Running head: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: MORALITY AND SOCIAL PERCEPTION 1
MORALITY AND SOCIAL PERCEPTION
A DEFINITION OF MORALITY RELATED TO SOCIAL GROUPS
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MORALITY AND SOCIAL PERCEPTION
A DEFINITION OF MORALITY RELATED TO SOCIAL GROUPS
Trustworthiness can be recognized as the central and constant dimension of morality. (Ellemers and
van den Bos, 2012; Leach et al. 2013; Pagliaro 2012).
Reliability as a fundamental content of the moral dimension: a considerable corpus of research
conducted in relation to the processes of social judgment that lead people to make judgments both
about themselves and about others, has highlighted how the assessments that people make both
about themselves and on the others they tend to be based on two dimensions of judgment:
Heat: it was considered as an alternative determinant of people's self-esteem, as additional
information that qualifies the judgments related to competence. in the model of the Content of the
Stereotype: this dimension is used to indicate the way in which an individual relates to other people,
and has been conceptualized as being reliable and friendly with others, taking care of them.
Leach, Ellemers and Barreto (2007) have: verified that this dimension includes two sub-dimensions,
which are distinguishable on a theoretical and empirical level:
1) Dimension of morality: it is associated with specific characteristics of the social target, such
as, trust, honesty, concerning its correctness in general.
2) Dimension of sociability: it appears associated with cooperation and with coming into
contact with others.
Therefore, the evaluative space seems to underlie three dimensions:
- -Morality
- -Sociability
- -Competence
The results of the research of Leach and collaborators prompted the researchers:
- To put new studies in which the separate contribution of the dimensions of morality and
sociability could be examined.
- To re-read the results of previous research in the light of this distinction.
Competence: concerns the evaluation of skills related to intelligence, the ability to complete tasks:
these are often considered to be the main indicators of success able to elevate individuals and / or
groups to a dominant social status (Fiske et al, 2002). In the stereotype model: this dimension refers
MORALITY AND SOCIAL PERCEPTION
A DEFINITION OF MORALITY RELATED TO SOCIAL GROUPS
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, SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: MORALITY AND SOCIAL PERCEPTION 2
MORALITY AND SOCIAL PERCEPTION
A DEFINITION OF MORALITY RELATED TO SOCIAL GROUPS
Trustworthiness can be recognized as the central and constant dimension of morality. (Ellemers and
van den Bos, 2012; Leach et al. 2013; Pagliaro 2012).
Reliability as a fundamental content of the moral dimension: a considerable corpus of research
conducted in relation to the processes of social judgment that lead people to make judgments both
about themselves and about others, has highlighted how the assessments that people make both
about themselves and on the others they tend to be based on two dimensions of judgment:
Heat: it was considered as an alternative determinant of people's self-esteem, as additional
information that qualifies the judgments related to competence. in the model of the Content of the
Stereotype: this dimension is used to indicate the way in which an individual relates to other people,
and has been conceptualized as being reliable and friendly with others, taking care of them.
Leach, Ellemers and Barreto (2007) have: verified that this dimension includes two sub-dimensions,
which are distinguishable on a theoretical and empirical level:
1) Dimension of morality: it is associated with specific characteristics of the social target, such
as, trust, honesty, concerning its correctness in general.
2) Dimension of sociability: it appears associated with cooperation and with coming into
contact with others.
Therefore, the evaluative space seems to underlie three dimensions:
- -Morality
- -Sociability
- -Competence
The results of the research of Leach and collaborators prompted the researchers:
- To put new studies in which the separate contribution of the dimensions of morality and
sociability could be examined.
- To re-read the results of previous research in the light of this distinction.
Competence: concerns the evaluation of skills related to intelligence, the ability to complete tasks:
these are often considered to be the main indicators of success able to elevate individuals and / or
groups to a dominant social status (Fiske et al, 2002). In the stereotype model: this dimension refers
