Dr. Sean Laurent on “The influence of desire and knowledge on perception of each other and related mental states, and different mechanisms for blame.”

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In today’s episode I share the interview that I did with Dr. Sean Laurent. In it, we discuss his article titled “The influence of desire and knowledge on perception of each other and related mental states, and different mechanisms for blame.” The abstract for the article is provided below. Dr. Laurent is currently at the University of Oregon working as an Adjunct Instructor, and will be starting in Fall 2016 as an Asst. Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. If you have any questions or comments please either share a comment below, or send me a message by going to methodologyforpsychology.org/contact.

Mentioned Resources

The Attribution of Blame: Causality, Responsibility, and Blameworthiness – Kelly Shaver

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion – Robert B. Cialdini

Abstract

“Two experiments (Experiment 1 N = 350; Experiment 2 N = 153), used relatively simple (Experiment 1) and complex (Experiment 2) vignettes to investigate whether two ostensibly distinct mental states that underlie intentionality judgments influence each other, related mental states, and agent morality, and also whether they affect blame through different routes. Knowledge (that a particular action can lead to a particular outcome) affected perceptions of an agent’s desire by first increasing blame, which increased perceptions that the agent was aware of acting, while acting. Desire (for a particular outcome) affected blame and perceptions of agent knowledge by increasing perceptions that the agents were immoral (measured after knowledge and desire were described, but before the agents’ action and the harmful outcomes were described), which influenced perceptions of the agents’ awareness. The importance of these findings for mental state perception research, including the relationship of mental states to blame, is discussed.”

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