Impactful interactions : how the experience of social ostracization influences our moral judgments of others
department or school: Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of (Okanagan)
department or school: Psychology, Department of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Carpenter, Tara Louise
issued: 2020-09-09T16:55:41Z
issued: 2020
related degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Social connectedness is a fundamental human need (Baumeister, & Leary, 1995). As an inherently social species, we rely on others for protection, survival, and reproductive success; as such, we are necessarily sensitive to threats to our social connections. This dissertation examined whether individuals that socially ostracize others are perceived as lacking in moral foundations, and whether this effect is moderated by the racial ingroup or outgroup status of the individuals perpetrating the ostracization. I also evaluated individuals’ interest in, and reasoning for, socially affiliative and socially aggressive responses following inclusion and ostracization. I found that the experience of social ostracization influenced judgements of others’ likelihood of violating the moral foundations of fairness and authority, but not of caring, loyalty, or sanctity, irrespective of the others’ ingroup or outgroup status. The experience of social ostracization also influenced participants socially affiliative and social aggressive responses, again irrespective of the others’ ingroup or outgroup status.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/75940
note: IMPACTFUL INTERACTIONS: HOW THE EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL OSTRACIZATION INFLUENCES OUR MORAL JUDGMENTS OF OTHERS by Tara Louise Carpenter B.Sc. (Honours), Dalhousie University, 2008 M.A., University of British Columbia, 2010 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Psychology) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) August 2020 Ó Tara Louise Carpenter, 2020 iiThe following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis/dissertation entitled: IMPACTFUL INTERACTIONS: HOW THE EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL OSTRACIZATION INFLUENCES OUR MORAL JUDGMENTS OF OTHERS submitted by Tara Carpenter in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctorate of Philosophy . Dr. Paul Davies, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UBC (Okanagan) Supervisor Dr. Susan Holtzman, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UBC (Okanagan) Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Harry Miller, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UBC (Okanagan) Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Ed Taylor, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UBC (Okanagan) University Examiner Dr. Chris Schneider, Faculty of Arts, Brandon University External Examiner iiiAbstract Social connectedness is a fundamental human need (Baumeister, & Leary, 1995). As an inherently social species, we rely on others for protection, survival, and reproductive success; as such, we are necessarily sensitive to threats to our social connections. This dissertation examined whether individuals that socially ostracize others are perceived as lacking in moral foundations, and whether this effect is moderated by the racial ingroup or outgroup status of the individuals perpetrating the ostracization. I also evaluated individuals’ interest in, and reasoning for, socially affiliative and socially aggressive responses followin…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2020-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0394286
language: eng
degree discipline: Psychology
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/75940