People with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) had more so-called utilitarian inclinations on moral dilemmas (Study 1), seemingly because they were less concerned about violations of moral rules (Study 2).

I wish they’d measured reflective reasoning (especially because they draw conclusions about it).

https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S455057

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"Deontological and absolutist moral dilemma judgments convey self-righteousness" in U.S., German-speaking, and British participants (N = 1254).

In the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2023.104505

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In 3 priming experiments about politics, morality, and race, "behavior was most often guided by either deliberate cognition or else …unspecified processes" (rather than "prime-related automatic cognition").

Authors think that #ProcessDissociation is key to revealing this pattern (previews from the #OpenAccess paper in pictures): https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v10-4-118/

#DualProcessTheory #ProcessTracing #Research #Methods #Sociology