John M. Doris
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View article: Gripping account of psychology’s cautionary tale is marred by flawed assumptions
Gripping account of psychology’s cautionary tale is marred by flawed assumptions Open
View article: True Believers: The Incredulity Hypothesis and the Enduring Legacy of the Obedience Experiments
True Believers: The Incredulity Hypothesis and the Enduring Legacy of the Obedience Experiments Open
Numerous commentaries on the Milgram experiments entertain versions of the Incredulity Hypothesis, which maintains that Milgram’s participants did not as a rule believe they were administering actual shocks. If the Incredulity Hypothesis w…
View article: Political orientation and moral judgment of sexual misconduct
Political orientation and moral judgment of sexual misconduct Open
In a series of studies in the U.S. (total N participants = 4,828) using both news articles (Studies 1-2) and constructed scenarios (Studies 3-4), we investigated how judgments of responsibility, blame, causal contribution, and punishment f…
View article: The paucity of morality in everyday talk
The paucity of morality in everyday talk Open
View article: Who Attributes What to Whom? Moral Values and Relational Context Shape Causal Attribution to the Person or the Situation
Who Attributes What to Whom? Moral Values and Relational Context Shape Causal Attribution to the Person or the Situation Open
View article: It's Not the Flu: Popular Perceptions of the Impact of COVID-19 in the U.S.
It's Not the Flu: Popular Perceptions of the Impact of COVID-19 in the U.S. Open
Messaging from U.S. authorities about COVID-19 has been widely divergent. This research aims to clarify popular perceptions of the COVID-19 threat and its effects on victims. In four studies with over 4,100 U.S. participants, we consistent…
View article: Attributions of Responsibility for Military Misconduct: Constraint, Identification, and Severity
Attributions of Responsibility for Military Misconduct: Constraint, Identification, and Severity Open
Although a great deal of research and theory in social psychology has addressed issues surrounding the attribution of moral responsibility, a paucity of research has examined a topic of continuing importance, the ascription of moral respon…
View article: It’s Not the Flu: Popular perceptions of the impact of COVID-19
It’s Not the Flu: Popular perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 Open
Messaging from authorities about COVID-19 has been widely divergent. This research aims to clarify popular perceptions of the threat of COVID-19 and its effects on victims. In four studies with over 4,100 U.S. participants, we consistently…
View article: It’s Not the Flu: Popular perceptions of the impact of COVID-19
It’s Not the Flu: Popular perceptions of the impact of COVID-19 Open
Messaging from authorities about COVID-19 has been widely divergent. This research aims to clarify popular perceptions of the threat of COVID-19 and its effects on victims. In four studies with over 4,100 U.S. participants, we consistently…
View article: Eavesdropping on character: Assessing everyday moral behaviors
Eavesdropping on character: Assessing everyday moral behaviors Open
View article: Talking to Our Selves: Reflection, Ignorance, and Agency
Talking to Our Selves: Reflection, Ignorance, and Agency Open
Do we know what we're doing, and why? Psychological research seems to suggest not: reflection and self-awareness are surprisingly uncommon and inaccurate. John M. Doris presents a new account of agency and responsibility, which reconciles …