dc.contributor.author |
Hayakawa, Sayuri |
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Tannenbaum, David |
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Costa, Albert, 1970- |
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Corey, Joanna Darrow, 1986- |
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Keysar, Boaz |
dc.date.accessioned |
2018-07-26T08:32:47Z |
dc.date.available |
2018-07-26T08:32:47Z |
dc.date.issued |
2017 |
dc.identifier.citation |
Hayakawa S, Tannenbaum D, Costa A, Corey JD, Keysar B. Thinking more or feeling less? Explaining the foreign-language effect on moral judgment. Psychol Sci. 2017;28(10): 1387-97. DOI: 10.1177/0956797617720944 |
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0956-7976 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10230/35286 |
dc.description.abstract |
Would you kill one person to save five? People are more willing to accept such utilitarian action when using a foreign language than when using their native language. In six experiments, we investigated why foreign-language use affects moral choice in this way. On the one hand, the difficulty of using a foreign language might slow people down and increase deliberation, amplifying utilitarian considerations of maximizing welfare. On the other hand, use of a foreign language might stunt emotional processing, attenuating considerations of deontological rules, such as the prohibition against killing. Using a process-dissociation technique, we found that foreign-language use decreases deontological responding but does not increase utilitarian responding. This suggests that using a foreign language affects moral choice not through increased deliberation but by blunting emotional reactions associated with the violation of deontological rules. |
dc.description.sponsorship |
This project was supported by grants from the John Templeton Foundation (37775), the National Science Foundation (1520074), the Spanish Government (PSI2011-23033, Consolider Ingenio 2010 CSD2007-00048), the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (PSI2014-52181-P), the Catalan Government (SGR 2009-1521), and the European Research Council under the European Community’s Seventh Framework (FP7/2007-2013 Cooperation Grant Agreement 613465-AThEME). J. D. Corey was supported by a grant from the Catalan Government (FI-DGR). S. Hayakawa was supported by a Harper Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Chicago. |
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application/pdf |
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eng |
dc.publisher |
SAGE Publications |
dc.relation.ispartof |
Psychological Science. 2017;28(10): 1387-97. |
dc.rights |
The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in Psychological Science, 28/10, October/2017 by SAGE Publications Ltd, All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2017 |
dc.title |
Thinking more or feeling less? Explaining the foreign-language effect on moral judgment |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dc.identifier.doi |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797617720944 |
dc.subject.keyword |
Moral judgment |
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Foreign language |
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Process dissociation |
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Dual process |
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Open data |
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Open materials |
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/613465 |
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/PSI2011-23033 |
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/PSI2014-52181-P |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion |