Being Watched by God Versus a Third Person: Which Agent Lowers the Perceived Likelihood of Immoral Behaviors?

IF 1.2 4区 心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Beyza Tepe, Arzu Karakulak
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Abstract

With three experimental studies using data from young adults living in a highly religious context, namely Turkey (N = 483), the current research examines how being watched by a third person versus God affects the perceived likelihood ratings of harmful versus impure immoral behaviors. We hypothesized that respondents would expect others to more strongly refrain from acting immorally when they believed they were being watched by God compared to a third person, and that this effect would be more pronounced for impure compared to harmful moral transgressions. The God condition was perceived as more effective than the third-person surveillance condition when immoral behaviors were harmful. However, for severe impure transgressions, neither surveillance condition was perceived as effective. We discuss our findings in light of contemporary morality research, outline the role of possible cultural and individual-level boundary conditions, and highlight the scientific and practical contributions of our research to the field.
被上帝注视与第三人注视:哪个因素降低不道德行为的感知可能性?
目前的研究使用了三个实验研究数据,这些数据来自生活在高度宗教背景下的年轻人,即土耳其(N = 483),研究了由第三人观看与上帝观看如何影响对有害行为和不纯洁不道德行为的感知可能性评级。我们假设,当被调查者认为自己受到上帝的监视时,他们会期望别人比第三人更强烈地克制自己不做不道德的事,而且这种影响在不纯洁的情况下比在有害的道德越轨情况下更为明显。当不道德的行为是有害的时,上帝条件被认为比第三人监视条件更有效。然而,对于严重的不洁行为,两种监视条件都被认为是有效的。我们根据当代道德研究讨论了我们的发现,概述了可能的文化和个人层面的边界条件的作用,并强调了我们的研究对该领域的科学和实践贡献。
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Social Cognition
Social Cognition PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-
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期刊介绍: An excellent resource for researchers as well as students, Social Cognition features reports on empirical research, self-perception, self-concept, social neuroscience, person-memory integration, social schemata, the development of social cognition, and the role of affect in memory and perception. Three broad concerns define the scope of the journal: - The processes underlying the perception, memory, and judgment of social stimuli - The effects of social, cultural, and affective factors on the processing of information The behavioral and interpersonal consequences of cognitive processes.
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