ICPS
2023 International Convention of Psychological Science
The Psychology of Infectious Disease
This symposium describes new research on (1) the degree to which intergroup biases are exacerbated by perceptions that outgroups pose infection threats; (2) how infectious-disease concerns shape moral cognition; and (3) whether and how the COVID-19 pandemic shaped behavior via psychological mechanisms that have evolved for pathogen-avoidance functions.
Chairs & Discussants
- Tybur JoshuaChair
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Presentations
- What the COVID-19 Pandemic Reveals about the Behavioral Immune SystemJoshua Tybur
- Are People More Averse to Microbe-Sharing Contact with Ethnic Outgroup Members? a Registered Report.Lei Fan
- Exposure to Immigrants Does Not Moderate the Relationship between Disgust Sensitivity and Opposition to ImmigrationFlorian Van Leeuwen
- Purity Morals Are Multidimensional: Distinctions between Pathogens and SexualityTom Kupfer
