Unexpected Dimensions of Person Perception

Описание: Sean Laurent, assistant professor of psychology, Penn State

Talk Title (abstract below): "Unexpected Dimensions of Person Perception"

This presentation is part of the Moral Psychology Research Group 2024 conference on Penn State's University Park Campus in November 2024.

Hosted by the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making and Daryl Cameron, associate professor of psychology, Penn State, and senior research associate in tthe Rock Ethics Institute.

Sponsored by:

Penn State College of the Liberal Arts
Penn State Rock Ethics Institute
Penn State Social Science Research Institute
The McCourtney Institute for Democracy
Penn State Department of Philosophy
Penn State Department of Psychology
Penn State University Libraries

ABSTRACT: "Moral evaluations are often straightforward, such as when a person harms
another and is morally condemned for doing so. Yet, because people are
naturally imaginative, they sometimes use information to construct
narratives that travel beyond the bounds of what they actually know, leading
them to negatively evaluate others (or evaluate them more negatively) when
doing so might be inappropriate."