others' moral dilemma responses. J. Exp. Soc. Psychol., 69. S. 44 - 59. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. ISSN 1096-0465

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Abstract

Whereas considerable research examines antecedents of moral dilemma judgments where causing harm maximizes outcomes, this work examines social consequences: whether participants infer personality characteristics from others' dilemma judgments. We propose that people infer the roles of affective and cognitive processing underlying other peoples' moral dilemma judgments, and use this information to inform personality perceptions. In Studies 1 and 2, participants rated targets who rejected causing outcome-maximizing harm (consistent with de ontology) as warmer but less competent than targets who accepted causing outcome-maximizing harm (consistent with utilitarianism). Studies 3a and 3b replicated this pattern and demonstrated that perceptions of affective processing mediated the effect on warmth, whereas perceptions of cognitive processing mediated the effect on competence. In Study 4 participants accurately predicted that affective decision-makers would reject harm, whereas cognitive decision-makers would accept harm. Furthermore, participants preferred targets who rejected causing harm for a social role prioritizing warmth (pediatrician), whereas they preferred targets who accepted causing harm for a social role prioritizing competence (hospital management, Study 5). Together, these results suggest that people infer the role of affective and cognitive processing underlying others' harm rejection and acceptance judgments, which inform personality inferences and decision-making. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Rom, Sarah C. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Weiss, Alexa UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Conway, Paul UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-239419
DOI:	10.1016/j.jesp.2016.09.007
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Exp. Soc. Psychol.
Volume:	69
Page Range:	S. 44 - 59
Date:	2017
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN DIEGO
ISSN:	1096-0465
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; STEREOTYPE CONTENT; DECISION-MAKING; THINKING STYLES; COMPETENCE; JUDGMENT; WARMTH; PERSONALITY; CHARACTER; EMOTION Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23941