Different types of stress alter moral attitude towards outgroup members
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https://doi.org/10.21638/1701/spbu16.2016.314Abstract
We have examined moral attitudes towards outgroup members of people in diff erent types of stress conditions. Participants (N = 86) solved moral dilemmas based on aggressor-ingroup member and victim-outgroup member oppositions. Th e comparison of the present research data with previous ones conducted on children reveals statistically signifi cant regression to early “childish” forms of be-havior in moral choice situations, namely the preference by adults for the strategy of supporting an ingroup member even if he acts unfairly. Th ere are no signifi cant diff erences in behavior of people in diff erent types of stress. Reversible increasing of low-diff erentiated systems to support behavior(i.e. system dediff erentiation) is common for stressful situation. Th is work was supported by Russian Science Foundation Grant No 14-28-00229, Institute of Psychology RAS.
Keywords:
system-evolutionary approach, system dedifferentiation, stress, moral choice, moral dilemma, attitude toward outgroup members
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