Epitropova, Teodora (2021) Attitude Moralization in Intergroup and Intragroup Contexts: Do value violations committed by immoral out/in-group members trigger attitude moralization? Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Attitude moralization is an important process that shapes human behaviour, however we know little about when it occurs. To broaden our knowledge on the topic, we aim to replicate a study investigating moralization within the intergroup context, and as a function of a value protection response. We expect attitudes to become more strongly moralized in response to immoral, but not moral, violators, as the moral character of the transgressor plays a crucial role in the perception of threat and experience of other-condemning negative emotions. We also suggest that moralization can occur in the intragroup context. More specifically, we propose that immoral ingroup violators pose a higher threat to ingroups’ stability and image of the group, compared to moral ingroup violators, which in response triggers moralization of the issue at hand. We set up a 2x2 experimental design to test the effects of group membership and perceived morality of the violator on attitude moralization. We found evidence of equally strong moralization in all four of our experimental conditions. This suggest that other factors than morality of the violator potentially play a key role in the process.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Figueiredo Leal, A.L. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jan 2022 15:04 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2022 15:04 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/56 |
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