Moral violations that target more valued victims elicit more anger, but not necessarily more disgust Lei Fan, Catherine Molho, Tom R. Kupfer, Joshua M. Tybur Published on Journal of Experimental Social Psychology https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002210312400009X The same moral violation can give rise to different emotional and behavioral responses in different individuals. The mechanisms that give rise to […]

Beyond Outrage: Observers Anticipate Different Behaviors From Expressors of Anger Versus Disgust Lei Fan, Catherine Molho, Tom R. Kupfer, Disa A. Sauter, Joshua M. Tybur Published on Social Psychological and Personality Science Doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550623117695 The modern world affords unprecedented opportunities for individuals to express moral sentiments. The widespread distribution of one specific type of sentiment […]

Are people more averse to microbe-sharing contact with ethnic outgroup members? A registered report Lei Fan, Joshua M.Tybur, Benedict C.Jones Published on Evolution and Human Behavior Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.08.007 Abstract Intergroup biases are widespread across cultures and time. The current study tests an existing hypothesis that has been proposed to explain such biases: the mind has […]

What Motivates Direct and Indirect Punishment? Extending the “Intuitive Retributivism” Hypothesis Catherine Molho, Mathias Twardawski, Lei Fan Published on Zeitschrift für Psychologie Doi: https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000455 Abstract Punishment represents a key mechanism to deter norm violations and is motivated by retribution and/or general deterrence. Retribution-motivated punishment is tailored to offense severity, whereas deterrence-motivated punishment is tailored to […]

Re-evaluating the relationship between pathogen avoidance and preferences for facial symmetry and sexual dimorphism: A registered report Joshua M. Tybur, Lei Fan, Benedict C. Jones, Iris J. Holzleitner, Anthony J. Lee, Lisa M. DeBruine Published on Evolution and Human Behavior Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2022.01.003 Abstract Over the past decade, a small literature has tested how trait-level pathogen-avoidance […]

What motivates direct and indirect punishment? Extending the ‘intuitive retributivism’ hypothesis Catherine Molho, Mathias Twardawski, & Lei Fan In human societies, moral offenses are often met with punishment. Punishers may be motivated by retribution—i.e., wanting to repay the harm done—and/or general deterrence—i.e., wanting to prevent onlookers from committing similar offenses in the future. Punishment motivated […]