Intergroup Conflict Self-Perpetuates via Meaning: Exposure to Intergroup Conflict Increases Meaning and Fuels a Desire for Further Conflict

We investigated whether violent conflict provides individuals with a sense of meaning that they are hesitant to let go of, thus contributing to the perpetuation of intergroup conflict. Across a wide variety of contexts, we found that making intergroup conflict salient increased the meaning people found in conflict and, in turn, increased support for conflict-perpetuating beliefs, ideologies, policies, and behaviors. These effects were detected among participants exposed to reminders of intergroup conflict (the American Revolutionary War and the U.S.-led campaign against ISIS; Studies 1A and 1B), participants living through actual intergroup conflict (the 2014 Israel-Gaza war; Study 2), and participants who perceived actual intergroup conflicts to be larger versus smaller in scope (the November 2015 Paris attacks; Studies 3 and 4). We also found that directly manipulating the perceived meaning in conflict (in the context of the 2014 NYC "hatchet attack"; Study 5) led to greater perceived meaning in life in general and thereby greater support for conflict escalation. Together, these findings suggest that intergroup conflict can serve as a source of meaning that people are motivated to hold on to. We discuss our findings in the context of the meaning making and threat compensation literatures, and consider their implications for perspectives on conflict escalation and resolution

Trust in scientific information mediates associations between conservatism and coronavirus responses in the U.S., but few other nations

U.S.-based research suggests conservatism is linked with less concern about contracting coronavirus and less preventative behaviors to avoid infection. Here, we investigate whether these tendencies are partly attributable to distrust in scientific information, and evaluate whether they generalize outside the U.S., using public data and recruited representative samples across three studies (Ntotal = 34,710). In Studies 1 and 2, we examine these relationships in the U.S., yielding converging evidence for a sequential indirect effect of conservatism on compliance through scientific (dis)trust and infection concern. In Study 3, we compare these relationships across 19 distinct countries. Although the relationships between trust in scientific information about the coronavirus, concern about coronavirus infection, and compliance are consistent cross-nationally, the relationships between conservatism and trust in scientific information are not. These relationships are strongest in North America. Consequently, the indirect effects observed in Studies 1–2 only replicate in North America (the U.S. and Canada) and in Indonesia. Study 3 also found parallel direct and indirect effects on support for lockdown restrictions. These associations suggest not only that relationships between conservatism and compliance are not universal, but localized to particular countries where conservatism is more strongly related to trust in scientific information about the coronavirus pandemic

Les influences sociales : Concepts, Recherches, Applications.

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Les influences sociales

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Le contrôle social (approches expérimentales des sanctions sociales négatives face à un comportement déviant)

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Les influences sociales: Concepts, recherches et applications

International audienceParce qu’ils sont sociaux par nature, les êtres humains sont sensibles à l’influence sociale. Ils sont tout autant dépendants du contexte dans lequel surgissent les événements, qu’acteurs de la situation dans laquelle ils se trouvent.Ils sont tout aussi influençables que capables d’influencer les autres et la structure sociale dans son ensemble. Les différentes approches de la psychologie sociale permettent de mieux comprendre les mécanismes psychologiques liés à la diversité des comportements des individus en société.Cette deuxième édition, actualisée et complétée, dresse un panorama complet du concept de l’influence sociale en abordant les grands thèmes que sont : les normes sociales ; le conformisme ; les pressions à la conformité et les réactions à la déviance ; l’influence minoritaire ; la soumission à l’autorité

L'échelle de besoin d'appartenance : validation française et rôle dans les réactions à la déviance

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The role of emotions on reaction to deviance: the effect of anger on social control.

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Le rôle des émotions dans l’émergence du contrôle social informel

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