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Essere ebreo e essere ebraico: il diverso peso di nomi e aggettivi nella percezione sociale
No full textDishonesty when the game is unfair: Experimental evidence for the effect of economic inequality on tax evasion and cheating
No full textAlthough the link between economic inequality and dishonest behavior is well-established in the literature, their causal relation is still unclear. Here we investigate the causal link between economic inequality and dishonest behavior in a simulated society with high or low economic inequality, while holding middle-class status of the participants constant across conditions. Study 1 (N = 479) focuses on tax evasion, showing that high (vs. low) economic inequality increases the tendency to not declare taxable income. Study 2 (N = 228) analyzes cheating behavior, showing that participants under high (vs. low) economic inequality cheat more in order to increase their income. Together, the studies provide experimental evidence that economic inequality plays a causal role in dishonest behaviors, such as tax evasion and cheating
The Language of Derogation and Hate: Functions, Consequences, and Reappropriation
No full textOver the last decades, the use of explicit derogatory language (e.g., hate speech, slurs, micro-insults) has risen in many countries. We provide an overview on blatant language discrimination, including its psychological antecedents and consequences. After presenting a working definition of derogatory language and describing its prevalence, we discuss the social functions it serves and the role it plays in identity protection, in legitimizing group hierarchies, and in establishing and enforcing group norms. Drawing from both the socio-cognitive and discursive traditions in social psychology, it is argued that the language people are exposed to and the language they employ, shape the way they think and construct reality. We also consider two ways in which targeted groups may respond to derogatory language, specifically confrontation and reappropriation. Finally, we address challenges for future research, in particular the need for more cross disciplinary research to ebb the growing proliferation of hate speech on digital media which has become a global international concern
Enhancing masculinity by slandering homosexuals: The role of homophobic epithets in heterosexual gender identity
No full textWe investigate the effects of homophobic labels on the self-perception of heterosexual
males, hypothesizing that, when exposed to homophobic epithets, they are motivated to underline
their masculinity and claim a distinctly heterosexual identity by taking distance from homosexuals
and, to a lesser degree, from women. Heterosexual male participants were subliminally (Study 1)
and supraliminally primed (Study 2) either by a homophobic epithet or by a category label, and
completed the Traditional Beliefs about Gender and Gender Identity scale. Participants stressed
their heterosexual identity, but not their gender distinctiveness, when exposed to homophobic
epithets, compared to category labels. Study 2, demonstrated that the relation between the
homophobic label and the participants’ heterosexual identity was mediated by how negatively they
reacted to the anti-gay label. Heterosexual identity was enhanced in reaction to homophobic labels,
but not to an equally derogatory label referring to regional identity. Results are discussed within an
intergroup framework
The sound of social class: Do music preferences signal status?
No full textIn three studies, we explore the subjective construal of associations between music preferences and social class. Two small-scale studies (N = 100, N = 70) and one study involving a large representative sample of the Italian population (N = 1,045) reveal that (a) people hold well-defined stereotypes on how music preferences are linked to social class, (b) that these stereotypes do not map onto actual class differences in music taste, (c) that they operate at both an implicit and explicit level, (d) that they are subject to ingroup bias among those who prefer “low-class” genres, and (e) that they are only weakly affected by streaming habits. Together, these findings shed new light on the psychological processes through which people draw inferences about social class on the basis of cultural expression
Effetti dell'esposizione ai programmi della televisione italiana sulle prestazioni cognitive delle donne
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