ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Locus of Control Shifts Disgust in Human Vs Animal Moral Dilemmas

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Xinru Wang
    Manhattan College
  • Kimberly Fairchild
    Manhattan College

Abstract

Participants reported their discrete emotional reactions to a randomly assigned moral dilemma involving humans or dogs in life-threatening or non-life-threatening situation. A surprising 3-way interaction emerged between locus of control, subject type, and situation type. Locus of control produced an inverse disgust reaction for human versus animal life-threatening situations.

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