Sincerity, remorse, and punishment: How visible tears impact observers' judgments (CROSBI ID 289918)
Prilog u časopisu | izvorni znanstveni rad | međunarodna recenzija
Podaci o odgovornosti
Picó, Alfonso ; Gračanin, Asmir ; Gadea, Marien ; Boeren, Andrea ; Aliño, Marta ; Vingerhoets, Ad
engleski
Sincerity, remorse, and punishment: How visible tears impact observers' judgments
Crying is a uniquely human behavior, the functions of which are at present not completely understood. We hypothesized that tears promote the perception of morally relevant traits and states such as sincerity, honesty, and remorse, which facilitate social bonding and we, therefore, predicted that tears would reduce the punishments proposed for transgressors. Participants were exposed to photographs of tearful people and the same pictures with the tears digitally removed, together with brief descriptions of everyday transgressions (Study 1, N = 71) and crimes (Study 2 ; N = 359). The dependent variables were the judgment of the model’s emotionality (Study 1), sincerity (situational in Study 1 and trait in Study 2), and kindness, remorse, and proposed punishment (Study 2 only). As expected, models with visible tears were rated as more emotional and reliable and were also judged as kinder and more remorseful than tearless transgressors. However, the more positive perception of tearful transgressors only translated into more lenient punishment in the case of drunk driving. In conclusion, although tears make transgressors appear more sincere, reliable, kind and remorseful, they do not necessarily affect proposed punishments for the transgression.
Tears ; Sincerity ; Remorse ; Punishment ; Judgment
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Podaci o izdanju
44
2020.
215-232
objavljeno
0191-5886
1573-3653
10.1007/s10919-019-00328-9
Povezanost rada
Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Kognitivna znanost (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, društvene i humanističke znanosti), Pravo, Psihologija